Georgia Straight Issue 2350

Jan 3, 2013

Arts

Portrait of an Artist: Bruce Pashak

Don Juan can't quite seduce its audience

Vancouver artist Ian Wallace receives Order of Canada honour

Blogs

Photo of the Day: Flower power

Idle No More flash mob converges on Vancouver Convention Centre

Three-year-old checked for explosives

News for Youse: New Year's Eve transit, China enforces Internet rule, and big eastern snowfall

Christy Clark says it's better to be a MILF than a cougar

Karam Sandhu says goodbye to glasses

The B.C. Parks index for 2012

Jimmy Cliff can help you get through the winter

Marie Osmond on Dadaism

What does Rate My Professors say about local politicians?

How to make vegan double chocolate chip cookies

Vancouver film critics vote for Lincoln

The bed head rules in 2012 as the top male hairstyle

Ear of Newt's Top 10 Vancouver concerts of 2012

Der Spiegel kills off George H.W. Bush—temporarily, at least

Video: People Are Awesome 2013

Naomi Yamamoto operates a forklift

Topless women's rights group Femen makes its presence known across Europe

U.S. regulators reduce barriers to Internet use in the skies

The list to beat all lists

It's a wonderful world, according to Steve-O

Team Canada beats Russians 4-1, advances to World Junior semi-final

Kathleen Zalko: Be careful about Ibuprofen

Right wingers got it wrong on Hillary Clinton concussion

Video: Motorboat driver uses flashy moves to fight fire

Beauty and brains: How Hedy Lamarr helped defeat the Nazis

Your morning OMG WTF: Russian plane crash caught on video

Gun silencers protect shooters, but what about their victims?

Photo of the Day: Uptown Idle No More

Caption the Political Photo: Stephen Harper celebrates Christmas

10 books worth reading

Conservatives give fossil fuels another boost

News for Youse: Bus accident kills nine, transit fares will rise, and Kim Kardashian is pregnant

Even Bill Gates's kids covet Apple products

Pope's anti-same-sex marriage stance: Dutch de-baptize, Euro beefcake strip

Stop it with the memes already

ABC Book & Comic Emporium almost ready to pack it in

Christy Clark shares her New Year's resolutions

Liam and Emma the most popular names for B.C. babies in 2011

Five things to look forward to in 2013

Remembering guitar greats lost in 2012: Ronnie Montrose, "Duck" Dunn, Bob Welch, Big Jim Sullivan

Every hour, 3000 people go to hell!

Um, gun violence in the movies isn't the same as real life

The Scottish ring in the New Year with a dook, a ba', a ceilidh, and some dogs (mind the shite)

British MP George Galloway rips into a television interviewer

Coyotes attack Seattle man

My totally random top five arts moments from 2012

MC Hammer joins PSY to possibly "end" Gangnam Style

Barack Obama called the world's worst poker player

Idle No More demonstrators will descend on Waterfront Station

How you can spot a lie, even when it's being told by Bill Clinton

News for Youse: Assessed values rise, Norovirus outbreak, and suspected rapist arrested

Kathy Griffin tells PSY that he has money coming out of his butt

Video: Huge python turns up in Florida picnic area

Will the U.S. fiscal-cliff legislation whack the B.C. film industry?

South Korean newspaper claims Kim Jong-il died from "fit of rage" over leaky dam

Idle No More rallies hit shopping malls across the U.S.

One New Year's resolution could be to quit Facebook

Republican Jon Huntsman says his party is devoid of a soul

David Letterman calls Jay Leno completely insecure

Christopher Walken is actually Scarlett Johansson

Where to get rid of your Christmas tree in Vancouver

An NHL fan's advice to shinty: stay away from California

Bachelorette Jillian Harris will cohost reality show Love It or List It Vancouver starting Monday

National security cited in mystery over melting money

Prince Harry is a boozed up death machine

The greatest Rolling Stones film cue, ever

Ear of Newt's Vancouver concert pix: Joe Bonamassa, B.B. King, and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience

UBC community invited to show support for Idle No More

Father John Misty does R. Kelly karaoke on a cruise ship

Reality TV show looking for the next superstar DJ

F. Scott Fitzgerald's experiment in cross-dressing

Photo of the Day: Hiking Minnekhada Regional Park

Five things I don’t want to hear about in 2013

Voting is now open for our 16th annual Golden Plate Awards

City & Culture

It's those selfish, white single people who elected Barack Obama

Draft plan for Golden Ears Provincial Park proposes huts and loop hiking trail

Gwynne Dyer: Nigeria's Boko Haram problem

Vancouver police search for missing 13-year-old West End boy

Indian gang rape victim dies in Singapore hospital

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip: Stephen Harper attacked First Nations rights in 2012

Update: Missing 13-year-old Vancouver boy found near UBC

Norovirus outbreak declared at Royal Columbian Hospital

Israeli journalist highlights growing rift between American Jews and Netanyahu regime

Republican-controlled House of Representatives steps back from fiscal cliff

David Suzuki: It's time to take global warming seriously

Idling while Canada burns: lessons we can learn from First Nations

Gwynne Dyer: Unpacking U.S. energy myths

Judge calls defendant "incorrigible leech" in B.C. real estate case

Delta councillor Scott Hamilton running for B.C. Liberals

Ben West: Is bitumen oil? Moving from tar sands to sensible solutions

Tobold Rollo: Idle No More highlights modern relevance of treaties

Food

A random sampling of new wines to try

Winter veggies can be mighty tasty—honest

Reservations for Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2013 open January 7

Living

Transgender rally for January Marie Lapuz seeks justice, rights, and more

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 323

Sen sneakers in cognac give a stylish lift

Tales of young tyrants have ring of fate in Anton Piatigorsky's The Iron Bridge

Dan Savage answers the University of Wisconsin-Madison's burning questions

Movies

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Compliance, Dredd 3D, Frankenweenie, Now is Good, Red Dwarf X

U.S. fiscal cliff bill highlights challenges for B.C. film industry

Music

Zomboy whips up a frenzy in Vancouver