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Issue 2087, Dec 20, 2007

Theatre

The Emperor's New Threads
Reservations for four
My Fair Lady

Dance

The Nutcracker: gateway drug to a lifelong love of dance

Music Arts

Winter Harp's medieval merrymaking

Visual Arts

Tim Lee: Remakes, Variations (1741-2049)
Henrik Hakansson: Aug.26,2003-Aug.27,2003 (Vespa Vulgaris)

Letters

World-class greed leaves citizens holding the bag
Reader not impressed with former gang member
Medical association denies it's stacked
Public hopeful that Taylor will push for carbon tax

News and Views

Parks budget down, private-cop budget up

News Features

Pre-election, Mayor Sam Sullivan milks his underdog image
Government pours money into shutting down toxic-waste renegade
A storm is brewing over watershed logging

Straight Talk

Activist says Bali is a big "cover-up"
Court intrigue at Lois Jackson's election to head of Metro Vancouver
NDP seeks info on translink tasers
Iraq-war resisters spend Christmas in Vancouver
Vancouver ranks 27th on list of great cities

Straight Issues

How to give both charity and justice
What do you suggest people give to foster justice abroad?

Commentary

Sikhs unite in support of failed refugee Laibar Singh
Bali summit holds out hope for a post-Bush world

Savage Love

Diapers and feet: when fetishes go sour

Health Features

Jesus loves harm reduction, but Stephen Harper doesn’t

Health Notes

A holiday warning: don't overdo it!

Travel Features

Spending Christmas in a foreign land? It's all about the trimmings

Travel Notes

Travel-themed gifts of conscience

Fashion Plate

Hit Chinatown west for givable goodies

Style Watch

Betsey Johnson heart dress
Amrita Sondhi’s new bamboo-based Movement
Let's stop taking fashion so damn seriously!

Chic of the Week

Jessica de Haas felted flower pins

Dining Features

'Tis the season for tourtiere

Restaurant Reviews

Last-minute gifts from useful to yummy

Uncorked

Mikasa adds tactility, tough tech to wineglasses

Recipes

Classic Tourtière

Food of the Week

Cinnamon’s Chocolates roasted nuts

Drink of the Week

Joie Wines PTG 2005

Straight Goods

A So.Cial Christmas, budget bubbly, Sophie's redux, + more

Book Reviews

Like You'd Understand, Anyway by Jim Shepard
Unmarketable by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Movies Features

Walk Hard's John C. Reilly stands up for honesty
P.S. I Love You's Gerard Butler: a man with a plan
For Sweeney Todd, Depp sings!
The Great Debaters praises black power

Movie Reviews

I Am Legend
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juno
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
The Violin
The Kite Runner
The Savages
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Charlie Wilson's War
The Great Debaters
P.S. I Love You

DVD Releases

New on DVD > Eastern Promise, Heartbreak Kid, Kingdom + more

Music Features

The top albums of 2007 (an alphabetical list)
The top albums of 2007

Payback Time

David Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar: shut up and pick one

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Laura | Derek

Single of the Week

Playlist

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

Straight.com

About the Straight

Feature Articles

A Christmas story

Transportation

The Altima Coupe: a snappy little number

Real Estate

No more winter slumps in Vancouver housing market

Obituaries

Vancouver Province reporter Jeani Read dies

Techno Logic

TiVo finally comes to Canada

Astrology

Your horoscope for December 20 - 27, 2007