Thursday, January 29th., 1998: Vol. 3 #5


NEWS...

Women's Centre moving to Bridgeland (and other stories)
by FFWD Staff

SPLICE...

Words I Wish I Wrote (and words we did write)
by FFWD Staff

VIEWPOINT...

Clinton's monkey business is nobody's business
The people should stay out of the bedrooms of the government
by Nick Devlin

Bank merger mania
Fewer banks simply means fewer banks to hate
by Hamish MacAulay

BOOKS...

Comic journey inside the dumb white-trash mind
Padgett Powell's Aliens of Affection
reviewed by Harry Vandervlist

Carmen Rodriguez' And A Body To Remember with
reviewed by Catherine Radimer

Book ends
by Harry Vandervlist

CITY...

Calgary's Arusha Centre marks milestone
Shedding light on global development and
social justice issues for over 25 years

by Maureen McNamee

Evening of music
To promote cross-cultural understanding

BOOZE...

Tawny ports a classic winter warmer
British experiment with Portuguese wine a sweet success
by Geoff Last

MUSIC...

New grooves, old souls
The New Meanies happily ignore modern rock radio
for something more familiar

by Zoltan Varadi

Swinging with sharks
The Swinging Bovines jazz it up with a Canadian legend
by Jordan Kawchuk

Getting rid of life's dust bunnies
National Dust's songwriter comes clean
and follows his own happiness

by Aubrey McInnis

New CDs form a Philly King and a Parisian queen CD REVIEWS
King Britt's When The Funk Hits The Fan by Ian Chiclo
Autour de Lucie's Immobile by Aubrey McInnis

THEATRE...

Spice up your life COVER (preview: Pancanadian PlayRites Festival)
Four talented playwrights make their mark on
Alberta Theatre Project's mainstage

by Nikki Sheppy & Lori Montgomery

Man of a hundred hats (preview: Stone and Ashes)
Calgary's a legitimate land of opportunity for actor/director/set designer by Mark Walton

VISUAL ARTS...

Poland's sorrow is a dilettante's delight
(review: Illuminations: Contemporary Prints From Poland)
Black humor, grotesque fantasy
and vibrant forms define Polish printmaking

by Mark Walton

FILM...

In hot pursuit of reality (review: Heaven's Burning)
Chase flick good when it makes frequent rest stops
by Cathy McLaughlin

Buried treasure (review: Kundun)
Scorsese's opulent Tibetan epic a near masterpiece
by Richard Zywotkiewicz

Asleep before dawn (review: Twilight of the Golds)
Despite all the mechanics, genetic melodrama fails with its weak heart
by Richard Zywotkiewicz

VIDEO...

Video Vulture
Don't back up - tire damage
by John Tebbutt

Be Kind - Please Rewind
Working girls can't get the job done
by Jane McCullough

MR. SMUTTY...

Whassup, Dressup?
Shootin' the S-word with a TV legend
by James Martin

HOROSCOPE...

What's your sign
Cruising the cosmos this week
by The Kid

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