Georgia Straight Issue 2369

May 15, 2013

Arts

A Circus in Wonderland at the PNE Garden Auditorium

Brief Encounters 19 at Performance Works

Emily Carr University of Art and Design presents The Show

Riding wild, true tales in Never Shoot a Stampede Queen

Richmond Arts Awards winners announced for 2013

New rEvolver Theatre Festival targets adventurous work

rEvolver Theatre Festival 2013: Sci-Fi Double Feature brings retro B-movie fun

Church vies to take over Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts

Portrait of an Artist: Kuh Del Rosario

Commissioners to vote on proposed Stanley Park sculpture installation

City of New Westminster looks to host international artists

Dreamgirls is the ultimate sister act

Vancouver’s Goh Ballet loses venue for holiday Nutcracker production

Never Shoot a Stampede Queen paints predictable portraits in the Cariboo

Blogs

News for Youse: NDP leaks memos, Rich Coleman dismisses plot against premier, and Canucks clean lockers

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Talking Landscape at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Two Nil at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Canadian art-store growth continues with opening of DeSerres in Surrey

Video: 105-year-old Texan sings praises of bacon

Randy Jackson leaves American Idol to spend more time with Tito and Bubbles

Canucks GM Mike Gillis starts the awkward job of explaining another trainwreck

Kids let their creativity run wild at DIGI-ART

News for Youse: Dix won't raise PST, Canucks will make changes, and jobless rate falls

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Pants on Fire: The Liar’s Show

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Brahms at the Cathedral

Photo of the Day: Stargazing

Photo of the Day: Passing by

Mother's Day gifts that give back

Two little assholes damage Phil Lynott's statue in Dublin

Kanye West not exactly an all-seeing God

The Georgia Straight presents an exclusive advance screening of The Reluctant Fundamentalist at Fifth Avenue Cinemas

Who will get the metropolitan daily's endorsement?

Slayer's Jeff Hanneman killed by booze not brown spider

A strong slogan takes you only so far

B.C. Liberals rely on a trick from Alabama in dying days of election

Video: Shirley Gnome discusses where her vote's going on May 14

News for Youse: Police shooting at SkyTrain station, NDP supports trans rights, and Grouse Grind opens

News for Youse: Campaign's final day, concerned citizens vanish, and Chris Hadfield coming home

"Choose vegetarian" transit ads compare eating cows to eating dogs

Chris Hadfield releases "Space Oddity" music video from orbit

April Reimer and Elisha Cuthbert look ready to get it on after Leafs OT loss

Photos: 2013 Investors Group Stars on Ice presented by Lindt

Photo of the Day: One moment

B.C. Liberals try to whip up red scare

Fred Perry polo event at Harry Rosen will impress preppy dads

Americans love Adele and can't stand Justin Bieber

SFU hosts talk by experts who discovered Richard III’s skeleton

Australian chef develops $120 egg sandwich

Watch and wonder: Richard Thompson at the Rio Theatre

Topless Femen protesters choose a safe way to challenge neo-Nazis

Guess girl Ashley Diana Morris on list of beautiful Canadians

The Georgia Straight presents Buckcherry at the Commodore

Angelina Jolie undergoes double mastectomy to cut cancer risk

News for Youse: B.C. votes, Boston defeats the Leafs, and Angelina Jolie on breast cancer

Vancouver-based Espro launches updated French press

Photo of the Day: Voting place

Video: Take a honeymoon in Vancouver in 1960

Videos: Chris Hadfield's best moments in space

WOWtv's Georgia Straight News: May 12, 2013

City & Culture

B.C. Liberal MLA Kash Heed says he’ll refuse to vote

The Straight Slate for the 2013 B.C. provincial election: Character matters

Andrew Weaver: I joined the Green Party because I am a scientist

Reg Johanson: Capilano University's senate calls on board of governors to reject budget cuts

Damian Kettlewell: Make history and vote Green on May 14

The Straight Slate for the 2013 B.C. provincial election: Candidate picks

Jack Chivo: The message of hate in our midst

Five Filipino Canadian candidates on the ballot in B.C. election

B.C. Green party candidates push renewable energy

Battle for votes in Vancouver-False Creek nears end

Where does the B.C. Green party go after the provincial election?

