Georgia Straight Issue 2356

Feb 14, 2013

Arts

Lesley Telford brings unique choreographic voices to the Chutzpah Festival

Vancouver city council to consider pilot program for live performances

Pablo Ziegler finds his own tango style

Rachel Rosenfield Lafo picked as new director of Richmond Art Gallery

Armenian cello star Narek Hakhnazaryan seduces Vancouver Recital Society audience

BJM blazes a fresh path at 40

New artists inspire Talking Stick Festival

Black & Yellow Gallery plans new exhibit after leaving Waldorf Hotel

Blogs

George W. Bush paints his feet

News for Youse: Tasered boy let down, viaduct accident, Patrick Brazeau charged, Canucks win again

Cityreal & Wes Mackey hit the oil sands for "Nightlife" video

Vancouver-trained chef Makoto Ono opens PiDGiN restaurant

Photo of the Day: Finding a good spot to watch the sunset

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Pablo Ziegler Quartet with Regina Carter in Tango Meets Jazz

Beach House gives a nod to Pink Floyd in "Forever Still"

Natural gas fracking and climate action don't mix

The Strap and Crap is a poopy hiker's dream

Grow-op photo of the day: Underground bunker in Sorrento

Concerned Citizens for B.C. present a misleading image of themselves

News for Youse: Liquor rules loosened, B.C. Services Card creates concern, and Grammys dress code

Devin Townsend calls Mega Python vs. Gatoroid "monumentally punishing"

Ear of Newt's top 30 rock albums of 1973

Kid sinks free throw, school erupts with joy

News for Youse: B.C.'s first Family Day, Pope announces resignation, and Ravi Shankar wins Grammy

News for Youse: Adriane Carr won't give up, Pope has pacemaker, and Angelina's well-paid child

Video: Femen philosophy explained (warning: some nudity)

God comments on Pope resignation

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Idan Raichel Project

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Body-Scan: Sweet Gyre

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the 2013 Wearable Art Awards

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Dances for a Small Stage 28

B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame 2013 inductees include Marc Crawford, Paul Kariya, and Mark Recchi

k.d. lang to join Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Lost actor Evangeline Lilly speaks out on the tar sands

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Evil Dead the Musical

Topless Femen members rage against Catholic Church after Pope resigns (warning nudity)

What the 2013 B.C. throne speech says about postsecondary education

So lightning really did strike twice after the pope quit

Photo of the Day: Lighthouse Park

Photos: Snowshoeing on Hollyburn Mountain in Cypress Provincial Park

Ted Nugent shows up at Barack Obama's State of the Union address

Photo of the Day: False Creek ferry

News for Youse: Report condemns RCMP, Canucks win again, and Keira Knightley censored

Marvel to get into the chick-lit game

Hard hitting Japanese film puts atomic energy on the dock

How much would you pay for more Twitter followers?

Online spying bill is dead: Weekly update from OpenMedia.ca

A Valentine’s Day gift for the Ayn Rand doofus in your life

Zombie warning issued in Montana

Forget the Super Bowl, put on the Condom Bowl?

The man of your dreams

Lady Gaga cancels Born This Way Ball tour

Who has best video in Vancouver–False Creek: Sam Sullivan, Lorne Mayencourt, or Brian Fixter?

Get Marco Rubio some water

Heather Hospitality opens Rainier Provisions in Gastown

City & Culture

B.C. Liberals review Sukh Dhaliwal's candidacy in Surrey-Panorama

Daniel Tseghay and Andrew Weaver: We can choose not to export coal in B.C.

Khalsa school supporters rally in Vancouver

B.C. government makes more changes to provincial liquor regime

Vancouver looks at expanding food carts to off-street sites

Sukh Dhaliwal resigns as B.C. Liberal candidate amid tax-evasion charges

UBC child-development expert Clyde Hertzman dies

Seth Klein offers tribute to Clyde Hertzman

OpenMedia.ca celebrates demise of federal online surveillance bill

David Suzuki: Environment commissioner warns Canadians' health and economy at risk

Text of B.C. Liberal government's 2013 throne speech

Legislation to create seniors' advocate promised in B.C. throne speech

Daniel Igali: With wrestling vote, IOC surrenders Olympic ideals to corporate interests

Trevor Goward: Protecting the Clearwater Valley would help mountain caribou recovery

Dispute over Vancouver park board agreement boils over to city hall

Did you hear any guffaws when the mayor condemned attacks on city staff?

Martha Hall Findlay: Canada can turn environmental challenges into economic opportunities

Gwynne Dyer: Chokri Belaid murder mystery in Tunisia

Human Rights Watch details allegations of sexual assault by Mounties; RCMP says no complaints filed

Ross Urquhart: An alternative path to Senate reform in Canada

Gwynne Dyer: The imperial papacy

Voice of the Cerebral Palsied of Greater Vancouver loses charitable status

Lawyer Brian Fixter wants to fix “stale” B.C. Liberals

Vancouver Canucks ride on strength of defence

Food

Sandor Katz gives tips on how to make kimchi or sauerkraut

Be your own butcher with DIY classes at Save On Meats

Living

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 329

This season's makeup is all about the glow

The same rules should apply whether your son is gay or straight

Movies

Too much is way too much in Identity Thief

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Impossible River Journey overcomes multiple disasters

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Groundswell takes a surfing safari to the Great Bear Rainforest

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: Himalayan Gold Rush features treasure hunt for bizarre aphrodisiac

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Anna Karenina, Argo, Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season, Holy Motors, Seven Psychopaths

Vancouver's Rendez-vous Quebec and French film festival crosses cultures

Music

The Helio Sequence finds its magic

Grammy Awards attract smaller audience without the pull of Whitney's death

Soundgarden brings killer riffs and a sound mix from hell to Vancouver

News

RCMP mistreatment alleged in Human Rights Watch report on northern B.C.

Tech

Geek Speak: Joanna Colpitts, aka Lace Cadet, producer of Beam Me Up, Sexy