From homeless shelter to funky condos?
Drop-In Centre angered that it’s excluded from vision of downtown
By Amy Steele

Green Machine aims to change the world
Affordable laptops will be distributed to children in developing countries
By Amy Steele

Group says charitable status shouldn’t prevent advocacy work and other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Calgarian can finally vote for a party that represents Aboriginals
By Norbert Many-Grey-Horses

WEB WATCH

The charm of the photo booth
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

EnCana chief’s legacy far from flawless
Gwyn Morgan retires and leaves an environmental disaster in his wake
By FFWD Writer

ELECTION

Candidates fight it out in the inner city
Ridings have shown signs of rebellion before, but don’t hold your breath
By Wes LaFortune

Could a Harper victory save democracy?
We’ll soon see just how much ‘reform’ is really left in the old Reformer
By David Bright

Activist groups rally to stop Stephen Harper
By Amy Steele

Calgary has the federal election blues
Despite what the voting results show, we don’t all swing one way
By Matthew Halliday

FOOD

Doing deli in Kensington
Merle’s has a good menu, great potential
By Danyael Halprin

BOOZE

Wine trends of 2006
A brief survey of the best and the worst that can be expected this year
By Kevin McLean

BOOKS

A martyr to big oil
Ken Saro-Wiwa’s battle with Shell is retold through his brother’s eyes
By Martin Morrow

Art versus the truth
Outcry over the veracity of A Million Little Pieces is missing the point
By Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

Small on cash, big on ambition
Irreverent You Bet Your Ass is aiming to reinvent the game show
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Danko Jones is set to spart another global heat wave
By Aubrey McInnis

Getting’ jazzed
Calgary a hotbed of cool jazz over the next two weeks
By Dennis Slater

Sober second chance
Dave Simpson returns with nothing to hide
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

CD REVIEWS

Smooth Jenny Lewis a roots diva in the making
CD Reviews:
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins’ Rabbit Fur Coat
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Pants Situation’s The Ugly Man
reviewed by Jesse Locke
Sofa Surfers’ s/t
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Tristeza’s A Colores
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Green Day’s Bullet in a Bible
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Fat Freddy’s Drop’s Based on a True Story
reviewed by Andrew Cowie
Oldseed’s when you laugh the world laughs with you when you cry you cry alone
reviewed by Shereen Tuomi

VISUAL ARTS

Offering a good Likeness
Portrait exhibition provides a refreshing glimpse into artists’ lives
By Wes LaFortune

Offering a good Likeness
Portrait exhibition provides a refreshing glimpse into artists’ lives
By Mark Clintberg

RODEO

Cozying up with Pajama Men
Dreamy U.S. duo sleepwalks beetween sketch comedy and theatre
By Jeff Kubik

Red Sky at night
Aboriginal troupe tells traditional and true-life tales in Sun Spirits
By Bruce Pollock

Still crazy after all these years
Old Rodeo sweethearts are reunited for festival’s 20th anniversary
By Bryn Evans

Mad about Mutton Busting
Little festival hiked its profile this year with big names and controversy
By Jocelyn Grosse

Night of the singing stars
A Rheostatic orgy, a dud Dylan salute and theatrical magic from Quebec
By Martin Morrow

COVER STORY

A comedy full of great tunes
Matt Murphy becomes Guy Terrifico in ‘honky-tonk-umentary’
By Jason Anderson

The Outlaws of outlaw country
By Jason Anderson

FILM

Movie’s a hoot
Country renegades spoofed
By Joanne Huffa

Not a drag at all
Felicity Huffman is fantastic in one-of-a-kind road movie
By Brandon Tenold

Hostel director hits his target dead-on
Eli Roth’s thriller gives the audience exactly what it wants and then some
By Jason Anderson

VIDEO VULTURE

Snakes on a Plane, man!
Samuel L. Jackson has some freakin’ scary snakes on his goddamn plane
By John Tebbutt

VIDEO

Tragic heroine, or, like, total airhead
The Courtney Love of American letters gets small-screen treatment
By Timothy Heck

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Terms of endearment
Bizarre names people give their ‘cratches’
By Josey Vogels