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Issue 2109, May 22, 2008

Theatre

Talents rise in a flat 8th Land
The Museum Project flies on its diverse strengths
Moved to tears by Vancouver International Children's Festival

Music Arts

Evelyn Glennie drives percussion to new heights
Robert Silverman searches out musical sweet spot
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares enchant with clear, bright voices

Visual Arts

History takes on new shapes in Blaine Campbell's eyes
Barry Todd Goodman: Black Fire/White Fire

Arts Notes

Jessie nominations announced
Illuminares lantern festival at Trout Lake goes dark
Mayor Sam Sullivan declares June “CBC Radio Orchestra Month”
Curator believes stolen Bill Reid jewellery unlikely to be melted

Arts Choices

Goh Ballet Academy 30th anniversary
11th annual Roots, Rhymes and Resistance
Girls Night Out comedy tour

Letters

Physics, shmysics: have we reached a dead end?
Reader reduced to tears by Watson’s obituary
Can’t live with ’em and can’t live without ’em
And a viewing tower would be a nice touch
Natural-health product fan down on the pharm
Print-media monopoly hastens its own demise

News Features

Meat-inspection rules squeeze B.C. farmers
Revised EcoDensity charter action plan may still cost
Northeast False Creek ripe for developers
UBC lab accomplishes diabetes breakthrough

Straight Talk

Cap and trade trumps carbon tax: MP Nathan Cullen
First Nations to protest at Olympic clock
Mayor Derek Corrigan awaits challengers in Burnaby
NPA nixes lobbyist Charter change
Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier resigns amid controversy
Film director, producer, and actor Sydney Pollack dies
Vancouver principal critical of Fraser Institute report card
Rise in number of Canadian kids with disabilities
VPD deputy chief Bob Rich will become new Abbotsford police chief
Don Lee’s school-board seat to stay empty
Vancouver MP Dawn Black introduces bill to outlaw torture
Judge rules Vancouver’s supervised-injection site can remain open
Canadians set new record for overnight trips abroad

Straight Issues

TransLink ads "frustrating"

Commentary

Natural disasters expose political weakness in China and Burma
President Thabo Mbeki stumbles over South Africa immigration
David Suzuki: Ride a bike and save the world

Sports

Mike Gillis must learn from class of the Detroit Red Wings

Savage Love

Sexual resources for people with disabilities

Health Features

Avoid toxins by thinking like a scientist

Travel Features

Rafters drink up Thompson River’s delights
Gear up and get thee to Hornby Island’s meadery
U.S. road trippers brake for Trader Joe’s great grub
Revisit childhood at Portland's Kennedy School hotel
Off-the-map farm tours are free for the taking in B.C.
Run away to Whistler for festivals and more

Style Features

Gwaii Urban Wear gets authentic Haida cool

Style Watch

At French Connection, colours of summer heat up

Kool Thing

lily + jae Behaved blouse

Chic of the Week

Sex and the City themed fashion show at Changes

Dining Features

Get cooking inspiration from farmers market veggies

Uncorked

Chardonnays to bring out the sunshine

Food of the Week

Mistral French Bistro

Drink of the Week

Carménère 2006

Straight Goods

Seven food and dining events

Book Reviews

Engaging Boat sails from Colombia to Vietnam
Natives take control of their sexuality in Me Sexy

Movies Features

DOXA adds more reasons to be doc-obsessed
Getting the right fit for Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett

Movie Notes

Warren Carr to win achievement award at Leos
Diversity award to Hapa family
Vancouver Student Film Festival pupils shoot for your eyes
Vancouver Film School opens Korean office

Movie Reviews

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Unknown Woman
Postal

DVD Releases

New on DVD: All Hat, The Cleaner , Darfur Now, Grace Is Gone, Shelter

Music Features

R.E.M. resume life in the fast lane
Bedlam took its toll on Mars Volta
M83 gets all misty-eyed about teen sex and drugs
Ladytron embraces vintage analogue tones
Kathleen Edwards avoids politics on-stage, but not on record
CPC Gangbangs serves up some serious ’70s scuzz
Firewind’s Gus G. likes his rock hard and hooky
The personal goes public in Adele’s breakup songs

Local Motion

Hawaiian Bibles stay unabashedly earnest

Concert Reviews

Missy Higgins gives Aussies what they paid for
Gigantour delivers blistering mayhem for unwashed faithful

Music Notes

Sealed With A Kiss launches Facebook application
Jeffry Lee leaves for New York City
Loose Moose meets the Iron Maiden

Music Choices

Cartoons

Everyday Things
Tar Paper Town
Ernie Pook's Comeek
The Midnight Inquirer
Red Meat
Arnould
Straight Jab
Arnould

Playlist

Instant Playlist - May 22 2008

Transportation

Volvo S80 is a smoothie on wheels

Blog - Sports

Canucks coach Alain Vigneault here to stay, for now
Why keeping coach Vigneault is the right move for the Canucks
Trevor Linden wins NHL Foundation Player Award
Women’s roller derby ready to kick ass in Richmond
Online exhibition of the Vancouver Asahi baseball team

Techno Logic

Voodoo-powered Blackbird 002 PC is a gamer’s dream

Astrology

Your horoscope for May 22 - 29, 2008

Blog - Politics

Why incinerators are the wrong option for garbage in Canada
Connecticut politician plans for peak oil; nothing is happening in B.C.
School trustee and former councillor Don Lee dies
It’s time for action to solve B.C.’s child protection crisis
The mounting cost of our throwaway society
Carole Taylor plays eco-Evita to B.C. families
Controversial Jewish scholar Norman Finkelstein banned from Israel
Shane Simpson: Why I oppose Campbell’s fuel tax

Blog - Movies

Environmental sci-fi thriller The Thaw beginning local shoot
Video-game movies fail to impress
Activist films needed for Artivist Film Festival
Don’t let the Wii Fit’s figures get you down
Sharon Stone's ignorance sparks outrage by Chinese
Could Tory film vetting spark a serious debate about Canadian culture?
Best dressed on the red carpet at the Leo Awards