Cover photo by Kent Kallberg

Georgia Straight Issue 2445

Oct 30, 2014

Arts

Arts Features

Portrait of an Artist: Marion Webber

Comedy Reviews

Orny Adams owns the stage with smart, original comedy

Arts Notes

Jian Ghomeshi blames CBC firing on risk of publicity about his sex life, which includes BDSM

Music Arts Reviews

Vancouver Opera’s Stickboy packs an emotional wallop

Theatre Reviews

Three Tall Women lacks bravura

Dance Reviews

Dances for a Small Stage's 31st installment compels with light and sound

Music Arts Reviews

Diego el Cigala offers a spellbinding performance in Vancouver

Arts Features

Branding meets spirituality in Gunilla Klingberg's Brand New View (Vancouver)

Arts Features

Peter n’ Chris star Peter Carlone goes savage in Hunter Gatherers

Arts Features

Gait to the Spirit festival brings in the best of bharata natyam

Arts Choices

Koerner Quartet at the Vancouver Academy of Music’s Koerner Recital Hall

Arts Choices

Evil Dead: The Musical at the Norman Rothstein Theatre

Arts Choices

Dino Archie at the Comedy MIX

Arts Features

Ballet B.C. pushes to the breaking point with No. 29

Arts Features

Ouxi Taiwanese Puppetry Festival comes to Vancouver

Arts Choices

Parade of Lost Souls hits Vancouver on November 1

Blogs

Music

Concert pic of the morning: The Rural Alberta Advantage at the Commodore

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Stop treating the homeless like criminals

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: Black Tusk at dusk

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: The end of the Santa Fe apartments drags on

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors the Gait to the Spirit Festival

Food

Sustainable seafood across Canada inspires Ned Bell's Chefs for Oceans menu

Books

Cory Doctorow dishes on copyright, Internet freedom, and political issues at Vancouver Writers Fest

Politics

Unlike the mayor of Vancouver, Jason Kenney meets Dalai Lama

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Twilight of a beautiful garden-variety killer

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Rain and fall back together again

News

Vision Vancouver video shows Kirk LaPointe avoiding transit question

News

One of Jian Ghomeshi's final commentaries on CBC Radio Q focused on Ottawa shootings

Arts

Jian Ghomeshi plans to sue CBC for $50 million after being fired

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Snap, crackle, and pop! First Halloween fireworks

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors HUB Fall Bike to Work Week

News

NPA video shows Gregor Robertson dodging question at debate

Music

Concert pic of the morning: The Kills at the Commodore

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: The scary old clown in the cute old house

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors An Angel for May

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors CircusFest Vancouver

Ear of Newt

30 years ago: Ian Lloyd, the "Brother Louie" guy, plays Outlaws

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day: No-Face is waiting for Halloween

Music

Concert pic of the morning: Johnny Jover at Venue

Viral Videos

Russell Brand talks Ottawa shootings, terror, and state-sanctioned propaganda

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Clearing the decks and sidewalks for a big storm

Homeless in Vancouver

Homeless in Vancouver: Ana the pineapple express runs out of steam

News

Vision Vancouver radio ad attacks NPA’s Kirk LaPointe for living outside the city

News

North Van mayoral candidate Kerry Morris wrote this disgustingly homophobic email

News

Rocket blows up in Virginia after lifting off for International Space Station

Straight Presents

The Georgia Straight presents Sleep at the Commodore

Movies

Ultra Rich Asian Girls: Who gives a shit?

LGBT

VIVO needs help saving Canada's first LGBT TV series Gayblevision

Viral Videos

Video: New York woman chronicles 10 hours of street harassment

Sports

Photos: Canada loses to Japan 3-2 in women’s soccer at B.C. Place

Ear of Newt

Ten Newt-approved horror flicks now streaming on Netflix Canada

LGBT

What happens when homophobes have their first gay hug

Ear of Newt

20 years ago today: Gilby Clarke brings Pawnshop Guitars to the Town Pump

Ear of Newt

25 years ago: the Tragically Hip tours behind its full-length debut album, Up to Here

Ear of Newt

The Saw franchise celebrates 10 years of bloody horror today

City & Culture

Commentary

Reasonable Doubt: Charging backcountry users for rescues would put lives at risk

Municipal Election

NPA pledges to expand Mandarin courses as part of Vancouver school board platform

Commentary

As our world shifts, a lesson from an Icelandic town

Commentary

Promod Puri: Culture supersedes religion in establishing national identity

Straight Talk

RCMP says Michael Zehaf-Bibeau created video before attacking war memorial and Parliament

Commentary

Eric Wright: Stephen Harper’s response to Ottawa shooting was appallingly uncivilized

Commentary

Catherine Evans: Let’s grow Vancouver’s urban forest

Commentary

Brent Granby: The park board is integral to becoming the greenest city in the world

Municipal Election

Vision Vancouver announces education platform, takes aim at NPA plan

Commentary

Gwynne Dyer: Elections in Brazil, Ukraine, and Tunisia offer hope of better times

Commentary

Janos Maté: Will a new park board allow captive-bred whales at the Vancouver Aquarium?

