Maude Barlow says Canada has become American stooge
by Tom Babin

Art Gallery of Calgary loses director and faces change
by Tom Babin

Council Oks plan for Beltline
by Tom Babin

Homelessness and other news notes
by FFWD Staff

RANT & RAVE

Be thankful you’re not Aboriginal
by Nobert Many Grey Horses

WEB WATCH

Bike rack optional
by Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

Flaming contraditctions
Conservative logic fails in face of gay marriage
by Hamish MacAulay

CITY

Solstice celebrations for the masses
Drummers will gather at Olympic Plaza to give ancient tradition new life
by Wes LaFortune

SCIENCE MATTERS

Society disconnected from nature
Fragmented view of the world must be put back together for clearer picture
by David Suzuki

FOOD

Feeding a yen for yummy summer reading
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

California wine sales turn sour
Greed took over when common sense should have been at the helm
by Kevin McLean

TELEVISION

Surviving PitchFest, hour by hour
Writers venture to Banff TV Festival in search of a dream - or at least a story
by Patricia Robertson & D. Grant Black

Personalities plus
Chameleon-like comic actor Gavin Crawford is a (wo)man of many characters
by Stephen W. Smith

BOOKS

An Alberta bumper crop
Latest harvest of homegrown books will keep you reading all summer
by Lee Shedden

Running against the grain
Novice author Anthony Bidulka scores a hit with a gay detective from Saskatoon
by Hugh Graham

Bookends
The world’s gone Potty
by Jason Hammond

COVER

The soundtrack of the future
Medeski, Martin & Wood play tomorrow’s jazz music today
by Kenna Burima

Jazz fest highlights
by Kenna Burima

MUSIC

Jazz violist builds bridges
Disparate genres merge in Tanya Kalmanovitch
by Dennis Slater

Joshua Redman takes jazz to the edge
Acclaimed saxophonist wants a physical connection with his sound
by Dennis Slater

Much more than Indo-jazz fusion
Raw Materials questions the process of inquiry and critique
by Paula Fayerman

Innovative but still danceable
French trumpeter Erik Truffaz takes jazz beyond bebop standards
by Rob Faust

Intense sax man
Dave Liebman gives music his all
by Dennis Slater

Music that’s unbearably good for you
Mico plays socially conscious rock ‘n’ roll with passionate, hard-hitting lyrics
by Aubrey McInnis

RECORD REVIEWS

Liz Phair releases her first comedy record
CD Reviews
Liz Phair’s s/t
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
Morning Star’s My Place In the Dust
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Alpha’s Stargazing
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Gordon Downie’s Battle of the Nudes
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Holly Cole’s Shade
reviewed by Jennifer Abel

VISUAL ARTS

Changing lives, one Swedish design at a time
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Once more onto the ice!
Shakespeare in the Park has found an unlikely teammate in the Calgary Flames
by Martin Morrow

Dramatizing the secret of Joy
Maple Salsa’s new play examines the atrocity of female circumcision
by Patricia Robertson

A play to make your skin tingle
Minor Carole Frechette work seduces audiences with its sensual writing
by Martin Morrow

Artists, funerals inspire contest winners
by Marin Morrow

FILM

Kick-ass heroine has mind of her own
Title character in Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar an inspiration to us all
by Jason Anderson

The incredible bulk of angry green history
Before The Hulk stomped the big screen, he appeard in oodles of television shows
by Neal Ozano

Being the Russion Hermitage Museum
Russian Ark examines the place of culture in history and vice versa
by Timothy Heck

Putting a human face on terrorism
Two documentaries look at the reasons behind the scourge of our times
by Aaren Madden

Art imitating art
Alex and Emma fails to engage our imagination
by Shaun English

VIDEO VULTURE
Jack Palance’s worst movies ever
Believe it or not, his performance in Batman was actually quite restrained
by John Tebbutt