Falun Gong practitioners eye lawsuit against China
by Tom Babin

Homeless Awareness Week focuses on aboriginal poverty
by Tom Babin

Councillor defeated (and other news notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Take Back the Night march was ignored
by Jackie Chuckrey

Maggie Pompeo article enlightening
by W. Reed MacKay

VIEWPOINT

Arms expos and camouflage bikinis
Part three of the story of Earnest the Capitalist Hero: A free-trade nightmare
by Hamish MacAulay

WEB WATCH

Playing the game of international see and say
by Courtney Thompson

CITY

Fark geeks gather and hilarity ensues
Online community leads to offline party for local farkers and farkettes
by Nicole Kobie

FOOD

Bella Roma a great neighbourhood pizza joint
by Miles Pittman

OUT & ABOUT

Soccer injuries a small price to pay
But they may also be the undoing of other recreational activities
by Mark Sproxton

TRAVEL

New Zealand wows ‘em with the World of Wearableart
by Julia Williams

BOOKS

Art Norris’s rural stories the real thing
First-time Cochrane author crafts spare, honest prose born of experience
by John B. Wallace

Get thee out of the monastery
book review: Listening With the Ear of the Heart edited by Dave Margoshes and Shelly Sopher
reviewed by Patricia Robertson

Bookends
Fred Stenson strikes again with Lightning
by Harry Vandervlist

MUSIC

Paintings of an inhospitable landscape
Calexico evokes the pathos and desperation of the Arizona-Sonora Desert
by Jaime Frederick

Hooked on the blues
Suzie Vinnick’s voice a blessing and a curse
by Shereen Tuomi

Who the hell is Conrad?
And why did they name a band after him?
by Martin Kemp

In the name of making a living
Jazz musicians use the Internet to change with the times
by Kenna Burima

A (very) brief history of isicathamiya
Ladysmith Black Mambazo have been making music with tradition for decades
by Bruce Pollock

Location, location, location
Jason Collett writes songs that deal with the real estate of the heart
by Mary-Lynn McEwen

RECORD REVIEWS

No tears for Frank Black and The Catholics
Frank Black and the Catholics’ Show Me Your Tears
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Andrew W.K.’s The Wolf
reviewed by Christine Leonard
The Lawrence Arms’ The Greatest Story Ever Told
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Nobody’s Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. 1
reviewed by Dac Tran
Jen Kraatz’s Ashes
reviewed by Jennifer Abel

VISUAL ARTS

Bringing design home
New exhibit puts the focus on Canadian designers in their natural habitat
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Getting happily lost with Chet Baker
Time After Time doesn’t nail down the man, just his beautiful music
by Martin Morrow

Bohemian Brits behaving badly
Theatre Calgary takes leisurely trot through Noel Coward’s Hay Fever
by Martin Morrow

Taking a collective approach
Theatre Junction’s resident ensemble of artists stays together, plays together
by Hugh Graham

FILM FESTIVAL

Fearless filmmaker
Calgary director Gary Burns conquers his fear of actors and the festival circuit
by Jason Lewis

Down on the corner, out in the street
Nathaniel Geary takes a compassionate look at Vancouver’s downtown eastside
by Jaime Frederick

Eyes wide open
Documentary looks at different realities
by Jane McCullough

From Turner Valley to Hollywood
Producer Michael Pierce returns to Alberta with his film The Cooler
by Jason Lewis

Rock music meets the big screen
Music supervisor Tina Cooper enlists some help to kick it out in Goldirocks
by Lenore Hume

Chasing the story
The Dardenne brothers explore the possibilities of human nature in The Son
by Jason Anderson

So many films, so little time
The Calgary International Film Festival offers more choices than ever
by FFWD writers

FILM

Fangs for nothing
For a vampire-werewolf thriller, Underworld bites pretty hard
by Jason Armstrong

Translating emotions into pure cinema
Sophia Coppola grows up with her latest film, Lost in Translation
by Jaime Frederick

No sex in the city
Woody Allen’s Anything Else attempts to reach out to a new generation
by Susan Cullen

Sun, shirts and scorpions
Diane Lane takes it off Under the Tuscan Sun
by Janet Woolgar

VIDEO

Rating videos for the kids
Michael Seidelman gets to watch movies for a living - how cool is that?
by Jason Lewis

VIDEO VULTURE

The conundrum of the in-name-only film series
Does it still count if the films aren’t affiliated?
by John Tebbutt