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Welcome to another issue of the Georgia Straight.
This week, the Straight's online and print editions are your guide to winter adventure, including hitting the ski slopes, snowshoe racing, snowboarding, and biking; plus, Dark Table's blind dining, dancer and choreographer Crystal Pite's new work, and saying goodbye to local film writer Ian Caddell.
Don't forget to check out Straight.com for daily news and views on everything Vancouver.
Winter adventure guide: ski bums, snowshoe racing, and snowboarding
Our winter adventure issue will get you ready for the slopes with articles on ski bums, snowshoe racing, snowboarding, biking, and West 4th Avenue shopping, and a mountain roundup.
/ Lifestyle
Georgia Straight film writer Ian Caddell leaves a legacy
One of B.C.'s most beloved journalists has died.
/ News
Dark Table's "blind dining" restaurant turns off lights to turn on senses in Vancouver
Dark Table isn't just about eating; it's about being thrown out of your element. It's definitely an experience worth having.
/ Dining
Crystal Pite's The Tempest Replica brings white masks and shipwrecks
At first overwhelmed by the play, celebrated Vancouver choreographer Crystal Pite found her own unique way to put The Tempest into dance
/ Arts
British hip-hop MCs Foreign Beggars making waves
The Uprising is a rap record, but you'd never mistake it for a product of the American hip-hop world.
/ Music
Sally Field and Joseph Gordon-Levitt text the prez for Lincoln
To prepare for Steven Spielberg movie on U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, actors Sally Field and Daniel Day-Lewis exchanged text messages in character as Mary and Abe.
/ Movies
Things to do
| Music | Dan Mangan Queen Elizabeth Theatre |
NOV 9 |
| Sports | Vancouver Giants vs. Portland Winterhawks Pacific Coliseum |
NOV 9 |
| Movies | Vancouver Jewish Film Festival Ridge Theatre |
To NOV 15 |
| Theatre | Eternal Hydra Studio 16 |
To NOV 11 |
| Et Cetera | Circle Craft Christmas Market Vancouver Convention Centre |
To NOV 11 |
Comment of the Week
Re: "Restaurant owner says "bananas" don't get importance of shark-fin soup"
I am a first-generation Chinese Canadian, born overseas, from a traditional family. I grew up with shark fin soup. I am in my 50s, so I assume no one will classify me as either "young" or "banana". I don't get the "importance" of it either. It is about time shark-fin soup be banned all over the world, not just in Canada. I, and my family, have stopped consuming shark-fin soup. Chinese culture is not about wastefulness, boastfulness, and cruelty, at least the one I know. [read story]
> Submitted by KatYat Chen, 2012-11-05 19:49
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