Photo by Chris McPherson

Georgia Straight Issue 2406

Jan 30, 2014

Arts

Theatre Reviews

The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi fully realizes its artistic vision

Comedy Reviews

Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival has no shortage of guffaws

Visual Arts Reviews

Surrey Art Gallery's (Da bao) serves up new meaning for takeout

Arts Features

Musical-theatre company Patrick Street Productions lives out its dream

Arts Choices

Jim Byrnes and Babe Gurr at Deep Cove Shaw Theatre

Arts Choices

Mani Soleymanlou’s One at the Cultch

Arts Choices

West Side Story at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Arts Choices

605 Collective’s Inheritor Album at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

Arts Features

Winter arts festivals offer cool cold-busters

Dance Reviews

Usually Beauty Fails is raw, honest, and unnerving

Arts Features

Brent Butt heads home to the standup stage

Theatre Reviews

Mani Soleymanlou's One covers familiar terrain

Arts Features

Koreans drum in a new year

Arts Features

Pee-wee Herman’s new adventure

Blogs

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Usually Beauty Fails

Music

Concert pic of the morning: Lord Huron at the Commodore

News

Should Mount Seymour’s second peak be named after Tim Jones?

Life

Transgender model Jenna Talackova says going vegan was “healthiest transformation”

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Street person gets the flu, alert the media

Music

3:01 Pick Me Up: Eating Out

LGBT

Rae Spoon documentary-musical My Prairie Home to stream online free

LGBT

On the Gaydar: Nigeria, Hong Kong, England, Elton John, and more

Sports

A video for Canucks fans needing a fix of John Tortorella

Music

Concert pic of the morning: Volcano Choir at the Commodore

Ear of Newt

North Mississippi Allstars shake 'em on down at the Rio

News

Plenty of emergency-services personnel at memorial for Tim Jones

Music

Justin Bieber wasn't drag racing in Miami Beach

Life

A loss helped bring about a win for Canadian women ski jumpers

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Who left their "pants" in the bathroom?

Sports

Mike Sullivan sounds confident that Canucks will break scoring slump

Music

Friends, including Usher, reportedly trying to save Justin Bieber

Et Cetera

Pope Francis oversees release of peace doves; birds get attacked

Music

Grammy winners already announced even though the show's still on TV

Music

Concert pic of the morning: Excision at the Commodore

Ear of Newt

Tragically Hip producer Steve Berlin energized Matt Andersen's Weightless

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Hazy shade of winter indeed

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors 605 Collective’s Inheritor Album

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight presents Jack Johnson at Deer Lake Park

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Signs

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Warm greeting for a slow morning

LGBT

Grammys go pro-marriage equality with "Same Love": Macklemore, Madonna, and more

Music

Stephen Harper's Grammy news release doesn't mention his nemesis

Music

Sarah McLachlan appears in Audi's Doberhuahua freak show

Sports

Super Bowl date change? Super Bowl Monday? Super Bowl Friday?

Arts

Happy birthday, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Et Cetera

Hillary Clinton hasn't driven a car since 1996

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors PEP Talks with Barbara Coloroso

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Trees, photos, and fossils

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Into the mist

News

Driver who fought with cyclist is not a cop, Vancouver police say

News

Video shows fight between driver and cyclist in Vancouver

News

Alleged road rage attack on Vancouver cyclist caught in photos

News

Folk legend Pete Seeger, dead at 94, played free Stanley Park concert 28 years ago

Et Cetera

Jasmeet Singh: Don't touch my turban

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Windows XP to become world’s top malware

News

Community watchdog asks if City Hall withheld computer renderings to stifle debate on the West End

News

London driver punches cyclist in road rage confrontation (video)

Music

Justin Bieber fans won't like this video

Music

Concert pic of the morning: Weedeater at Electric Owl

Music

Concert pic of the morning: J.u.L.S. at Venue

Sports

UFC 174 confirmed for Rogers Arena in Vancouver on June 14

Music

3:01 Pick Me Up: Slowdive

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Toward the sun

Et Cetera

Hitler shows up in South America, again

Music

Prince decides against suing his (former) fans

Music

Red Hot Chili Peppers debut new song for the Super Bowl—or not

Arts

Museum of Anthropology flooded after water main breaks at UBC

Straight Presents

Win tickets to the Squamish Valley Music Festival before they go on sale

News

Discover why Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan thinks B.C. is becoming a banana republic

Ear of Newt

20 years ago today: Slash on the phone plugging his last Guns N' Roses album

Ear of Newt

Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band to perform at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver

