Issue 2154, Apr 2, 2009
Arnould
Arnould
Arts Choices
Architecture for Humanity art auction at the Grace Gallery
Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge
Tracy Morgan at the Red Robinson Show Theatre
Arts Features
Ode to audio adventurer Louis Andriessen
Shane Koyczan and Jordan Nobles form an unlikely union with We Were Here
Arts Notes
Arts groups fear Vancouver’s cultural plan will be shelved
CBC Radio One overtakes CKNW in Vancouver radio ratings
Orpheum named Performing Arts Centre of the Year
Astrology
Your horoscope for April 2 to 8, 2009
Book Features
Wayson Choy steps out of the shadows with new memoir
Wayson Choy's Chinatown memories inspire
Book Reviews
Important Artifacts auctions off a fictional past
The Music Room sings an Indian love song
The season's crop of writing is rich in ideas
Books
Wayson Choy was a shy kid in kindergarten, according to a friend
Comedy Reviews
Life Savers serves up sweet female roles
Likable Tracy Morgan delivers a sloppy, aimless performance
Commentary
Bob Geldof: The poor must be included in a global economy
CFIB report throws cold water on Premier Gordon Campbell's small-business claims
Catrina Crowe: B.C.'s Interior grasslands are worth caring for
Craig Orr: What is your government doing for wild salmon?
David Suzuki: Ocean management requires group cooperation
Gwynne Dyer: After 60 years, NATO is choking on its own success
Gwynne Dyer: Barack Obama's emission cuts are pragmatic suicide
Gwynne Dyer: South Africa can survive Jacob Zuma
Jessica Cooper: As a transsexual person, I have no rights
Jodie Emery: Ending drug prohibition could save our economy and stop gang violence
Tim Louis: Slip and fall injuries not quite as simple as you might think
Concert Reviews
Sebastien Grainger & the Mountains rub one out in Vancouver
White Denim's Vancouver show awesomely, insanely tight
Dance Reviews
Twisted speaks from the heart and the spine
Dining Features
Healthy Indian recipes go back to village roots
Food of the Week
Food and Fuel: Solutions for the Future
Games
Resistance: Retribution keeps franchise going strong on PSP
The Pitt adds a stimulating chapter to Fallout 3
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. just doesn't fly
Geek Speak
Geek Speak: Tris Hussey, new media specialist for Media2o Productions
Health Features
Give autistic adults a chance
Kool Thing
Monica high-waisted silver skirt has '60s silhouette
LGBT
Gay bashings in Vancouver: West Enders march and declare "Enough!"
XTRA! West spanked
Local Motion
Jill Barber sets new standards
Movie Choices
Monsters vs. Aliens invades number one spot at Canadian box office
Movie Notes
Vancouver filmmaker Jamie Travis' work to be showcased by U.K. art institute
Movie Reviews
Adventureland has many quiet virtues
Fast & Furious is an action-packed no-brainer
Gomorrah
Know Your Mushrooms
Madea Goes to Jail has few laughs amid gloomy plot
Nightwatching
The Pool
Movies
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar plays a Canadian in 8 x 10 Tasveer
Crazy 8s announce final six filmmaking teams
Iron Maiden returns to Vancouver on Flight 666
Passchendaele, Necessities of Life lead Genie Award winners, three wins for B.C.
Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno trailer hits the Internet
Stargate, Stone of Destiny lead B.C.'s Leo Award nominations
Whistler Film Festival needs script submissions for short film competition
Movies Features
Adventureland's Ryan Reynolds revels in bad jobs
For Ray Liotta, playing the tough fella is still good in Observe and Report
Kiefer Sutherland seeks story first in Monsters vs. Aliens
Naples mob tale filmed on their mean streets
Music Arts Reviews
Rusquartet's Louis Andriessen performance hits all the right notes
Music Choices
Ab Baars Trio and Ken Vandermark at Ironworks Studio
Britney Spears at GM Place
No Fear Energy Music Tour at Thunderbird Stadium
Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains at Richard’s on Richards
Music Features
Calgary quartet Women explores sock-hop balladry and skronk
England's Friendly Fires are burning down the house
India.Arie channels her outrage into song on Love & Politics
Slow and steady pace suits Mirah just fine
Music Notes
Japandroids to play Sasquatch! Music Festival
The Green Hour Band changing time zones
The Vincent Black Shadow MySpace site “hijacked”
New on DVD-Blu-ray
New on DVD: Blue Gold, Doubt, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Tale of Despereaux, Yes Man
News Features
Citizens subsidize single transferable vote fight
Filipinos rally behind NDP candidate Mable Elmore
Outside
Beauty is revealed on stroll of Alaksen dike
Payback Time
What is "J-School" teaching these days?
