Council wants Klein to cough up cash for more city parks
by Tom Babin

City may ask public before selling names
by Tom Babin

Apeals at a price (and other notes)
by FFWD Staff

VIEWPOINT

The buck does not stop here
Game of truth or consequences among world leaders just a daydream
by Hamish MacAulay

WEB WATCH

Losers take the bus
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

Making sport of a game
Curtis Gillespie’s love of Scotland’s links a reminder about the true joys of golf
by Julie Pithers

BOOKENDS

Loves and legends
Larissa Lai, Raj Pal and Grant McEwan all return
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

Unique organic bistro in stylish Domicile
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Beer and cheese a religious experience
Brew from Chimay monks well-crafted, pure and steeped in history
by Don Tse

MUSIC

Natch’l bluesman opens his ears
Legendary guitarist Taj Mahal reflects humbly on this esteemed career
by Sandra Vida

Gruesome appearances may be deceiving
For a rock and roller, Andrew WK is remarkably well-adjusted and wholesome
by Aubrey McInnis

Rotosound strings on fire
MaximumRNR hellbent on giving you action
by Aubrey McInnis

STREET SOUNDS

It’s The Lizzies, not Thin Lizzy
Nevertheless, music scene vets turn up the rock to hammer the riffs home
by Aubrey McInnis

RECORD REVIEWS

Beck charts a new course with Sea Change
CD reviews:
Beck’s Sea Change
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Brad Mehldau’s Largo
reviewed by Kenna Burima
Ron Sexsmith’s Covvlestone Runway
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen
Supergrass’s Life On Other Planets
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Robin Halcomb’s Big Time
reviewed by Timothy Heck

VISUAL ARTS

Alberta Biennial open to meaning
Exhibition at Nickle incorporates elaborate visual rhyming between works
by Ryan Sluggett

FILM FESTIVAL GUIDE

Bollywood North
Deepa Mehta caught red-handed with musical comedy shocker!
by Mark Hamilton

Creepy yet touching
Egoyan’s films more talked about than understood
by Jaime Frederick

Bad boy mellows out and tells the truth
Writer-director Brad Fraser keeps one foot in Canada with Leaving Metropolis
by David King

Films by locals are brief but beautiful
Calgary directors deliver some of the film festival’s hidden treasures
by Jaime Frederick

Divinely inspired cinema has painful edge
Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention stirs up controversy about situation in Palestine
by Timothy Heck

Around the world in six short days
Calgary International Film Festival projects cinema from across the globe (capsule reviews)
by FFWD Staff

THEATRE

Director gets monkey off his back
Theatre Junction’s Mark Lawes takes another crack at What the Butler Saw
by Brad E. Simkulet

Hedwig always at home onstage
Popular punk rock opera brought to life by One-Eyed Productions
by Jeff Goffin

Streetcar rolls in for another steamy run
Theatre Calgary focuses its version on Kate Newby’s man-eating Blanche Dubois
by Jeff Goffin

FILM

The Believer opens after lengthy controversy
by Rachel Deahl

More weird sex and snowshoes
Independent short films a useful primer on history of Canadian cinema
by Mark Hamilton

Tie me up and tickle me silly
The Four Feathers is British history for eejits
by Mark Hamilton

The Donavan rant
Another Canadian director goes South
by Brad E. Simkulet

VIDEO VULTURE

Sex, sex, sex
Vulture’s exploitation artistry
by John Tebbutt