Issue 2099, Mar 13, 2008
Theatre
Hosanna sobs her heart outCharacters lack credibility in Red Light WinterMy Chernobyl radiates toxic witDance
Joe Ink pays price of beautySarah Williams dallies over the messageChristopher House builds a chilly beautyMusic Arts
Louis Lortie attracted by Mozart’s hidden sensualityVisual Arts
Outsiders surveyed by Internal Guidance SystemsComedy
Maz Jobrani shifts comedy’s axisArts Notes
Margaret Atwood opera coming to Vancouver in 2010Vancouver cultural makeover beginsSpencer Herbert proposes Mount Pleasant arts centreArts Choices
Tremors, a festival of emerging artsEve Egoyan in concertNews Features
City hall blocks CUPE e-mailAllan De Genova ready for Vancouver mayoral battleGreens seek a breakthrough in Vancouver QuadraVancouver Quadra's usual suspects face voters' decisionCity lobbyists come under the microscopeStreetcars named as Vancouver's desireStraight Talk
Tim Louis withholds tax over military spendingMetro Vancouver to build compost facilitiesCanadian Federation of Students goes to court to stall student voteCTV News reports that police are investigating Conrad Black's son JonathanTibet support groups ask IOC president Jacques Rogge to make a statementLiberal Joyce Murray wins a squeaker over Deborah Meredith in Vancouver QuadraStraight Issues
Pads to save or trash AfricaCan we consume our way to a better planet?Commentary
There’s nothing new to say about Israel and PalestineBeijing Olympics will be China's coming outSports
After move to Canucks, Matt Pettinger's on an endless road tripSavage Love
Tough times for the young and gayHealth Features
Taking meditation to B.C.'s hard-core streetsTravel Features
Birds flock and gigolos hustle in the GambiaTravel Notes
Pack your common sense for safe travelsFashion Plate
In flats and high heels, spring struts in playfully in VancouverStyle Watch
Jenny Yen's Cici mixes mod, vintage, and a touch of ShanghaiKool Thing
Nikki skinny jeanChic of the Week
Schwarzkopf's OSIS Dust hair fixDining Features
Where the wok meets IndiaBest Eating
Cosy Chilli Padi cooks up a Malaysian mixDiscover Vancouver in Golden PlatesUncorked
Sumac Ridge Estate’s big gun moves and shakes onwardFood of the Week
Sha Lin Noodle HouseDrink of the Week
Liberty Wine MerchantsStraight Goods
Eight food and dining eventsBook Reviews
The Monsters of TempletonZarah Ghahramani fearlessly chronicles her time In Tehran's worst jailMovies Features
Zeros 2 Heroes plots move from online to silver-screen hitCanadian films seek more screen timeNick Stahl peels back dark layers in SleepwalkingMichael Pitt’s preppy psycho gets violent in Funny GamesMovie Notes
Jacqueline Samuda wins at Women in Film & Television awardsCorner Gas and Robson Arms star Gabrielle Miller rips Bill C-10CBC loses Intelligence and jPodMovie Reviews
Funny GamesCaramelHorton Hears a Who!10,000 B.C.CJ7Never Back DownCollege Road TripSleepwalkingMovie Choices
Sistahood Cinema: Exquisite Cinematic CorpseMusic Features
Hawksley Workman celebrates springSaul Williams aims to break the colour barrierMusic Previews
Beach House’s buzz hasn’t paid off just yetFormer KISS man Ace Frehley still has a few tricks up his sleeveSteve Earle makes himself at home in New York CityFiddle Festival looks back to its deep Celtic rootsAllison Moorer learned from Mockingbird’s mastersLocal Motion
Spirit of the West marks a milestoneConcert Reviews
Veda Hille gets emotionally raw and restlessAvril Lavigne pleases her screaming tween legionsRecordings
Graham Brown & the Prairie DogsRanj SinghCobblestone Jazz makes techno by handLadyhawkMikey ManvilleThe Monica Lee BandThe Pack A.D.Rabnett 5Lisa Miller OctetChris SmithWho Are You?
I’m Grant!Music Notes
Cobalt averts fire disasterBringing Nyasha to CanadaBack on the S.T.R.E.E.T.S.Music Choices
Nation BeatApril WineAshley MacIsaacPayback Time
Payback TimeCartoons
Ernie Pook's ComeekStraight JabTar Paper TownEveryday ThingsArnouldCity Singles
Singles of the Week - Lana | LuisTop 50
Top 50 albums for March 13-20, 2008Pop Eye
Why must pop duets blow?Straight.com
About the StraightTransportation
China makes waves at the Detroit auto showReal Estate
Ladysmith goes big time with Pamela AndersonTechno Logic
It’s not all Rainbows for Radiohead fansAstrology
Your horoscope for March 13 - 19, 2008Blog - Politics
Prime Minister's libel suit could cost Liberals money regardless of outcomeVancouver Quadra candidate Rebecca Coad keeps hammering Stephane DionOne day after the Georgia Straight's editorial, Dion calls for a carbon taxCould Tibet achieve the impossible dream of independence?Why Joyce Murray's narrow win in Quadra is good news for the LiberalsProportional representation would have resulted in greater turnout in Vancouver QuadraBlog - Movies
Harry Potter finale to be a two-part endingLocal filmmaker Carl Bessai wants Canadian filmmakers to come out of the celluloid closetLeatherheads' Renée Zellweger tries to find normalcyVancouver Film School hooks up with YouTube to offer scholarshipsDiablo Cody is back in Vancouver shooting new movieCross-Canada rock-paper-scissors tournament and screening reaches VancouverWinning Vancouver filmmakers changed the world in five minutesSo You Think You Can Dance Canada auditions in VancouverBlunder-spotting in 10,000 B.C.George Lucas adds another Star Wars installment: The Clone WarsIron Man becomes Audi ManOscar-winning writer-director Anthony Minghella dies at age 54Canadian double bill of Away From Her and Radiant CityBC Film is planning a trade mission to BeijingProducer J.B. Sugar thinks CBC made a mistake in cancelling jPodJuno, the Jewish version