Georgia Straight Issue 2423

May 29, 2014

Arts

Bard on the Beach names its Howard Family Stage

Kay Meek Centre names Grosvenor Theatre in $1 million deal

Lawrence & Holloman a hit with nine Leo nominations

Artist Shaira Holman nominated for YWCA Women of Distinction award

Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy is young and raw

Rose-Ellen Nichols shines in City Opera Vancouver's Pauline

Vancouver International Children's Festival takes a hit due to B.C. teachers' lockout

Karen Flamenco puts a passionate spin on Swan Lake

Who Killed Kraft Bier? brings an air of mystery to Vancouver Craft Beer Week

Kaput makes for must-see mayhem at the Vancouver International Children's Festival

Gu Xiong: A Journey Exposed connects the local to the global

Amber Funk Barton brings her dark vision to The Art of Stealing

Vancouver Art Gallery puts Douglas Coupland’s collecting mania on display

Borealis String Quartet takes up residence at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Museum of Vancouver celebrates 120th anniversary with $1.20 admission

Twenty Something Theatre goes fishing with The Out Vigil

The Frog King will delight the wee ones

Blogs

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Karen Flamenco’s Swan Lake

Cat lover Billy Corgan shows off his kitties on the cover of PAWS Chicago

What's In Your Fridge: Jonathan Simkin

Concert pic of the morning: Daniel Wesley at the Imperial

Will Ferrell takes on Chili Pepper Chad Smith in drum battle

On this day in '92 Metallica brought its Black Album to Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Parking is a chronic pain in the lane

Jim Benning introduced as Canucks' new GM

On the Gaydar: Uganda vs. Canada, Against Me! vs. Arcade Fire

When gay people say what straight people tell them

Sasquatch 2014: Reunited Outkast proves they still got it

Sasquatch 2014: Too bad Foster the People forgot their pumped up kicks

Sasquatch 2014: Chance the Rapper knows how to rock a music festival

Video: Tony Mitra speaks out against glyphosate in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: New kid in the neighbourhood

Sasquatch 2014: Cloud Control proves they're on the way to big things

Sasquatch 2014: The National delivers crowd-pleasers with reckless abandon

Homeless in Vancouver: Oak Street 85 years ago and today

Three minutes late and locked out of a news conference with NDP's John Horgan and Tom Mulcair

Oculus director to adapt Stephen King's suspense novel Gerald's Game

Don Henley responds to Robert Plant's claim that the Eagles are bored

Horror in Vancouver: getting shown around the set of Stephen King's Needful Things by a coupla swell gals

Homeless in Vancouver: A sign of my paranoia?

Victoria Street Newz publishes its final issue

Concert pic of the morning: Lana Del Rey at the PNE Amphitheatre

Homeless in Vancouver: Sexy Modern Edgy Post

Canada allows airplane use of mobile devices during takeoff and landing

Photo of the Day: Two times 10

Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow object to column linking their films to a mass murder

Concert pic of the morning: Christina Perri at the Vogue

Photo of B.C. clearcut selected for international competition

Homeless in Vancouver: Which one would Hansel & Gretel go into?

Sasquatch 2014: Sir Sly's unique sound almost gets lost in the fray

Homeless in Vancouver: An arrest or friendly chat with handcuffs?

Photo of the Day: Sunset in Kitsilano

Game of Thrones improv hits the Rio Theatre

Big tree falls on car at Victory Square

Panago Pizza adds vegan Daiya cheese to menu

Concert pic of the morning: Tyler Ward at Fortune Sound Club

Billy Idol to release autobiography even though he's "no fucking star"

Tunnel Point Trail leads to sweeping views of Howe Sound

Homeless in Vancouver: Found a right foot and it’s a corker!

