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Welcome to another issue of the Georgia Straight.
This week, the Straight's online and print editions feature a look into Vancouver's density wars; plus a special summer style section, new food trucks, and Robert Pattinson.
Don't forget to check out Straight.com for daily news and views on everything Vancouver.
Vancouver's density debate pits Sullivanism versus the ideas of Jane Jacobs
Vancouver ex-mayor Sam Sullivan was a devotee of Canada's most famous urban theorist until he fell in love with high-rises.
/ News
Good weather means great summer style
From tie-dyed maxi dresses and beach-ready bags to graphic tees, personalized sunblock, and hot new nail colours, we've got the details on how to amp up your style once the warm weather hits.
/ Style
Try something new at Vancouver's hot food trucks
At Seymour and Georgia on a recent Tuesday afternoon, a suit-wearing woman marched up to Guanaco food truck, jerked open her to-go container, and accusingly declared, "You forgot my pork."
/ Dining
Romance is complicated in Bard on the Beach's The Taming of the Shrew
Bard on the Beach star Lois Anderson says the controversial The Taming of the Shrew is a profound examination of love.
/ Arts
The Deer Tracks court the shock of the truly new
Sweden's the Deer Tracks have set a daunting goal for themselves: make music that sounds like no one else.
/ Music
David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis takes Robert Pattinson to the fringe
The newly ambitious, albeit sleepy, actor is out to prove he has more in him than that sparkly vampire from the Twilight series.
/ Movies
Things to do
| Music | Steve Earle Red Robinson Show Theatre |
JUN 8 |
| Sports | Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Houston Dynamo B.C. Place Stadium |
JUN 10 |
| Movies | Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films Vancity Theatre |
JUN 8-9 |
| Theatre | London Assurance Jericho Arts Centre |
To JUN 24 |
| Dance | A Simple Way Scotiabank Dance Centre |
JUN 7-9 |
Comment of theWeek
Re: "Experts support the idea of guaranteed income in Canada"
The Canadian right will never agree in principle to the idea of paying people for not doing anything without stigmatizing them as a means to getting them to change their behavior. Similarly, the Canadian left will never agree to no corporate taxation from the need to punish/vilainize their traditional enemy despite these costs being flowed through to consumers through market forces anyway. Witness the recent HST vote in B.C. [read story]
> Submitted by Arthur Vandelay, 2012-06-07 10:41
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