Issue 2084, Nov 29, 2007

Arts Features

Crafty gifts from earrings to paintings

Theatre

Christmas theatre for kids and curmudgeons
Richard III is darkly ambitious
Oliver!
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe

Music Arts

Clash of the Christmas choirs

Visual Arts

Koki Tanaka: Turning the Lights On
Paul Chan

Comedy

Leno speaks!
Yuletide spoof mixes terrorists and tinsel

Arts Notes

News from the arts world
News from the arts world

Arts Choices

Spirit of Africa, violinist Giora Schmidt, Youtube 1.0 + more

Letters

Casual kinks linked to fascism, consumption
Columnist correct but doesn't go far enough
Tower talk illogical as a crazy dream
Savvy Strathcona types know where to look

News Features

NDP MLA says Bill 43 = higher taxes, higher fares
Most head-tax families haven't gotten a penny
Chretien dodges any blame for homeless
Pickton verdict won't be cause for celebration
The drive for clean energy sparks a B.C. gold rush

Straight Talk

Woodlands survivors face more delays
NDP says Solicitor General John Les to be bumped
MLA seeks to ban smoking in family cars
Vancouver Taser watch 2007
R.I.P. - James Barber, the Urban Peasant
Vancouver weather warnings page
Vancouver census results - preliminary findings
Local Palestinian journalist claims rejection of Annapolis peace talks
Bill Barisoff's blundering results in a former civil servant winning a whistleblower award

Straight Issues

Could the EcoDensity initiative change to make the city more affordable?
EcoDensity won't cut house prices

Commentary

USD: no longer the world currency?
China's multiparty claims mask dictatorship

Sports

A 15-team tie to the Stanley Cup

Health Features

Just another AIDS Day in deadly South Africa

Travel Features

Life in the slow lane on Thailand's Koh Phangan

Outside

Bowen agleam in red and green

Style Features

Skin/hair repair for the cold months

Fashion Plate

Winter's must-have coats

Style Watch

Blanche Macdonald fashion design grads
A hot future for Nomis boarder hoodies

Kool Thing

Lover tapestry-print cape

Chic of the Week

Party-season treats for eye and lip

Best Eating

Sai Z dishes up strange but happy bedfellows
Tableland documents sustainable farming successes

Uncorked

Bring on the Therapy - Therapy Vineyards!

Food of the Week

Hardbite Potato Chips

Drink of the Week

Navan Liqueur

Straight Goods

dining events > A Dickens buffet, exclusive sukiyaki, Breakfast with Santa + more

Book Reviews

The Late Hector Kipling by David Thewlis
Turning Back the Clock by Umberto Eco
Have a Nice Doomsday by Nicholas Guyatt

Movies Features

Tricia Helfer: farm girl with a whip
44 films for the holidays
Todd Haynes makes enough Bob Dylans for everyone
Daniel Craig on The Golden Compass
On a big Tibet tale, a monk turns director

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

I'm Not There
This Christmas
Enchanted
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal
Tears for April: Beyond the Blue Lens
Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint

DVD Releases

New on DVD > Superbad, Pirates of the Caribbean III, the complete Rocky + more

Music Features

The hiply unhip Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Patrick Watson pours on the syrup on Close to Paradise
Les Savy Fav: indiedom's best-kept secret
Buchbinder does that Afro-Cuban/klezmer thing
The Bled turned boredom into extreme-music action
Ready to sing, Ross is reticent to reveal all

Concert Reviews

Bionic punk 'n' rollers keep things sloppy

Recordings

Another Side Now - The Songs of Joni Mitchell by Leora Cashe
Attacks! by Prairie Cat
Hide and Seek Champion by Way to Go, Einstein
Matterhorn by The Clips
Mamma's Got the Blues by Dalannah Gail Bowen
The Garden of Ether
After the city has gone: quiet by Chris Gestrin
Band of Rebels by Joe Shithead Keithley
Bastards of Light by Black Mountain
Release the Saviours by Fond of Tigers

Music Notes

News from the music world

Music Choices

Alexisonfire, Tori Amos, Van Halen + more

Payback Time

Dear Mike Usinger: were you that "mike" Juliette Lewis picked up?

Cartoons

Tar Paper Town
Arnould
Ernie Pook's Comeek
The Midnight Inquirer
Straight Jab
Red Meat
Everyday Things

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Lisa | Milad

Straight Choices

Indie reporter Dahr Jamail

Playlist

Top 50 albums: Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Alicia Keys + more

Pop Eye

The Spice Girls: feminist saviours

Straight.com

About the Straight

Real Estate

Why you need a housesitter

Techno Logic

Gizmo gifts for gearheads

Astrology

Your horoscope for November 29 to December 5, 2007

Blog - Politics

“Bellicose” Falcon and B.C. Liberals force Bill 43 through