Alberta whistleblowers aren’t safe,says report
Parkland Institute calls for protection of government workers acting in the public interest
by Jeremy Klaszus

Calgarian in Iraq to raise awareness and other stories
by Jeremy Klaszus

RANT & RAVE

Horror movies are scaring audiences out of interest
By Ryan Dyer

LETTERS

Joe Ceci against moving Cash Corner
By Joe Ceci

It’s not just "Coke Appreciation Day"
by Matt Jenkins

Bier Market more than spelling errors
By W.D. MacLean

WEB WATCH

A summer fantasy crime spree
by Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

Forget Belinda – what’s in it for us?
Calgary will get its money whether the Liberals stand or fall, so let’s have a vote
By Erich Mende

Like it or not, it’s our city’s landmark
Citizens should be outraged by plan to flank Calgary Tower with two office blocks
By Rob Jobst

CITY

Getting transit back on the rails
Transit-oriented development encourages the use of legs, buses and trains
By Jeremy Klaszus

Streetcar fun but frightening
By Jeremy Klaszus

FOOD

Join the Conga line
Mojitgos gets patrons dancing at hip Latin hotspot
By Danyael Halprin

BOOZE

Alberta’s wine advantage
B.C. drinkers lose out on variety and affordability due to government retailers
By Kevin McLean

OUTDOORS

The city’s the limit
Urban adventure challenge turns concrete jungle into gruelling racecourse
By Allison Barry

BOOKS

Wounds that won’t heal
Maggie Siggins chronicles the ongoing mistreatment of Canada’s Woodland Cree
By Amy Steele

Socialism that succeeded
Valuable book examines Saskatchewan’s CCF government
reviewed by Timothy Wild

New York minutes
Tama Janowitz’s observations are both appealing and unsettling
reviewed by Evette Berry

BOOKENDS

A week of bad activists
The Golden Spruce and Grizzly Lies tell tales of conservationists who go too far
by Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

Sci-fi road show
Space station’s Spacey Awards take their aliens straight to the stars
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Relabelling the local scene
Olive Hour Records nurtures talent and raises a glass to innovative hip hop
By Falice Chin

It’s not about the money
Owen Pallet’s work creates stunning Final Fantasy
By Colin Smith

The two sides of Owen Pallet
Final Fantasy’s Final Fantasy Has a Good Home & Les Mouches’ You’re Worth More To Me Than 1000 Christians
Both reviewed by Mark Hamilton

Finding the balance
Half punk, half rootsy twang, The Burnettes make beautiful music together
By Jason Lewis

The Motown sound
The mod stylings of Winnipeg’s Novillero come accented by their soul-pop edge
By Rick Overwater

Like swooning
The two sides of Polmo Polpo’s Sandro Rossi confound all expectations
By Mark Hamilton

Soaring like Eagles
Brock Skywalker ended one musical partnership only to start up another
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Ready to push it
Onstage or in class, trumpet player Dave Douglas makes his own musical rules
By Dennis Slater

Pirates of metal
Local youth Verbal Deception bring plunder and thunder to shores of death metal
By Christine Leonard

CD REVIEWS

Gorillaz don’t play second banana to Albarn
CD Reviews:
Gorillaz’s Demon Days
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Belle & Sebastian’s Push Barman To Open Old Wounds
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Robert Plant’s Mighty Rearranger
reviewed by David Boyle
Death by Nostalgia’s s/t
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Stereolab’s Ocillons from the Anti-Sun & Monade’s A Few Steps More
both reviewed by Jason Lewis
DJ Z-Trip’s Shifting Gear
reviewed by Colin Smith
Greg Trooper’s Make It Through This World
reviewed by David Boyle
Lucinda Williams’ Live @ the Fillmore
reviewed by Mary-Lynn Wardle
Piano Magic’s Disaffected
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Electrelane’s Axes
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Britt Black’s Blackout
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Scritti Politti’s Early
reviewed by Kari Watson

VISUAL ARTS

Smashing ceramics and glass
Dashwood Galleries shows off outstanding pieces by Canadian artists
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Stomping Tom of the Gold Rush
Yukon’s Robert Service and his populist poetry inspire new play
By Jeff Kubik

That’s the story of my life
Autobiography played a big role, with mixed results, in Solocentric solos
By Martin Morrow

Show captures genius and pain of jazz guitar legend
By James Tarrant

Love’s warriors
Rogues Theatre revisits brutal Bronx romance
By Martin Morrow

COVER

Noisy homecoming
Dance and music collide in Decidedly Jazz Dancework’s Cuban experiment
By Jocelyn Grosse

Musicians make a racket for !Bulla!
By Kenna Burima

FILM

Queer cinema takes a new direction
This year’s FairyTales Film Festival goes more mainstream than ever before
By David King

LaBruce’s sexual revolution
The Raspberry Reich
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

Rubik’s cubes and tamagotchi
Local director Cameron Chapman falls in love with forgotten pop culture
By Mark Hamilton

The glamour of filmmaking
There were no big stars or red carpets for the crew of Pocket Change
By Jason Lewis

Through the eyes of children
Nobody Knows explores the line between being a kid and being an adult
By Jaime Frederick

Classic thrillers at the Plaza
By Jaime Frederick

VIDEO VULTURE

A $4 masterpiece
The Vulture finally finds Shaolin Drunkard
by John Tebbutt

VIDEO

Wonderful Wilby
Daniel MacIvor explores small-town community
By Jane McCullough