Cover photo by Liz Rosa
Stylist, Crystal Carson
Georgia Straight Issue 2425
Jun 12, 2014
Arts
Arts Notes Arts NotesCirque du Soleil's Totem gets its costume pieces back
Arts ChoicesRichmond's Doors Open shares art, culture, and heritage
Arts NotesPark board expected to vote on Trillium North Park Artists Garden
Arts NotesSculpture of Capilano University president still not returned to art instructor
Theatre ReviewsA dynamic cast buoys Briana Brown’s The Concessions
Theatre ReviewsThe Marriage of Figaro doesn't live up to its vision
Arts NotesArt Institute of Vancouver students make Super Mario out of 3,000 cans of food
Arts FeaturesJoe Rogan does not play by the rules
Arts NotesVancouver Art Gallery gets 556-photo donation
Arts NotesBallet B.C. says goodbye to dancers and hello to several new faces
Arts FeaturesViolin star James Ehnes weighs in on music education
Arts Notes Arts ChoicesColonial at the Scotiabank Dance Centre
Visual Arts ReviewsUrban aboriginal youths claim their space at the Museum of Anthropology
Arts Choices Arts NotesBracken Hanuse Corlett tells stories through Year of Reconciliation bus stop art
Arts FeaturesSummer arts festivals let audiences get in on the action
Arts FeaturesPencils meet performing art at the Vancouver Draw Down
Arts NotesStudio 58’s 49th season starts with Kosmic Mambo and ends at the Elbow Room Café
Arts NotesVancouver city council approves $4.5 million in cultural capital grants
Blogs
Straight PresentsThe Georgia Straight proudly sponsors Apocalypse WWI
NewsBike to Work Week sees record number of cyclists in spring 2014
MusicConcert pic of the morning: Needs at Music Waste at the Cobalt
SportsPhotos: Vancouver starts one-year countdown to FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015
MusicWhat's in Your Fridge: Madchild
LifeTwitter idiots start leaving hidden beer, weed around Vancouver
Photo of the DayPhoto of the Day: Take a moment
LifeWhen Asian people say the stuff white people tell them
MoviesStar Wars and Disney make strange bedfellows
Ear of NewtWarren Haynes lays a little reverb on the U.S. national anthem
LGBTHow Mississippi diners respond to kissing gay couple
NewsVancouver police launch crackdown on drivers talking on cellphones
Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: Classic apartment building sells for $11 million
TechPhotos: Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2014 unleashes robotic dog and other geekery
Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: From the fridge straight into the blue bin
PoliticsBroadbent Institute brings democracy advocate Ana Maria Archila to Vancouver
Music Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: What doesn't disappear eventually becomes art
Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: Ed Chapman’s two o’clock shadows
Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: Someone’s always fixin’ to thrill
Straight PresentsThe Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Vancouver Draw Down 2014
Straight PresentsThe Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the 2014 Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival
BooksGeorge R. R. Martin’s Rogues is a mixed bag
ArtsCentre A fosters intergenerational and intercultural space for Chinatown
LifeMen tweet support for women's rights with #AllMenCan
Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: Driver side mirror─'nother one bites the dust
LifeEast Van Garbage Watch: Three bags of trash in an alley
Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: Arrested development
MusicConcert pic of the morning: Jezabels at the Imperial
BooksCalgary more well-read than Vancouver in Amazon.com ranking
Straight PresentsThe Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Photo of the DayPhoto of the Day: We need a shade
Straight PresentsThe Georgia Straight presents Jack White at Deer Lake Park
NewsCouncillor Geoff Meggs won’t recuse himself from public hearing on Concord Pacific project
FoodPhotos: 2014 VCBW Beer Festival
NewsYaletown shooting leads to gunfire outside Science World
Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: How Rick rolls
MusicConcert pic of the morning: Timber Timbre at the Commodore
TechBitcoin ATM coming to BCIT campus in Burnaby
LifeAd recreates consequences of driving using a cellphone
Homeless in VancouverHomeless in Vancouver: Van Aqua whales gone wild! (we wish)
Photo of the DayPhoto of the Day: Lions Gate reflections
LifeVideo investigates ongoing problems at Fukushima ground zero
LGBTOilers captain first pro athlete to march in Edmonton Pride parade
MusicPemberton Music Festival announces additional acts, reveals daily lineups
FoodThe Fat Badger restaurant brings proper British pub grub to Vancouver
LGBTQuebec hockey goaltender Charline Labonte comes out as lesbian
TravelTaiwan lures cycling tourists with huge infrastructure investments and showers at police stations
City & Culture
CommentaryJoy Alexander: Public schools are under attack and need support
CommentaryKai Chan: How could the Joint Review Panel get it so wrong on the Enbridge pipeline?
CommentaryReasonable Doubt: How do we solve a problem like domestic violence?
Straight TalkNPA councillor George Affleck explains why he's not running for mayor
CommentaryGraham Anderson: It’s time to end No Fun City in Vancouver parks
Straight TalkVancouver councillor Kerry Jang criticizes New Brunswick professor’s anti-Chinese screed
Straight TalkIntegrity B.C. objects to corporations covering the tab for B.C. Liberal diners
CommentaryAntinuclear activist Harvey Wasserman accuses corporate media of Fukushima cover-up
Straight TalkB.C. Court of Appeal ruling finds tenant responsible for an odour that landlord says never existed
CommentaryGwynne Dyer: Redemption in Kosovo
Straight Talk Straight Talk CommentaryMichael Aird: Reframing the B.C. teachers’ labour dispute
CommentaryDermod Travis: Financial reporting season opens at city halls across B.C.
