Pride week moved beyond politics, say organizers
by Amy Steele

Alternative BSE theory gains ground in Alberta
by Amy Steele

Red Cross donations (and other community notes)
by FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Just watch the game
by FFWD Reader

Heath care priorities
by FFWD Reader

WEB WATCH

Fishy gifts for dad on Father’s Day
by Courtney Thompson

ELECTION

Joe Clark was right
You can’t vote for either major leader, so take it upon yourself to find alternatives
by Norman Greenfield

Who is the biggest would-be-PM Flames fan?
by Amy Steele

Check up on choice
Abortion could be a sleeper election issue
by Jane Cawthorne

Let’s hear your thoughts
They won’t win, but voting Green is voting for change by Robin Harnett & Calgary Liberals full of female candidates by Avalon Roberts
by FFWD Staff

When logos suck
If bad logos mean bad governance, then we’re in serious trouble
by Jack Locke

Voting isn’t meaningless - it’s worth $1.75
by Maureen McNamee

FOOD

Culinary patriotism
Restaurant wears its maple leaf on its sleeve
by Danyael Halprin

BOOZE

Burgandy proves best in show
Despite tough New World competition, venerable French wine better than ever
by Kevin McLean

TRAVEL

Great thundering tornadoes!
Tintin in Greenwich, sight to the blind at London’s Natural History Museum
by Julia Williams

BOOKS

The young face of war
New book about Canada’s role in D-Day collects soldiers’ untold stories
by Bob Blakey

In the shadow of the new empire
Essential book of essays reflects on Canada’s relationship to a post-Iraq U.S.
by SEE Staff

BOOKENDS

Websites for bookworms
The Internet abounds with valuable services for readers that are only a click away
by Jason Hammond

COMEDY

Making Mochrie
Canada’s top improv comic needles his colleagues and delivers the laughs
by Stephen W. Smith

COVER

The new face of faith
New Christian music has branched out into some familiar territory
by Kirsten Kosloski

MUSIC

So good it hurts
The all-encompassing groove rock of Calgary’s Phattoe proves larger than life
by Christine Leonard

Back on the road
Calgary’s math punks The Buzzing Beas return with Beep! Beep! I’m A Jeep
by Jason Lewis

High Voltage
Due to a lack of supportive venues, local musician creates electronic concert series
by Kirsten Kosloski

Escaping the clichés of Canadian rock
Toronto quartet Turn Off the Stars walk the line between indie and rock stardom
by James Keller

The musical Garden of Eden
The Banff Centre is taking jazz to a higher altitude with Dave Douglas
by Kenna Burima

Secret agent band
Just what does Girl Nobody plan to do with that ring modulator?
by Dave Alexander

Guitarist reloaded
Jason Truby’s So-Cal roots lead to auspicious meeting with P.O.D.
by Christine Leonard

RECORD REVIEWS

Juliana Hatfield returns from musical exile
CD Reviews:
Juliana Hatfield’s In Exile Deo
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Organ’s Grab That Gun
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Various Artists’ Goldirocks OST
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Cocorosie’s La Maison de mon reve
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Stabilo’s Cupid?
reviewed by James Keller
Minus Story’s The Captain Is Dead Let the Drum Corpse Dance
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Fila Brazillia’s The Life and Times of Phoebus Brumal
reviewed by Rob Faust
Slaughter Joe’s Ze Do Calzao and The Jasmine Minks’ The Revenge Of...
both reviewed by Michael White
Greyboy’s Soul Mosaic
reviewed by Kenna Burima
Old Time Relijun’s Lost Light
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Of Montreal’s Satanic Panic in the Attic
reviewed by Lindsay Bowman

Let’s see what the kid can do
by Jason Lewis

Today Toronto, tomorrow the world
Some of Calgary’s finest bands are showcased onstage as well as in stores
by Jennifer Abel

VISUAL ARTS

Art from underground
Vancouver’s Coupland, Lukacs and colleagues emerge with their latest work
by Wes LaFortune

Playing with fire
Wildfire in Banff is documented in new exhibit
by Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Canned ham and improvisation
Nomadic improv troupe takes its ad-lib comedy to movie theatres and bars
by Jeff Kubik

Sage is ready for a comeback
Ambitious new artistic director is planning to reignite fading theatre company
by Martin Morrow

What about Bob?
Mob Hit Productions revives turbulent early work by monologue master
by Jane McCullough

Quaffs and laughs
Once again Ales & Tales reverses theatre roles for fun and profit
by Wes LaFortune

FILM

Once upon a time in Calgary...
After six years Fairy Tales film festival kicks up its heels and becomes its own entity
by David King

Fairy Tales picks and pecs
by David King

Lucky number three
Alfonso Cuaron keeps the magic of Harry Potter alive in The Prisoner of Azkaban
by Jason Lewis

The end is extremely nigh
Director Roland Emmerich fills Day After Tomorrow with social commentary
by Jaime Frederick

No fly zone
The weak slapstick of Soul Plane
by Jason Armstrong

VIDEO VULTURE

The lied to me!
The Video Vulture loses his cool to MCM’s bogus Femal Mercenaries
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO

Guilt and self-control
Time Without Pity an unusual melodrama
by Jason Lewis

The Tolkien masquerade
Why Peter Jackson failed with Return of the King
by Jennifer Abel

When Slap Shot won’t do
by Jason Lewis