Calgarian sees horror in Jenin
by Amy Steele

Iraq needs UN, say activists
by Amy Steele

City’s nativity scene questioned
by Jack Locke

Sour well rejected (and other news notes)
by Amy Steele

VIEWPOINT

Canada crowns new entrepreneur king
Martin puts business in charge and barely acknowledges social problems
by Hamish MacAulay

Victory through beaver
Two can play post-war snub-your-neighbour game
by Brian Godzilla Salmi

WEB WATCH

Life at the kid’s table
by Courtney Thompson

CITY

Calgary’s great divide
City at a crossroads as eastern communities face economic and geographic disparity
by Meagan Smith-Windsor

FOOD

Make it a cook’s holiday
Specialty stores are overflowing with gift ideas for your favourite chef
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Santa’s little wine helper
Cheap holiday cheer for the broke, busted and just plain out of cash
by Kevin McLean

GOOD LISTENER

The accidental stunt man
Tasting the forbidden drink on the set of new Heidi Fleiss TV movie
by Ian Doig

BOOKS

Mag Ruffman - astronaut, interrupted
Actor-author’s accidental career gave her celebrity, but no space walk
by Shereen Tuomi

Surveying Canadian art’s magnificent seven
Exceptional new volume collects famous and lesser-known works of masters
by Wes LaFortune

MUSIC

Always coming home
The Rembetika Hipsters continue to build a home around the globe
by Shereen Tuomi

Hell bent for vinyl
Whitey Houston shit-cans the slow tunes
by Christine Leonard

You call that country?
Corb Lund an unlikely spokesman for new wave of twang
by Rick Overwater

‘Tis the season
Michael Burgess brings music and tradition to life
by Jason Lewis

Holiday decisions
by Jason Lewis

RECORD REVIEWS

The Shins chute to kill with new release
CD Reviews:
The Shins’ Chutes Too Narrow
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
The Dudes’ Beepuncher EP
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Various Artists’ ZeD: Live Off the Floor
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
The Operators "780"’s Power Version
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Kid Rock’s s/t
reviewed by Rick Overwater
The Blue Series Continuum Presents: The Sorcerer Sessions
reviewed by Christine Leonard

VISUAL ARTS

Elegy for a Prairie symbol
Tom Hamp’s majestic photographs focus on the vanishing grain elevator
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Give the gift of an arts education
Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts provides classes for all ages and skill levels
by Wes LaFortune

From character actor to icon
Stephen Hair’s long-running Scrooge has become a Calgary Christmas tradition
by Martin Morrow

Tough-love therapy exposed
Saving Grace is a shocking true story about abusive teen rehab centre
by Martin Morrow

DANCE

Dance is a battlefield
Crystal pite wrestles with the creative process in Kidd Pivot production
by Alison Mayes

FILM

The weight of filmmaking
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu redefines the feel-good movie
by Jason Anderson

Mona Lisa Smie no masterpiece
by Lisha Hassanali

On with the show
The Animation Show makes Spike and Mike’s look like hemp-scented stoner wank
by John Tebbutt

Lord of the Rings: return of the epic
by Shaun English

Perfect filmmaking
Writer-director Jim Sheridan masterfully brings his family’s story to the screen
by Brad E. Simkulet

Looking back at The Weather Underground
by Jaime Frederick

The neoliberals have stormed the gates
Life, love and death at the fin de siecle in Denys Arcand’s The Barbarian Invasions
by Jaime Frederick

Comedy for the ages
Why, it’s a l ittle ditty about Jack and Diane
by Jason Armstrong

VIDEO

Mettler’s métier
Gambling, Gods and LSD - the documentary of a lifetime
by Jaime Frederick

Out of Ireland
review by Julie Pithers

VIDEO VULTURE

Gee, man
Resurrecting government men from the cinematic grave
by John Tebbutt