Georgia Straight Issue 2434

Aug 14, 2014

Arts

Early Music Vancouver’s Il Trionfo del Tempo stays lively

Sci-fi effects meet landscapes in Kelly Richardson's Legion

Cultures and history meet in The Lake/N-ha-a-itk

Gateway Pacific Theatre Festival brings Hong Kong to the stage

PNE goes global

Theatre Under the Stars holds over its musicals for first time in its history

Artist Ross den Otter captures changing face of Main and Hastings streets

Blogs

Homeless in Vancouver: Former Vancouver Apple employee’s priceless name

Lady Gaga gets too much of a Rocky Mountain high

Dead cat found hanging at Vancouver elementary school

Vancouver native Lachlan Patterson still on his feet for Last Comic Standing finale

Almost one in five condo owners in Vancouver and Toronto are investors

What's in Your Fridge?: Jesse Gander

Concert pic of the morning: Coldwater Road at Vancouver FanClub

Rich Hope and His Evil Doers inaugurate Squamish Fest

Vancouver Water Fight 2014 to soak Stanley Park this Saturday

On the road to Squamish Valley Music Festival: Who killed the Squamish combination KFC and Taco Bell?

Homeless in Vancouver: I DID NOT find a prototype iPhone phablet

Photo of the Day: S'up, White Rock?

Os Gemeos to turn Ocean Concrete silos into ginormous public art

Canada's first restaurant with deaf wait staff: Signs in Toronto

Go Topless Day occurs in Vancouver on August 24 (warning: nudity)

Homeless in Vancouver: Softer side of spiders (that'd be the underside)

Homeless in Vancouver: Lookit the bloomin' handlebars on that bike

Locals can attend SIGGRAPH 2014 at a discount

Uptown Live musical street party ramps up in New Westminster

Kate Upton says she was ordered not to wear a Tigers hat and jersey in Yankee Stadium

What all the cool kids are wearing up at Squamish Fest

Last post from Squamish Fest: How cool are these balloons?!?

Phantogram encourages nudity at the Squamish Valley Music Festival

Photos: Day 3 of the Squamish Valley Music Festival

It's cut-off weather at the Squamish Valley Music Festival

A day in photos at Squamish Valley Music Festival

The Squamish festival media tent offers the VIP treatment

Stop for some incredible rock on the way up to the Squamish Valley Music Festival

The long, dusty trek is totally worth it at Squamish fest

Local talent takes the spotlight at Squamish festival's Meadow Stage

Photos: Nas, Lykke Li, and Foster the People at Squamish Valley Music Festival

Watch your back at Squamish Fest, Hawksley Workman!

#FestivalStyleWatch! Who wore it better: Lindsay from Lindsaysdiet.com or Zachary Gray from the Zolas

Concert pic of the morning: Eminem at the Squamish Valley Music Festival

Homeless in Vancouver: A problem with security guards and 9-1-1

Video: Linda Dong dumps Peter Chao and looks for a boyfriend

Rob Ford reveals alleged bomb threat against Toronto's city hall

"Baby Doll" performed at India Live Vancouver

Harry Shearer nails Richard Nixon

Photo of the Day: Supermoon is super!

Homeless in Vancouver: Is Bloglovin’ trying to steal bloggers’ thunder?

Huge tree branch smashes car at Vancouver park

Photos: tUnE-yArDs and Hannah Epperson help kick off Day 3 in Squamish

Squamish Valley Music Festival kicks off

Free Wi-Fi buses hit the road in Metro Vancouver

Added screenings of Snowpiercer, Walking the Camino

Boatloads of sick animals and seas of ink at Cai Guo Qiang's provocative Shanghai art show

Robin Williams dead at 63

Have you seen this parakeet? Richmond RCMP looking for birdnapper

Robin Williams talked about aging before release of Happy Feet Two

#FestivalStyleWatch! Those guys in suits at Squamish festival

Stuck on a SkyTrain? Touch a door and transit cops will bust your ass

Lady Gaga stops to ask Straight writer Vivian Pencz if she's okay

Maenam wins 2014 Golden Dumpling Cook Off and festival-goers get stuffed

Concert pic of the morning: Sir Sly at Electric Owl

New Café Medina opens with expanded menu and restaurant space

Would Sid Vicious drive an Acura?

Photo of the Day: Ladies in red

Squamish Fest 2014 aerial footage reveals that party was even bigger than you thought

The Georgia Straight presents two Tokyo Police Club shows at the Commodore

Happy World Elephant Day

Buy Joe Strummer’s 1963 Thunderbird

Wildfires spark air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley

Homeless in Vancouver: Badly kerned comic strips

Marijuana activist Marc Emery is free and back on Canadian soil

Lauren Bacall dead at 89

Fucked up video game lets you slaughter your fellow SkyTrain riders

TransLink not happy about Main Street Massacre game depicting SkyTrain killing spree

Concert pic of the morning: Run the Jewels at the Biltmore

Dude Chilling Park sign vandalized again

And the worst hotel Wi-Fi goes to Homewood Suites

World’s largest sandbox coming to Stanley Park on August 16

Homeless in Vancouver: Three reasons Overly Friendly Frog must go

Homeless in Vancouver: I say it’s an ostrich, others say a whale

Over 40,000 people want Robin Williams character in next Legend of Zelda game

Check out the new SeaBus

When adults do the things that kids do

Is a feminist vandal on the loose in East Vancouver?

