Issue 2100, Mar 20, 2008
Theatre
James Long's View From Above reveals social scarsInto the woods not safe, but pleasingly wittyFourplay, program ADance
Brainstorm breaks down dance historyAlvin Erasga Tolentino is dancing in paradiseVisual Arts
Fred Herzog’s Colour Photographs illuminate urban lifeBrian Boulton: Drawing the Anonymous SubjectComedy
Margaret Cho knows beauty of raunchArts Notes
Granville's Vogue Theatre on shaky groundSmithsonian award for local artist Tania WillardDeveloper offers new studiosStar-Studded ’08-’09 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra seasonVSO's Bramwell Tovey Hollywood-boundArts Choices
Vancouver Opera’s FidelioMultimedia
Drum & Light Festival strikes big, hollow noteLetters
Dobell's mistaken sincerity shouldn't be an excuseSanitary pads are really a western Trojan horseCanadian films should be aimed at a family audienceFormer Straight columnist says he’s no NDP apologistFarmers can prosper without growing tobaccoNews Features
Civic party members could be two-timingGreens still motivated despite Liberal Joyce Murray's winAdvocate says province is failing kidsStraight Talk
Raymond Louie burns Ken Bayne on business taxesTibetan activist fears Olympic blackoutEthical-purchasing policies key to changePeter Ladner wants a wireless downtown, but this concept isn't thriving in the U.S.B.C. Court of Appeal upholds bylaw allowing slot machines at Hastings ParkCourt blocks B.C. Nurses' Union attempt to fight extra billing and facility feesNicolas Sarkozy to offer lifeline to Stephen Harper and Stephane DionTaiwan voters elect Ma Ying-jeou and reject referendum votes on UN and name changeStraight Issues
Besides slurs and name-calling, how does racism manifest itself in society today?Exposing economic racismCommentary
Tibetan independence is not on the horizonSports
Canucks still have a shot at playoff glorySavage Love
Bye bye boobiesHealth Features
Rambling into eternity isn't what I expectedTrigger Happy
First-person shooters leap up to new levelsOutside
We brake for B.C.’s edible benchmarksFashion Plate
B.C. catwalks span the globeGreen Is the New Black Wearable Art Fashion ShowUncorked
You say gris, I say grigio, now let’s sip PinotGolden Plate Awards
Ingredients for successChefs and their bosses reveal their faves2008 Golden Plates - Readers' ChoicesCritics taste and tell on city's best2008 Golden Plates - Critics' PicksDelicious dim sum transports you to ShanghaiHey, grab a stool at the dinerDine with a toddler, minus the usual insanityRob Feenie's keeping it realBook Reviews
Sharp TeethThe Bush TragedyMovies Features
Bollywood and Chinese stars eat up VancouverVancouver Jewish Film Festival brings dark tourism and tripletsIn Days of Darkness, sexual fantasties dog Denys Arcand’s protagonistDirector takes soldiers’ Iraq view in Stop-LossAcross the Universe’s Jim Sturgess has a winning hand for 21Movie Notes
Looming Screen Actors Guild strike may echo 2007 statsB.C. screen scribes nominated for Canadian Screenwriting AwardsAboriginal film pioneer Alanis Obomsawin at UBCMovie Reviews
Days of DarknessDoomsdayThe GrandMarried LifeNote by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037ForeverHannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert TourDVD Releases
New on DVD: The Mist, PU-239, Frisky Dingo, Jimmy Carter Man from PlainsMusic Features
Carbon/Silicon a clash of the titansVampire Weekend bites backMusic Previews
Plants and Animals continue to evolveMeshuggah’s mad for brain-twisting rhythmClassic rockers ruled Jason Collett’s formative yearsSounds of the wild crept into Bon Iver’s debutLocal Motion
Go Ghetto Tigers aims to be tighter than mostConcert Reviews
Hits bring three-chord chaosRecordings
BauhausMahjonggMartin Hayes and Dennis CahillAdam GreenDrive-By TruckersMusic Notes
Black day for HalosPacific and Psidream unleash Nightfall RecordingsRed Sparowes take listeners on a tragical history tourMusic Choices
Minus the BearMad ProfessorJusticeThe CultDragonettePaul KellyCartoons
Ernie Pook's ComeekEveryday ThingsThe Midnight InquirerRed MeatArnouldTar Paper TownStraight JabCity Singles
Singles of the Week - JeffTop 50
Top 50 albums for March 20-27, 2008Straight.com
About the StraightBlog - Sports
Puck ready to drop on Don Cherry movieStraight List
Waiting on Tom WaitsReal Estate
Alan Herbert: Tax increment financing buys transitAstrology
Your horoscope for March 20- 27, 2008Blog - Politics
Olympic athletes more important than death of Tibetans, according to VANOCGov. Bill Richardson on track to become vice president?Conservatives will seek a recount in Vancouver Quadra to challenge Murray's winVANOC and Olympic athletes' apologist stance borders on obsequiousnessWhy the race between Ladner, Robertson, De Genova, Louie, and Sullivan hasn't lit any firesBlog - Movies
Woolly mammoths in the desert in 10,000 B.C. top world box officesAboriginal documentary techniques with Alanis ObomsawinSimon Pegg: an Englishman in Scotty's clothing for new Star TrekAsians angry about 21 casting, want to be portrayed as cheaters tooGossip Girl character coming out of closet will make more room for wardrobeVancouver Queer Film Festival seeks LGBT content filmsDavid Duchovny, Gabrielle Miller, Matthew Good, and other stars lend helping hand to Babz Chula
