Cover photo by Tracey Kusiewicz

Georgia Straight Issue 2412

Mar 13, 2014

Arts

Arts Notes

Spinning chandelier by Rodney Graham to be installed under Granville Street Bridge

Arts Notes

Legendary UBC theatre professor and director Klaus Strassmann dies

Theatre Reviews

The Beggar’s Opera delivers so much

Dance Reviews

Porno Death Cult is a fearless mix of art and spiritual searching

Dance Reviews

Guangdong Modern Dance Company and Goh Ballet pair old and new

Music Arts Reviews

Vancouver Cantata Singers renew the faith with Bridge of Song

Theatre Reviews

Within the The Seafarer’s despair, there is grace

Arts Notes

Vancouver to look at launching mobile art vendor program

Arts Features

SamulNori drums rural sounds into concert halls

Visual Arts Reviews

Lawren Harris retrospective chronicles a long, varied journey

Arts Features

Between the Sheets' parent-teacher battle uses the classroom as its stage

Arts Features

When Yo-Yo Ma met Kathryn Stott

Arts Features

Helen Lawrence's dream team helms high-tech history

Arts Notes

Dances for a Small Stage takes to community centres with new project

Blogs

Tech

Newsweek thinks it’s found Bitcoin’s creator, and his name really is Satoshi Nakamoto

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: No sex please, we’re British spies

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Max fence

Music

Where to busk for free in Vancouver

Ear of Newt

Black Sabbath to release boxed set of first eight albums (again)

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: I think it’s spring but I could be all wet

Life

Breathtaking photos: Eagles and salmon migrate in B.C.

Tech

Satoshi Nakamoto denies creating Bitcoin (video)

Arts

Ai Wei Wei among big names bringing public art to Vancouver Biennale

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Salt Spring in the City

Ear of Newt

The Drive-By Truckers tear it up on Conan O'Brien

Life

50 (more) reasons we need International Women's Day

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: A real ice rink

Ear of Newt

Horror in Vancouver: 16-year-old Alicia Silverstone talks The Crush

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Skimming the Great Wallet of China’s XP users

Politics

Women's equality still elusive in Parliament of Canada

Sports

Don't expect Torts to charge the Flames dressing room again

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Wi-Fi plays hard to get on Nokia’s Lumia

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors SamulNori with Kim Duk Soo

Food

Karmavore vegan café shuts down in New Westminster

Life

Video: Martin Short gets serious on Rob Ford

Music

Concert pic of the morning: Asaf Avidan at Electric Owl

Music

Concert pic of the morning: YAS at Venue

Tech

Bitcoin geeks actually talk like this

News

Oops! Let's appoint the Employment Standards Tribunal chair again

Sports

George Stroumboulopoulos announced as the new face of Hockey Night in Canada

Sports

Mike Gillis sends a note to Vancouver Canucks fans: all is well

LGBT

Pet Shop Boys turn Irish drag queen's speech into club anthem

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Nouvelle cuisine is for the birds

Movies

Mad Men promos offer more questions than answers for final season

Ear of Newt

The Festival Express party train made rock history on the rails

Life

Rick Mercer loves Jann Arden in peril

Sports

Cool Alain Vigneault has better year than hot-headed John Tortorella

Music

Concert pic of the morning: Nick Waterhouse at the Biltmore

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Underbelly

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Chelsea Hotel

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Half empty bottles

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: In transit

Food

Score on Davie installs lock boxes for cellphones

Life

Canada's Moose Sex Project offers tax breaks

Ear of Newt

Deep Purple's monumental Made in Japan gets the boxed-set treatment

Food

Rumpus Room restaurant closing to make room for condos

Sports

These guys really miss Roberto Luongo (video)

Music

Concert pic of the morning: Cayucas at the Media Club

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Tunnel to Beaver Lake

Ear of Newt

Paul Rodgers meets Paul Kossoff's son for the first time

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Buildings fully engulfed in sunshine

LGBT

Gasp! Honey Maid ad depicts gay dads, interracial parents, and more

City & Culture

Commentary

Gwynne Dyer: India's election may mean a hard swing to the right

Commentary

Loralee Maria Judge: To all the smokers of Vancouver

Straight Talk

B.C. government outlines plan for grocery store liquor sales

Sports

Vancouver Canucks minus Roberto Luongo get thumped 6-1 by Dallas Stars

Commentary

Spencer Chandra Herbert: B.C. Liberals plan to invite more industrial activity in provincial parks

Straight Talk

Gregor Robertson insists a SkyTrain-like project along Broadway is in the national interest

Commentary

Reasonable Doubt: What's the difference between animals and furniture?

Commentary

Peter Mansbridge, Rex Murphy, and the CBC brand

Sports

Eddie Lack looks great in goal, except on that shot by Brian McGrattan from centre ice

Commentary

Could changes to federal election law make Libby Davies more vulnerable in Vancouver East?

