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Vancouver's home for arts, events, entertainment, music, food, and culture. Established in 1967. straight.com 🔗
OUT NOW! This month, we've rebranded in the spirit of our VANCOUVER PRIDE EDITION, featuring Kimmortal 🏳️🌈. In this issue 👇 ➡️ Pony Room giddies up ➡️ In COMEDY: Breanne Williamson won't quit now ➡️ In DANCE: The queer joy of afro-latin dance + more. Pick up your free copy at a newsstand near you.
OUT NOW! 🗞 Welcome to Flavourhood (AKA, Fraserhood). Our 29th annual GOLDEN PLATES edition spotlights the best in Vancouver food + drink, with a special feature on Fraser Street, showcasing some of the city's top culinary innovators. Get your free copy at a newsstand near you.
The Whitecaps need a hero. Could this be it?https://www.straight.com/city-culture/sources-former-vancouver-canucks-and-grizzlies-owner-arthur-griffiths-has-whitecaps
Sources: Former Vancouver Canucks and Grizzlies owner Arthur Griffiths has Whitecaps interest
Could the ex-sports scion have interest in another franchise?
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Our May edition is OUT NOW, spotlighting local acts that you need to know, recommended by local acts you already love, including C̶o̶m̶p̶u̶t̶e̶r̶ Concrete Vehicles. Pick up your free copy at a newsstand near you.
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‘It smells like an election-year stunt’: Is Ken Sim’s MLB proposal realistic for Vancouver?
The mayor announced that he is going to bring a motion to council to encourage staff to study the idea of bringing a professional baseball team to Vancouver
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APRIL EDITION: Living in Vancouver. This month we're spotlighting why locals love their neighbourhoods, featuring👇 ➡️ Virginia Guenette (Keefer Bar, West End) ➡️ Kirk McLean (former Canucks goaltender, Downtown) ➡️ Alex Rhek Usow (Pizza Coming Soon, Chinatown) + more! Pick up your free copy today.
Read this by @mikeusinger.bsky.social @georgiastraight.bsky.social... "Canadian Psycho carves out space for a new kind of serial killer" www.straight.com/arts/canadia... Produced by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre and ITSAZOO Productions. Presented by Firehall Arts Centre. On until April 12.
Canadian Psycho carves out space for a new kind of serial killer
“It seemed like a fun metaphor to use to explore representation in a satirical way."
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NOMINATIONS are now OPEN for the 29th annual Golden Plates Awards. 🍽 Categories span four delicious divisions: ➡️ Best of the Bunch ➡️ Best Restaurant by Cuisine ➡️ Best Restaurant by Neighbourhood ➡️ Best Specialty Items: Submit your favourites before March 29 at 11PM: lnkd.in/gKjXPYSN
Nominations for the 29th annual Golden Plates Awards are now open
Your favourite restaurants deserve your love (and your nominations).
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HUB Cycling hosted the 13th Annual HUB Bike Awards on March 3, celebrating the organizations and individuals making biking better across Metro Vancouver. Read more about these worthy accolades: www.straight.com/living/makin... #sponsored
Making Metro Vancouver safer for cyclists: Meet the 2026 HUB Bike Award winners
When you get on a bike, everyone wins.
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"There are comparisons to be drawn to artists like Regina Spektor and Feist but Larkk sees McTaggart forging her own distinct path, one in which each song twists and turns" @georgiastraight.bsky.social takes a listen to Larkk's debut LP 'Cinders' in latest 'Van Jams' www.straight.com/music/van-ja...
🤘 GIRLS TO THE FRONT FEST 🤘 takes the cover of this year's Spring Arts Preview, arriving at The Pearl on March 14, featuring members of WAIT//LESS, Gadfly, and Crimson Funeral. Pick up your free copy today to see our critics picks for the upcoming season. Newsstand map: straight.com/find-us
OUT NOW! In our February issue 👇 ➡️ Broadway businesses fight the noise. ➡️ Is Canada, like, hot again? A commentary. ➡️ We talk Toronto's NIRVANNA with Matt Johnson and Jay McCaroll of NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE and more. Get your free copy today. 🔗: straight.com/find-us.
In our January edition, out now👇 ➡️ Corinne Lea, Sean Baker, Rachel Fox, Zach Lipovsky, and Samantha Quan talk the return of the Park Theatre. ➡️ Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug (behind your favourite Heated Rivalry song) performs at Unrealcity Fest. + more. Pick up your free copy today.
What does “resilience” actually mean in agriculture? At Hopcott Farms, it means adapting to climate volatility in real time and managing a 100-person workforce. In this Young Farmers Series profile, Travis Hopcott reflects on third-generation farming. www.straight.com/young-farmer... #sponsored
A farm built to last
Third-generation farmer Travis Hopcott is focused on one goal: keeping the family farm viable. At Hopcott Farms in Pitt Meadows, that means diversification, direct sales, climate adaptation, and manag...
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CONTEST! 🚨 Sign up to become a Straight Insiders member today, and you’ll automatically be entered to win a #staycation at Harbourfront! Additionally, your membership supports vital independent stories about arts, culture, and music in Vancouver. newsletter.straight.com/c/insider-pe...
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OUT NOW! Find the Straight's Holiday Gift Guide at a newsstand near you, featuring our cover stars, Wirth Hats, for those who want to give a gift with an impact. Find your copy here: straight.com/find-us.
Our November print edition is OUT NOW! In this issue 👇 ➡️ On the cover: Vancouver's newest sports franchise wants to turn things up a notch in the PWHL. ➡️ Keeping Gaza connected with Esims ➡️ The rise of Vancouver Rise. and more! Pick up your free copy today. 📍 straight.com/find-us
"A triumph that’s part golden-sunset folk and part outsider-art country." @georgiastraight.bsky.social takes a listen to Ada Lea's new album 'when i paint my masterpiece' www.straight.com/music/you-ne...
"Fifth Avenue and the Park Theatre aren’t the VIP AVX BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME that other theatres around town advertise with glee. They are stripped down and mostly absent of the robotic corporate persona of today’s times." www.straight.com/movies/park-...
The Park Theatre is closing and maybe I shouldn’t be taking it as hard as I am
The Cambie movie theatre is being shuttered by its corporate overlord, Cineplex.
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Hot off the press! 🔥 In our latest print edition 👇 ➡️ Why are BC’s craft breweries drying up? ➡️ The wet and wild history of the No. 5 Orange ➡️ Massy books turns over a new page ➡️ Your finalists for the Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver awards and more. Pick up your free copy today.
Our interview with Jane Goodall, 15 years ago: www.straight.com/article-3542...
Jane Goodall says humanity's impact on planet drives her to inspire change
Goodall visited Vancouver as part of a celebration to mark 50 years since she began her research on the behaviour of chimpanzees in Tanzania.
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"I'm here today because I'm offering something different—not ideology, not swagger. I've worked across party lines and shown up in communities." www.straight.com/city-culture...
Independent Vancouver councillor Rebecca Bligh announces mayoral run
Bligh formerly ran for Mayor Ken Sim's ABC party.
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