Georgia Straight Issue 2411

Mar 5, 2014

Arts

New anti-bullying opera gets big boost from the province

Downtown Eastside artist Jayce Salloum wins Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

Hirsch goes for broad strokes and details

Northwest Dance Project's Best of Now is all about collaboration

Don Giovanni's spurned women run away with the show

Chutzpah Festival takes a walk on the wild side with mouth to mouth and gR33N

Blogs

Concert pic of the morning: Jody Glenham at the Biltmore

Photo of the Day: Central Park lower pond

Homeless in Vancouver: Polecat spotted at 15th and Oak

Vancouver Web Fest announces official selections

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Floyd Collins

On the Gaydar: Montreal Alouettes release Arland Bruce, Super Bowl and Arizona's antigay bill

Dude Chilling Park sign goes up in East Vancouver

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors PEP Talks with Joel Bakan

Qmunity, Vancouver Pride Society address attack at Chandra Herbert's office

Seth Rogen raises Alzheimer's awareness in Congress

Vancouver Gaymers celebrate five years of queer gaming

Justin Trudeau tweets about birth of third child

Photos: RAW Vancouver presents Awakening at Five Sixty

Photo of the Day: Spring is coming soon to a creek near you!

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Kidd Pivot’s The Tempest Replica

Uva wine bar celebrating women in hospitality industry on International Women's Day

Video: Indian head shakes explained

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Vancouver Cantata Singers: Bridge of Song

TED staying in Vancouver for 2015 conference

Homeless in Vancouver: The sun beams on Vancouver

Would you eat a James Franco salami?

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Just Film Festival

Canadian University Press launches $50,000 fundraising campaign amid financial crisis

A history of LGBT films at the Oscars

University of Beautiful Cars blog chronicles UBC's luxury autos

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society releases video showing vessel rammed by Japanese whaling ship

Vancouver Canucks look dismal in shootout against Minnesota Wild

Homeless in Vancouver: Blood from a stone—I got some!

Eddie Lack will be in goal for Canucks in Heritage Classic

Homeless in Vancouver: Facebook may not die, but guess who will?

Hockey Night in Canada commentators leap to Roberto Luongo's defence

Oscars 2014: Bill Murray's Harold Ramis shout out

Oscars 2014: We miss you, Julie Delpy

Oscars 2014: Lupita Nyong'o win surprises no one

Oscars 2014: The wrong doc won (again)

Oscars 2014: Calling bullshit on Frozen

Oscars 2014: Some of the awful things we've said about Jared Leto over the years

Oscars 2014: Okay, what was Ellen's best zinger?

Penelope Cruz shows up at Vanity Fair Oscar party in H&M gown

Homeland Security hypocrisy: admitted crack smoker Rob Ford allowed across border into U.S.

Oscars 2014: McConaughey wins, world improves a little

25 years ago today: Tom Cochrane brings "Good Times" to the Orpheum

Inside the Vancouver International Wine Festival's International Festival Tasting Room 2014

Seals Hero game lets you save Canadian seals on your iPhone

Photo of the Day: Boss

Wild versus farmed salmon (video)

Homeless in Vancouver: Crime and punishment of innocents

Stunning array of rock legends lights up Bob Dylan deluxe-edition Blu-ray

Hey baby it's a quarter to 8, and Rush will reissue its debut on vinyl

Café by Tao moving in North Vancouver

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

Sears employee’s “off the boat” remark caught on video

Crabbie's presents the Straight Series featuring Rhye

TreeKeepers helps reforest Vancouver with $10 trees

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Guangdong Modern Dance Company with Goh Ballet

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Whose Life is it Anyway?

Vancouver posters honour 12 “Remarkable Women”

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors CelticFest Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: On weak gazelles and collecting spiders

Fraser Institute to honour Lululemon founder Chip Wilson with award

Homeless in Vancouver: Pretty old pinko

Ukraine crisis begs a review of the Canadian Cold War handbook 11 Steps to Survival

Canucks officially unveil new logo in wake of Luongo shitshow

Park commissioner Sarah Blyth questions future of captivity at Vancouver Aquarium

The Georgia Straight presents a second Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds show at the Orpheum

A real solution to bus lineup problems in Vancouver

City & Culture

NDP slams Christy Clark after Taseko Prosperity mine rejected for the second time

TEAM hopes its launch party marks the beginning of the end for Vision Vancouver

B.C. PharmaCare extends insulin pump coverage to age 25

B.C.'s move to longer election terms draws scrutiny

Reasonable Doubt: Starbuck's children and making babies the modern way

Harper No More protest planned in Vancouver as part of worldwide March Against Corruption

Anne Murray: Vancouver joins rewilding discussion

Truckers prepared to go on strike after Port Metro Vancouver obtains injunction

Four hospitalized after chairlift accident at Crystal Mountain near Kelowna

Mike Farnworth enters B.C. NDP leadership race

Ottawa Senators defeat Vancouver Canucks 4-2 in Heritage Classic

John Furlong admits he has no "actual knowledge" of Laura Robinson ever filing a police report

Gwynne Dyer: Vladimir Putin, Ukraine, and a premature history of the second Cold War

Man charged after incident at NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert’s office

B.C. Parks okays Spearhead huts in Garibaldi Provincial Park

Dara Parker: Homophobia is alive and well, even in Vancouver

Vancouver police chief Jim Chu gets contract extension to 2017

Vancouver park board’s Sarah Blyth not seeking reelection

David Suzuki: The fate of federally recognized endangered species remains in jeopardy

Vancouver Canucks trade Roberto Luongo to Florida Panthers

Food

Best places for high-quality, mid-priced sushi in Vancouver

New Stable House Bistro a good preshow dining option in South Granville

Splash some Okanagan B•S into a glass

Living

Your horoscope for February 27 to March 5, 2014

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 384: Kneel before me, slave!

Mine & Yours brings lux labels to the little people

Movies

Themes of race and identity abound in The Red Road

Just Film Festival: We Can't Eat Gold documents fight against massive mine project

Shaadi Ke Side Effects feels like an extended soap opera

Non-Stop should satisfy any thriller fan

Son of God gets done in by the superficial

Music

Yemen Blues pulls one out of the fire with a transcendent triumph

Paul Simon/Sting review required some tantric note taking

Sprïng embraces its music-school chops

News

Vancouver Aquarium's new whale whisperer will continue to pursue pollution