Council critics defend territory in debate over road extension
by Tom Babin

Hostel manoeuvres through red tape towards new facility
by Tom Babin

FM radio changes (and other community notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Meadows must be saved from sprawl
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Castles made of sand
Are property values the next victim of the markets?
by Hamish MacAulay

BOOKS

Brave new works
Quartet 2002 shows Alberta poetry well runs deep
by Harry Vandervlist

BOOKENDS

Journalist Ian Brown goes overboard in Banff
by Harry Vandervlist

WEB WATCH

Another kind of surfing
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

The King and I a rich and saucy spot for Thai food
by Miles Pittman

FOLK FESTIVAL

Blueprint for a new musical architecture
Rokia Traoré is a modern woman reweaving traditional Malian sounds
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Michael Franti challenges status quo
Spearhead’s leader speaks out on injustice and the human condition
by Rob Faust

Yip, yip, yip (yep, yep, yep)
Robyn Hitchcock brings unique genius and positive vibrations to Prince’s Island Park
by Gary Mentanko

From Basher to Convincer
For Nick Lowe, it all comes down to the song
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

And never the twain shall meet?
Canadian blues artist Harry Manx proves that East and West do mix
by David Bright

Where the action happens at folk fest
Sidestage sessions give musicians the opportunity to jam together
Festival picks by Jaime Frederick, Martin Kemp and Bruce Pollock

RECORD REVIEWS

Hayden live, Egan’s promise and jazz kitsch
Hayden’s Live at Convocation Hall
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Bob Egan’s The Promise
reviewed by Ryan Ellis
Oliver Jones and Skip Bey’s Then and Now
reviewed by Kenna Burima

STREET SOUNDS

Singer-songwriters get all the attention
These days, everybody with an acoustic guitar thinks they have something to say
by Aubrey McInnis

MUSIC

Git down on the dancefloor
Feel Shikasta’s incendiary soul, brothers and sisters
by Aubrey McInnis

THEATRE

Love the one you’re with
Timbits, Trek and popular tunes collide in Twelfth Night
by Brad E. Simkulet

FILM

Dysfunction, denial and self-loathing
Lovely and Amazing examines the relationships between women and their bodies
by Brad E. Simkulet

Nineteen things I hate about this film
K19: The Widowmaker proves that even Han Solo has to pay the rent
by Jason Lewis

Bears show Disney’s shamelessness
by Rachel Deahl

VIDEO VULTURE

Allegro Non Troppo with a cherry on top
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

Who’s left?
T-t-t-talkin’ ‘bout my d-d-d-decomposition
by James Martin