Aboriginal radio station proposed for Calgary by Tom Horvath
World March of Women ending, work goes on by Maureen McNamee
Sour gas survivors to speak out by Jack Locke
Community Notes by FFWD Staff
VIEWPOINT
It’s all about taxes, stupid Canadian Alliance confuses economic theory and political rhetoric by Hamish MacAulay
WEB WATCH
Got a question? AskJeeves.com by Courtney Thompson
WORDFEST
WordFest 2000 lineup Richler than ever Out Loud Live adds beat to literary festival’s fifth anniversary by Harry Vandervlist
Crime writer plumbs depths of modern world Persistent requests for more Rebus stories are making Ian Rankin a household name by David Bright
Gut instinct Eden Robinson writes and laughs from the belly by Trevor Klassen
Barb Scott collects images by Trevor Klassen
Revealing moments strike sparks for MacLeod by Harry Vandervlist
Melancholy stays after she’s gone by Lachlan Mackintosh
Finding drama in the archives Writer Emma Donoghue stitches together history and imagination by Harry Vandervlist
Taboo-breaking women From amazons to astronauts with Catherine Bush by Lachlan Mackintosh
CITY
Feeding the children Agencies work together to fight hunger by Tom Babin
Statistics on Calgary’s hungry children by FFWD Staff
FOOD
Mimo reveals simple pleasures of Portuguese by Beth Weisberg
BOOZE
From pink tequila to green Guarana In search of the elusive Colombian jiggle juice, and other tales by Geoff Last
MUSIC
When you are purr-fect in every way Still no record deal, but Danko Hones is lip-locked with dogged determination anyway by Aubrey McInnis
Cash Brothers exposed in phone booth by Martin Kemp
A boogie woogie legacy by John Reid
BEAT BOUTIQUE
EarthDance will connect the world by Rob Faust
CD REVIEWS
Richard Buckner’s The Hill reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen Lewis Taylor’s Lewis II reviewed by Ian Chiclo Godspeed You Black Emperor!’s Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven reviewed by Mark Hamilton Gob’s The World According to gob reviewed by Aubrey McInnis Nigo’s Ape Sounds reviewed by Rob Faust Sigur Rós’s ágætis byrjun reviewed by Mark Hamilton
OPERA
Verdi’s merry melodies Calgary Opera raises the curtain on Il Trovatore by Jeff Goffin
COVER STORY
Fall Cabaret serves up a potent cocktail Bruce McCulloch, Alejandro Escovedo and Dave Bidini highlight performance series by Lori Montgomery
Bidini scores in unlikely places by Lori Montgomery
FILM
Dogmatic idealism in Canadian cinema by Jaime Frederick
Altman examines women Gynecological comedy addresses female stereotypes by Jaime Frederick
VIDEO VULTURE
Bee Girls Attack! Winnie the Pooh in danger by John Tebbutt
MR. SMUTTY
The language of, like, stuff Or: a few words to the wiseguy by James Martin
