Georgia Straight Issue 2347

Dec 13, 2012
arts
Vancouver Art Gallery forming artist advisory group on relocation planPublic Dreams has mystery event planned for VancouverProposals sought for new public artwork at Rogers ArenaBob Rennie coauthors report calling for decentralized Vancouver Art Gallery SystemDiane Loomer, founder of Chor Leoni Men's Choir and Elektra Women's Choir, has diedShay Kuebler's Karoshi is ambitious and darkly funnyW2 hopes to avoid eviction from Woodward’s complexArts Club eyes potential space in False Creek condo developmentDamian Moppett's Large Painting and Caryatid Maquette in Studio at Night explores the artist studioAmy Mukai’s The Alchemy of Practice at Trench Contemporary Art Astrid Sars and the Tim Sars Trio at IronworksEl Niño spans the millenniumHotel Bethlehem at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and the Firehall Arts CentreThe Christmas Carol Project at the CultchBah! Humbug! in the 'hoodHamed Nikpay and Moshkin Ghalam find familiar sounds in flamencoIt's tulle time at Goh Ballet's Nutcracker
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The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Hotel Bethlehem3:01 Pick Me Up: Furnaceface (plus bonus rounds)Midget Camaro bong rides with La ChingaThe Georgia Straight presents Current Swell at the CommodoreThe Georgia Straight presents The Airborne Toxic Event at the VogueAvril Lavigne covers Nickelback: "How You Remind Me"Rio Theatre's Live Charity Hockey Event with comedians and Goon
Life »
Christmas events in Metro Vancouver up the holiday-cheer ante
LGBT »
George Takei vs. Antonin Scalia's "repugnant" views on homosexuality: Time for a lunch date?Canada's Top Ten reflects Canadian diversity in filmThe Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Bah! Humbug! The genesis of The Shining posterPeter Jackson’s The Hobbit—an unexpected turkey?Eyes of a Beginner deserves the big screenBoth December Gogol Bordello shows at the Commodore now sold out
News »
News for Youse: Port Mann Bridge tolls, Kyoto Protocol extended, and PSY apologizes
News »
News for Youse: Diane Loomer dies, Bing Thom wins commission, and B.C. athletes honouredThe worst free throw in the entire history of basketball?
Sex »
Dan Savage named 2013's Sexual Health Champion by Options for Sexual HealthCaption the Political Photo: Stephen Harper lights the menorah for Hanukkah
News »
News for Youse: Christine Sinclair voted the best, new BCCLA boss, and Morsi dispatches army
LGBT »
Dan Savage and husband Terry Miller among the first same-sex couples to get married in WashingtonThe Georgia Straight proudly sponsors musica intima’s home for ChristmasThe Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Christmas Carol ProjectThe Georgia Straight presents Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band at the CommodoreThe Georgia Straight presents Marilyn Manson at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
News »
News for Youse: NDP tosses out complaint, victim identified, and Philippines typhoon toll risesThe Georgia Straight presents Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience at the Commodore
Food »
Inside the new Cactus Club Cafe Coal Harbour in VancouverPhoto of the Day: Jewel Box of Lights at the Bloedel ConservatoryPhoto of the Day: City lightsPhoto of the Day: Snowy owls of Boundary BayPhoto of the Day: Sun peeking through fog
Tech »
A critical time for Canada's Internet: Weekly update from OpenMedia.caRush is in, Deep Purple's out: the Rock Hall's worth is still in doubtDude recreates Gary Moore's "Parisienne Walkways" guitar solo with his voice
Tech »
Apple Maps strands iPhone users in Australian bush
Tech »
B.C. firm claims it can make soldiers invisible
Tech »
Rogers Arena and B.C. Place among Canadian places with most Facebook check-ins in 2012
Tech »
What do Justin Bieber, Stephen Harper, and bacon have in common? Canadians love to Google themThe Year in Fear: rating Hollywood's 2012 horror flicks, from killer to crap
Food »
Vancouver Farmers Markets' holiday market offers more than foodPhoto of the Day: Beads of dew
Food »
Coffee that might leave a shitty taste in your mouthOhio English teacher pens erotic novel, raises ire of local parents
Food »