The Newt wants Tom Petty to cover Bruce Cockburn in Vancouver

New Westminster keeps the Pride party going with fifth anniversary celebration

City & Culture

Reasonable Doubt: Kwikwetlem chief story stokes racist tensions in Canada

George Galloway investigated after he says Israeli tourists aren't welcome in his constituency

Engineering company distances itself from Mount Polley mine disaster

Mount Polley mine owner Imperial Metals Corp. only recently joined national mining association

Housing survey finds 17.1 percent of Vancouver and Toronto condo owners invest in other units

Dog walker Emma Paulsen charged in death of six pets in her care

Greater Vancouver housing starts in July slightly above same month of 2013

Gwynne Dyer: Middle East changes may necessitate new U.S. policies and allies

As Marc Emery returns to Canada, U.S. scientists still face obstacles researching medicinal marijuana

Anderson Beach Recreation Site closed due to grizzly and black bears

NPA vows accountability measures including city ombudsperson

Vancouver selects participants for Grandview-Woodland citizens’ assembly

Alexandra Morton: Are Fraser sockeye downstream from Mount Polley spill safe to eat?

David Suzuki: Are nanoparticles worth the risks?

B.C. First Nation issues eviction notice to Imperial Metals Corporation after Mount Polley disaster

Gitxsan First Nation grants extension on CN Rail eviction

East Kootenay Brain Injury Association faces human rights complaint from fired staffer

Judge orders more information in Hells Angels' forfeiture case

Man stabs woman in leg with needle on Kingsway in Burnaby

Gwynne Dyer: Terrorism in Xijiang

Anne Hill: A challenge from the North

Randy Christensen: Mount Polley disaster shows need for source water protection across B.C.

Gurpreet Singh: No regrets for saying no to Narendra Modi

Robin Williams “shared some of his light” with Vancouver comedy community

Vancouver brothers Glen and Nicholas Chernen dismiss Ford analogy

Food

A bounty of summer wines in B.C.

Try a taste of Korea at the Korean Cultural Heritage Festival

Gluten-free beer options expand, but which ones really taste good?

Friendly Pizzeria Bufala goes local in Kerrisdale

Vietnamese salad rolls from DD Mau are perfect for a summer picnic

Living

Montreal's WANT Apothecary opens Vancouver boutique

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 407: How to respond when a 13-year-old hits on you

Just another guy who doesn't know that he's been dumped

Gitxsan First Nation healers urge residential-school survivors to open up and reflect

Cuts to Canadian Food Inspection Agency risk food safety

Healthy living: toxins, healing, hospital Wi-Fi, and gluten-free beer

Detoxifying the body of harmful chemicals and metals is easier than it might seem

Fitness and nutrition keep slopestyler Darren Berrecloth and downhiller Stevie Smith competitive

Movies

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot is simply wrong-headed

Domhnall Gleeson heads out with Frank

Step Up: All In a dependably dance-filled charm machine

Entertainment fails to live up to its name

From the archives: Robin Williams interview from 1996

Land Ho! takes a road trip to nowhere

The Trip to Italy brings its neurotic baggage to the continent

Uvanga director Marie-Hélène Cousineau’s Arctic tales build bridges

Uvanga's unprofessionals are its stars

Vancouver Queer Film Festival spotlights Russia’s invisible LGBT youth

The Giver lacks follow-through

Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2014: An unexpected bond between Russian men in Winter Journey

Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2014: Children 404 gives voice to persecuted LGBT Russian youth

Land Ho! star Earl Lynn Nelson unfazed by spotlight

Expedition to the End of the World digs up our demise

Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2014: News, reviews, and more

Music

Bruno Mars charms the shit out of everyone on Day 1 of the Squamish Valley Music Festival

Eminem makes a triumphant return to cap Day 3 of Squamish Fest

Arcade Fire helps make Day 2 of Squamish Valley Music Festival pretty goddamn beautiful

Lady Gaga shows a flair for more than the garish in Vancouver

Joan Jett earned her status as a rock ’n’ roll icon

Cape Breton’s Coig mixes it up

Slash at the Hard Rock Casino in Coquitlam

Beck at Deer Lake Park

The Coathangers get serious

News

Germ killer common in pregnant women, newborns

Marc Emery free from prison, back in Canada, and taking aim at "afraid" politicians

Korean Cultural Heritage Festival marries contemporary cool with traditional arts

Tech

More hospital Wi-Fi would foster connections among patients and families