Georgia Straight Issue 2413

Mar 20, 2014

Arts

An exceptional cast tackles important issues in Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Handsome production Floyd Collins finds its footing in second act

Lowest Common Denominator will get you talking

Bill Burr brings an impressive set to the Vogue Theatre

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott's intimate rapport on display at the Orpheum

Playwriting intensive helps young writers LEAP from page to stage

Between the Sheets is a dramatic yet unlikely meeting

Composer Scott Smallwood makes heavy machinery sing

Israel Galvan’s dance draws on cinema

Azano at Granville Island’s Anderson Street Space

Innocence Lost at Studio 58

Nashville Hurricane at Performance Works

Brahms Festival at the Vancouver Playhouse

This Stays in the Room at the Gallery Gachet

Blue Man Group's Russell Rinker goes silent for surreal gig

Love is a force for freedom in Mies Julie

Myfanwy MacLeod's cultural provocation on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Blogs

Homeless in Vancouver: Gee guy, thanks for sharing

Vikram Vij joining CBC's Dragons' Den; Kevin O'Leary leaving

Photo of the Day: Blooming

Homeless in Vancouver: Homeless troll explained

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Yui Kawaguchi and Aki Takase

Nine reasons to get out of the house this spring in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Lotus racer idles his engine

Commercial Drive mural defaced by “No pipelines” graffiti gets new look

Concert pic of the morning: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Fortune

Homeless in Vancouver: Despicable rain ruins sand Minions

Photo of the Day: Directions

Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott found dead

Photos: Janet Echelman's Skies Painted with Unnumbered Sparks floats over Vancouver

Foreskin activists to protest TED talk by Bill and Melinda Gates in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Just a South Cambie back alley

#25KLunch memes make mockery of Gregor Robertson's private meeting

Concert pic of the morning: Mayday at the Pacific Coliseum

CBC cancels TV series Arctic Air and Cracked

Homeless in Vancouver: Search for "peace" in Ukraine hits Yandex

Homeless in Vancouver: Spring planting underway in Vancouver

TED2014 conference to be live streamed for free in Vancouver

Horror in Vancouver: Unmasking Michael Myers on the set of Halloween: Resurrection

UBC receives $1.2 million gift of historical B.C. photos

The Georgia Straight presents New Order at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Introducing Kwantlen's 2014 The Show designers

Photo of the Day: The powerlines

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Mies Julie

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Sound Space Architecture

Homeless in Vancouver: Google’s public DNS server pwned by hackers

Edward Snowden speaks to TED conference through a robot (video)

Denver TV station sorry for showing penis during KOMO helicopter crash coverage

UBC Creative Writing celebrates its 50th anniversary in style

Watch Chris Hadfield's TED talk about dealing with danger in space

Grumpy Cat not amused by plush toy recall

Amanda Palmer plans “awesome” ninja gig tonight in Vancouver

Concert pic of the morning: The Sounds at Venue

Photo of the Day: Purple rain

The Georgia Straight presents Timber Timbre at the Commodore

Lille transportation authority contracts bike-share to subway operator

City & Culture

Reasonable Doubt: How you might end up on a jury

Citizens will gather around former Downtown Eastside cop shop to campaign for public meeting

Vancouver approves Oakridge Centre redevelopment plan

Vancouver council approves long-term plan for Downtown Eastside

Federal government threatens to share medicinal marijuana patient information with law enforcement

John Horgan expected to join B.C. NDP leadership contest today

Gwynne Dyer: Pan Am Flight 103 and the framing of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

B.C. and Vancouver to pay $50,000 settlements to children of Pickton victims

Deepa Mehta, Kim Campbell to get SFU honorary degrees

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and Europe faces delays

Compensation fund established for children of Pickton victims

Leslie Welin: Why a social-policy framework is needed in B.C.

David Suzuki: We can't just geoengineer our way out of climate change

Proposed downtown Vancouver development aims to reshape public space

UBC has a stellar global reputation

Anna Mendoza: UBC will never be Princeton or Harvard, but it can be a better UBC

TransLink referendum date still up in the air

Carole Taylor and Trevor Linden could challenge Gregor Robertson, pollster says

Health Canada blasted for threatening to share medical-pot user info with the RCMP

Prisoner advocates say coroners inquest on solitary deaths missed an opportunity for reform

B.C. rent "loophole" feared for Downtown Eastside residents as area plan moves ahead

New mental-health unit launches at St. Paul’s Hospital

Gwynne Dyer: What's Vladimir Putin's next move in Ukraine?

Minda Richardson: Is the “war on AIDS” over?

Incoming Portland Hotel Society board members have strong ties to Vancouver Coastal Health

Portland Hotel Society founding members resign following provincial government ultimatum

Food

SFU student Emily von Euw fills Rawsome Vegan Baking cookbook with sweet treats

Best of the Vancouver International Wine Festival's Vintners Brunch pairings

Dining Out for Life happens this Tuesday March 25

Aquilini Group acquires Toptable Group's five restaurants

Hamid Salimian starts Persian New Year with kookoo sabzi frittata

Living

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 386: Dan joins forces with Jeopardy! master Ken Jennings

Disability advocates want cleaning services included in home care

Jeep Compass Limited ready for rugged rides

Vancouver designers pick the perfect trench coat

B. J. Novak's One More Thing has wit both sweet and slight

Dorthe Nors's Karate Chop hits hard

My son is sexually attracted to Pokémon

ALDO's crystal ear cuff adds edge

In Portland, take a wine growler to go

From Spanish soles to Japanese soap, spring style goes global

Movies

Need for Speed stirs up dormant gearhead fantasies

Death, dismemberment, and dick collide in The Final Member

Industrial Light and Magic opens permanent studio in Vancouver

The Husband puts Nymphomaniac to shame

Muppets Most Wanted almost delivers

The Lunchbox contains subtle flavour

The Husband is pretty hard to forget

The Single Moms Club's concept is stale

Stranger by the Lake is a smartly crafted gem

Ricky Gervais shows Muppet love

Le Week-End finds most of the right notes

Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac inspires more than lust

Music

CelticFest 10th Anniversary Gala sprinkles flavours from around the world on an Irish musical feast

Perfect Pussy thrives on feedback and chaos

Calgary musician Matthew Swann goes it alone as Astral Swans

St. Vincent's latest is deliciously weird

Honesty is the key for the U.K.’s Bear’s Den

The men of Mounties know laws are meant to be broken

News

Disputed BPA experiment finds no low-dose effects

Vancouver prescription heroin users wage court battle with the feds

Conductor with calm demeanour guides high-speed train from Paris to Lille at 300 kilometres per hour.

Tech

Fast-paced Titanfall keeps it fresh

Simon Fraser University not ready to accept Bitcoin