Pirate Joe’s trades Broadway for West 4th Avenue in VancouverBilly Joel vs. UFOs
food
Another name for Meritage-style blendsIn Vancouver's West End, Espana gets tapas rightB.C.’s One Degree Organic Foods feeds veganic farming movementChocolate stout crackle cookies from Terra Breads melt in your mouth
life
A question of flatulenceYour horoscope for December 13 to 19, 2012Coast Mountains legend John Clarke lived life to its peakDan Savage Podcast Episode 320Event looks to splice science and poetryConsumerism drives a clash of cultures in Arno Kopecky's The Devil’s CurveInward Journey portrays Lawren Harris's spiritual devotion to paintingStraight JabAnthony Everitt serves warning to empires in The Rise of Rome ArnouldGeek Speak: Danny Robinson, CEO of Perch Communications Busting the myths of earthquake survivalHitman: Absolution finds moral questionsLatest video games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Epic Mickey 2, enthrall, surprise, and charmXCOM: Enemy Unknown will have you trying new tacticsRed MeatPaboom Pop-Up shop returns to Vancouver for the holidaysGet crafty at Blim’s holiday market Chip and Shannon Wilson School of Design to be built at Kwantlen Polytechnic UniversityNew Kwantlen Polytechnic University fashion school inspired by a utopian dreamVancouver's Christine Lingerie makes silk sizzleCore cars Toyota RAV4 and Honda Civic receive revamps
movies
In The Guilt Trip, Barbra Streisand merrily mothers Seth RogenKhiladi 786 a tedious exercise in kitschRichard Armitage goes to Middle Earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a special-effects festHyde Park on Hudson is a frustratingly silly storyIn Ghosts with Shit Jobs, the future looks wickedly shittyNew on DVD/Blu-ray: Beasts of the Southern Wild, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Pitch Perfect, Premium Rush, Total RecallA Late Quartet’s Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken get string fever
music
Top 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: John LucasTrash Wang at the Rickshaw TheatreFour on the Floor at the Rio TheatreTop 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: Steve NewtonTop 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: Vivian PenczTop 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: Mike UsingerTop 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: Alexander VartyTop 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: Alex HudsonTop 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: Adrian MackMother Mother gets dynamicAvant-garde Man Forever is not easily digestibleInstant Playlist - December 13 2012Georgia Straight's music critics pick the records that ruled in 2012Abbotsford man charged in alleged Carly Rae Jepsen harassment caseTop 10 albums of 2012 critics' picks: Gregory AdamsStagnant Pools drummer Doug Enas happy to quit his day jobThe Sheepdogs kicked it up a notch or two
news
Letter: Beware the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection AgreementReasonable Doubt: Renters’ questions have answersDavid Suzuki: How caring for the environment can help achieve gross national happinessMartyn Brown: Why Adrian Dix is smilingMatt Toner: Why Vancouver’s tech sector is stuck in the middle of the packJane Sterk: A small window of opportunity to confront climate change in B.C.Gwynne Dyer: A shortage of spermRob Fleming and John Horgan: B.C. NDP government would review frackingGwynne Dyer: Coasting toward climate change disasterSave the Fraser Declaration gains three new signatories as First Nations leaders gather in VancouvermilestestReferee Pat Smith headed to World Junior Hockey ChampionshipWaves, plates, and earthquakes on B.C.'s West CoastVancouver school board considers selling a portion J. W. Sexsmith Elementary SchoolRelease of Wally Oppal report coincides with International Day to End Violence Against Sex WorkersEnergy company takeovers by state-owned enterprises may lead to more fracking in B.C.Vancouver parks budget ends years of cost cuttingMetro Vancouver postsecondary students to vote on keeping U-PassNew Westminster bans sale of shark finsVancouver city council approves 2013 budget Computers stolen from Dorothy Lynas elementary school in North Vancouver