Better land use will save ecosystems, forum hears
by Amy Steele

New heritage rivers (among other community notes)
by Amy Steele

Workplace deaths double over last year
by Amy Steele

VIEWPOINT

Choose your side of the barricades
Diversity, immigration and globalization will revolutionize Canada
by Hamish MacAulay

Sweeter suites?
Calgary MLA seeks affordable accommodation in basements, but finds political fight
by Jon Lord

WEB WATCH

Mutating Mother Nature
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

Dim sum fit for a UN official
Chinatown’s U & Me offers excellent, fresh-tasting dumpling fare
by Miles Pittman

GOOD LISTENER

Baby’s first action comedy
CineBabies matinee movie screenings may just spur a population boom
by Ian Doig

BOOKS

Beating the mean streets
Elizabeth Hudson reveals her former life as a drug-addicted prostitute
by Amy Steele

Happy discovery
Sarah’s poetry full of delight
reviewed by Lee Shedden

BOOKENDS

Stenson grabs his second Macewan prize
Calgary novelist among the big winners at this year’s provincial book awards
by Harry Vandervlist

COMEDY

Boardroom over barroom
A TV star and a journeyman comic cash in with corporate gigs
by Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Happy together
Failed romance won’t stop Young & Sexy from making beautiful music
by Michael White

CBC connects the dots
by Michael White

Angelique Kidjo is world music
The Benin singer uses the sounds of Cuba to complete her musical trilogy
by John Reid

Half-finished business
Dan Bejar’s Destroyer returns with music designed for future expansion
by Mark Hamilton

Dude descending a staircase
Spiral Stairs talks architecture and about building the Preston School of Industry
by Kirsten Kosloski

One night in Winnipeg
The Wailin’ Jennys go from one-off folk concert to full-time job
by Martin Kemp

Hip-hop and funk act breaks it down live
Up-and-comers Blues Underdog dish it up for the Black Eyed Peas
by Frank Litorco

Finding the sound
Fort Knox Five don’t compromise the dance floor
by Rob Faust

This is the end
More local artists release swan-song albums
by Jennifer Abel

The Mac is back
Fleetwood Mac gets the deluxe reissue treatment
by Michael White

Turning personal pain into creative triumph
by Michael White & Jason Lewis

RECORD REVIEWS

The limited post-rock finesse of Tortoise
CD Reviews:
Tortoise’s It’s All Around You and Fennesz’s Venice
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Azita’s Life on the Fly
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Jens Lekman’s Rocky Dennis EP
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Icewater Scandal’s No Handle
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Calexico’s Convict Pool
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Mum’s Summer Make Good
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s Raise Your Spirit & Youssou N’Dour’s 7 Seconds: The Best of Youssou N’Dour
reviewed by Bruce Pollock
Vitaminsforyou’s I’m Sorry Forever and For Always
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Sufjan Stevens’ Seven Swans
reviewed by Derek McEwen
Various Artists’ If This Is Love...I’d Rather Have the Blues and Various Artists’ Crucial Texas Blues
reviewed by Mary-Lynn McEwen
Quinmine’s Like Pistons for Engines
reviewed by Jason Lewis

COVER

Lights! Camera! Fashion!
Get in style with spring fashion’s bockbuster trends
by Lincoln Phillip

Pretty cool threads
Creative ACAD student Giulia Fatica sews art into fashion
by Lincoln Phillip

VISUAL ARTS

Zen and the art of pinhole photography
Forget digital, rudimentary imaging process mixes science, art and meditation
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Putting movies back onstage
Theatre company echo37 returns to the plays that inspired classic films
by Hugh Graham

A play with Broad appeal
All-female theatre company uses Chekhov as springboard to farcical comedy
by Dave Whitfield

LaBute’s cruelty
The Shape of Things mixes outrage and manipulation
by Martin Morrow

In the company of Neil LaBute
by Jane McCullough

An alluring, toxic tart
Karen Hines’s Pochsy humourous and horrifying
by Martin Morrow

OPERA

Coming full circle
Singer Norine Burgess returns to Calgary Opera and The Tales of Hoffman
by Tim Christison

FILM

Fall from Grace
With Dogville, Lars von Trier proves it’s not punishment unless it hurts
by Jaime Frederick

Big problems
Weak comedy of 13 Going On 30 proves derivative films are getting stale
by Matthew Currie-Holmes

Low budget fun
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra revives ‘50s camp
by John Tebbutt

Some like it not
Connie and Carla find it’s not easy being queen
by Julie Pithers

Be all that you can be?
Army of One questions life in U.S. military
by Jason Lewis

It’s a rush
Adrenaline Rush takes science to the extreme
by Lisha Hassanali

VIDEO VULTURE

Rabbit season! Duck season! Blam!
Bugs and Daffy’s legendary rivalry lives on in classic cartoon trilogy
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO

Morbid frontier history
by Jaime Frederick