Georgia Straight Issue 2387

Sep 19, 2013

Arts

The Habit of Art's ideas pay off

Dances for a Small Stage with perogies: what's not to like?

Vancouver Opera recovers from deficit, reports more-than-$400,000 operating surplus for 2013

Five shows keep the Fringe flame burning in Pick of the Fringe holdovers

Chase Padgett's 6 Guitars wins Georgia Straight Critics' Choice at Fringe fest awards

Tommy Chong keeps courting laughs

Comedian Todd Barry takes crowd work to new lengths

Ryan Hamilton at the Comedy MIX

Brief Encounters at Performance Works

Sors at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

50 Shades!—The Musical at the Orpheum

Punch Out! at East Van Studios

Witnesses makes palpable the impact of residential schools

Tommy Taylor recounts not-so-fond memories of G20 in You Should Have Stayed Home

Lynne Marsh's Plänterwald is a poetic meditation on a broken-down Berlin amusement park

Blogs

News for Youse: Sentencing Carly Rae's cyberstalker, slumlord in court, imam charged in sex assault

What's the worst thing you've heard your mom say?

Cher says no to Sochi Winter Olympics for Russia's antigay laws

Photos: The lineup for the 99 B-Line is a farce

Flash mob gay marriage proposal in anti-gay marriage Utah

Photo of the Day: Swingers

Rapper 2 Chainz launches #MEALTIME cookbook

Joe Clark takes a swing at Argo

Which B.C. political journalist do you hate the most?

News for Youse: Rally for science, B.C. municipalities meeting, and George Clooney enjoys a night out

Vij's curries available at Rogers Arena in time for Canucks preseason

The Georgia Straight presents Zappa Plays Zappa: Roxy & Elsewhere 40th Anniversary Tour at the Commodore

WOWtv's Georgia Straight News September 15, 2013: B.C. NDP, fall arts, and pitbulls in Burnaby

1024 Architecture brings tech-installation Hypercube to New Forms Festival

News for Youse: New B.C. liquor website, Davis Cup showdown, Terry Fox runs, and John Kerry sales job

Next Media Animation produces video poking fun at Apple and the iPhone 5c and 5s

Video: Apple brings on ridicule from David So for iPhone 5c and 5s

Photo of the Day: Kent Avenue

Tenth annual Passions fundraiser a tasty success

The Georgia Straight presents Moist at the Commodore

The Georgia Straight presents The Head and The Heart at the Commodore

Youth panel to discuss intergenerational impacts of human-rights violations

Apple Canada announces prices of new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c

News for Youse: UBC speaks on rape chant, B.C.’s economy improves, and the Canucks lose to the Sharks

B.C. Lions lose quarterback Travis Lulay to shoulder injury

Rory Gallagher crime noir-inspired project features a new novella by Ian Rankin

"How To Be A Vancouverite" hits +10,000 views after only a few hours on YouTube

Designers create fanciful tablescapes for Dinner by Design 2013

Photos: Canoes paddle into False Creek to launch Reconciliation Week

News for Youse: All Nations canoes, Adrian Dix announcement, and Blackberry launches new phone

George R. R. Martin thinks that Walter White is a "monster"

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Compagnie Pedro Pauwels's Sors (Get Out)

If you like the Straight's music section cutlines, you will love these

Photo of the Day: Artist at play

Zach Anner's caffeinated workout video shows anything is possible

City & Culture

Vancouver police and mayor issue recommendations to address mental health “crisis”

Reasonable Doubt: Smartphones have become equalizers between citizens and police

New explanation for why narcissists appear to be missing a brain chip

Pharmaceutical lobbyist and former Mike Farnworth backer Marcella Munro says Adrian Dix must quit

Sara Lee journalists don't do a hell of a lot for the world

Gwynne Dyer: Rape is an African problem

David Hatfield: The UBC rape chant and a call for rites of passage eldership

David Suzuki speaks out against Stephen Harper at Stand Up for Science rally in Vancouver

Vancouver staff report recommends extending schedule for Grandview-Woodland plan

David Suzuki: Tahltan's Sacred Headwaters defence has deep roots

Residents set to rally at Vancouver City Hall over community plans

All Nations Canoe Gathering launches Reconciliation Week in Vancouver

Will election be fought over affordability definition?

