Issue 2093, Jan 31, 2008

Arts Features

Spirit of a masterpiece
Treasures return from exile

Theatre

Elegant Girl gets victimized
My Name is Rachel Corrie
My Dad, My Dog

Dance

Urban nomads roam Imbolc

Visual Arts

Janet Cardiff: Forty-Part Motet
Kelly Wood/Monika Grzymala

Arts Notes

Notes from the arts world

Arts Choices

Photographs and dinosaurs

Letters

Monstrous relationships all over the place
Creative taxes give one answer to farmland loss
Falcon shot out of sky for container remark
Grow-op profits doubly affect rental squeeze

News Features

Rising tuition leads to a two-tiered system
The value of a degree
The trades are not as risk-free as they seem
Millennials in the workplace
Tenants, First Nations fight new voting rules
Uniting First Nations’ treaty talks may avoid ‘dark cloud’
Oil-sands projects extract a heavy environmental price

Straight Talk

Cause for UBC Lockdown still uncertain but initial posting may reveal some clues
Tsleil-Waututh Nation treaty won’t come ‘any time soon’, Chief Leah George-Wilson says
VPD report states province failing mentally ill
Philippines Labour Secretary Arturo Brion's deal rankles activists
Centre departure stuns LGBT community
I’ll go to Premier Gordon Campbell, says transit user
Little known Canada Post program to prevent junk mail from arriving finally gets promoted
Another threat made against the UBC Biological Sciences building
UN-backed drug conference criticized by some participants for focus on harm reduction
Heath Ledger’s death ruled accidental overdose of prescription pills

Straight Issues

What effect is oil-sands development in Alberta having on Canada?

Commentary

Tet lessons loom over Iraq
It’s time for honest talk about Afghanistan

Sports

Buono hails Patriots’ pursuit of perfection

Savage Love

Threesome etiquette, how to meet guys, & porn surfing for dummies

Health Features

Drug companies chase government incentives

Health Notes

Documentary investigates the mental illness of dying to be thin
What it's like to live with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Outside

Short walks to make the most out of winter

Urban Living

The English eccentric home

Style Watch

Designer Nicole Bridger weaves West Coast values into collection

Kool Thing

Kimchi & Blue floral cutout top

Best Eating

Belgian style makes all-day breakfast cool

Uncorked

Big nights, big fests, icewine, and a doggie

Food of the Week

McColl’s artichokes

Drink of the Week

Tinhorn Creek Kerner Icewine

Straight Goods

Pink bread, the Wellness Show, no more plastic bags + more

Book Reviews

At a Loss for Words
Homecoming

Movies Features

Touring a Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights—Hollywood to the Heartland with Vince Vaughn
In Over Her Dead Body, Eva Longoria Parker’s jealousy just won’t die
Poor Boy’s Game looks at Halifax's race relations
Donald Sutherland keeps passion alive with Fool's Gold

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

They Wait
Poor Boy’s Game
Rambo
Meet The Spartans
Over Her Dead Body
Untraceable
Love and Other Dilemmas
Sunday

Music Features

In the heart of the beast
Nocturnals’ roots run deep
Cold weather kept sex out of Louis XIV’s latest
Saxophonist Evan Parker bleeds for his reeds
DJ Andy Caldwell just does his own thing
Criminal activities shaped Todd Snider’s Devil
Umphrey’s McGee is not just another jam band

Local Motion

Puro Son digs Cuban roots

Concert Reviews

Injured Gallows singer pushes past the pain

Recordings

Herald Nix delivers otherworldly blues
Inhabitants
Rat Silo
Fear Zero

Music Notes

Notes from the music world

Music Choices

Collective Soul, Treacherous Machete, Three Days Grace

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Jacinta | Edward

Careers

Inside Advertising Sales Associate
Payroll/Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable

Playlist

Top 50 albums: Juno, Radiohead, Alicia Keyes, + more

Straight.com

About the Straight

Transportation

Detroit auto show parades environmental future

Real Estate

Americans still buy B.C. real estate

Techno Logic

Yes, our copyright law can get your ass sued

Astrology

Your horoscope for January 31 - February 6, 2008

Blog - Politics

Allan De Genova wants the Vision Vancouver nomination for mayor
Super Tuesday super anticlimactic
UBC profs speculate on a world with President Barack Obama

Blog - Movies

My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade: A Citizen Kane for the new millennium?
Vancouver-born Hong Kong star Edison Chen breaks silence, issues apology for internet porn scandal