Issue 2094, Feb 7, 2008

Arts Features

Turkish video artist Kutlug Ataman reveals the other side of paradise
Spirit world and city streets meet in Blood Alley

Theatre

In objects, all is fierce, fragile
Clark and I somewhere in Connecticut
Glorious!

Music Arts

Italian Girl bubbles with quick wit

Visual Arts

On the scaffolding of culture

Arts Notes

Notes from the arts world

Arts Choices

Cultural Olympiad and the WinterSong Festival

Letters

Hard work needed, not sense of entitlement
Foreign workers getting no favours from us
Reader happy copyright law being discussed
Canadians have finished job in Afghanistan
Gateway money could fund many things

News Features

Former Vancouver mayor Campbell endorses Allan De Genova over Raymond Louie
Greens balk at Sullivan’s EcoDensity
Haulers trash city’s new garbage plan
Activist aims to school Harper in drug policy

Straight Talk

Booze, hookers, and NATO in Kabul
Engineer calls for tougher greenhouse-gas cuts
I was "not corporate enough": Peter Ballard
Olympic merchandise marked down but activist groups highlight socially conscious options

Straight Issues

Day off for Lunar New Year?
Do you think Chinese New Year should become February’s statutory holiday?

Commentary

"Ownership society" is now members-only
Climate change: panic begins in the trenches
China intensifies crackdown on political activists and human-rights campaigners

Sports

Canucks need Luongo to answer tough calls

Savage Love

Advice for animal lovers
What's done behind "tall fences" is still done

Health Features

System puts brakes on spinal-cord injured rides

Health Notes

AIDS advocates call for support as epidemic grows in aboriginal communities
Detrimental effects of desk sitting can be countered by stretching
Multicultural Health Fair offers tips for Canadians of all ethnicities

Trigger Happy

The Game Developers Choice Awards nominations are in but something’s amiss

Travel Features

Life imitates art in Beijing’s creative 798 Art Zone

Outside

Olympics get liftoff with Cypress freestyle

Fashion Plate

South African fashion comes to Main Street courtesy of LK Collections

Menswear

Guys: be a one-man Valentine’s gift, but do it right

Style Watch

Ascot is the key to a sexy look

Kool Thing

Joe Fresh blue cotton smock top

Chic of the Week

Spend on Trend mega-shopping event

Best Eating

A Chinese New Year rich with gung hay and feasting
Davie Street hangouts and hot spots draw the entire spectrum of the West End community

Uncorked

Pink bubbles create Valentine’s sparkle

Food of the Week

Diva at the Met

Straight Goods

Hot spots for Valentine's Day

Book Reviews

Her Last Death
Your Inner Fish

Movies Features

In The Spiderwick Chronicles, director Mark Waters pumps peril and thrill
Kate Hudson taps tomboy in Fool's Gold
Vince Vaughn's comedy tour gets personal
Vancouver filmmaker Carl Bessai strives for a Normal balance

Movie Notes

News from Hollywood North

Movie Reviews

In Bruges
Normal
Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
The Eye
Strange Wilderness

Music Features

Thrice won’t make nice
Say Anything takes its power from pain
Happy Hayden keeps his love life to himself
Anglo obsession baits Costa’s candied hooks
Ruthie Foster lets her inner soul diva shine
Jansen gave Dawson the reins for Remains
Tord Gustavsen combines clarity with warmth

Local Motion

Guitarist Steve Dawson open to anything

Concert Reviews

A fake Jam pleases punters

Music Notes

Note from the Music world

Payback Time

Ditch the cliches and just play

Cartoons

Arnould
Tar Paper Town
The Midnight Inquirer
Red Meat
Straight Jab

City Singles

Singles of the Week - Michaela | Steve

Pop Eye

Whatever became of rockin’?

Straight.com

About the Straight

Blog - Sports

No gag order for Canadian athletes going to Beijing Olympics

Video Game Reviews

The Orange Box

Real Estate

New rules for home inspectors

Astrology

Your horoscope for February 7 - 14, 2008
Chinese fortunes

LifeStyle Features

Where's the most unusual location you've had sex?
Attraction coaches help mould Casanovas
Spell out fantasies for your partner
Our sex survey says Rihanna, Jessica Alba, and Johnny Depp rule
Anxiety can increase on Valentine’s Day

Blog - Politics

President Bush’s former chief of staff, Karl Rove, to speak at Vancouver Art Gallery

Blog - Movies

Hong Kong pop star Gillian Chung issues apology for involvement in internet sex photo scandal
Queer or queer-friendly movie buff applicants needed for various positions at Out on Screen
U.S. screenwriters' strike finally ends