Georgia Straight Issue 2427

Jun 26, 2014

Arts

Ballet Preljocaj among headliners of Dance Centre's 2014-15 season

Vancouver Art Gallery adds three new members to board of trustees

Greek Day 2014 turns Broadway into a Grecian paradise

Gods Plans is alert, playful, and deliberate

Fantastical, ethereal images fill Dances for a Small Stage's Summer Lovin'

Pacific Theatre leads the way at Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

Keys to the Streets summer pianos set to reappear around Vancouver July 1

A Midsummer Night's Dream delivers enormous rewards

Pacific Theatre, Bard on the Beach, and ITSAZOO enjoy big night at the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

Coast Salish carver Luke Marston explores Portuguese roots for Stanley Park sculpture

Red Rock Diner at the Arts Club’s Granville Island Stage

All Good Things literally takes its audience by the hand

Presentation House Gallery's new location given the go-ahead by North Vancouver

Northwest Podcast Fest to bring Dan Savage and Duncan Trussell to Vancouver in October

Susan Point is most expressive in Works on Paper

Music in the Morning lines up Dover Quartet and Quartetto Gelato for 2014-2015 season

Blogs

Homeless in Vancouver: The yachting types gather in Point Grey

Vancouver's Stanley Park named world's best park

Concert pic of the morning: Michael Bublé at Rogers Arena

Homeless in Vancouver: We had some wicked rain last night

What's In Your Fridge: Mish Way

Fukushima governor wants Olympics torch relay near ruined power plant

2014 Global Peace Index indicates downward turn towards violence

Eat a croc at the August Jack's exotic food night

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

Foo Fighters turn into "Holy Shits" to kick bar-band ass on early Van Halen

Vancouver gasoline prices reach all-time record

New use for Swiffers: Owl removal

Ballet star Rex Harrington and fiance to compete on Amazing Race Canada

Homeless in Vancouver: Found images—looks like...

Homeless in Vancouver: She's crazy for coffee stickers

Vancouver Canucks name Willie Desjardins new head coach

Photos: Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival 2014 in Vancouver

Photos: Tough Mudder Whistler 2014

Apple stores offer free computer camps for kids in Vancouver

All India Bakchod reveals universal truths in Honest Indian Flight

Concert pic of the morning: Chelsea Wolfe at Electric Owl

Video: Let It Go(T)

Fukushima chef exports Japanese fish to feed World Cup team in Brazil

Black people saying the stuff that white people say

Tap & Barrel restaurant opening North Vancouver location at Lonsdale Quay

WorldPride Toronto conferences address human rights and asexuality

Homeless in Vancouver: No crying over spilt clouds

Homeless in Vancouver: Return-It Express drop-off program to expand

Homeless in Vancouver: Mystery of the wooden bicycle

Homeless in Vancouver: Mount Pleasant was the cat's meow

The Georgia Straight presents Bahamas at the Vogue

Photo of the Day: Catching some rays

Homeless in Vancouver: iPhone now with up to 38 percent less thieves?

Qmunity wins City of Vancouver Award of Excellence for diversity and inclusion

20 years ago today: Pink Floyd plays B.C. Place, Roger Waters stays home

Concert pic of the morning: Veruca Salt at the Biltmore

Grouse Grind gets an app

Homeless in Vancouver: “Sqwaaa!” (Cornelius the crow says hello)

Outspoken Strat-lover Yngwie Malmsteen calls Les Paul guitars "furniture"

East Van Garbage Watch: Abandoned toilet edition

#RaisethePride: Toronto Pride flag measures LGBT sentiment on Twitter

There goes the galaxy: Disney's Star Wars the Musical

A day in the life of our favourite Taiwanese animators

CKNW and CFOX-FM say goodbye to Todd Hancock, Neil Morrison, Stu Walters, Tom Mark, and Terry Bell

Woodward's Building stands tall

Café Medina relocation represents a fresh start

City & Culture

Harvey Lazar: Why is it so hard to improve our health system?

Gwynne Dyer: Time for Iraq to take a tranquillizer

Happy hour and other liquor policy changes come into effect in B.C.

