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FFWD Weekly

Vol. 9 #11
Thursday, February 19, 2004

I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE
Bingo, Bars and Boogie — stayin' alive through Calgary's long winter nights


NEWS

Ambitious plan eyes Forest Lawn revitalization
by Amy Steele

Plan to allow off-road users into Whaleback angers AWA
by Amy Steele

New land trust (and other news notes)
by Amy Steele

Corrections
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Just vote no
by Tim Hammell

Score one letter
by Steve Elliot

VIEWPOINT

Nipple, Bush, Cherry - oh my!
A new sense of outrage sweeps across the North American media
by David Bright

WEB WATCH

Online travel tips
by Courtney Thompson

NIGHTLIFE

Most of all, he needs the funk
Connecting the dots and finding a place to call home at Flashlight
by Jaime Frederick

Blackout the hardway
Praying for good luck in the church of bingo
by Lenore Hume

Munching after hours
Late-night and all-night eateries offer a variety of nocturnal noshes
by Danyael Halprin

Top Alberta chefs showcase their best for California’s Fetzer wines
by Kevin McLean

Night life means nighttime jobs
Night workers keep society running smoothly, but the costs are huge
by Rick Overwater

In the no-doze zone
The best way to beat insomnia is just not get it
by Stephen W. Smith

Is nightclub longevity an oxymoron?
Competition and fickle clients mean most bars rarely find long-term success
by Amy Steele

BOOKS

Rob’s my uncle
Author Robert Sedlack’s wacky passionate life
by Virginia Britton

BOOKENDS

Freedom to read - and perform
The late Cathy McKay is honoured and WordFest teams with playRites
by Harry Vandervlist

COMEDY

The story of Craig Campbell
Ex-Calgary funnyman finally finds comic nirvana in a foreign land
by Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

We don’t need no stinkin’ badges
Calgary’s Fake Cops on the finer points of finding the perfect band name
by Christine Leonard

The medium is the message
Strugglah spread message of peace on new reggae album
by Lenore Hume

Two sides to every story
Edmonton’s Vertical Struts power up to release a new seven-inch single
by Tonya Zelinsky

Development, Arrested
Speech and Co. are back and hip-hop is saved
by Shereen Tuomi

RECORD REVIEWS

What’s Love got to do with anything?
CD Reviews:
Courtney Love’s America’s Sweetheart
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Clumsy Lovers’ After the Flood
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
All Night Radio’s Spirit Stereo Frequency
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Pilot to Gunner’s Get Saved
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Camera Obscura’s Underachievers Please Try Harder
reviewed by Michael White

VISUAL ARTS

From Russia, with lens
Quirky Soviet-era camera has put awe and wonder back into photography
by Wes LaFortune

Untitled celebrates 10 years
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

A bleak vision in orange
Eugene Stickland’s post-apocalyptic family play is both familiar and strange
by Martin Morrow

La belle mort
Wonderful play takes audiences on a funny, honest trip Down the Main Drag
by Jane McCullough

Don’t look back
Ken Cameron’s memory play about Marilyn Monroe is lacking mystery and focus
by Jane McCullough

The baby inside the man
Comic fantasy succumbs to cartoonishness
by Martin Morrow

Onstage action
Blue Surge succeeds, fringe-fave flounders
by Martin Morrow

FILM

Evolution, not revolution
The Dreamers a bourgeois film that uses a lot of steamy sex to say very little
by Jaime Frederick

Lady and the champ
Meg Ryan keeps Against the Ropes in the ring
by Jason Armstrong

VIDEO VULTURE

The secrets of Area 52
A classic-movie-alien spotter’s guide for Looney Tunes: Back in Action
by John Tebbutt



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