The Uptown Screen to reopen with non-mainstream fare by Mike Bell
City won’t save Grand Lougheed, but effort continues by Maureen McNamee
Liberal MLA hopes province won’t get off hook for Bill 11 by Maureen McNamee
Community Notes by Maureen McNamee
VIEWPOINT
Corporate shills clear cut modern culture New voices and ideas barely see light of day before marketing sucks them dry by Hamish MacAulay
CITY
Online solutions Internet project helps homeless help themselves by Michelle Mark
SCIENCE MATTERS
Consumers can drive environmental change by David Suzuki
BOOKS
Dark diversion and high-tech blasphemy Set In Darkness by Ian Rankin and Cyberselfish by Paulina Borsook reviewed by Harry Vandervlist
Bookends Sports essayist is new writer-in-residence by Harry Vandervlist
FOOD
Outpour, outscore, outrageous Summer drink survivors 2000 by Maureen McNamee
COVER
DV8 spotlights counter-culture sports Athletes, musicians and public (snow)storm into downtown for urban street festival by Maureen McNamee
MUSIC
3 Doors Down discovers invincibility in a hit single by Mike Bell
Inspired by life’s little tragedies The lessons learned from a failed suicide attempt help Papa Roach infest the mind by Mary-Lynn McEwen
Good advice from B’ehl on the ball Winnipeg band’s fool-proof guide to keeping cool on a cross-Canada summer cruise by Aubrey McInnis
Folk fest offered everything under the sun by Martin Kemp
Streetsounds The Shinolas go international by Aubrey McInnis
Beat Boutique Abnormal is the order by Rob Faust
CD REVIEWS
Various Artists’ Cafe Del Mar Volume Seven reviewed by Rob Faust Jurassic 5’s Quality Control reviewed by Frank Litorco The Murder City Devils’ In Name and Blood reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen
VISUAL ARTS
Glenbow’s suspect summer connections Latest Connections to Collections exhibition an unequal partnership with artist-run centres by Kay Burns
Who measures paradise? Biennial’s Edmonton opening explores a varied terrain by Anne Severson
Arts Update Art card carriers wanted by Anne Severson
THEATRE
Every swingdog will have its day The fates smile on (relatively) new local theatre company for their (sort of) first production by Lori Montgomery
TELEVISION
Illuminating the real rats among us Director takes out his frustrations with the Canadian film industry in scathing black comedy by FFWD Staff
FILM
A room with a colonial view Cotton Mary gives a rather detached picture of the fading British empire by Julie Pithers
A second coming of a different kind Modern parable is choppy but rich in character studies and visual detail by Richard Zywotkiewicz
VIDEO
And the Beats go on with modern validation by Jaime Frederick
Video Vulture Time for the old and sleazy by John Tebbutt
MR. SMUTTY
Bringing out the dead (from the freezer) Why cry when you can cryostasis? by James Martin
