Cheerleaders to attend camp
by Tom Babin

Mecca’s future uncertain after fire
by Tom Babin

Marriage appeal (Community Notes)
by FFWD Staff

RANT & RAVE

Numbers don’t tell whole G8 protest story
by Yori Jamin

VIEWPOINT

Buzz speaks out
On uniting workers and farmers to give globalization balance
by Hamish MacAulay

SCIENCE MATTERS

Protecting population diversity crucial
Insidious erosion of animal populations has lasting impact on ecosystem
by David Suzuki

WEB WATCH

Out to Lynch…
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

Truth about war
Ted Rall calls it how he sees it
book review: To Afghanistan and Back by Ted Rall
reviewed by Ian Doig

BOOKENDS

Busy season ahead
by Maureen McNamee

FOOD

Wanted: Good fast food
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Dancing with the old laddie
Independent Islay distillery realizes a dream with a dram of scotch whiskey
by Kevin McLean

BEST OF CALGARY

THE RESULTS

She’s one hot mama
Working mother Tara McCool named sexiest woman five years in a row
by Maureen McNamee

Tara McCool’s Top 10 tips on how to be sexy
by FFWD Staff

Ship & Anchor sets the bar higher
Popular pub wants to create the ultimate pint of beer for its loyal customers
by Maureen McNamee

The good, the bad and the ugly in architecture
by Timothy Heck

Best and worst of city politics
by Hamish MacAulay

A foodie’s faves
From high-end dining to perfect pizza
by Miles Pittman

A toast to friendship
Raising a glass to good food, wine, fun
by Kevin McLean

Hardest rocking concert
Fu Manchu, Speedealer and Brand New Sin deliver
by Christine Leonard

Mecca was one of a kind
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Democracy in art
Projects take community approach
by Tom Jonsson

Best of what you can’t get in Banff
Yearning for the alternative films shown at quirky art houses
by Lachlan MacKintosh

Mr. Smutty has biggest balls of them all
by James Martin

MUSIC

A musical triumph on the island
New stage and layout contribute to folk festival’s success
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

Noise levels and attendance down in 2002
by Tom Babin

The little mining town that could
Canmore Folk Music Festival celebrates 25 years of music in the mountains
by Tom Babin

Raider of the lost organ
David Kean’s epic quest to track downt he Novachord pays off
by Paula Fayerman

STREET SOUNDS

Calgary’s other best kept secret
Cantos Music Museum houses world’s finest collection of rare instruments
by Aubrey McInnis

MUSIC

What the heck comes after post-rock?
Artists lumped into media-created musical genres have few similarities
by Mark Hamilton

Just when you learn to whip it good
Forget ‘80s retro, a slew of nostalgia for Generation Why? hits the shelves
Best of reviews of Jesus & Mary Chain, Jesus Jones, Belly & Juliana Hatfield
by Zoltan Varadi

RECORD REVIEWS

The synthetic absorption of Euro-electronica
CD reviews:
Various Artists’ In Case of Motion Sickness, Opiate’s While You Were Sleeping, Angelika Kohlerman’s Care and AGF’s Head Slash Bausch
all reviewed by Timothy Heck
Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminal’s Starvation
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen
Counting Crows’ Hard Candy
reviewed by Gary Mentanko
Various Artists’ Punk-O-Rama 7
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Rebecca Campbell and Justin Haynes’ The Sweetest Noise
reviewed by Kenna Burima

VISUAL ARTS

McDonald’s ancestry
Book kicks off new University Press series
by Sandra Vida

THEATRE

Studying spontaneity
Loose Moose teaches fine art of improv
by Jeff Goffin

FILM

Shagadelic or shaga-relic?
Goldmember falls short of its predecessors
by Gordon Yerkovich

Applying Voltaire
Beware the coming-of-age film
by Craig Meadows

Gimme Shelter from the sixties
The Maysles Brothers document the end of an era at Altamont
by John Hazlett

All Signs point up
Damaged characters overshadow bigger picture
by Julie Pithers

VIDEO

Comic books, frugging and grass
Pop culture documentary films of Ron Mann released on DVD
by Jason Anderson

VIDEO VULTURE

Hallucinate in your living room
Bill Plympton’s Plymptoons a mind-bending animated trip
by John Tebbutt

MR. SMUTTY

Psychic pseniors
Methuselahs master mind, matter
by James Martin