Georgia Straight Issue 2442

Oct 9, 2014

Arts

Portrait of an Artist: Lucas Gaudette

Ballet B.C. takes flight at YVR

A strong cast finds Our Town's intimacy

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and cellist Ariel Barnes touch heads and hearts

Emily Carr and Landon Mackenzie: Wood Chopper and the Monkey juxtaposes past and present

Peter Cathie White to take Arts Club Theatre helm

On Death’s Door: Plague of the Zombie Syndrome brings scares to Vancouver

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra runs away with circus

Circle Craft Christmas Market preview at Granville Island's Net Loft

The Muted Note at the Western Front

Beerlesque IV at the Roundhouse

Conversations With My Mother at the Gateway Theatre

My Rabbi plies faith and friendship

Vancouver Opera’s Stickboy boldly faces the bullies again

Stickboy brings back painful memories for fight director Nicholas Harrison

Blogs

Concert pic of the morning: Cat Power at the Vogue

Photos: Inside Harvest Haus, one of Vancouver's largest Oktoberfest celebrations

Project Censored exposes top 25 most censored news stories of 2013-2014

Homeless in Vancouver: Microsoft’s Windows 10—better late than never?

Homeless in Vancouver: Installing the Windows 10 Technical Preview

Don't leave Christian rock genius Larry Norman behind

Fire rips through unfinished seniors' project at Granville Street and West 49th Avenue

Joan Cusack replaces brother John Cusack as Vancouver graffiti artist's favourite

Video: Author Jeremy Scahill accuses Barack Obama of launching Orwellian war in Iraq

Vancouver Canucks end preseason on high note by beating Oilers

Homeless in Vancouver: Hello, good morning, and good night

Hrithik Roshan shows off his dance moves in Bang Bang

Homeless in Vancouver: Windows 10 is swimming with Linux features

Mark Donnelly's epic trip makes "O Canada" hilariously enjoyable

Homeless in Vancouver: Uber and why the Internet doesn’t like taxi cabs

Assessing the significance of Gregor Robertson's appearance at Taiwan's National Day celebration

Photos: Toronto Raptors score preseason win over Sacramento Kings in Vancouver

Stanley Park video teaser celebrates local wildlife

Photo of the Day: Guard the city

The world's greatest living rock guitarist will release Live in Tokyo next month

Photos: Hiking to Burke Summit in Pinecone Burke Provincial Park

The Georgia Straight presents No Sinner at the Rickshaw

Boston Pizza cofounder becomes new chancellor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Concert pic of the morning: New Pornographers at the Commodore

Concert pic of the morning: Fink at the Biltmore

Photos: Opening day at Hastings Park winter farmers market

Homeless in Vancouver: This sunrise was nothing to impress a dolphin

Photo of the Day: On the hill

Vancouver's iconic Steam Clock takes some time off

The Georgia Straight presents two Death From Above 1979 shows

AC/DC's new album will ROCK! It says so right in the song titles

Homeless in Vancouver: The pre-eclipse of the moon

Homeless in Vancouver: Another spider…big hairy deal

The Tragically Hip to release super-deluxe edition of Fully Completely

Indian filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor charms the crowd at Salam Bombay

City & Culture

Technology and social innovation centre to replace former police station in Downtown Eastside

Reasonable Doubt: Do secrets protect or cause more damage?

Vancouver seeks permanent injunction to stop CP Rail from reactivating Arbutus corridor

B.C. Health Ministry apologizes to family of deceased drug researcher

Gwen Giesbrecht: Funding public education is too important to depend upon donations

Suzanne Scott: Internationally aware, locally involved

Bob Kasting: Upcoming land sale is missed opportunity for affordable housing

RJ Aquino: Many voices, one city

Tim Louis: Homelessness and affordable housing—false promises from Vision Vancouver

Andrea Reimer: Let’s keep making Vancouver an environmental leader

Cleta Brown: Better city, brighter future

Justin Trudeau: Liberal party says no to Stephen Harper’s motion to go to war in Iraq

We must hear—and heed—the nightingale's warning

Province funds 30 shelter beds at Salvation Army Harbour Light complex in Vancouver

Vancouver pedestrian killed in collision with cyclist in Stanley Park

Oppenheimer campers prepare to ask a judge for more time to find affordable housing

Last year Saudi Arabia, Canada's ally against ISIS, beheaded more than 79 people

Vancouver election crowded out by global events and troubling local news

Vancouver Greens and COPE deliver more detailed housing plans than what's offered by NPA

After Vision unveils green platform, Kirk LaPointe claims the mayor is "ashamed of our economy"

Postmedia purchase of Sun Media papers could leave company owning three dailies in Vancouver

Distressed, afraid, and alone: a tragic story slowly unfolds at the Lucía Vega Jiménez inquest

Kerry Morris endorsed by Barbara Sharp for City of North Vancouver mayor

Gwynne Dyer: Terrorism 101 offers lessons in how to respond to ISIS

Vancouver police issue warning after attacks on three older Asian women

Stuart Mackinnon: Better parks, together

Melissa De Genova: Affordable housing is a conversation that requires real solutions

Charlene Gunn: Vancouverites’ lost voices have been found

Penny Noble: What is your school board and why should you care?

