Cover photo Tourism Vancouver/ Albert Normandin

Georgia Straight Issue 2383

Aug 22, 2013

Arts

France says bienvenue to Kathleen Oliver's Swollen Tongues

Theatre Reviews

A... My Name Is Alice's all-female cast does a remarkable job

Dark fairy tale Fall Away Home finds its forest

Sharon Kallis explores the “invisible” work of eco-art in Stanley Park

RAW:natural born artists at Gossip Nightclub

Viva Verdi! Opera and Arias series at Bard on the Beach

Sneak preview of new Pauline Johnson opera offered in Stanley Park

Outdoor pianos for the Vancouver summer: Dawn Pemberton with a love song for you

Il Volo is living the teenage dream

Blogs

News for Youse: Two local stabbing deaths, NDP MLAs post expenses, athlete defends Russian antigay law

Listen to Wikipedia edits in real time

Fair face-off: Vancouver's PNE vs Toronto's CNE

Horny puppets earn another extension at the Arts Club

Impressionist does Total Eclipse of the Heart as 19 divas

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Extreme close-up

Photos: Day one at the Fair at the PNE

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight presents Chris Cornell at the Orpheum

Justin Bieber exhumes Michael Jackson on "Slave to the Rhythm"

News for Youse: PNE opening weekend, DTES charity worker dies, and two Canadians missing in Egypt

Photos: Crankworx Whister 2013

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: 1,017 seconds of this morning

The Sabbath Time Machine

Photos: 2013 Vancouver Zombie Walk

Photos: Day two at the Fair at the PNE

News for Youse: Election funding revealed, cuts to rail safety staff, and Harper to prorogue parliament

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Clover macro

News for Youse: Community centre lawsuit, 95-year-old in court, and Bradley Manning sentenced

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Desi Dhamaka

After three years in solitary confinement, Bradley Manning sentenced to another 35 in prison

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: East Van lion

Black Sabbath setlist goes heavy on Paranoid, mostly shuns Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Werner Herzog documentary reveals devastation caused by texting and driving

City & Culture

TransLink executives enjoy pay increases as service levels are being cut

Police investigating if Cuchillo restaurant vandalism linked to Downtown Eastside anti-gentrification protests

Reasonable Doubt: Coercion and the loss of all privacy if you’re a parent

Vancouver protest planned in response to Egyptian military repression

Gwynne Dyer: Obama holds few cards with Egyptian democracy crumbling and civil war in Syria and Iraq

Ex-B.C. NDP president Sav Dhaliwal says leader Adrian Dix and president Moe Sihota should resign

Sheraton Vancouver Airport workers go on strike

Shark Club Langley ordered to pay $10,000 each to three spurned customers of South Asian descent

Former Downtown Eastside saviour Sister Elizabeth Kelliher dies

Shannon Powell: Governor General should refuse Stephen Harper's request to shut down Parliament

Canadian director John Greyson and doctor Tarek Loubani detained in Egypt

David Suzuki: How geoengineering relates to climate change

Mining firms top B.C Liberal election donors while unions main contributors to NDP

Dental X-rays offer patients a chance to escape agony

Ten provincial election candidates failed to disclose campaign spending by deadline

Individuals’ donations led the NDP to a fundraising win over the B.C. Liberals

Letter to the editor: Robin Thicke article embarrasses reader

TransLink's Compass fare card could create big challenges for Vancouver's poor

Environment Canada meteorologist rejects Bill Vander Zalm’s chemtrail theory

Former candidate Adam Olsen wants to lead Green Party of B.C.

Planning process for Vancouver’s Marpole district sparks community backlash

Jenny Kwan for mayor of Vancouver?

Six community associations pursue legal action against Vancouver park board

Tech gadgets a game changer for UBC Thunderbirds coach Shawn Olson

The federal Conservative leadership race has already started

Understanding the narwhal: On the ground

Food

Art Institute's Ben Kiely adds a Mediterranean touch to braised lamb

Dining Features

How to train to be a butcher in B.C.

Food of the Week

Glenburn Soda Fountain charms with old-fashioned ice-cream treats in Burnaby

Living

Antihomophobia measures in schools reduce alcohol use by students, UBC study finds

Savage Love Podcast

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 356: "Cum Dumpsters" and what you are doing wrong when you date online

Book Choice of the Week

Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival celebrates 10 years

Savage Love Column

Is my stepson a budding diaper fetishist?

Fall Style: This season's honey, glow, and gloss

Fall style: Herschel Supply Co.'s backpacks sit easy on the shoulder

Health Features

Langara expands holistic healing programs

Fall style: Denim on denim is back—and hotter than ever

Vancouver's Victoria Secret to open with help from "Angel" Lindsay Ellingson

Movies

Kick-Ass 2 lacks the charm of the original

Vancouver Queer Film Fest: In the Name Of (W Imie) poses a moral dilemma

Vancouver Queer Film Fest: Feel-good Lace Bite pulls you in with personality

Cinema Sewer Volume 4 drops you into the grindhouse

Vancouver Queer Film Fest: Mama Rainbow illuminates Chinese mothers of gay children

Vancouver Queer Film Fest: In-between Days offers an authentic look at India's trans community

Vancouver Queer Film Fest: Lesbiana uncovers the power of lesbian communes

Director Harald Zwart wields The Mortal Instruments well

Endlessly witty The World’s End beyond funny

Brits get silly in The World’s End

You’re Next a bloody homage to '80s gore flicks

I Give It a Year strains to provide laughs

Vancouver Queer Film Fest: G.B.F. puts a gay spin on the teen female clique flick

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones delivers monsters

Vancouver Queer Film Fest: Art-noise-terror relived in She Said Boom

Vancouver Queer Film Fest: Hijra struggle gathers momentum in Queens! Dance of Destiny

Bond Girl Marguerite Gordon brings 1960s glam to Vancity

Music

Shearing Pinx attacks the Melvins! (Not)

Booze-free Ozzy has nothing on batshit-crazy Ozzy

Washboard Union explores a new road

Born Ruffians are never satisfied

Iamsu! rides a new wave of Bay Area hip-hop

Scout Niblett at the Cobalt

Dieter Moebius is slowing down but hasn’t lost his edge

Sam Roberts Band at the Pacific National Exhibition

Everest’s Russell Pollard embraces a pressure-free existence

O’Brother’s film fans build a cinematic soundscape

A Day to Remember thrills the sweaty masses at the Vogue

The members of the Matinée are all in this together

News

More skilled labour needed as liquefied-natural-gas industry grows

University success linked to outside activites

Aboriginal enrollment growing at Vancouver postsecondary schools

Spotlight on education: Holistic healing, work experience, and more skilled labour needed

Vision Vancouver boosts live music in local parks

Tech

Stealth Inc. A Clone in the Dark is a new friend among familiar faces

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