Playlist
Instant Playlist - April 1 2009
Politics
B.C. Court of Appeal dismisses Wally Oppal's appeal of "gag law" ruling
Baldreydash: A new post on scribes who speak to special-interest groups
British Columbians will need better leaders to avoid a dark age ahead
COPE12 takes every position on the board; Tim Louis narrowly defeated
Caveat emptor: Read coming onslaught of election comments with care
Concerns about backyard chickens are valid, but solutions exist
Did my questions provoke Gordon Campbell's promise to small business?
Ellen Woodsworth is taxpayers' best hope to stop gravy train
Feds announce funding for Vancouver’s World Police and Fire Games
Kash Heed has espoused "progressive ideas", Green’s Jodie Emery says
Mayor Gregor Robertson lends support to UBC Farm, flags peak oil
Ministry of Finance service plan didn't pledge lowest small business taxes
Please don't tell me I'm courageous for using the word "Zionism"
Pop quiz: Why is Gregor Robertson lavishing praise on Gordon Campbell?
Press gallery president Scott Sutherland joins B.C. public affairs bureau
Renters’ advocate says group purchases offer short-term solution
Stopwar.ca: End support of violence and oppression in Afghanistan
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre has some comfy sofas
Vancouver police chief Jim Chu apologizes for camera seizure
Vancouver renters consider forming cooperatives to keep their homes
Why politicos leak bad news, like a convention centre opening, on Fridays
Provincial Election
B.C. Liberals dodge Patrick Kinsella questions
Lack of civic education leads to political apathy: Kwantlen political scientist
Renters Fight Back campaign aims to evict B.C. Liberals
Victor Vrsnik says third-party work is separate from what he does for Liberal Ralph Sultan
Real Estate
Exploring group purchase deals in Vancouver
Subtle changes are taking place in the Vancouver real estate market
Red Meat
Red Meat
Savage Love
Hooking up on-line
Savage Love Podcast
Podcast Episode 129
Sports
Racket superstars are ready to rumble at Richmond Olympic Oval
Sports
Two former B.C. Lions heading for CFL Hall of Fame
Vancouver Canucks rocked by second tragedy in less than a year
Straight Goods
Eight food & dining events
Straight Jab
Straight Jab
Straight Talk
Advocates keep up fight for bans on cosmetic pesticides across B.C.
Alma Mater Society organizes march for UBC Farm
B.C. child-care wage campaign could pit workers against parents
B.C.'s highest court rules that Adbusters Media Foundation can try to add CBC to lawsuit against Global TV
Bacon brothers associate Dennis Karbonovec pleads guilty to second-degree murder
Dalai Lama's Vancouver supporters hold out hope spiritual leader will return to Tibet
David Chudnovsky and Alvin Singh reject claim by Tim Louis that COPE could go extinct
Family seeks public's help to solve murder of Wendy Ladner-Beaudry in Pacific Spirit Park
James Kyle Bacon, Matthew James Johnston, and Cody Rae Haevischer charged in Surrey murders
Liberals urge Port Moody mayor Joe Trasolini to run in federal by-election
Metro Vancouver half done decommissioning watershed logging roads
Parents say Delta Manor school need not close
Paul Palango cites training, recruitment as factors in Vancouver police shootings
Police in Vancouver visiting Olympic protesters: activist
Surrey Civic Coalition elects 22-year-old UBC grad Stephanie Ryan as president
Tim Louis predicts COPE's eventual extinction if David Chudnovsky's slate wins
Victor Chan to bring Dalai Lama, Nobel laureates to Vancouver peace summit
Style Features
Highlights from Vancouver Fashion Week 2009
Kwantlen's fashion design grad show aims for niche markets
Tar Paper Town
Tar Paper Town
Tech
BlackBerry App World gives Storm new life
How to find your dream job through social media
Nintendo should take on WiiSpray graffiti project
Pierre Poilievre changes his tune on privacy and Google Street View
Women can shape the future of technology
YouTube and Facebook make you a better employee: study
Television
Local actor Ben Ayres of CBC's Diamonds is willing to suffer for his art
The Midnight Inquirer
The Midnight Inquirer
Theatre Reviews
Life Savers delves into the aftermath of tragedy
Revamped Studies in Motion marked by unevenness
Viral Videos
Cool hockey goal
The catch
The future of cell phone technology
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