Pie in Klein’s eye means jail time for activist
by Amy Steele

Liberals want laws for whistleblowers
by Amy Steele

Homeless week chalks up a protest
by Amy Steele

Darfur After Dark and other stories
by Amy Steele

LETTERS

Uncommon decency
by Terri Roulette

Woman Trumped
by Jeanne Perreault

Attack on promoter labelled unfair
by Murray K. Smith

VIEWPOINT

Let them eat oil revenues
Distributing Heritage Fund to Alberta’s children could change lives
by Hamish MacAuley

CITY

Municipal malaise
Suppose they decided to give an election in Calgary and nobody cared?
by Jeremy Klaszus

Bronco and aldermen facing few serious challengers in civic race
by Amy Steele

WEB WATCH

Easter in September
Movie websites provide helpful clues fo ryour DVD ‘egg’ hunt
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

Excellent French fare
JoJo Bistro offers personable Parisian perfection
by Danyael Halprin

BOOKENDS

Writing within tent
Literature and literacy take to the street in sixth annual word fair
by Harry Vandervlist

TELEVISION

Hockey strike, shmocky strike
With arenas going dark, CBC’s Making the Cut gives fans their stick-handling fix
by Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

All Hail Vailhalen
Right now, Chris Vail is trying to figure out where all his bandmates are
by Derek McEwen

On the front lines
The Casualties bring punk rock back to the pit
by Keith Carman

Twenty years of ska
Rob Hingley of The Toasters is still independent
by Brad Halasz

Outsiders and raw vision
Tom Russell takes writing down to heartprint level
by Mary-Lynn Wardle

Movin’ and shakin’
Calgary musical stalwarts change digs and take it to an international level
by Jennifer Abel

CD REVIEWS

Les Claypool’s bucket of new material
CD Reviews:
Colonel Claypool’s Bucket of Bernie Brains’ the Big Eyeball in the Sky
reviewed by Christine Leonard
The Legends’ Up Against The Legends
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Jake Brennan and the Confidence
Men’s Love and Bombs
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Po’ Girl’s Vagabond Lullabies
reviewed by Mary-Lynn Wardle
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Welcome to Woody Creek
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
DJ Krush’s Jaku
reviewed by Rob Faust

VISUAL ARTS

Hit the deck
Giant 45’s groundbreaking skateboard-art show tailslides into Calgary
by Kirsten Kosloski

FILM FESTIVAL

Never say there’s nothing to see
A quick sample of what this year’s international film festival has to offer
by FFWD writers

The art-film agenda
The Return owes its style to classic Soviet cinema of the ‘60s and ‘70s
by Jason Anderson

Politcal rally
With Silver City, John Sayles takes on George Bush, but is it too late?
by Brad E. Simkulet

Living in oblivion
Film festival proves there is such a thing as organized chaos
by Kirsten Kosloski

Hocky mom’s tale
Screenwriter Don Truckey’s Chicks With Sticks tells an unusual underdog story
by Stephen W. Smith

Local heroes at film fest
by Jason Lewis

Film noir: an appreciation
A rare chance to see some classics on the big screen and in the dark
by Jaime Frederick

Turning the spotlight on film-noir classics
by Jaime Frederick

Goodbye, bulky film reels
Thanks to local filmmakers, fest taps into latest trend in film projection
by David King

THEATRE

Moore the merrier
Obscene But Not Heard gets serious about comedy with Fahrenheit 7-11
by Stephen W. Smith

The Glenn Gould variations
Four fine actors attempt to pin down elusive pianist
by Martin Morrow

It’s all in the games
Vertigo Mystery Theatre’s design-heavy Sleuth misses the point of this thriller
by Jeff Kubik

Nothin’ but the blues
Lunchbox masterminds a great musical escape
by Tonya Zelinsky

Fathers and sons
Theatre Calgary gives note-perfect rendition of quiet family drama
by Martin Morrow

FILM

Zombie compromise
The splatter-gore romance of Shaun of the Dead
by Jason Lewis

Memory loss can be a good thing
With any luck you won’t remember a single thing about The Forgotten
by Kim Linekin

Love - game, set and match
Wimbledon offers critics more than the opportunity to use witty tennis puns
by Jane McCullough

VIDEO VULTURE

Master of my domain
A selection of video titles that take matters into their own hands
by John Tebbutt