Improvements in Victoria Park giving area a fresh look by Maureen McNamee
Unplug Ralph Rally planned to fight deregulation by Maureen McNamee
New baseball team attracts students at college level by Maureen McNamee
Community Notes by Maureen McNamee
LETTER
Reader questions removal of Stockwell Day’s Web site poll by FFWD Reader
Local media needs to improve coverage of hip hop culture by FFWD Reader
VIEWPOINT
Cloning moves from the lab to politics Blair government’s plans to regulate cloning will spark widespread debate by Hamish MacAulay
CITY
Continued pesticide use stirs controversy Sierra Club of Calgary asks the city to stop spraying chemicals in parks by Jack Locke
BOOKS
Egosystems versus ecosystems Maurice Strong offers an insider’s view of the dangerous direction society is taking by Timothy Wild
Everything in This Country Must reviewed by Harry Vandervlist The Boy With the Thorn in His Side: A Memoir reviewed by Trevor Klassen Veronika Decides to Die reviewed by Trevor Klassen
Bookends Arrival of fall brings the best of literary culture by Harry Vandervlist
FOOD
Salt & Pepper shakes it up in Bowness by Beth Weisberg
MUSIC
A home for guitar heroes Kaos’s Guitarmania for those with an axe to grind by Mary-Lynn McEwen
Therapy for the reluctant rock star Darren Hayes takes time away from the fame to stop and sniff the flowers in Savage Garden by Aubrey McInnis
Kina follows her own voice by Mike Bell
Streetsounds Climb Aboard the Chixdiggit bus of love by Aubrey McInnis
Beat Boutique Badlands o’ beats by Rob Faust
CD REVIEWS
Shellac "1000 Hurts" reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen The Herbaliser Band "Session One" reviewed by Rob Faust Bela Fleck and The Flecktones "Outbound" reviewed by John Reid John Critchley "Crooked Mile" reviewed by Ian Chiclo
VISUAL ARTS
Bart Habermiller embraces the bovine Artist encourages establishing an interaction with the public on the beauty of art by Anne Severson
COVER STORY
No more angry young man Ryan Luhning makes the most of his big psychotic break by Lori Montgomery
The curtain comes up on new theatre season Fast Forward scribes preview what local companies have planned to put bums in seats by Lori Montgomery & Jeff Goffin
FILM
Thriller not entirely done by the book For mainstream action fare, The Art of War is a rather novel idea by James Martin
Celling out to special effects Dazzling visual feast doesn’t let plot get in the way by Richard Zywotkiewicz
Blood Simple simply bloody brilliant Rerelease of Coen brothers’ debut an opportunity to revisit a modern noir classic by Jaime Frederick
VIDEO
Ride the melodrama express by Jaime Frederick
Video Vulture The Powerpuff Girls hit video - real hard by John Tebbutt