Vancouver Greens vote against cooperating with other parties ahead of November election

Here's one explanation why Premier Christy Clark has refused the BCTF's request for mediation

Vancouver Community College names Peter Nunoda as next president

B.C. Liberals roll out good-news booze stories to divert attention from BCTF checkmate

Vince Ready declines request to mediate B.C. teachers dispute

Vision Vancouver chooses park board and school board candidates

Canada condemns seven-year sentence for Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy

Veronica Vinje: Saying “kaffir lime” is like saying the N-word before “lime”

Gwynne Dyer: How do you get to be an ally of the United States?

Vancouver forum aims spotlight on torture around the world

Huge earthquake in Alaska poses no threat to B.C.

Vancouver mayor and city council grant highest civic honours to Judy Graves and Jim Pattison

Busted East Vancouver marijuana dispensary reopens and warns others to play by the rules

Hollywood Theatre advocates’ plan would see city buy venue and lease it to nonprofit

David Suzuki: Here’s to a radical Canada Day!

Court petition seeks removal of Kerry Jang and Geoff Meggs from Vancouver city council

Sto:lo Nation official wants more cities to recognize unceded First Nations territory

NPA mayoral applicant Ian Robertson claims Vision Vancouver is “scared” about election

Gurpreet Singh: Radio India correspondent goes underground in Pakistan

Surrey First picks Linda Hepner to run for mayor

Vision Vancouver nominations advance party storyline for the election

Gregor Robertson's "angry old men" remark makes sense in light of Vision Vancouver narrative

Gwynne Dyer: It's a little too quiet in Thailand

Drum circles make music and community in Vancouver

City of Vancouver to expand advance voting for 2014 civic election

Province says Metro Vancouver can't afford its mayors' transportation plan

B.C. lawyers plan one-month “blackout” in protest of legal aid funding

New fracking studies reveal unexpected methane levels

Vancouver city council to vote on referring downtown tower application to a public hearing

Food

A friendly balance of B.C. wines

Cold-pressed juice options expand in Vancouver

Rum brings on the fun in Vancouver

Summer sipping: cocktails, craft beer, B.C. wine, and cold-pressed juice

Happy hour arrives in B.C.

Test kitchen and top chefs keep Earls Kitchen + Bar moving forward

Plan your Vancouver beer-cation over these fine bottles

Jay Jones's Scotch cocktail pairs well with raw oysters

Beerology teaches beer basics

Food Cart Fest launching in Surrey

Living

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 400: How do poly people balance all those relationships?

Bisexual male sexual health needs neglected, study finds

Five drinks to try in Kaanapali, Maui

Ways to reduce radiation exposure

Maui moves beyond mai tais with craft beer, cocktails in Kaanapali

How to arrange a threesome as a senior citizen

BÖ by Mansour hews a new kind of bow tie

Author Rana Dasgupta looks at how capitalism is evolving in 21st-century India

Movies

Jersey Boys is tediously predictable

Think Like a Man Too treads on the familiar

A Spell to Ward off the Darkness's Ben Rivers takes a communal approach

Vancouver film industry seeing boost, city council hears

Tammy's Gary Cole reflects on being "that guy"

Humshakals redefines dreadfulness

Your patience will be tested with A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Manakamana takes viewers on a contemplative ride

Liv & Ingmar airs Scandinavian laundry

Obvious Child plays abortion for laughs

They Came Together's rom-com spoofing wears thin

Music

Hugh Fraser brings bravado to Mike Allen’s big quartet

Music makes Harold Mabern feel youthful

Cory Weeds ups the energy on As of Now

Trumpet renegade Nate Wooley takes a playful approach

Harris Eisenstadt’s Golden State quartet is intellectually seductive

For Nick Cave, the Bad Seeds are everything

Triology goes old-school on its eponymous debut

Neelamjit Dhillon Quartet's Komagata Maru has a somber beauty

David Fathead Newman & the Tilden Webb Trio's Cellar Groove is an archival delight

S. Carey at the Biltmore

Venetian Snares at Fortune Sound Club

Peter Murphy at the Rickshaw

Mac DeMarco’s a vessel for your entertainment

Guitar god Yngwie Malmsteen puts rumours to rest

Michael Bublé nothing less than fucking perfect in Vancouver

News

Toxic chemicals weaken frogs' immune systems

Babies exposed to toxic chemicals used in vinyl

First Nations ceremonial shaming rite targeted at federal government

Tech

African Storybook Project brings digital books to kids