New plans for Fish Creek park taking shape
By Amy Steele

Green Party aimes to get out the youth vote and other stories
By Amy Steele

Groups want a smoke-free Calgary before 2008
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Election writers truly fair and balanced
By Deb Wright

WEB WATCH

Quality time with your iPod
Podcasts will add to your listening pleasure
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

Media monoculture plagues the news
Quality suffers as more journalists find themselves selling soap
By Ashifa Kassam

ELECTION

Federal election in dire need of laughs
Joke candidates can promote serious issues as well as entertain
By Evan Kayne

New party aims to improve life for aboriginal people
By Amy Steele

BOOZE

Meet the new brews
Wildwood Grill’s dreaded beer makeover proves a frothy success
By Don Tse

BOOKS

Beware the right-wing radicals
Scary conservative authors advocate turning Canada into the U.S.
reviewed by Amy Steele

Latest from the Atwood factory
Slim new collection The Tent offers readers only minor Margaret
By Bryn Evans

MUSIC

Urine the big city now
Agriculture club’s valiant homecoming
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Embracing the uncool ‘80s
The Epoxies are from Portland, but not in the way that you think
By Jason Lewis

Amos Garrett keeps it real
Famed session guitarist stays busy with new projects
By Bruce Pollock

Are you Tuft enough?
Revolutionary singer-songwriter Terry Tufts updates the protest song
By Peter Hemminger

New year resolutions
Revolutionary singer-songwriter Terry Tufts updates the protest song
By Leslie Birdfly

CD REVIEWS

Tuijiko Nuriko’s musical vision isn’t blurred
CD Reviews:
Tujiko Nuriko’s BlurredIin My Mirror and Aoki Takamasa & Tujiko Nuriko’s 28
both reviewed by Timothy Heck
Jin’s Jin presents The Emcee’s Properganda
reviewed by Peter Hemminger
Cypress Hill’s Greatest Hits
reviewed by Andrew Cowie
1-Speed Bike’s Someone Told Me Life Gets Easier
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Prozzak’s Curel Cruel World
reviewed by Ashley Ingoldsby
Jamie Foxx’s Unpredictable
reviewed by Jason Lewis

VISUAL ARTS

Going to the dogs
Megan Hepburn’s creepy canine art raises hackles in the Epcor Centre
By Wes LaFortune

COVER STORY

From halos to horseshoes
Indie rock legend Calvin Johnson takes his one-man show on the road
By Christine Leonard

RODEO

Feeling free to explore
Peter Moller takes his cue from Ornette Coleman and cuts loose
By Dennis Slater

Thank god it’s January
Festivals offer quirky dance, nutty drag, typewriter music and Joan of Arc
By Martin Morrow

THEATRE

The modern Prometheus
Major playwright’s ‘80s drama finally gets world premiere in Calgary
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Faith and the secular world
Ushpizin is a powerful religious lesson
By Jeff Kubik

Point, set and match
Match Point is an extremely enjoyable caper
By Rachel Deahl

A romance for the ages?
Gorgeous visuals almost make up for the lack of compelling leads
By Brandon Tenold

One penny per pound
How much is the future of children worth?
By Andrew Aitkenhead

VIDEO VULTURE

Guilty pleasures new and improved
The Video vulture’s embarrassing favourites from when he was a wee egg
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Just asking… again
The sex survey is revived 11 years later
By Josey Vogels