Red Mile crackdown generates debate
Some businesses and fans say police have gone overboard on 17th
By Amy Steele

Youth worker says mandatory drug treatment misguided
by Amy Steele

ATA says proposed bill would have a negative impact on gay students
among other stories
by Amy Steele

LETTERS

Red Mile should get same treatment as Folk Fest and Calgary Stampede
by Cassandra Christie

VIEWPOINT

We’re not so anti-American after all
Canadian and U.S. citizens alike disagree with Bush’s foreign policy
by Steven Snell

WATCH DAWG

Gwyn Morgan is hardly a champion of ethics
Former EnCana CEO not the right person to bring integrity to government
by Jeremy Klaszus

CITY

Safety issue off the rails
City unprepared for derailment of trains carrying dangerous goods
by Wes LaFortune

FOOD

Basic training for culinary newbies
Julie Van Rosendaal helps those about to leave the next boil an egg
by Jane McCullough

BOOZE

Goblin grog
Belgian gnomes don’t waste water – they make magical fairy beer instead
by Mike Tessier

COVER

Reflecting on a life well lived
David Suzuki on 70 years of TV, family and the environment
by Bryn Evans

BOOKS

Studying a community and its differences
Chris Ewart’s debut novel grounded in our shifting, alternate realities
by Derek Beaulieu

Lovers in a dangerous time
Debut novel draws its inspiration from the outrage and horror of Iraq invasion
reviewed by Martin Morrow

Literate smut continues to… titillate?
Susie Bright edits another Best of American Erotica collection
by Bryn Evans

COMEDY

Channel your inner ChuckleMonkey
The rundown on the premier performers at this year’s FunnyFest
by Stephen W. Smith

OUT & ABOUT

CFL needs to abandon Ontario to find fans
Move means Stamps have one less weak link to annihilate this season
by Mark Sproxton

FESTIVAL

The Banff Centre announces summer arts lineup
by Wes LaFortune

MUSIC

An antic disposition
Frog Eyes keep it together in the torrent with a psych-rock one-two punch
by Jesse Locke

Live Spin: Sunset Rubdown
Sunset Rubdown’s Shut Up I Am Dreaming
reviewed by Jesse Locke

House of flying drumsticks
Destiny Calling answers Calgary’s need for a righteous classic metal act
by Christine Leonard

Finding a home in Nashville
Kieran Kane talks about his latest musical incarnation
by Mary-Lynn Wardle

Honour thy Loved Ones
Philadelphia pop-punk trio uses personal tragedy to fuel their mighty fire
by Laura Glick

Say what you need to say
Finding Virtue in rhyming about high school
by Jason Lewis

Epic and Nomad create urban prairie sound
by Simon Trafford

Content with being an original
Jay Burns and The Council know no limits and continue to push themselves
by Dennis Slater

CD REVIEWS

Jane Birkin speaks the truth with Fictions
CD Reviews:
Various Artists’ Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited and Jane Birkin’s Fictions
both reviewed by Timothy Heck
Lacuna Coil’s Karma Code
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
The Alarm’s Under Attack
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Editors’ The Back Room
reviewed by Jane McCullough
Jose Gonzalez’s Veneer
reviewed by David Boyle
The Game’s G.A.M.E.
reviewed by Red Eye
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris’s All the Roadrunning
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Brandtston’s Hello, Control
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Kill Cheerleader’s All Hail
reviewed by Keith Carman
Animal Liberation Orchestra’s Fly Between Falls
reviewed by Sean Marchetoo

VISUAL ARTS

Oblongs and Wunderkabinetts
Spring art fever takes hold with photography, cartoons and poetry
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

A rapturous musical of Biblical proportions
Eat the fruit, take the ride – Eve takes a trip back to the garden of Eden
by Pearl Meyer

Vincent van Gogh before he trimmed the ear
Nicholas Wright’s Vincent in Brixton imagines the famed artist’s lost year
by Jeff Kubik

The little theatre company that could
Rosebud Theatre attracts everyone from oil workers to old people
by Susan Mate

Archeologists can’t escape the sandbox
Ghost River’s Dig buries its audience with metaphors and a lack of faith
by Melanie Little

FILM

Going back in time
Julia Kwan revisits growing up in the ‘70s in her film Eve and the Fire Horse
by Jason Anderson

Choosing the right deity
Eve and the Fire Horse explores one girl’s quest to find religion
by Jason Anderson

English comedy Kinky Boots has some balls
by Shaun English

The Promise is no match for predestined disappointment
by Gordon Yerkovich

VIDEO VULTURE

Not your typical Canadian cop (I hope)
Stuart Whitman plays a douche-bag detective in bizarre thriller
By John Tebbutt

VIDEO

New and notable releases on DVD
by Jason Lewis

JOYSTUCK

Life with Xbox 360 ain’t so bad
by Blaine Kyllo

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Role reversal
Playing games, vagina smoking and hirsutism
By Josey Vogels