Sports

Maëlle Ricker injures wrist, opts for surgery before Sochi Olympics

City & Culture

Straight Talk

Large turnout expected for Tim Jones memorial service in North Vancouver

Straight Talk

Enbridge lobbyist Chuck Strahl resigns from CSIS watchdog

Commentary

Reasonable Doubt: When he’s not your baby’s daddy

Commentary

Gwynne Dyer: The Arab Spring three years on

Sports

Kevin Bieksa's overtime goal gives Vancouver Canucks a 5-4 win over Phoenix Coyotes

Commentary

Gurpreet Singh: Calendar commemorates expulsion of South Asian immigrants under racist legislation

Straight Talk

Premier hints that transit-funding referendum might be delayed until after civic vote

Straight Talk

Robson Street pedestrian plaza seeks designers

Commentary

Derrick O’Keefe: Three years on, Stephen Harper is still an enemy of the Arab Spring

Straight Talk

Musqueam and City of Vancouver sign long-term agreement

Commentary

Surrey NDP MLAs, unlike Jenny Kwan, stop short of advancing policies that will save more lives

Straight Talk

Vancouver team prepares to depart for Sochi Olympics to advocate for LGBT rights

Straight Talk

Vancouver cyclist in fight with driver disturbed by police response

Commentary

David Suzuki: Citizen scientists can fill info gaps about Fukushima effects

Straight Talk

NDP MLA David Eby gains support among South Asians

Straight Talk

Ex-cop Bob Deasy says Outlaws won’t move to B.C.

Commentary

Dermod Travis: Time to bite bullet on regional police force for Metro Vancouver

Straight Talk

Vancouver moves forward with Grandview-Woodland citizens’ assembly

Commentary

Justin Trudeau makes all the "right" moves on Senate reform, energy policy, and marijuana

Straight Talk

Vancouver launches program to train taxi drivers in helping people with disabilities

Real Estate

Park dreams face-off against developments in South Vancouver

Commentary

Gwynne Dyer: Greenland’s race for modernity

Straight Talk

Vancouver begins Black History Month celebrations with memories of Hogan's Alley

Food

Food of the Week

Blue Water Cafe's sustainable seafood unsung heroes menu returns

Cooking

Kaya Malay Bistro's Malaysian salad marks the Lunar New Year

Dining Features

Vancouver’s food and craft beer tours aren’t just for tourists

Uncorked

Wines from near and far

Living

LGBT+

UBC researchers seek men who have sex with men for prostate cancer study

Style Watch

Designer outlet mall at YVR slated for 2015 opening

Savage Love Podcast

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 379: Unicorns are people, too

Outside

Spiritual journey stars in Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

Getaways

Good hotel deals abound for Victoria, Harrison, Sunshine Coast, Whistler, and more

Savage Love Column

What are my options for joining the BDSM community?

LifeStyle Features

Chill out: our guide to winter entertainment around Vancouver

Movies

Movie Reviews

Rescue takes viewers into places they'd never normally see

Movie Features

Gabrielle director achieves perfect pitch

Movie Features

Relationships take a harsh boning in Three Night Stand

Movie Reviews

I, Frankenstein turns classic horror into crap

Movie Reviews

The spectre of Hollywood hangs heavy over 2014's live-action Oscar shorts

Movie Reviews

The spirit of Federico Fellini is alive and weird in The Great Beauty

Movie Reviews

Empire of Dirt has a poverty of ideas

Movie Reviews

The Past finds love's darker history

Movie Features

Labor Day's Jason Reitman gets serious

Movie Notes

Videomatica's extensive film collection available at UBC and SFU

Movie Reviews

Jai Ho is a mess, but at least it's forgettable

Music

Music Features

Janos Maté: Meeting Pete Seeger

Squamish Festival

Arcade Fire, Eminem, and Bruno Mars to top the bill at Squamish Festival 2014

Music Features

Soulfly’s Max Cavalera talks cannibals and killers

Music Choices

Kool Keith at Venue

Music Choices

White Denim at the Biltmore

Music Features

Digging for the real facts about Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton

Music Features

Pete Seeger meets D.O.A.: two generations of musical activism (photos)

Music Features

Matt Andersen avoided lengthy guitar solos on his latest

Music Features

My Goodness’s Joel Schneider got serious, eventually

Music Features

From rap-rock to teen pop, concerts to get you through the winter

News

News Features

Sewage testing pinpoints drug use in communities

News Features

Advocates argue free transit benefits us all

News Features

Journalist Laura Robinson sues John Furlong

Tech

Geek Speak

Geek Speak: Meredith Underell, Vancouver chapter lead for Ladies Learning Code

Tech

Facebook replies to Princeton study forecasting sharp drop in usage

Games

Vancouver’s Black Tusk Studios working on new Gears of War game after Microsoft acquires franchise

Tech

BigPark Studios enters the interactive-TV arena