Issue 2088, Dec 27, 2007

Arts Features

Look back in wonder: the top 12 shows of 2007

Visual Arts

Kerry Tribe: Near Miss

Comedy

6 comedy nights to yuk in the New Year

Arts Choices

Blackbird Theatre's Hecuba

Letters

Cretin science is a better term than creation science
To explain gangs' appeal, just follow the money
Will Carole Taylor turn out to be Gordo's Trojan horse?
Video game appears designed to promote war

News Features

Mayor Sam Sullivan primes the pump for reelection
The best, the worst, and the downright strange of 2007

Straight Talk

TransLink, VPD ready for New Year's partying
Garibaldi Annex school faces closure
Safety, land use, and a new mayor top councillors' New Year's resolutions
Mayencourt won't seek reelection
Vancouver resident goes missing after staging a daring rescue at sea in Dominican Republic

Commentary

Zapatistas smell war in the air of Chiapas
Can ANC leader Jacob Zuma fulfill South Africa's hopes?

Sports

The big games and big names of Vancouver sports in 2007

Savage Love

Life after monogamy: the pleasures and pitfalls

Health Features

Will harm reduction be a victim in Harper's war on drugs?

Trigger Happy

Vancouver designer makes flashy low-work, high-yield games

Outside

Burnaby Velodrome hosts U.S./Canada fixie grudge match

Style Features

Politicians bring style to corridors of power

Kool Thing

Bedo sequined tank top

Dining Features

Chestnuts roasting on an open wok

Best Eating

A year in food: who's hot, who's gone

Uncorked

Church mice, starlings, and robins fill B.C.'s bottles

Food of the Week

Congee Noodle House dinner for 10

Drink of the Week

Cactus Club Brazilian cocktail

Book Reviews

The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross

Movies Features

The dogs of Tinseltown: 10 films to flee
The must-see films of 2007
The Orphanage's Juan Antonio Bayona drawn to the dark side
Denzel Washington learns from rappers-of-the-30s The Great Debaters

Movie Reviews

The Orphanage
Anita O'Day
Sweeney Todd

DVD Releases

New on DVD > Idlewild, Indie Sex, Resident Evil + more

Music Features

Carolyn Mark keeps dreams alive in world of woe
The good, the bad, and the ugly of 2007

Cartoons

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

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Cassie | Paul

Playlist

Top 50 albums: ooooo

Pop Eye

Backstreet Boys: the tweens who wouldn't die
Boys unclear they are men

Straight.com

About the Straight
The top 20 stories of 2007

Feature Articles

British Columbians we remember: the obituaries of 2007

Video Game Reviews

Reviews of Warhawk and Sonic Rush Adventure

Real Estate

House seizures a double-edged weapon in the fight against organized crime

Astrology

Your horoscope for Dec. 27, 2007 - Jan. 3, 2008