Indigenous academics convene at UBC for international conference

Spencer Chandra Herbert eats pizza with Adrian Dix and promotes equality for trans community

Gurpreet Singh: NDP silence over B.C. Human Rights Commission baffles many

Martyn Brown: Vote Once, Think Twice

City councillors rue the possible loss of the Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts

B.C. Liberals tied to controversy in China

Gwynne Dyer: Making guns with 3-D printers

Pete Quily wages a lonely fight to get provincial politicians to pay attention to an expensive disorder

David Eby makes a final, late-night push for votes in Vancouver–Point Grey

Mike Gillis looks to build stronger, better Vancouver Canucks

Adrian Dix ends whirlwind final campaign day and night in Vancouver-Kingsway

Too much charisma is starting to become a political liability in Canada

Vancouver park board to consider two new community gardens

Vancouver park board to establish trans and gender-variant working group

Joe Fresh signs accord to protect Bangladeshi factory workers

David Suzuki: We have a lot to learn about bugs

Mail-in ballots create a higher level of difficulty for some seniors

NDP led briefly in Vancouver-Quilchena, but the B.C. Liberals are now ahead

Jenny Kwan appears on her way to a big victory in Vancouver–Mount Pleasant

B.C. Liberal Gabby Kalaw opens up an early lead in Vancouver-Kensington

Mary Polak defeats B.C. Conservative Leader John Cummins in Langley

NDP Leader Adrian Dix elected in Vancouver-Kingsway

B.C. Liberal Sam Sullivan has early lead over NDP's Matt Toner

B.C. Liberal Suzanne Anton holds slim lead over NDP's Gabriel Yiu in Vancouver-Fraserview

Christy Clark hangs onto a narrow lead in Vancouver–Point Grey

Andrew Weaver makes history as the first elected Green MLA in B.C.

B.C. Liberals win fourth consecutive majority government

The shadow of Gordon Campbell looms over B.C. Liberal victory

NDP leading in three of four Burnaby constituencies

Vicki Huntington wins, but independents Bob Simpson and John van Dongen lose

NDP blows lead much like the B.C. Liberals did in 1996

B.C. Liberals win re-election thanks in part to suburban voters

Spencer Chandra Herbert is elected in Vancouver–West End

Live blog: election night dispatches from B.C. NDP headquarters

Live blog: election night dispatches from B.C. Liberals headquarters

VIFF bookings cancelled at Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts

NDP shows improvement in Vancouver, despite losing B.C. election

Former campaign manager speaks on leaving the Liberals and LGBT politics in B.C.

Understanding the narwhal: Research camp

Food

C Restaurant chef Lee Humphries's recipe for spot prawn vongole pasta

Living

Your horoscope for May 9 to 15, 2013

Becica gladiator sandals are surprisingly soft

DOXA 2013: Interior. Leather Bar.: The straight man's journey into the world of gay sex

International Day Against Homophobia Breakfast 2013: Tackling queerphobia in sport

Vancouver talent pops up at West Elm and West Elm Market

How can I help my male cousin who enjoys dressing up as a woman?

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 342

Movies

Blackbird feels hauntingly real

At Any Price is a dark study of the American dream

Kon-Tiki is an old-fashioned adventure

Filmmaker Joachim Rønning takes a wild voyage with Kon-Tiki

Blackbird's Alexia Fast makes the outcast life cool

DOXA 2013: Bury My Heart in Dresden takes an unexpected detour through Lakota history

DOXA 2013: Shored Up reminds us that’s there’s no escape from stupidity

DOXA 2013: Maybe bring a barf bag to Father Figures

Baz Luhrmann's take on The Great Gatsby is weirdly hard to hate

DOXA 2013: Oxyana reveals a lost generation of Oxycontin users

DOXA 2013: Fallen City feels like a compromised view of China's 2008 earthquake

Go Goa Gone unleashes desi zombies on the world

DOXA 2013: Stopping for Death: The Nurses of Wells House Hospice finds dignity and joy among the dying

Leo Awards 2013 nominees: Becoming Redwood, Continuum, and more

DOXA 2013 award winners: Fire in the Blood, The Great Hip-Hop Hoax, and more

Vancouver International Film Festival adapts to change and challenges

DOXA 2013: Simple and effective Two Nil captures life in the soccer stands

Dennis Quaid works his star power in At Any Price

Music

Anciients moves in mind-expanding ways

Monomania peeks into Deerhunter's madness

Kurt Vile at the Biltmore Cabaret

The Black Angels at the Commodore Ballroom

Man or Astro-man? at the Biltmore Cabaret

Instant Playlist - May 8 2013

Kisses considers a First-World kid’s problems

Natalie Maines and the Waterboys top eclectic Vancouver Folk Music Festival roster

Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City is an unremarkable outing

Of Monsters and Men wows an enthusiastic crowd at the Orpheum

News

B.C. NDP wants to have a positive relationship with federal government

Tech

Geek Speak: Catherine Winckler, co-founder of Switch United

#VoteMob sees Vancouver's tech industry take over the Roundhouse polling station