Calgary Dollars marks a decade
Largest alternative currency system in Canada gets new bills
By Amy Steele

Xxx and other stories
By Amy Steele

Pundits predict weak Conservative minority
A free vote on same-sex marriage isn’t likely without allies in Parliament
By Amy Steele

Ramsay association opposes part of Stampede expansion
By Amy Steele

WEB WATCH

Art watch online
Avoiding wine and cheese and assholes
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

Stephen Harper not a loser after all
Election results humble writer’s predictions for a Liberal minority
By David Bright

A vote for Conservatives or against Liberals?
Whether it was the scandal or a shift in values, Harper gets a test drive
By Ashifa Kassam

FOOD

The upside of downtown
Café Koi is a gathering point for urbanites to enjoy food and art
By Lenore Hume

BOOZE

Grifters of the grape
De problem at Duboeuf and other episodes in the scandalous history of wine scams
By Kevin McLean

BOOKS

American suck-o
Bret Easton Ellis uses horror genre in an effort to rekindle his fading celebrity
reviewed by Bryn Evans

Anarchy in Victoria Park
New co-op bookstore to stock radical literature
By Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

Time for a good old booting
The Frantics make a triumphant return in a new television special
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Literary rockers go off the shelf
Sepultura dips into the classics for their latest album
By Keith Carman

Where writers sing and tell
Bluebird North provides an intimate forum
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Bringing it back home
Musicians behind Guy Terrifico created a soundtrack that lives up to all the hype
By Aubrey McInnis

Something new that sounds familiar
Eric Bibb undertakes a creative musical shift and does so with care
By Shereen Tuomi

Can’t remember names?
Chris Temple on being Chris Temple
By Leslie Birdfly

CD REVIEWS

The Strokes make a tepid First Impression
CD Reviews:
The Strokes’ First Impressions of Earth
reviewed by Joanne Huffa
We Are Scientists’ With Love and Squalor
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock
reviewed by Jesse Locke
Gossip’s Standing in the Way of Control
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Sadat X’s Experience & Education
reviewed by Peter Hemminger
The Elected’s Sun, Sun, Sun
reviewed by Jason Lewis

VISUAL ARTS

A Public statement
Larissa Fassler tracks teens and delivers flowers to explore social contexts
By Wes LaFortune

COVER STORY

The filmmaker we love to hate
PlayRites drama takes on Nazi golden girl Leni Riefenstahl
By Martin Morrow

THEATRE

Getting back to the garden
Generation X playwright returns to the hippie idealism of the Vietnam War era
By Jeff Kubik

Hitting the highway with Chekhov
Mansel Robinson’s road play stretches the definition of political theatre
By Jane McCullough

Kicking medieval butt
Diana Donnelly drives out the English as Theatre Calgary’s Saint Joan
By Natalie St-Denis

RODEO

Kronos goes out into the cold
Quartet teams with Inuit star Tanya Tagaq for northern-themed concert
By Ken Clarke

A liberal dose of Rodeo
Third week featured friendly dance, teen angst and comedy to cry for
By Martin Morrow

OPERA

Opera on death row
Acclaimed Dead Man Walking sets harrowing penal drama to music
By Tim Christison

FILM

Shit jokes don’t play in New Delhi
By Roberta McDonald

Evolve or die
Underworld sequel is more than tight leather pants
By Andrew Aitkenhead

A strange oddity
Matador surprises audiences
By Bryn Evans

Suffering for art
Filmmakers rock for money
By Peter Hemminger

VIDEO VULTURE

Go on and eat yer spinach
Classic cartoon inspires singalongs with Popeye the Sailor Man
By John Tebbutt

VIDEO

Monster free-for-all
But Godzilla Final Wars has too many people and not enough fighting
By Jason Lewis

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Pussy praise
A little verbal appreciation is always welcome
By Josey Vogels