Arts community rallies to show support for orchestra
by Tom Babin

Wesley church considering condos in bid to cover costs
by Tom Babin

Smoking changes (and other community notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Price of fashion
by FFWD Reader

Pricey propaganda
by FFWD Reader

RANT & RAVE

Zeal for development threatens Wesley church
by Brent Spiess

VIEWPOINT

Propaganda alert
In Kyoto, as in war, truth is the first victim
by Hamish MacAulay

TECHNOLOGY

Meet the McSim family
Debate heats up over product placement in video games
by Tom Babin

WEB WATCH

Sketchy ideas rampant on Web
by Courtney Thompson

BOOKS

Let’s get ready to rumble
Liberal strategist’s book covers the great political fights of Canada’s history
by David Bright

BOOKENDS

Calgary’s enthusiasm for literary events not feigned
by Harry Vandervlist

FOOD

Road trip
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Wasted on wine in Walla Walla land
by Kevin McLean

OUT & ABOUT

Psych-up music can boost performance
by David Bright

TELEVISION

Cloning success
Big networks go for familiarity over creativity
by Stephen W. Smith

COVER

Sacre bleu! It’s Dimitri from Paris
Fashionable DJ ponders life After the Playboy Mansion
by Rob Faust

MUSIC

Echoing in the shadows
Susana Baca keeps Afro-Peruvian folk music alive
by John Reid

Tried and true alt-country stalwarts
Edmonton’s Old Reliable brightens up the Prairie music scene
by James Hayden

BEAT BOUTIQUE

One Ton of light, poppy Quebecois disco
Band creates Supersexworld in the realm of Canadian content
by Rob Faust

STREET SOUNDS

Too good to be true?
Author shows how to make $100,000 a year playing in an indie rock band
by Aubrey McInnis

RECORD REVIEWS

Blind Boys, Bee Lines and Blood on the Tracks
CD reviews:
Mary Lee’s Corvette’s Blood on the Tracks
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen
The Blind Boys of Alabama’s Higher Ground
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Weird War’s s/t
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Peter Case’s Bee Line
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen
The Flipsides’ Clever One
reviewed by Lenore Hume
The Soft Boys’ Nextdoorland
reviewed by Gary Mentanko

VISUAL ARTS

Coast-to-coast survey of painters
Painting News exhibits work that surprised curator Arlene Stamp
by Anthea Black

Bennett named a finalist in national painting competition
by Tom Babin

DANCE

Springboard Dance celebrates male form
by David King

THEATRE

Overwhelming artistry
After winning a Betty, director Gail Hanrahan takes on art itself
by David King

Cleaning up their act
Dirty Laundry’s live improvised soaps return
by Jeff Goffin

Order amid chaos
What the Butler Saw a technical marvel
by Brad E. Simkulet

Murder and mayhem
Deathtrap snares positive response with scheming villains and plot twists
by Jeff Goffin

FILM FESTIVAL

Peter Fonda put his heart in Hand
Restored 1971 classic The Hired Hand one of the best movies at film fest
by Mark Hamilton

Documentary explores troubled waters
Alanis Obomsawin asks if the Crown is at war with Canadian First Nations People
by Jason Armstrong

Gay bookstore fights censorship
Little Sister’s still battling Canadian bureaucrats obsessed with obscenity
by Tom Babin

Cooking turkeys with deco dawson
Winnipeg director arrives at film fest with hot culinary, er, cinematic tips
by Jaime Frederick

FILM

Riding into the sunset
Alabama isn’t as sweet as it ought to be
by Rachel Deahl

VIDEO VULTURE

How now, brown cow?
by John Tebbutt