Street church needs new home
Stampede expansion to oust Victory Outreach Centre
By Amy Steele

Calgary Downtown Association urges council to address need for more parking in city’s core
By Amy Steele

CJSW offered loan to help with new space and other stories
By Amy Steele

RANT & RAVE

Two minutes for slacking
Doorman says police presence would help reduce violence on 1st Street
By Steve B.

VIEWPOINT

Meeting idiocy with idiocy
Magazine’s decision to publish controversial cartoons irresponsible
By Jeremy Klaszus

WEB WATCH

Patterns of ridicule
By Courtney Thompson

FOOD & BOOZE

This Belgo rings true
Restaurant boasts Belgian beer, bistro fare, but no link to U.K. chain
By Danyael Halprin

Belgo heralds new era of beer culture in Calgary
By Don Tse

BOOKS

Going ape
New book provides a compendium of all things Kong
reviewed by John Tebbutt

A Hidden Camera’s killer robots
Musician-author Maggie MacDonald’s new book blends sci-fi and sex
By Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

A look at love, Canadian style
New Bravo! Anthology covers romantic territory off the well-worn track
By Stephen W. Smith

NIGHTLIFE

King Eddy’s friends to the rescue
Group is trying to save Calgary’s 100-year-old ‘home of the blues’
By Wes LaFortune

Crafting is so cool
Forget the club scene – this winter, why not do like the hipsters and become a craftster
By Adele Brunnhofer

Wednesday is the new Friday
Timing is everything, always, for the men behind Dance Mofo
By Jason Lewis

Red Mile? What Red Mile?
Infamously raucous avenue stays quiet before playoff season arrives
By Mark Sproxton

It’s time to enrol in Beer 101
Being a penniless student doesn’t mean you have to drink bad brews
By Mike Tessier

Gourmet the fun way
Growing popularity of dinner clubs get Calgary’s food scene cooking
By Jane McCullough

MUSIC

The New Pornographers show some more skin
A Twin Cinema pop peepshow-catching up with red-haired Carl Newman
By Aubrey McInnis

You Say Politics! They Say Dance!
By Jane McCullough

Philosopher Kings philosophize about success
By Chris Vail

Karla Anderson’s songs heard around the world
Why 1,000 e-mails about her can’t be wrong
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Building bridges with music
Saxophonist Chris Potter finds common ground in jazz
By Dennis Slater

The Awesome Team
The Awesome Team – review
By Jason Lewis

I guess that’s why they call it the blues
Kaos Guitarmania VII promises a night of blues guitar virtuosity
By Brandon Tenold

CD REVIEWS

Belle and Sebastian fall short of perfection
CD Reviews:
Belle and Sebastian’s The Life Pursuit & Play if You’re Feeling Sinister
both reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Saint Etienne’s Tales From Turnpike House
reviewed by Joanne Huffa
Aids Wolf’s The Lovvers LP
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Eric Burdon’s Soul of a Man
reviewed by Christine Leonard

VISUAL ARTS

War and watercolours
Two Triangle shows centre on memory
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

Giving the boot to Neil Simon
Founder says playRites has cultivated an appetite for Canadian plays
By Wes LaFortune

Inspiring Mozart
Beaumarchais’s Figaro a Revolutionary play
By Tim Christison

Social acupuncture
Diplomatic Immunities takes a needle to Calgary with painful and pleasurable results
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

The good, the bad and the very strange
Andy Eyck heads to Sundance and sheds a little light on the famous festival
By Andy Eyck

White wedding?
Examining all the options
By Krista Goheen

It’s never that simple
Beautifully shot Canadian film explores those pesky father-son issues
By Ken Eisner

Oscar! Oscar!
Freedomland goes for awards
By Craig Boyko

VIDEO VULTURE

Tendril loving care
Octopus lover – Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani go bonkers in Possession
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Buddy system
Sometimes, you just need a ‘cuddle buddy’
By Josey Vogels