3:01 Pick Me Up: Buzzcocks

Condo king Bob Rennie to get Order of British Columbia

Illness forces Lady Gaga to postpone Vancouver and Seattle ArtRave shows

City & Culture

NDP MLA Mable Elmore says it’s OneCity and Vision Vancouver against the NPA

Southlands development approved by Metro Vancouver despite staff objections

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal rules that African workers suffered racial taunts

Oxfam Canada head targets inequality for undermining development and human rights

Arrest made in murder of Surrey hockey mom Julie Paskall

Gurpreet Singh: Komagata Maru centenary brings indigenous Canadians and South Asians together

New Canadian Labour Congress president vows a return to grassroots action

Jens Wieting: B.C. forest giveaway threatens to speed up collapse

Gwynne Dyer: Russia will pay the price for Vladimir Putin’s treatment of Ukraine

Vancouver Island Spine Trail to create 700-kilometre hike from Victoria to Cape Scott

Powell Street bike lane would require “better job” on consultation, Green candidate says

Cindy Oliver: Government’s hardball tactics with teachers won’t lead to fair settlement

Bill Henderson: Climate change denial is widespread in B.C. in 2014

David Suzuki: Climate change is here

Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt takes a "hands-on" role in medicinal marijuana

Vancouver moves toward apology for policies that discriminated against Chinese community

Jane Goodall joins calls for an end to whale and dolphin captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium

Gwynne Dyer: European elections and "pitchfork-wielding populists"

Former school trustee Sharon Gregson pulls out of Vision Vancouver nomination race

Vancouver Island tenant's alarm fight unresolved

Filipino pioneers to be honoured at explorASIAN festival dinner

Disciplinary stats show B.C. inmates' rights violated, advocate finds

West Coast Domestic Workers’ Association report says bosses intimidate temporary foreign workers

Langley resident fighting deportation claims inconsistent application of immigration law

Yosef Jomo Gopaul charged with second-degree murder in Surrey killing of Julie Paskall

CBC News legend Knowlton Nash dies

Food

Portugal shines with its diverse wines

Pastry instructor at Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts whips up quick yogurt scones

Blackbird Public House, Driftwood Brewing team up for second spot prawn boil

Get your Portland coffee fix at Lukes General Store

Vancouver chefs pair with R&B Brewing for new beer series

Maurya's hearty Indian cuisine hits the spot

Living

International Day Against Homophobia Breakfast 2014 addresses gay and grey issues

Vancouver–Point Grey MLA David Eby remains mystified by decision to close Pine Free Clinic

Summer reading for the climate crowd

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 396: At what point does young become too young?

Tranquillity can be found on Pitt Meadows paths

Innovation is key to future of B.C. health-care system

I think I might be bisexual

DriveAway with someone’s vehicle

Vancouver school board's LGBTQ policy sparks debate

Movies

X-Men: Days of Future Past ticks with suspense

Blended is a strange, off-putting brew

Dolphin Theatre says goodbye to Burnaby

B.C. Supreme Court grants tax appeal from producer of Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber

Journey to the South Pacific goes heavy on the eye candy

We Are The Best! is delightfully audacious

James McAvoy expands his range in Filth

The Grand Seduction has a genuine heart

Brendan Gleeson got The Grand Seduction right

Maleficent delivers the goods

Tom at the Farm is narratively impenetrable

Cineplex Entertainment CEO Ellis Jacob forges ahead while competitors falter

Vancouver’s visual effects industry blossoms

On a midsummer night’s movie screens

River Blue documentary looks at how jeans industry destroys rivers

Vancouver Festival of Ocean Films focuses on the deep blue sea

Music

The Dishrags dish on Three

Banks leaves Vancouver with fond first-time memories

Nothing creates a whorl of sound at Electric Owl

Lana Del Rey pleases the faithful at the PNE Amphitheatre

Band of Skulls determined to keep things fresh

Vancouver's City of Bhangra celebration loves everyone

Korean Gut reunites for farewell show

England’s Eagulls offer edgy echoes of postpunk’s past

MØ a jumble of beautiful contradictions

Hurricane Ripped My Jacket's Palace of Cold drones through epic tracks

Liam Sturgess borders on parody with Hit the Stage

Alex Balanko's This Way Up tailor-made for campfire serenades

River’s Divide aims for classic-rock sound

Gob spits up new record

Needles//Pins back with another batch of tragic tales with Shamebirds

River of Kings keeps things rocky on Bleak Sounds

The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer get greasy on A Real Fine Mess

Role Mach shows off its strange sounds on Holy Shades of Night

Real Ponchos is not your grandparents’ country

Jill Newman travels back to a simpler time on Lovestruck Blues

Facts stay true to the synthy '80s on The Hunch

News

Tornadoes vacuum up, spit out forgotten toxins

Birthday bash planned for Stanley Park's miniature train

Tech

Geek Speak: Michael Volker, director of Simon Fraser University Innovation Office

Canadian government spending on science and tech declines for four years in a row