Georgia Straight Issue 2437

Sep 4, 2014

Arts

Lorna Brown captures a dying language with Carets, strike-outs, underlines, circles and dots

Steve-O more than just the sum of his stunts

Accordion Noir Festival headliner Miss Murgatroid finds her main squeeze

Paul Anthony's Talent Time takes laughs to a suave new stage

Time & Place at the Ferry Building Gallery

Dr. Steve Brule joins Tim and Eric at the Vogue

DanceAbility Day at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

Morgan Green combines combines indigenous and western approaches in Ts’msyen Transforming

Fringe Fest 2014: The Hatter has a big heart

Fringe Fest 2014: The Quitter suffers from repetition

Fringe Fest 2014: Deranged Dating has some good laughs

Fringe Fest 2014: May & Alia Do Pirates! (Of Penzance) is a romp

Fringe Fest 2014: Paleoncology has lots of textural interest

Fringe Fest 2014: Jem Rolls Attacks The Silence is incredibly fresh

Fringe Fest 2014: Magic Unicorn Island's message of love goes deep

Vancouver Fringe Festival alumni return out of love and need

Twisted sisters and burlap brothers: Fringe shows stage sly takes on siblings

VSO's Jeff Alexander appointed president of Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Fringe Fest 2014: Roller Derby Saved My Soul stays fun

Fringe Fest 2014: High Tea is sweet and skillful

Jessica Yan to perform at East Meets West concert to benefit Canadian Cancer Society’s Camp Goodtimes

Vancouver Fringe Festival gets a dramatic new addition to its lineup

Blogs

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Women's Motorcycle Exhibit

Photo of the Day: Star trails

Whistler Film Festival boosts initiatives for female filmmakers

99 B-Line: How are those painted queue lines working out for you?

Homeless in Vancouver: Thanks for the great trashed memories

Homeless in Vancouver: Taking in a bee-witching flower show

Ashley Madison sues South Korea for blocking dating site for married people

PNE admission is free before 1 p.m. this weekend

Five fun things to do this Labour Day weekend in Vancouver and Burnaby

Vancouver airport competing for Canada's best bathroom title

Angelina Jolie's ex-lover Jenny Shimizu in same-sex engagement

Kazaky's back with their homoerotic "Pulse"

Rory Gallagher and Stevie Ray Vaughan boxed-set announcements are cause for celebration

Gastown BBQ and Chili Festival fills 200 block of Carrall Street

B.C.'s Merry Pranksters revive a famous 50-year-old bus trip

Photos: Taiwanfest brings a new look to Granville Street

Homeless in Vancouver: No full moon but I found the next best thing

Homeless in Vancouver: Time for nature to take over watering sidewalks?

Homeless in Vancouver: Nice umbrella but it stopped raining

Elite private school plans to celebrate on Tuesday evening

25 years ago today: Meat Loaf plays 86 Street Music Hall, threatens to kick 900 asses

25 years ago today: guitar hero Johnny Winter plays the Commodore Ballroom

Homeless in Vancouver: Take a walk on the sunny side

Fair at the PNE 2014: Week two in photos

The decolonization of anti-violence organizations

Justin Bieber still moves freely between Canada and the U.S. after more charges laid

Musician CeeLo Green says you can't be raped if you're unconscious

B.C. teachers strike: Parents bring kids to MLAs’ offices for playdate protests

Ken and Christopher top list of sexiest men's names

Homeless in Vancouver: Just baby steps from City Hall

Homeless in Vancouver: These garbage instructions were just that

Photos: Students rally for a resolution to B.C. teachers strike

Vancouver police bust marijuana dispensary for selling edibles that look like children's candy

Armagayddon hits Ireland: Gay people destroy the nation

Homeless in Vancouver: With enough sugar, even pine cleaner is tasty?

20 years ago today: ZZ Top in Vancouver, Billy Gibbons on the phone

Homeless in Vancouver: Honestly, who won’t take stuff that isn’t nailed down?

Photo of the Day: Harvey

10 wineries to visit in Argentina

Kinder Morgan attacks Gnome’s Home

When did Gastown studios for $1,900 a month become a good deal?