Commentary

Michael Mines: A day in the life of duty counsel in Vancouver

Municipal Election

Mayoral candidates debate transit, housing at Vancouver event

Municipal Election

NPA park board platform includes promises to maintain parks, fund new pools

Commentary

The case of Jian Ghomeshi: commentary from the anti-violence frontline

Commentary

David Suzuki: Meet flupyradifurone, the new F-word

Commentary

Towers, transit, and transparency: a review of Vancouver’s election debates

Commentary

Jordan Bateman: Vision Vancouver sells out taxpayers to please labour unions

Municipal Election

Real estate and housing issues dominate Vancouver mayoral debate on Shaw TV

Straight Talk

Mayor Gregor Robertson questions NPA candidate Kirk LaPointe’s residency

Municipal Election

Childcare should be bigger election issue in Vancouver, OneCity candidate says

Straight Talk

COPE mayoral candidate Meena Wong calls for peer-informed mental-health care

Straight Talk

NDP MLA seeks answers on transgender health-care woes in B.C.

Straight Talk

B.C. Trans Advocacy Day seeks end to long waits for sex reassignment surgery

Commentary

Devon Rowcliffe: Protection from corporate influence in classrooms, or disingenuous election spin?

Municipal Election

COPE details Vancouver housing authority proposal

Commentary

Pete Fry: A better city together

Municipal Election

Vision Vancouver platform includes proposals for arts fund, longer patio hours

Straight Talk

B.C.’s LNG industry unlikely to offset coal and will only hasten climate change: report

Food

Food of the Week

Maenam pairs beer and Thai food with craft-beer-themed movie

Cooking

Ocean Wise salmon isn't just for summer: Fairmont chef Atticus Garant shares a fall recipe

Food Notes

Vancouver's star chefs team up for Le Crocodile's 30th anniversary dinners

Wine Beer & Spirits

Home in on Cornucopia's top 25 wines

Dining Features

As laptop users settle into coffee shops, Lear Faye cafe opts out of Wi-Fi

Living

Book Reviews

Millennial readers will relate to Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl

Health Notes

BC Gay Men's Health Summit to address health info explosion

Savage Love Podcast

Dan Savage Podcast Episode 418: Drinking pee is "pretty darn safe"

Savage Love Column

Buy your kid a sex toy

Transportation

Lexus CT200h will give hybrids a run for their money

Health Features

Climate change brings Lyme disease to Canada

Style

Indochino takes suits to stores

Book Reviews

Neil Armstrong lands with a thud in Life of Flight

Movies

Movie Reviews

It's armageddon time again in These Final Hours

Movie Reviews

Spark 2014: Exploring Hayao Miyazaki's Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Movie Reviews

Happy New Year fails to make magic happen

Movie Reviews

It’s worth leaping through a small window for It Was You Charlie

Movie Reviews

Laggies is ambivalent about ambivalence

Movie Reviews

Jake Gyllenhaal goes all coyote in Nightcrawler

Movie Reviews

Maps to the Stars hates hard on Hollywood

Movie Reviews

Before I Go to Sleep sees Nicole Kidman in top form

Movie Reviews

Young Ones ends civilization with extra flair

Movie Features

Nightbreed: The Directors Cut, part one—Occupy Midian

Movie Features

Nightbreed: The Directors Cut, part two—of magic and detective work

Movie Features

Nightbreed: The Directors Cut, part three—the Tribes of the Moon react

Movie Features

John Cusack eyes Hollywood evil

Movie Features

Miners Shot Down pummels South African authorities

Movie Reviews

The Tale of Princess Kaguya is soulfully refined

Movie Features

Anne Hathaway goes Interstellar

Music

What's In Your Fridge

What's In Your Fridge: Lisa Christiansen

Reviews

Betty Who brightens up a bad time

Recordings

Energy Slime's New Dimensional is a jittery journey

Recordings

Graham Brown Band's Give & Take offers catchy tunes

Recordings

Expain makes a promising debut with Just the Tip

Recordings

Skinny Kids get raunchy on latest release

Recordings

The Tishomingo String Band's more fearsome than ever on Dangerfield

Recordings

The Sands welcome autumn with Beast to the Bone

Music Choices

Jenn Grant and Matthew Barber at CBC Studio 700

Recordings

Mecca Normal's Empathy for the Evil is thoughtful, moving, and reflective

Recordings

Pop-punk band Ken Jennings shows promise on She’s My Rushmore

Recordings

Thee Manipulators deliver a belated goodbye with Simian Again

Music Features

Petr Cancura's Down Home chows on old roasted goat

Music Features

Vancouver’s indie musical crop dishes on their greatest ever Halloween

Recordings

Nat Jay goes bright on All I Think When I Wake Up

News

News Features

Questions for the man behind "biological diversity"

News Features

Could bird-killing algae help cure human diseases?

News Features

This Changes Everything author Naomi Klein says economy fuels climate crisis

News Features

David Suzuki aims to change Canada's Constitution with Blue Dot Tour

Tech

Tech

Vancouver’s CoinFest Bitcoin convention goes global for 2015

Tech

Go2gether ride-sharing app promotes carpooling in Vancouver