Bus rider’s logbook keeps TransLink accountable

Truth and reconciliation need far more attention

Glory, glory, hallelujah to the Georgia Straight

COPE's David Chudnovsky downcast over Vision Vancouver record

UBC requires Commerce Undergraduate Society to pay $250,000 to fund sex-abuse counselling

Mayor and critics say it's time for TransLink to report to elected officials

Gerard Janssen: Will a new leader save the B.C. NDP?

Reconciliation efforts include focus on education

Adrian Dix—will he stay or will he go as B.C. NDP leader?

B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix plans to step down after leadership vote

Gabriel Yiu: What's behind Prime Minister Stephen Harper's lecture at the G20 summit?

Gurpreet Singh: Examining the Quebec Charter of Values and secularism from a Ghadar perspective

Adrian Dix tells constituents that he feels pretty good about stepping down as leader of the B.C. NDP

Stephen Lewis targets climate change during UBCM keynote address

Food

Vancouver liquor store offers beer tasting for dogs

YVR unveils Canucks Sports Bar & Grill

Craft beer meets burlesque for Beerlesque III at the Roundhouse

Living

Guides to Cypress Provincial Park encourage exploration

Mercedes B250 is surprisingly practical

Manitoba passes antibullying bill supporting gay-straight alliances

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 360: Is penis envy a real thing?

Peruvian designers debut at Vancouver Fashion Week

An events guide for Reconciliation Week in Vancouver

Author J.B. MacKinnon talks The Once and Future World

My neighbours have noisy sex

Best of bands 2013: Lié

Best of bands 2013: The Matinée

Best of bands 2013: Shawn Mrazek Lives!

Best of bands 2013: The Abramson Singers

Best of bands 2013: Ben Rogers

Best of bands 2013: Portage and Main

Best of bands 2013: Kōban

Best of bands 2013: Fake Shark Real Zombie

Best of bands 2013: White Ash Falls

Best of bands 2013: La Chinga

Best of bands 2013: Anciients

Best of Vancouver 2013: Vancouver's music scene burns bright

Best of Vancouver 2013: Our contributors’ picks

Best of bands 2013: The Courtneys

The District at IDSwest does chic handmade

The best of IDSwest

BOV 2013 contributors’ picks: Transportation

BOV 2013 contributors' picks: City Life

BOV 2013 contributors' picks: Media

BOV 2013 contributors’ picks: Entertainment

BOV 2013 contributors’ picks: Arts

BOV 2013 contributors’ picks: Sports

BOV 2013 contributors’ picks: Activities & Events

BOV 2013 contributors’ picks: Literature

BOV 2013: From a common thread, African kinship grows

BOV 2013: Cultures stir up Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood

BOV 2013: Meet the families who run thriving Vancouver restaurants

BOV 2013: Crab spaghetti takes Top Chef Canada's Matthew Stowe back to childhood

BOV 2013: Go on, keep pouring: try these wines on tap

BOV 2013: Designer Omer Arbel lights up London

BOV style 2013: Jennifer Gray seeks out the best fashion ghetto-glam flavah

BOV style 2013: Moustache & Darling hair genuis Nicole Lefaivre's style bests

BOV style 2013: Style insider Melissa Ferreira spills top vintage secrets

BOV 2013: In Muse, Mary Novik's heroine enchants poets and popes

BOV 2013: Here’s to the video games made in Vancouver

BOV 2013: Vancouver sports teams go through dearth of playoff glory

BOV 2013: A mother’s diagnosis inspires Fuck Cancer charity

BOV 2013: Dr. George Kljajic embraces positive psychology

The book that changed your life: Shaena Lambert

BOV 2013 contributors’ picks: LGBT

BOV 2013 contributors' picks: News & Politics

BOV 2013 contributors’ picks: Food & Drink

Movies

Maria Bello feels Prisoners' angst

The Art of the Steal robs its star cast

Drab Austenland doesn’t do much for the women of the world

Salinger won't be accused of perfectionism

Acting saves the shabby Single Shot

The Art of the Steal's Jay Baruchel is crazy for Canada

Genre jumping My Lucky Star a goofy cartoon brought to life

Music

Kate Boy at the Biltmore Cabaret

The National stays lucky with subtle Trouble

Detroit’s Human Eye doesn’t phone it in

Savages bemused by Mercury nod

The Growlers are slowly embracing change

Porcelain Raft no longer interested in going it alone

The Orb’s Alex Paterson thrives on collaboration

The Sonics go boom again

News

Reconciliation is not only about the past