Georgia Straight Issue 2407

Feb 6, 2014

Arts

Pete Zedlacher at Comedy MIX

Grease's big song-and-dance numbers shine brightest

Paul Anthony's Talent Time celebrates six whacked-out years at the Biltmore

Comedian Debra DiGiovanni is just getting started

Expect musical fireworks at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Pacific Rim Celebration

One Man Lord of the Rings is a sprawling solo saga of swords and sorcery

Grupo Corpo boldly bares the rhythms of its Brazilian roots

Judah Friedlander's Champ is worth boasting about

Western Front New Music captures sounds from the wilderness

The Florentine Straw Hat at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Snowed In Comedy Tour at the Vogue Theatre

Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Romeo + Juliet revels in its tragedy

Blogs

Burrard Bridge repairs will reduce vehicle lanes from February to July

Concert pic of the morning: Kool Keith at Venue

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Snowed In Comedy Tour

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors CIBC LunarFest

Photo of the Day: Tsunami

Conrad Black stripped of Order of Canada, booted from Privy Council

Insane Brit satanic biker movie Psychomania finally comes true

Horror in Vancouver: Stephen King's evil clown stalks Stanley Park in 1990

Invite this rocking horse over for a Lunar New Year playdate

Homeless in Vancouver: Mystery of the disappearing Toad

Year of the whores ranks as one of the BBC's great subtitling blunders

Homeless in Vancouver: Their last album rocked!

Video: Femen leads pro-choice protest in Paris (warning: nudity)

Video: Super Bowl preview unlike any other, courtesy of those Taiwanese animators

Ayn Rand birthday is a time to reflect on the havoc she caused

Photos: Politicians swarm Chinese New Year Parade in Vancouver

Video: Philip Seymour Hoffman delivers acceptance speech after winning 2006 Oscar for Capote

Philip Seymour Hoffman discovered dead in New York City apartment

Photos: Rob Ford kindly poses for photographs during a quick trip through Vancouver

Bieber evidently unclear on what to do with boobies

Devin Townsend's early years: Gray Skies, Steve Vai, Commodore highs

More information surfaces in Philip Seymour Hoffman death

Another independent bookseller falls: Oscar's Art Books announces it's closing

Homeless in Vancouver: Are XP users buying Microsoft's FUD?

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Rendez-vous French Film Festival

Concert pic of the morning: White Denim at the Biltmore

Concert pic of the morning: Soulfy at Venue

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Grupo Corpo

The Georgia Straight presents Ingrid Michaelson at the Commodore

Orcas chase dolphins in Departure Bay (video)

Mike Bloomfield's fearless guitar shines on boxed set released today

B.C. students designed these cool Google Doodles

The Body Shop delivers petition against animal testing to Elizabeth May

Scream Factory to release Darkman collector's edition Blu-ray in two weeks

Homeless in Vancouver: Epic cross-Canada run ends in Vancouver

Graphic PSA shows skipping school has disastrous consequences

The cost of Internet access is too damn high (infographic)

"Music is getting too heavy," says Jimi Hendrix in his final interview

Video helps you make an informed decision on the horror that is having children

Selena Gomez rehab stint reportedly a result of partying with Bieber

NDP MLA Jane Shin encourages constituents to volunteer for 2014 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count

Homeless in Vancouver: Cosmic Cube hiding in plain sight

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

Grief still consumes mom of luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili

Norwegian Olympic curling team makes another fashion statement

Young Bruno Mars crushes it, Elvis-style

Homeless in Vancouver: This bird's got my back, so watch it!

20 years ago today: Bootsauce plays its first gig at the Commodore; anyone remember Bootsauce?

City & Culture

Adam Olsen: How much B.C. farmland will actually be protected?

Reasonable Doubt: Steve Moore vs. Todd Bertuzzi

Todd Stone: Why we need a TransLink referendum

CSEC and Canada's top spies scheduled to answer questions before Senate defence committee

Why covering Justin Trudeau with the rest of the media pack can be a real downer

Justin Trudeau accuses Stephen Harper of failing to make the case for the Keystone XL pipeline

B.C. government to end cordoned-off beer gardens at music festivals

Jimi Singh Sandhu charged in murder of Red Scorpions gangster Matthew Campbell

Gwynne Dyer: Mea culpa on geo-engineering; it's not as bleak as I thought

Japanese radio commentator quits after being told to shut up about Fukushima nuclear plant

Rob Ford parties in Coquitlam before being ticketed

Vancouver city council to vote on revised policy statement for Pearson Dogwood lands

Detroit Red Wings shut out Vancouver Canucks 2-0

Gurpreet Singh: Meet the so-called angry young men of Bollywood

Gabriel Yiu: Why the B.C. government is apologizing to the Chinese

Real estate sales on the upswing in Greater Vancouver

Michael Major: Why we must support our Canadian veterans

Tribunal to rule on complaint over hiring of UBC women's soccer team coach

David Suzuki: Pete Seeger inspired generations of political and environmental activists

Bruins defeat Canucks 3-1, marking Vancouver's fifth straight defeat in regulation time.

