City asks outreach van to move
Service for street kids relocated in bid to clean up Beltline park
by Amy Steele

Province enters troubled waters
Groups warn that industrial use of precious resource must be limited
by Steve Magusiak

Pumphouse Theatre eyes million-dollar expansion among other stories
by Amy Steele

LETTERS

Mini-golf course fails to live up to expectations
By Dave Patman

VIEWPOINT

The amnesia record
Media’s Kyoto coverage forgets environment
By Steven Snell

CITY

Downtown crackdown draws fire
Critics say increased enforcement will move the problem, not solve it
by Steve Magusiak

City can’t meet affordable housing goal
by Steve Magusiak

FOOD

Canadian cuisine gets a standing ovation
Tasty and hip, Velvet enjoys the saucy new starring role at The Grand
By Danyael Halprin

LIFESTYLE

Bell-bottoms not needed
Mecha Studios’ experimental art commune a unique lifestyle with many advantages
By Tia Halliday

BOOKS

Family drama, boxing andd a Story House
Timothy Taylor uses the invisible nature of architecture in new novel
by Adrian Morrow

Empires in action
Cataloguing America’s imperialist mistakes
reviewed by Sean Marchetto

Video games and history
Thien’s debut and how to make sex boring
by Bryn Evans

COVER STORY

Rebirth, renew and pay the rent
The three Rs to running a jazz festival – C-Jazz saves the show
By Kenna Burima

JAZZ FEST

Gone fishing
Sharon Jones likes to tell a whopper of a tale
by Alan Cho

Searching for the truth
Musician and actor Jim Byrnes talks about his gospel roots
By Dennis Slater

Expect more than the ordinary
Jazz pianist Kenny Werner delves into the philosophy of being an artist
By Dennis Slater

A community getting stronger
Manic Thematic discuss how our city is becoming a hotbed for jazz
By Shereen Tuomi

MUSIC

Pride Tiger burning bright
Vancouver boogie rockers show off their stripes with some dual-guitar headbanging
By Jesse Locke

Tune in, turn on and drop out
Tokyo Police Club leaves higher learning behind for rock ‘n’ roll success
By Derek McEwen

Barking like a man and laughing like a god
Buck 65 takes his back beats and charming personality on the road
By Roberta McDonald

CD REVIEWS

Future not so bright
CD Reviews:
The Futureheads’ News And Tributes
reviewed by Jesse Locke
Matmos’s The Rose has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Cancer Bats’ Birthing the Giant
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
The Bellrays’ Have a Little Faith
reviewed by Jane McCullough
Glenn Kotche’s Mobile
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Final Fantasy’s He Poos Clouds
reviewed by Adele Brunnhofer

VISUAL ARTS

Absurdist humour creates a flood of ideas
FLOW’s mix of installation and film art explore the nature of identity
By Wes LaFortune

Erotically charged
Pride & Tribulations a focus on gay sexuality
By Hugh Graham

THEATRE

Corporate male maniacs
Never Swim Alone a dark, comedic satire
by Jeff Kubik

Redemption songs
The Alan Parkinson’s Project risky but too heavy-handed
By Jeff Kubik

Nexsters skewer pop culture and religion
Re:Generation an honest, bizarre cross between agitprop and vaudeville
By Melanie Little

DANCE

The healing nature of dance
Rulan Tangen’s new work, Tree of Life, explores universal ecological metaphors
By Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

Joel Jackson turns the camera on Vailhalen
Director is the only local entry to be showcased at indie video festival
By Steve Magusiak

Al Gore shares An Inconvenient Truth
Prime Minister Stephen Harper should definitely watch this movie
By Roberta McDonald

All About Darfur
Film a cutting look into life in the Sudan
By Steve Magusiak

Freedom, Canadian style
By Roberta McDonald

Start those engines
Pixar remains theh Cadillac of animation
By Andrew Aitkenhead

VIDEO VULTURE

Show a little backbone
Not your average ghost story
By John Tebbutt

VIDEO

Boys of Baraka is an incredible experiment
By Shereen Tuomi

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Making it better?
Feminist Porn Awards generate debate
By Josey Vogels