Long-term care insurance a bad idea
Buying insurance isn’t the solution to long-term care woes, says expert
By Amy Steele

U.S. group sends coal bed methane warning
Experts fear development will contaminate Alberta’s groundwater supply
By Amy Steele

Proposed Eau Claire Plaza brings dimension to outdoor cityscape and other stories
By Amy Steele

WEB WATCH

Your true friends will always tell when you suck
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

City should be proud, but not complacent
Sometimes it doesn’t hurt to give a little praise – and then ask for more
By Erich Mende

CITY

New immigrants need opportunities
Author says lack of equality will threaten Canada’s democracy
By Amy Steele

FOOD

Eat fish, meet West cow
Haddock and Hoof’s offers the freshest seafood this side of Halifax
By Lenore Hume

BOOKS

Literature that makes you think
Haymarket arrives with radical, small-press books
By Bryn Evans

Brooklyn boy strikes out
Paul Ausster’s new book a quirky joke
By Bryn Evans

TELEVISION

Check me out please!
CBC’s At the Hotel fails to amuse
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Crying out loud
Opeth switches it up from speed to need
By Keith Carman

Alberta musicians do Hank Williams
Regional artists get together to pay tribute to a country legend
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Old-school rockers
Tricky Woo still crazy after all these years
By Roberta McDonald

Get schooled in samba
Mardi Gras Masquerade plans on making you dance for a good cause
By Shereen Tuomi

Life-torn man
Rodney Decroo puts his demons to rest
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Can you draw this?
Cripple Creek Fairies need you to pick up a pencil for their website
By Leslie Birdfly

CD REVIEWS

Broken Social Scene guitarist raises the stakes
CD Reviews:
Raising the Fawn’s The Maginot Line
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Beth Orton’s Comfort of Strangers
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Various Artists’ Transamerica Soundtrack
reviewed by Andrew Cowie
Hawksley Workman’s Treeful of Starling
reviewed by Chris Vail
The Class of 98’s Touch This and Die
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Various Artists’ Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty compilation
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Goapele’s Change It All
reviewed by Melissa Mcleod
Danko Jones’ Sleep is the Enemy
reviewed by Roberta McDonald
Magneta Lane’s Dancing With Daggers
reviewed by Bryn Evans
Beck’s Guerolito
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
The Loved Ones’ Keep Your Heart
reviewed by Laura Glick
Action Action’s An Army of Shapes Between Wars
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Gibson Brothers’ Red Litter Day
reviewed by Bruce Pollock

VISUAL ARTS

Rugs and resistance
Afghanistan’s artisans weave the political with the practical in potent new exhibit
By Wes LaFortune

ACTIVIST GUIDE

Capturing hope all over the world
Rick Castiglione’s many films encourage global citizenship
By Jeremy Klaszus

Calgary becoming a haven for peace
A growing number of people are organizing to achieve an end to violence
By Amy Steele

Co-operative takes on sweatshops
Group aims to provide alternatives for employees who’ve been ‘decimated’
By Amy Steele

Calgary activists speak out about police harassment
By Adrian Morrow

Food for thought on the table
Organic foods do taste better, but that’s not the only factor to consider
By Jane McCullough

Food not Bombs marks 10 years
By Adrian Morrow

Democracy project appeals to youth
By Morgan Haigler

THEATRE

Elaborate deaths
Old Trout’s puppets get maimed – famously
By Jeff Kubik

Showcasing Calgary talent
One-act festival lets small companies shine
By Jocelyn Grosse

Magic tricks and vaginas
Femme Fatale Carnivale adds mystery to sex
By Roberta McDonald

Sweet deal
Frank Moore busts out a cantankerous judge in Trying
By Melanie Little

Singing songs, stabbing moms
Little Mercy’s First Murder a mixed bag of the tragic and the confused
By Melanie Little

FILM

Michel Gondry rocks the block
Merging music and pictures
By Jason Anderson

Heads will roll in Beowulf and Grendel
Director Sturla Gunnarsson sheds some light on the dark ages
By Roberta McDonald

Beowulf has met its match
Film adaptation of old poem gets an update
By Roberta McDonald

Film goes limp
The Libertine falls short
By Jason Lewis

Film portrays sex, lies and border patrol
By Shaun English

Documentary examines our global footprints
By Krista Goheen

VIDEO

The Girl in the Café
A new take on activist cinema
By Sean Marchetto

VIDEO VULTURE

Isn’t that special
The sixth (or seventh) greatest superhero team in the world
By John Tebbutt

JOYSTUCK

Like rats in a maze
You can’t get your reward unless you play the game
By Blaine Kyllo

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Advances in dating
Technological strategies are questinable
By Josey Vogels