http://www.straight.com/content/rss/arts en http://www.straight.com/article-160111/getting-buzz-swarm SWARM has grown into a hive of activity that, true to its name, is getting hard to contain. Launched eight years ago as a way to showcase the fall exhibits at the city’s artist-run centres, it’s 160111 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:50:57 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160128/book-gives-artists-bit-businesssavvy Chris Tyrell is sitting in front of a coffee shop on Davie Street. A woman walks toward him. They’ve never met before, but that doesn’t stop her from asking him to look after her designer dog wh 160128 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:28:13 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160129/impressionist-show-retrains-eye Some artists who remain popular become so familiar over the years we need to be reminded why we even liked them in the first place. Sure, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet never received quite 160129 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:40:40 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160032/vancouver-international-fringe-festival-returns-risktaking The Straight’s critics saw 14 shows that are coming from the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival to the Vancouver International Fringe Festival this year. It’s a bumper crop. But it’s no se 160032 at http://www.straight.com/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:14:51 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160118/york-escapes-wrecking-ball Tom Durrie, founder of the Save the York Theatre Task Force and former manager of the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, got a shock August 27 when he looked out his window and saw workmen entering the York T 160118 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:14:30 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160119/harper-arts-cuts-slammed Anger is mounting across the country among politicians and arts advocates over the federal government’s axing of $45 million in arts and culture funding. In recent weeks, the PromArts, Trade Route 160119 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:16:35 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160122/isadora-nod-gnam-ballet-bc Dancer James Gnam has been nominated for a Dance Centre Isadora Award for his performance in last November’s Elemental Brubeck. The winners of the annual will be announced September 13 at the Scotia 160122 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:18:47 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160074/flamenco-frenzy Vancouver has had a wet summer, but there’s help at hand for those wanting to escape the miserable grey skies. On Friday (September 5), North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre will be filled with the 160074 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:50:05 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160075/fringe-faves Yes, the Vancouver International Fringe Festival is exciting—even overwhelming—but keep breathing. We’re here to guide you. You’ll want to catch Barry Smith’s Baby Book: A Grownup Comedy A 160075 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:51:59 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160089/story-widow   The Story of a Widow By Musharraf Ali Farooqi. Knopf Canada, 262 pp, $29.95, hardcover Personal awakenings often occur in the aftermath of loss. Whether liberated or crippled 160089 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:35:14 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-160085/real-world   Real World By Natsuo Kirino. Alfred A. Knopf, 224 pp, $27.95, hardcover Something is rotten in the city of Tokyo. “Let’s face it: the world is twisted,” says Toshi, one 160085 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:27:34 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-159218/oily-tales-flow-fringe At this year’s Fringe festival, two very different shows will examine our dependence on black gold Politics is sexy. It can also be deeply moving. Crude Love and Doppelganger, two of the mos 159218 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:27:19 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-159221/film-noir-musicals-meet-europunk-parodies-fringe FEST PACKS A FULL LINEUP Fringe festivals are, by their very nature, eclectic and unpredictable, and the 24th annual Vancouver International Fringe Festival (September 3 to 14) is no exception. Wit 159221 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:31:42 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-159227/taiwan%3F%3Fs-diversity-spotlight It’s not often that former colonies extol the contributions of past invaders, occupiers, and missionaries—and, in the same breath, celebrate the indigenous peoples who have seen it all. Bu 159227 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:01:43 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts http://www.straight.com/article-159231/students-deliver-romping-don Opera & Arias A coproduction of Bard on the Beach and the UBC Opera Ensemble. Directed by Nancy Hermiston. At Vanier Park on Monday, August 25. Continues on September 1 and 8 At a ti 159231 at http://www.straight.com/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:12:07 -0700 http://www.straight.com/#comments Arts