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Best Catch Sustainable Seafood Festival

More thoughts on the Samsung Gear VR headset announced today

U.S. Department of Homeland Security drives into New Westminster

Families encouraged to donate $40 per day to BCTF strike fund

City & Culture

Reasonable Doubt: Racism is often covert and subtle

Andrew Lodge: The deadly consequences of mismanaging Ebola

Jennifer O'Keeffe: Christy Clark’s union-busting project fails to recognize value of education

Vancouver schools will open Tuesday if teachers’ strike resolved by early Monday evening

Park board defends breeding ban and says it will meet Vancouver Aquarium in court

Judge dismisses accused marijuana exporters' challenge against Extradition Act

Patti Bacchus wonders if districts will be left in lurch as savings from teachers strike go to parents

Vancouver school district loses 10 international students during teachers strike

Respect MP George Galloway attacked on a London street

B.C. teachers strike is Christy Clark's strike

Employer says BCTF's demands are higher than settlements reached with other public-sector unions

B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair says B.C. Liberals are happy schools will close Tuesday

B.C. Teachers' Federation's Jim Iker seeks face-to-face meeting with Premier Christy Clark

UBC names Susan Danard as managing director of public affairs

Crystal Warner: Side with the people, choose our teachers

Gwynne Dyer: The dilemma over Rwandan president Paul Kagame

Keith Higgins: Housing and honesty are why I’m seeking a COPE nomination

David Suzuki: Of passenger pigeons and coal-mine canaries

Former COPE school trustee Jane Bouey runs for new Public Education Project slate

False Creek Residents Association battles Concord Pacific over commercial use of park-zoned land

NDP MP Jinny Sims says B.C. government is trying to do an end run around two court rulings

B.C. teachers feeling “solidly angry” on would-be second day of school

How Christy Clark's confrontational approach with teachers could tarnish Justin Trudeau

Gwynne Dyer: No, Vladimir Putin is not another Adolf Hitler

Why I actually want to go back to school

Meena Wong runs for COPE mayoral nomination

Food

Bella Gelateria opens in Yaletown

Sit down at the Abbey for a really happy hour

Gelato meets martini: gelatinis debut at Bella Gelateria

Dino Renaerts offers two kinds of grilled bruschetta for entertaining

Living

Tzu Chi Foundation honoured at Taiwanfest by civic and provincial governments

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 410: So your brand-new roommate comes with a stalker

Is watching porn the same as cheating?

Centuries-old good and evil clash in David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks

Wine-tasting beyond the bottles in Argentina

Eliza Robertson's Wallflowers is tinged with the tragic

Movies

VLAFF 2014: Who Is Dayani Cristal? is an unforgettable migration story

VLAFF 2014: Icaros gives viewers a glimpse into the life of the Shipibo people

As Above/So Below is a descent into shaky-cam hell

Caper movie Raja Natwarlal almost gets it right

Life After Beth actor Matthew Gray Gubler sees new life in zombie rom-com

The Captive only steals the audience's time

Norte, The End of History a Dostoevsky-inspired epic

Life After Beth doesn't live up to its potential

VLAFF 2014: A blind gay teen falls in love in The Way He Looks

Jean-Marc Vallée’s Wild to open Vancouver International Film Festival

Music

Jack White rolls like thunder into Burnaby

SZA shows off her powerful pipes in Vancouver

Art Bergmann remains a rebel

Birds of Chicago at St. James Hall

Katy Perry at Rogers Arena

Sleepless nights shaped Eliza Gilkyson’s Nocturne Diaries

Michael Gira’s Zen readings inform Swans’ processional rock

Avi Buffalo was in no big hurry to follow up debut

A common thread runs through Midge Ure’s wild career

Reggie Watts mines a musical scrapbook

JPNSGRLS's Circulation sounds radio-ready

Red Chamber's Gathering is a beautiful journey

Stefana Fratila digs into the vaults with Tristă cu Frică

The Oliver Gannon Quartet's Easy Sailing a breezy, buoyant affair

The Dishrags' Three is not to be missed

B-Lines make unhinged, hopeless hardcore on Opening Band

Spell's Full Moon Sessions a timely arrival

Nomeansno's In the Fishtank is an inspired and welcome departure

There's nothing groundbreaking on Piggy's Undignified

Owen Pallett's more human than human

Tough Age heads to Hogtown

Instrument retailer Exile opens its doors on Main Street

Koban's VIDE is perfect for darkening days

News

Justin Trudeau rejects authoritarian model

Vancouver police still seeking help to prevent a mental-health crisis

Tech

Samsung gets into VR, reveals Galaxy Note Edge phablet

Best video games slated to land this fall