Can cyclists and drivers get along in Vancouver?

Justin Trudeau’s backing of Keystone XL helps NDP

Provincial booze edict elicits varied responses

Historical wrongs include keeping families separated

CEO gluttony demonstrates Canada’s democratic deficit

Hallelujah, Pee-wee Herman is making us laugh again!

Gwynne Dyer: Even the magnificent John Kerry likely can’t bring a peace deal on Israel and Palestine

Central Presbyterian Church provides a model for nonmarket rental housing

B.C. Green MLA Andrew Weaver okay with Kitimat oil refinery

Former COPE executives forming new party to challenge Vision Vancouver

Students at UBC, SFU, and UVic vote for endowment funds to divest from fossil fuels

Burnaby and Surrey applying for intervener status at Kinder Morgan oil pipeline hearings

B.C. Olympians look forward to the big show in Sochi

Harm-reduction services could have prevented Philip Seymour Hoffman’s fatal overdose

Emma Thwaite: Join Oxfam’s fight against land grabs

Food

Restaurants for Valentine's Day in Vancouver, from pizza to proposal

A heady collaboration for Van Westen wines

The August Jack's chef puts a barley twist on leek risotto

Dumplings star at CIBC LunarFest

Fairmont Hotel Vancouver to reopen The Roof restaurant

Living

U.S. hypocrisy on display in calls to boycott the Sochi Olympics

Fraser Health announces bacterial disease outbreak at Royal Columbian Hospital

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 380: Do condoms belong in erotic fiction?

Michael Kors dress rocks sweats fashionably

Toyota Corolla Eco tops its non-hybrid rivals

Dennis E. Bolen's Black Liquor captures West Coast working class life

David Zieroth's The November Optimist is a bravura performance

What chemicals are in a sex toy?

Traditional Chinese medicine is still a divisive issue in B.C.

High-intensity interval training packs it all in

Healthy living: Olympians, Chinese medicine, bisexuality, and more

Bisexuality and open relationships: transcending myths of monogamy and monosexuality

Wolf Circus is for the bold, beautiful, brainy, and badass

Movies

Labor Day doesn't strike a false note

That Awkward Moment ain't a thinker

Actor Toby Jones provides some detail on The Last Detail

SPARK [FWD] 2014 an orgy of state-of-the-art light and magic

Cara Gee leads Empire of Dirt

Let The Fire Burn documents an American holocaust

Oscar's 2014 Animation Shorts is an embarrassment of riches

Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois festival hits local screens

Music

Biffy Clyro at the Commodore Ballroom

With Lucius, two become one

Crypto punk Cameron Gray breaks into Wired

East Side Animals are unleashed

East Van café Far Out Coffee Post digs the far-out sounds

Rapper SonReal’s web buzz is well earned

East Van Special Blend assembles some of Vancouver's finest underground talent

Gordon Grdina and Mark Helias explore new dimensions on No Difference

Lisa’s Hotcakes lives up to its Hotter moniker

Hallow Moon is a daydream-inducing debut

D.O.A.'s Welcome to Chinatown is a terrific live album

Penitent Ben & the Petty Crimes’ self-titled debut EP has potential

The Dadolescents' Cool Like Me is not about the lyrics

Those Things hits and misses on Songs About Monsters

Steve Dawson's Rattlesnake Cage is more than meets the eye

Habib Koité balances the traditional and the new

Calgary punk band Jenny pays tribute to its roots

The Fretless plays fiddle tunes with hybrid vigour

Hybridity Music party means early access to tomorrow's big EDM stars

Things have come full circle for Morning Parade

Guido Heistek's Solo Ukulele is unrelentingly lovely

Washed Out comes alive at the Commodore

News

Common UV blocker kills young coral, creates coral "zombies"

Great Bear Rainforest carbon credits offer economic lifeline to First Nations

The elephants in Vancouver’s sustainable food movement

Surveillance watchdogs mark February 11 as the day to battle Big Brother

North Shore Rescue to keep Tim Jones's dream alive

Estrogen in rivers could affect fish hearts

Tech

Doctors debate the social-media dilemma