Millican-Ogden still living with contamination
by Amy Steele

Kids museum gets centennial funding and other stories
by Amy Steele

LETTERS

Inner-city density a complicated issue
by Rob Jobst

Calgary’s footprint can’t be compared
by Richard White

Firing Ian Prinsloo doesn’t make sense
by Stephen Massicotte

VIEWPOINT

Iraq elections serve American interests
New government will have to accept U.S. and allies as partners in petroleum
by Munaf Yassiri

All about George
One man, one vision, one hell of another four years as president
by David Bright

WEB WATCH

Comic trailers online
by Courtney Thompson

FOOD

Swedish for cafeteria?
The new IKEA’s restaurant-cafe isn’t either, but the food is good and cheap
by Janet McMahen

FASHION

The fine art of spa
Revive your skin and your spirits with salon and at-home treatments
by Lincoln Phillip

BOOKS

American beer and ass
Tom Wolfe’s take on U.S. academe irrelevant
reviewed by Bryn Evans

BOOKENDS

PlayRites playwrights unleashed
Festival’s writers hit the bookstores to read and discuss new scripts
by Harry Vandervlist

TELEVISION

The general and the Canucks
Vastly different Canadian stories make their way to the small screen
by Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Geek love
Owen Ashcroft is synth pop’s new romantic everyman
by Mark Hamilton

Old school not music school
Calgary’s straight-shooting prog-rockers Veritas are ready to tell it like it is
by Christine Leonard

More resources to improvise
New funding gives C-Jazz the means to provide year-round music
by Sara Hillis

Out of the musical Cage
Conference focuses on avant-garde composer
by Paula Fayerman

Man versus the machine
Former Metalwood bassist brings his own fusion of acoustic and synthetic groove
by Kenna Burima

Trip-hop gets a global facelift
Downtempo group LAL presents organic grooves with a message
by Kenna Burima

Births, birthdays and retirements
Calgary bears witness to the beautiful cycle of rock ‘n’ roll
by Leslie Birdfly

CD REVIEWS

Ani DiFranco Knuckles Down and delivers
CD Reviews:
Ani DiFranco’s Kunckle Down
reviewed by Christine Leonard
The Chris Stamey Experience’s A question of Temperature
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Femi Kuti’s The Best of Femi Kuti
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Nathaniel Mayer’s I Just Want to be Held
reviewed by Rick Overwater
Lou Barlow’s Emoh
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Jennifer Gentle’s Valende
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Black Mountain’s s/t
reviewed by Jane McCullough
Entrance’s Wandering Stranger
reviewed by MD Stewart

VISUAL ARTS

Spiritual homeland
Local artists bare their African souls for Black History Month exhibition
by Wes LaFortune

Lumpen works heave a sigh
Luanne Martineau crosses art and craft divide in Oikos
by Mark Clintberg

COVER

Skewering the yuppie scum
ATP’s playRites takes risk with nasty new comedy about its audience
by Martin Morrow

THEATRE

Dial M for murder
Rising star Caroline Cave plays the Lady of Shakespeare’s bloodiest house
by Jane McCullough

Ousted director speaks out
Ian Prinsloo fears Theatre Calgary putting money first
by Amy Steele

Third week peak at the Rodeo
Laurie Anderson charmed, Azimuth surprised and The Summerlad soared
by Martin Morrow

DANCE

Finding their wings
Alberta Ballet’s dancers leap from China tour into tragic world of Vigil of Angels
by David King

Lost in space
Choreographer Nicole Mion explores spatial effects in Rodeo show
by Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

Eastwood’s excellence
With unusually gritty realism, Million Dollar Baby throws a knockout punch
by Rachel Deahl

Robert De Niro’s thriller surprise
Hide and Seek’s leftover scare tactics are a recipe for disaster
by Jason Lewis

VIDEO

Pointed love triangle
When Will I Be Loved shows director James Tobak at his best
by Matthew Currie Holmes

VIDEO VULTURE

The weirdest kung-fu movies
Your drunken-waffle-iron style is good, but you will lose to my berserk-tadpole style.
by John Tebbutt