Closure forces Dirty Laundry into impromptu relocation
by Tom Babin

Nursing home user fees linked to private profits
by Tom Babin

Arts centre (and other news notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Castro hurts Cubans
by FFWD Reader

Who called racism?
by FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Good riddance to Jean Chrétien
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good-bye... and don’t come back
by David Bright

WEB WATCH

Bullet time versus bullet philosophy
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

Namskar emerges as Indian treasure
by Danyael Halprin

BOOZE

The pros and cons of BYOB
New wine laws cause stir and raise questions in Alberta’s restaurants
by Kevin McLean

OUT & ABOUT

Sure sign of winter - indoor drinking
by Mark Sproxton

BOOKS

Calgarian splendour
Local comic book artists wade into the difficult world of self-publishing
by Tom Babin

Message man
Arthur Miller receives his due in major biography
reviewed by Martin Morrow

Facing the failure of humanity
Retired general Romeo Dallaire to read from book on Rwandan genocide
by Harry Vandervlist

MUSIC

Guided by Bob
Despite line up and label changes Guided by Voices still wanna rock
by Jason Lewis

The mysteries of Chad Van Gaalen
Local musician’s new disc the result of hundreds of hours worth of material
by Derek McEwen

Finding Calgary’s soul on the Internet
DJ Jeff Humphreys is making a connection to create a music community
by Lenore Hume

Ligeti’s versis Kubrick
Revisiting composer made famous by 2001
by Kenna Burima

Listen to the future
David Francey creates the traditional folk songs of tomorrow, today
by Martin Kemp

Say something nasty
Nashville Pussy unbuckles the Bible Belt with hard liquor and good times
by Christine Leonard

Place your bets
The Carnations double down and take a gamble on energetic pop music
by Kirsten Kosloski

Something for everyone
Best-ofs arrive just in time to take you through the gift-giving season
by Jennifer Abel

RECORD REVIEWS

Put your hands together for Clapping Music
CD Reviews:
Various’ Active Suspension vs. Clapping Music and Davide Balula’s Pellicule
both reviewed by Timothy Heck
Run Chico Run’s Shashbo
reviewed by Zak Pashak
Unkle’s Never Never Land
reviewed by Rob Faust
Raising the Fawn’s by the warmth of your flame
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Grandpaboy’s Dead Man Shake
reviewed by Rick Overwater

VISUAL ARTS

Apparatus of the machine
Back/Flash is a technology-driven exploration of Aboriginal self
by Wes LaFortune

COVER

Object of obsession
Boy Gets Girl links pop culture and stalking
by Martin Morrow

THEATRE

Extreme Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Company re-imagines Julius Caesar as one-woman show
by Martin Morrow

DANCE

Third eye watching
Tedd Robinson and Springboard Dance recruit the audience to shape new works
by Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

To be and only to be
Collection of video shorts contemplates cosmos
by David King

Russell Crowe: fightin’ around the world
Period naval epic sets sights on Oscar gold, but unfortunately loses focus
by Jason Lewis

Another side of international adoption
With Casa de los Babys, John Sayles offers multiple perspectives on complex issue
by Jaime Frederick

Singing its praises
Bizarre pulp-musical gives Robert Downey Jr. a chance to shine
by Matthew Currie Holmes

Thath jutth thilly
Looney Tunes: back to the drawing board
by Julie Pithers

Excess and sentimentality
Santa vs. the Snowman no contemporary classic
by Shaun English

VIDEO

Time, history and memory
Alain Resnais’s original vision of the universe
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO VULTURE

Night train to naked lesbians
Nothing says value like four (six?) movies for the price of one
by John Tebbutt