Chinese dissident comes to Calgary, Lilac Festival enters 10th year (and more) by FFWD Staff
SPLICE
Remembering Tiananmen Square (and other touching thoughts) by FFWD Staff
VIEWPOINT
Buzz speaks out About being loyal to your home town by Hamish MacAulay
BOOKS
Lying in the room next door Merilyn Simonds blurs fact and fiction in new novel by David Bright
Felix Roth gets lost in New York Carl Fagan’s Felix Roth by Lachlan MacKintosh
Bookends Canadian poets bring passion to Pages by Maureen McNamee
FOOD
Soy far, soy good To bean or not to bean — is it even a question? by Patrick Rengger
CITY
Calgary's education tinderbox - COVER STORY Underfunding versus Alberta Advantage: the province has some explaining to do by Ian Doig
This was then Sex crimes in Calgary's history by David Bright
CULTURE
Resilient Yoruba culture thrives still by Julie Pithers
MUSIC
Calgary's music community comes second Alberta Recording Industries awards once again slight the city to the south by Mike Bell
Finding happiness is a Chore Small-town boys embrace the darkness of their high school memories by Mary-Lynn McEwen
Whoo-hoo, blast off! ON lucky number 13, Blur enjoy their parklife by Aubrey McInnis
Streetsounds How the Internet Core-Upts by Aubrey McInnis
CD REVIEWS
The Backsliders’ Southern Lines reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen Gusgus’s This Is Norma reviewed by Red Eye Insane Clown Posse’s The Amazing Jeckel Brothers reviewed by Mike Bell Echo & The Bunnymen’s What Are You Going To Do With Your Life reviewed by Ian Chiclo Saturnhead’s Saturnhead, California reviewed by Aubrey McInnis
Beatzme (Urban Groove reviews) Pass the dutchie to the next dancefloor genre by Red Eye
VISUAL ARTS
The branches are all but bare (review: Amy Gogarty’s L’arbre de Diderot) Diverse exhibit too diffuse to leave a lasting impression by Mark Walton
Arts Update New artists, new works — not just the ordinary by Anne Severson
THEATRE
Not doing it Generation Why's way Young producer hopes to capture the interest of a theatre-shy audience by Lori Montgomery
Kushner underlines a point in his coda to Angels In America by Lori Montgomery
Applause for the audience, please (review: Shear Madness) by FFWD staff
Don't call us, we'll call you Renowned casting director will show you how to get called back by Julie Pithers
FILM
Everyday people in an extraordinary film (review: Children of Heaven) Simple look at life on the streets of Tehran is poignant and riveting by Richard Zywotkiewicz
Graduating with grace (preview: Fall from Grace) Films reflect the passion and talent of SAIT grads by Richard Zywotkiewicz
VIDEO
The trouble with liberal-minded living (review: The Mother and the Whore) by Jaime Frederick
Video Vulture You're never bare when you have facial hair by John Tebbutt
MR. SMUTTY
Plato's re-pube lick Diff'rent strokes makes for e'sy jokes by James Martin
HOROSCOPE
What's your sign Cruising the cosmos this week by The Kid
