Long-term plan to ensure downtown’s future urged
by Amy Steele

Save prairie movement afoot
by Amy Steele

New culture centre (and other news notes)
by Amy Steele

LETTERS

Voting no is no solution in politics
by John P. Roggeveen

VIEWPOINT

The fog of empire
Global media’s obsession with the United States obscures our reality
by Hamish MacAulay

Stronach’s coming-out party opens window
Think Magna Spice lacks political experience? You haven’t seen her campaign team
by Norman Greenfield

WEB WATCH

The dogs of winter
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

New Greek kid on the block
Appetizers and baklava make Ouzo a welcome neighbour on Fourth Street S.W.
by Miles Pittman

BOOZE

Mardi Gras, German style
Keep your Fasching orgy alive with Aventinus
by Mike Tessier

BOOKS

Body image and Seussian same-sex love
Banned children’s stories named Calgary’s official Freedom to Read Week books
reviewed by Jason Hammond

BOOKENDS

Simic’s immigrant blues
Bosnian poet offers emotional testimonies of war
by Harry Vandervlist

TELEVISION

The sultan of cine-dance
Bravo pays tribute to eclectic work of dance filmmaker Mose Mossanen
by Stephen W. Smith

COVER

Method in their madness
The Crystal Method bring Legion of Boom to their legion of fans
by Rob Faust

MUSIC

Turn on the Juice
Rochester is changing Canadian hip-hop
by Nichole Stewart

Kaskade in the house
Ryan Raddon isn’t letting success go to his music
by Rob Faust

On the road again
Blues man Harry Manx uses music education to satisfy his travel bug
by Shereen Tuomi

RECORD REVIEWS

Phantom Planet leave California for NYC
CD Reviews:
Phantom Planet’s s/t
reviewed by Derek McEwen
Scars of Tomorrow’s Rope Tied to the Trigger
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Preston School of Industry’s Monsoon
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Sweatshop Union’s Natural Progression
reviewed by Nichole Stewart
The Elected’s Me First
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski

VISUAL ARTS

ACAD grad’s mad ads
Paul Butler gets back at the advertising assault
by Wes LaFortune

Untitled celebrates 10 years
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Little house on the plaza
Joe Slabe’s hilarious mini-musical is a perfect PlayRite curtain raiser
by Brad E. Simkulet

Playwrights under pressure
Alberta Theatre Projects’ annual battle pits creativity against the clock
by Evan Kayne

Love as a form of torture
Maple Salsa Theatre stages the late Sarah Kane’s ultra-violent Cleansed
by Martin Morrow

Theatre Calgary gets into the new-plaz biz
City’s flagship theatre launches workshop series for small western companies
by Wes LaFortune

DANCE

Choreographic TNT
Mochniej and Monteros begin Alberta Dance Explosions with a bang
by Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

The stuff of nightmares
Touching the Void a subjective but brilliant doc on the perils of climbing
by Jason Anderson

Great acting versus great movies
A look at the Oscar nominees proves one doesn’t have much to do with the other
by Bob Blakey

Remystifying Christ
The Gospel according to Mel takes a step back
by Brad E. Simkulet

Eurotrash
Teen road flick has something to offend almost everyone
by Brad E. Simkulet

As funny as a Florida recount
The implausible Welcome to Mooseport a soporific satire of American politics
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO

Obscure Canadian artist gets his due
Filmmaker Grant Munro cleebrated in new double-disc retrospective
by Jaime Frederick

VIDEO VULTURE

What I saw this week
You really don’t need a topic when you’re the Video Vulture
by John Tebbutt