Commentary

Media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau runs for Parti Quebecois

Commentary

A tribute to Ali Mustafa, a people’s journalist

Commentary

Dermod Travis: When one million job openings may mean 210,000 new jobs

Straight Talk

B.C. legislation would allow more transgender people to change sex on birth certificate

Straight Talk

We're all going to die (or not): Free SFU lecture peeks into the past to see our future

Commentary

Andrea Reimer: Let’s act now to ensure the best future for the Downtown Eastside

Commentary

David Suzuki: Canada's success depends on investing in municipal infrastructure

Real Estate

West Side Vancouver home divided by personal split

Straight Talk

Lacklustre B.C. NDP leadership race worries party veteran Sav Dhaliwal

Straight Talk

Bill Vander Zalm wants to hear 9/11 truth

Straight Talk

UBC picks computer science professor Arvind Gupta for next president

Straight Talk

Vancouver Aquarium boss won’t reveal future plans for whale and dolphin captivity

Commentary

Gwynne Dyer: Mission not accomplished in Afghanistan

Commentary

John Les earthquake fiasco dents Justice Minister Suzanne Anton's reputation

Commentary

Gwynne Dyer: Referendum on Scotland's independence likely a long war

Food

Dining Features

In Vancouver, elBulli chef Ferran Adrià inspires a new study of food

Golden Plates

Where to go for cheap eats in Vancouver

Golden Plates

Vancouver's most underrated restaurants for 2014

Golden Plates

Makoto Ono makes kimchi fried rice for PiDGiN’s staff meal

Golden Plates

Restaurant wine lists worth swooning over in Vancouver

Golden Plates

Vegetables star at Vancouver restaurants that aren’t exclusively vegetarian

Golden Plates

The Pear Tree, Farmer’s Apprentice earn restaurant-industry respect

Golden Plates

For Korean ginseng chicken soup in Vancouver, just say samgyetang

Golden Plates

Industry insiders pick Vancouver’s best restaurants for 2014

Golden Plates

Life lessons from Vancouver’s chefs and restaurateurs, TED Talks-style

Golden Plates

Vij gets ready to open new Surrey restaurant My Shanti, reflects on 20 years of Indian food in Vancouver

Golden Plates

Even for breakfast, Vancouver delivery services bring restaurant meals to you

Living

Astrology

Your horoscope for March 6 to 12, 2014

Fashion

Kwantlen student wins national fashion design competition

Savage Love Podcast

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 385: Panti Bliss, you go girl!

Style Features

Melanie Auld follows jewellery design dreams

Savage Love Column

I don't want to waste the rest of my life being divorced

Health Features

Womyns’ Ware's feminist values collide with corporate greed

Book Choice of the Week

Sinister forces gather for Dark Side reading

Book Features

Shortlists revealed for the 30th annual B.C. Book Prizes

Movies

Movie Features

Steve Coogan's genius takes flight in Alan Partridge

Movie Reviews

Mr. Peabody and Sherman is light-hearted, time-travelling fun

Movie Features

Afterparty takes the sociable approach to local filmmaking

Movie Notes

Women in Film fest shows Vancouver as Vancouver in romantic series called Date Night

Movie Features

No Clue’s David Cubitt on squeezing Brent Butt

Movie Reviews

History gets its chest waxed in 300: Rise of an Empire

Movie Notes

Canadian Screen Awards: Gabrielle, Quebec and B.C. winners, and more

Movie Features

Irrfan Khan falls in love with The Lunchbox

Movie Reviews

Panache makes The Grand Budapest Hotel pop

Movie Reviews

Enemy will appeal to your inner Kafka fan

Movie Notes

Denis Villeneuve makes Enemy in Toronto

Movie Features

Down River's Helen Shaver makes friends with mortality

Movie Reviews

The Final Member certainly does not come up short

Movie Notes

Subversive Continuum continues on

Movie Reviews

Down River opens its heart

Music

Local Motion

There’s more to Chris Arnett than you may know

Reviews

Nick Waterhouse stages a soulful mini-spectacle

Music Notes

2014 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival funks it up

Music Notes

C.R. Avery preps for Pete Seeger tribute concert

Music Notes

James Farwell returns to the Bottleneck

Music Features

MC Greg Beamish is here for a good time

Music Features

Wayne Horvitz brings late mentor’s innovations to life at the Vancouver Improvised Music Meeting

Music Features

The Once takes a scenic route through Celtic roots

Music Features

Summers in Brazil helped shape Blondfire’s indie pop

Music Features

Taiwan’s Mayday lets the music do the talking

News

News Features

Don't pee in the pool: science plays lifeguard

News Features

Will climate change hurt chances of 2022 Winter Olympics bid cities?

News Features

Thar she blows! The whale-oil myth surfaces (again)

News Features

Vancouver city council prepares to hear from public on Downtown Eastside plan

News Features

Squamish liquefied natural gas proposal riles area residents

News Features

Mentally ill inmates increasingly held in solitary confinement at Canadian prisons

Tech

Geek Speak

Geek Speak: Jesse Heaslip, CEO of Bex.io

Tech

BIL and TED bring wildly different conferences to Vancouver