Colin Shandler: Get to know me

Gregory Baker: Changing the conversation about development

Niki Sharma: We need to continue to build an inclusive city for all

Casey Crawford: How do we fix Vancouver’s parks system? Just listen

Wadena train derailment highlights risks of Canada moving oil and other hazardous materials by rail

David Suzuki: Slow down for a truly sustainable society

Permanent tent city proposal panned by COPE’s rivals

NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert condemns B.C. Liberal government secrecy around new building code

Audrey Siegl: Eviction notices for Oppenheimer won’t solve anything

COPE proposes permanent tent city in Vancouver

It’s just wrong to bulldoze gardens before the harvest

Neoliberal revolution is really neoconservative

Governor General will never fire this prime minister

U.S. militarism created ISIS, so America should respond

Teachers’ strike revealed B.C.’s inferior services

Vega Jiménez inquest jury calls for serious reforms at CBSA immigration detention centres

Burnaby First Coalition aims to dislodge socialist Burnaby Citizens Association

Aboriginal citizens see hope for civic healing in Vancouver

East Vancouver voters left out of advance polls

Cease Wyss joins slate of COPE election candidates

Gwynne Dyer: Ebola's exponential growth

NPA and Vision Vancouver promise freebies in chase for votes

Court rules homeless camp in Oppenheimer Park should be dismantled by October 15

Winners of Downtown Eastside Hope in Shadows photo contest announced

Janet Fraser: Schools should be more than buildings where students learn

Vancouver election 2014: Mayoral and council candidates’ commentaries

Food

Taste of Yaletown 2014 features restaurants for every taste and budget

Hastings Park farmers market debuts at the PNE on October 5

Wines to serve with Thanksgiving turkey, stuffing, and all the rest

New Chambar charms with satisfying lunch options

Savoury Chef's Taryn Wa continues the tradition of turkey congee

Vancouver's Baker’s Market returns in time for Thanksgiving

Harrison Beer Festival 2014 brings Oktoberfest to Harrison Hot Springs

Where to get takeout turkey and Thanksgiving dinner in Vancouver

Living

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 415: Secretly sexting her ex

A Freudian therapist will not cure your kink

Kukkia kid's coverall cozy and practical

Gastown Shop Hop 2014 showcases neighbourhood gems, old and new

Take a leap and go coasteering in Wales

Health Canada's prescription heroin ban issued on thin ground

Fall books: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Kim Thúy, George Elliott Clarke, and more

Kim Thúy reflects on love and the language of food

George Elliott Clarke's poems strive for maximum sonic effect

Fashion That Changed the World spans Chanel suits to steampunks

Angie Abdou’s Between thrives on domestic culture clash

Daniel J. Levitin reveals the science behind information overload in The Organized Mind

Eric McCormack’s Cloud casts an eerie shadow on its modern setting

David Stouck wins City of Vancouver Book Award

Karl Ove Knausgaard turns inner life into literature on a grand scale

Movies

VIFF 2014: Elephant Song a flawed but engaging cinematic package

VIFF 2014: Above Us All circles around grief and landscapes

VIFF 2014: Charlie's Country exposes the paradoxes of modern Aboriginal existence

VIFF 2014: Behavior bravely reveals the hardships of a boy's Havana life

Creepy-doll flicks make a comeback in the engrossing Annabelle

VIFF 2014: Sweden's Force Majeure an insightful look at risk in life and love

VIFF 2014: Canada's An Eye for Beauty lives up to its title

VIFF 2014: VIFF Repeats series announced

VIFF 2014: The Golden Era is a reverent but indulgent biopic

VIFF 2014: Argentina's Wild Tales is a riotous crowd-pleaser

VIFF 2014: A Corner of Heaven surveys China's desolate landscapes

VIFF 2014: Boychoir follows conventional route

The Judge’s Vincent D’Onofrio gets big

VIFF 2014: Jurors get Violent

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared a spectator to history

It’s a pas-de-doom in Greece in The Two Faces of January

It's Robert Downey Jr. vs. Robert Duvall in The Judge

Men, Women & Children an intriguing time capsule

Men, Women & Children unplugs media morals

Kill the Messenger suggests that some truths are too big

Should the Vancouver International Film Festival bring more Asian stars to Vancouver?

Music

What's In Your Fridge: Joe Keithley

Merchandise doesn't quite take off in Vancouver

Instant Playlist - October 8 2014

Jungle at the Imperial

A private Banks is learning how to share

Mark Haney's insane Aim for the Roses becomes absurd film

Delivering its own Baby a first for White Hinterland

Girl gang PINS never shows any weakness

The Rebel Spell gets ready for the last run

NOW Society jazzed by students and mentors

Hindenburg Night Club to make inaugural flight

Tanya Tagaq and Severn Cullis-Suzuki collaborate at Beyond Words

Joey Bada$$ runs on cereal

News

North Vancouver mayoral candidate George Pringle urges financial transparency

After five years in sanctuary, U.S. war resister Rodney Watson warns against another war in Iraq

Tech

Vancouver’s Ryan Sidhoo hustles up Welcome to Fairfax docu-series on Pivot TV

Bitcoin on the menu at Vancouver restaurants