CommentaryMark Mitchell: Opportunities for road safety education and engagement
CommentaryKatherine Day: Improving our “backyard” parks
CommentarySammie Jo Rumbaua: Creating inclusive and welcoming parks and community centres
Straight TalkCouncillor Geoff Meggs accused of “bias” before public hearing on Concord Pacific project
CommentaryCatherine Evans: Voting is a subject better learned at 16
CommentaryNaveen Girn: I believe in a vibrant and inclusive Vancouver
CommentaryIan Ross McDonald: Running to run
CommentaryDavid Suzuki: Pipeline spills are good for the economy
Straight TalkChip Wilson votes to dump the chairman of lululemon athletica
CommentaryYaletown shooting victim Paul Dragan earns praise for helping cycling community
CommentaryCoree Tull: The power of sport in building healthy, active, and engaged communities
LettersBuild off-leash areas and the dogs will come
LettersPlundering public resources hurts future generations
LettersReader accuses Margaret Atwood of cultural appropriation
LettersCormorants under siege from jackhammers
CommentaryOne parent’s take on the B.C. teachers’ strike
Straight TalkSex worker protest planned in response to Bill C-36
Municipal ElectionVision Vancouver prospects reveal views on whales in captivity at aquarium
Straight TalkSlavs come together at Robson Square
Straight TalkAccused killer of transgender woman January Lapuz pleads guilty to manslaughter
Straight TalkNo such thing as a typical john, says researcher
Straight TalkKwantlen Polytechnic University announces fifth campus
Straight TalkNPA maverick Ken Charko sits out mayoral candidate vote
Straight TalkYaletown shooting leads to attempted murder charges against former employee of victim
Straight Talk CommentaryGwynne Dyer: ISIS rises in Iraq
SportsInternational study of homophobia in sport needs Canadian respondents
Straight TalkReal Housewives of Vancouver daughter Mia Deakin reportedly shot
CommentaryVision Vancouver 2014 nomination candidates in their own words
Real EstateGardens go communal in Southeast False Creek
Food
Food NotesWhistler's Araxi Longtable dinner slated for Vanier Park
Food NotesVancouver park board expands food-cart program at parks and beaches
Food of the WeekBeach Bites casual fare at Kitsilano’s Hapa Izakaya
Dining FeaturesCheer on the FIFA World Cup at these Vancouver establishments
Dining FeaturesSummertime cookbooks offer culinary diversity
UncorkedFrom B.C. and beyond, Rieslings that shine
Dining FeaturesSummertime food fest fun in Vancouver
CookingRain or Shine Homemade Ice Cream owner shares a favourite summertime dessert
Living
TravelAir transport deal likely means more flights between Canada and Philippines
Savage Love PodcastDan Savage Podcast Episode 398: A "free" trip to the Caribbean... with the boss
Kool ThingLululemon's print tank top brings the garden to yoga wear
Transportation Book ReviewsCrime and high society mingle in Eve Lazarus's Sensational Vancouver
Book ReviewsDavid Adams Richards offers small-town realism in Crimes Against My Brother
Book Reviewsandrea bennett takes a direct route in Canoodlers
Book ReviewsDavid Sheff's Clean takes a tour through drug and alcohol addiction in America
Book FeaturesLiterary events light up Vancouver
Book FeaturesBend the spines of these summer books
Health FeaturesM.D. Reimar Banis touts energy medicine
Style FeaturesGreen Circle Salons gives hairstyling an environment-friendly makeover
Health FeaturesForest and the Femme Society takes Downtown Eastside women to the great outdoors
LifeStyle FeaturesAt the Deighton Cup they’re off to the races
LifeStyle FeaturesTaking a leap into skydiving in Whistler
Health FeaturesHave fun, raise money, and improve your health at summer fundraisers
LifeStyle FeaturesThe Georgia Straight guide to Summer in the City
Book FeaturesDisplacement anchors Shani Mootoo’s Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab
Book FeaturesFact and fantasy make music in Sean Michaels's Us Conductors
Savage Love ColumnI don't want to graduate high school a virgin
OutsideNorth Shore mountain bike trails get smoother as cyclists get older
Style FeaturesHead to the beach in local swimsuit designs
Movies
Movie ReviewsThe Fault in Our Stars goes big the right way
Movie ReviewsSupermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon made with sweet affection
Movie FeaturesVancouver film events offer a cinematic summertime escape
Movie FeaturesVancity enters the great war with Apocalypse WW1
Movie FeaturesOliver Stone’s The Untold History of the United States looks for the truth
Music
ReviewsMusic Waste hits its stride while showing some East Van pride
Music FeaturesChad VanGaalen puts metal to the pedals
Music Choices Music FeaturesHard Rubber Orchestra changed Darcy James Argue’s outlook
Music FeaturesHow Pelican bounced back from the burned-out abyss
Music NotesSpores remember the Forgotten Rebels at LanaLou’s
Music FeaturesReticent Hiromi Uehara comes alive with her trio
Music FeaturesJolie Holland is happy with her cult status
Music NotesUBC plans to ramp up number of licensed concerts if liquor-licence amendment is approved
Local MotionTD Vancouver International Jazz Festival features two musical takes on the Komagata Maru
Music FeaturesMusic fests worth hitting the highway for
Music FeaturesSpirit Animal will teach you to get the funk out
Music NotesTop 12 PEAK Performance Project artists announced
Music FeaturesSummer music festivals and concerts heat up the season
News
News FeaturesB.C. NDP leader John Horgan says Christy Clark needs to do LNG math
News FeaturesVancouver Coastal Health reveals plan to expand supervised injection services in city
Tech
TechVancouver Mini Maker Faire 2014 highlights interactive libraries
Tech