Georgia Straight Issue 2417

Apr 17, 2014

Arts

Early Music Vancouver ends its season with a passionate Vocal Concerto

The Grandkid hits the occasional sweet spot

Interactive Futures symposium tackles ethics of using animals in art

Terminal City Re-wired at Chinatown Experiment Pop-up Gallery

Watching Glory Die playwright Judith Thompson looks to Ashley Smith case

Itsazoo Productions gets in your face with Killer Joe

Mascall Dance’s Bloom 1 fundraiser at 1130 Jervis Street

Ballet B.C. makes a Euro connection with UN/A

Kevin Schmidt's DIY camera reaches new heights

National music organizations rally against proposed Vancouver School Board cuts

Fierce reaction to proposed music cuts at school board meeting

Blogs

The Show designer spotlight: CHI by Betty Zhao

Concert pic of the morning: Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks at the Rickshaw

Photo of the Day: A magnificent sunset at Spanish Bank

Second annual LAUNCH Festival! looking for emerging artists

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Soweto Gospel Choir in Vancouver

Australian sports unite to fight homophobia

David Lynch to show his way with art in Philadelphia exhibit

Anti-gay U.S. speaker allowed to enter Canada for anti-abortion conference

Fredericton's Morgentaler abortion clinic closing after 20 year fight

Homeless in Vancouver: The Internet’s top breach babies

25 Years Ago today: Steve Earle takes the Copperhead Road to Vancouver

Why won't the Vancouver Aquarium reveal if it is adding more whales and dolphins to its tanks?

Homeless in Vancouver: What’s nitro beer got against cow tipping?

The Show designer spotlight: Compass Travel Co. by Keisha Lowes

Homeless in Vancouver: Benefits of being “treated” like a dog—woof!

Alexander Wang x H&M launches in Vancouver on November 6

Homeless in Vancouver: Media has a cow over Smart Car tipping

Steve Miller's '70s blues-rock packs 'em in at Hard Rock Casino Van

Fifth annual PLEN+Y warehouse sale slated for Easter long weekend

Photos: 2014 Pacific Rim Gymnastic Championships in Richmond

Photo of the Day: Big air

Concert pic of the morning: Dream Theater at the Queen Elizabeth

U.S. Airways lands in PR hell with airplane in vagina photo on Twitter

B.C. farmers snap “felfies” showing opposition to Agricultural Land Reserve changes

West Vancouver police reviewing video showing angry cop cutting off longboarders

900 social insurance numbers stolen from Canada Revenue Agency using Heartbleed bug

Homeless in Vancouver: What panhandling bought someone today

U.S anti-gay and Canadian anti-abortion activists arrested in Regina

Concert pic of the morning: Caravan Palace at the Commodore

Homeless in Vancouver: Power flower

Homeless in Vancouver: The Zen of waiting

This video from Maple Leaf Foods’ chicken hatchery in Ontario will make you lose your lunch

Video: Why George R. R. Martin shouldn't plan your wedding

Photo of the Day: Love

India’s Supreme Court grants transgender rights

Homeless in Vancouver: You really had to be there

Dr. Norman Spack on treating transgender teens with hormone replacement therapy (video)

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors CircusWest’s Kaleidoscope

Truckers' new album dedicated to fallen merch man Craig Lieske

The Show designer spotlight: RELIC atelier by Aileen Mikaela Twa

Concert pic of the morning: Chromeo at the Commodore

The world would be a much lamer place without AC/DC in it

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors HUB Bike to Work Week

Fan Expo’s not the only geek game in town this week

2014 RBC Canadian Painting Competition accepting submissions for $25,000 prize

Scared of travelling? Read this comic.

3:01 Pick Me Up: 50 Cent

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the 2014 DOXA Documentary Film Festival

Goat makes the entire Rickshaw horny

City & Culture

B.C. NDP leadership candidate John Horgan pledges to repeal Park Act changes

Photos: Vaisakhi parade in Vancouver attracts massive crowd

Enbridge defeat in Kitimat plebiscite renews call for B.C. referendum on pipeline

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association tames the region’s feral cat colonies

UBC picks Lindsay Gordon to succeed Sarah Morgan-Silvester as chancellor

B.C. Christian law school approved despite anti-gay policy

Gwynne Dyer: Seymour Hersh claims false-flag poison gas attack in Syria

Police record checks should only disclose convictions to employers, privacy commish says

David Suzuki: Is it time for a real war on cars?

Redeveloping rental subsidies in Vancouver

One-man B.C. NDP leadership race troubles ex-president

Gwynne Dyer: Stupidity in action in Ukraine

Shaw Communications cutting 400 jobs

B.C. Liberals cheerleading an LNG boom while keeping mum on emissions

Push to give the public a vote on the Vancouver Aquarium's whales going to city council

Shortfall in low-income housing could lead to increase in homeless numbers, Vancouver staff say

B.C. ski resorts and sweet natural gas plants exempted from environmental assessments

Christin Reardon MacLellan: VSB elementary band and strings program is not expendable

Food

B.C. Spot Prawn Festival returns to Fisherman's Wharf on May 10

Chardonnay from Chablis is a natural fit for local food

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co. chef shows how to make your own pizza

Brunch restaurants put creative twists on eggs Benedict in Vancouver

Movies at MARKET elevates dinner-and-a-movie date night

Living

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 390: Fantasy fulfillment and reciprocity

Lloyd & Wolf Couture's Maddy purse is all in the details

Unsafe bike helmets still for sale in B.C.

Toyota’s zippy i-Road offers a high fun factor

HBO taps Vancouver's Pyrrha for official Game of Thrones jewellery collection

Miriam Toews finds comedy of life in All My Puny Sorrows

Your boyfriend is an asshole

Movies

Rio 2 suffers from sequelitis

Draft Day fumbles its way to the end zone

Oculus scream queen Karen Gillan is ready to show her range

Climate change meets Hollywood

Annette Bening opens up to The Face of Love

Transcendence's Paul Bettany uploads the future

Vancity's inaugural Stage to Screen event bags Pulitzer winner David Auburn

Wade Davis to speak at psychedelic screening

The Face of Love meditates on love, loss, and memory

That Demon Within an overly psychological thriller

The ongoing architecture of Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation

Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli a slapdash effort

Up close and personal Bears is majestic fare

Robert Englund talks Freddy Krueger, Fan Expo, and his love of Vancouver

Dom Hemingway has style to burn

Trailer Park Boys get all fancy in Don't Legalize It

Music

Payback Time, stop drinking the Kool-Aid

Swollen Members at Venue

Seasons Electronic Music Festival at the Pacific Coliseum

Off! offers Vancouver a punk history lesson

The prolific punk rockers of Retox prefer to keep their songs short

The evolution of the Men

Music is a spiritual, mind-opening thing for the members of Flagship

Drive-By Truckers’ tunesmith Mike Cooley reflects on letting go

Regina Carter digs at the deep roots of her family tree

Dixie’s Death Pool's Lee Hutzulak delves into dadhood

Nirvana does Kurt Cobain proud at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

News

Fukushima buildings flooded with radioactive water

Methane poses huge climate threat to Earth

Earth Day 2014: Captive whales, methane, and bike helmets

Three options for freeing whales and dolphins from the Vancouver Aquarium

Vision Vancouver opponents question motives behind review of captivity at Vancouver Aquarium

Bollore Group lithium-polymer battery powers AutoLib' electric car sharing program in Paris

Tech

Bitcoin-inspired SolarCoin aims to fuel renewable energy boom