Issue 2094, Feb 7, 2008
Arts Features
Turkish video artist Kutlug Ataman reveals the other side of paradiseSpirit world and city streets meet in Blood AlleyTheatre
In objects, all is fierce, fragileClark and I somewhere in ConnecticutGlorious!Music Arts
Italian Girl bubbles with quick witVisual Arts
On the scaffolding of cultureArts Notes
Notes from the arts worldArts Choices
Cultural Olympiad and the WinterSong FestivalLetters
Hard work needed, not sense of entitlementForeign workers getting no favours from usReader happy copyright law being discussedCanadians have finished job in AfghanistanGateway money could fund many thingsNews Features
Former Vancouver mayor Campbell endorses Allan De Genova over Raymond LouieGreens balk at Sullivan’s EcoDensityHaulers trash city’s new garbage planActivist aims to school Harper in drug policyStraight Talk
Booze, hookers, and NATO in KabulEngineer calls for tougher greenhouse-gas cutsI was "not corporate enough": Peter BallardOlympic merchandise marked down but activist groups highlight socially conscious optionsStraight 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-onlyClimate change: panic begins in the trenchesChina intensifies crackdown on political activists and human-rights campaignersSports
Canucks need Luongo to answer tough callsSavage Love
Advice for animal loversWhat's done behind "tall fences" is still doneHealth Features
System puts brakes on spinal-cord injured ridesHealth Notes
AIDS advocates call for support as epidemic grows in aboriginal communitiesDetrimental effects of desk sitting can be countered by stretchingMulticultural Health Fair offers tips for Canadians of all ethnicitiesTrigger Happy
The Game Developers Choice Awards nominations are in but something’s amissTravel Features
Life imitates art in Beijing’s creative 798 Art ZoneOutside
Olympics get liftoff with Cypress freestyleFashion Plate
South African fashion comes to Main Street courtesy of LK CollectionsMenswear
Guys: be a one-man Valentine’s gift, but do it rightStyle Watch
Ascot is the key to a sexy lookKool Thing
Joe Fresh blue cotton smock topChic of the Week
Spend on Trend mega-shopping eventBest Eating
A Chinese New Year rich with gung hay and feastingDavie Street hangouts and hot spots draw the entire spectrum of the West End communityUncorked
Pink bubbles create Valentine’s sparkleFood of the Week
Diva at the MetStraight Goods
Hot spots for Valentine's DayBook Reviews
Her Last DeathYour Inner FishMovies Features
In The Spiderwick Chronicles, director Mark Waters pumps peril and thrillKate Hudson taps tomboy in Fool's GoldVince Vaughn's comedy tour gets personalVancouver filmmaker Carl Bessai strives for a Normal balanceMovie Notes
News from Hollywood NorthMovie Reviews
In BrugesNormalVince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the HeartlandThe EyeStrange WildernessMusic Features
Thrice won’t make niceSay Anything takes its power from painHappy Hayden keeps his love life to himselfAnglo obsession baits Costa’s candied hooksRuthie Foster lets her inner soul diva shineJansen gave Dawson the reins for RemainsTord Gustavsen combines clarity with warmthLocal Motion
Guitarist Steve Dawson open to anythingConcert Reviews
A fake Jam pleases puntersMusic Notes
Note from the Music worldPayback Time
Ditch the cliches and just playCartoons
ArnouldTar Paper TownThe Midnight InquirerRed MeatStraight JabCity Singles
Singles of the Week - Michaela | StevePop Eye
Whatever became of rockin’?Straight.com
About the StraightBlog - Sports
No gag order for Canadian athletes going to Beijing OlympicsVideo Game Reviews
The Orange BoxReal Estate
New rules for home inspectorsAstrology
Your horoscope for February 7 - 14, 2008Chinese fortunesLifeStyle Features
Where's the most unusual location you've had sex?Attraction coaches help mould CasanovasSpell out fantasies for your partnerOur sex survey says Rihanna, Jessica Alba, and Johnny Depp ruleAnxiety can increase on Valentine’s DayBlog - Politics
President Bush’s former chief of staff, Karl Rove, to speak at Vancouver Art GalleryBlog - Movies
Hong Kong pop star Gillian Chung issues apology for involvement in internet sex photo scandalQueer or queer-friendly movie buff applicants needed for various positions at Out on ScreenU.S. screenwriters' strike finally ends