Housing a human right, says coalition
By Amy Steele

City cyclists see concession
Bike paths to help relieve traffic congestion and increase efficiency
By Steve Magusiak

Arts groups scramble for space amidst boom among other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Historical buildings create quality of life
By FFWD Reader

Defending Israel against one-sided journalism
By FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

A tale of two struggles
Starting wars is easy – finishing them is another matter
By David Bright

WATCH DAWG

Corporate Calgary’s war on panhandlers
Downtown Association uses spin and propaganda against the poor
By Jeremy Klaszus

INTERNATIONAL

Seeking invulnerability
Israeli policy mirrors American pre-cold war stance
By Gwynne Dyer

Tropical heat wave
Fiji remains mired in long-running ehtnic hostility
By Henry Srebrnik

FOOD

Choose your own dining adventure
Market-style restaurant Cravings a more upscale food court concept
By Lenore Hume

OUT & ABOUT

City turning cyclists’ wishes to pavement
Commuter survey shows improved conditions increase participation
By Mark Sproxton

BOOKS

Speaking out – on murder
Author looks at the life and death of Fairview doctor Doug Snider
By Marketa Stastna

This one’s gone Animal Crackers!
Michael Boyce’s Monkey an action-filled novel of beast-versus-beast
reviewed by Lori Willocks

Allow me to introduce myself
The slam poet team announced, Fringe and CAMPER
by Bryn Evans

MUSIC

Another stakeout
Calgary’s Fake Cops deliver an arresting sophomore album
By Jason Lewis

That’s how we roll
Slurpee Cup ball hockey tournament will quench your thirst for sport
By Shawn Hoult

Keeping it vulgar
Stink Mitt are the queens of skankdom
By Christine Leonard

CD REVIEWS

Blood Meridian will please folkies and hipsters
CD Reviews:
Blood Meridian’s Kick Up the Dust
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’s Don’t You Fake It
reviewed by Laura Glick
Pharrell’s In My Mind
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Tony Touch/Various’s Mic Destruction
reviewed by Jordan Lane
Jurassic 5’s Feedback
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Memphis’s A Little Place in the Wilderness
reviewed by David Boyle
Tha Dogg Pound’s Cali Iz Active
reviewed by Keith Carman
DJ Krush’s Stepping Stones: The Self-Remixed Best
reviewed by Colin Smith
Rise Against’s The Sufferer and the Witness
reviewed by Christine Leonard
Zero 7’s The Garden
reviewed by Sean Marchetto

BEST OF CALGARY

Falling on good times
Fast Forward writers tackle the city’s boom-time good, bad and odd
By Adele Brunnhofer, Jeremy Klaszus, Kirsten Kosloski, Wes LaFortune, Jason Lewis, Steve Magusiak, Roberta McDonald & Amy Steele

The results
By FFWD Readers

VISUAL ARTS

The Horrors of WAR
Quab exhibition confronts the realities of armed conflict
By Hugh Graham

Beauty of the bronze
Ancient Asian artifacts make their way to The Nickle
By Wes LaFortune

Science fiction and reality collide in Lylian Klimek’s New Green
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

The Fringe fun continues
Jesus, card games and a film festival – Fringe previews, part two
By Barbara Balfour, Tim Christison, Evan Kayne, Jeff Kubik, Melanie Little, Pearl Meyer & Adrian Morrow

Storytelling through swordfights
Betty-nominated fight director Laryssa Yanchak on brawls and old pirates
By Adrian Morrow

Why quit your day job?
Community theatre gets a pat on the back with the CAT Awards
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Amy Sedaris makes a funny face
Cult TV show Strangers with Candy finally comes to the big screen
By Jason Anderson

Silly satire that aims and misses
For fans of the television show… others need not apply
By Matthew Currie Holmes

Putting the function back in dysfunctional
Little Miss Sunshine directors tackle the dreaded family road trip
By Jason Anderson

All in the family
Little Miss Sunshine takes comic dysfunction on a road trip
By Jason Lewis

Jon Joffe pays his dues
Local filmmaker’s future looks bright with a dark new film
By Wes LaFortune

Prairie Tales 8
By Carla Ciccone

Grease, green and graffiti
Local film industry gets back to business
By Jane McCullough

Bon Cop Bad Cop gets lost in translation
Canada’s first bilingual feature film has a lot to live up to
By Lisa Wilton

Pulling nothing out of his hat
The Illusionist’s Edward Norton turns out to be a big con
By Alan Cho

Steppin’ Up is hard to do
Wrong-side-of-the-tracks dance drama is shockingly predictable
By Jane McCullough

Comedy gets stamp of approval
Tale of the creation of a fake school gets credits for providing some real laughs
By Andrew Aitkenhead

VIDEO VULTURE

It wasn’t a Roc: it was a Roc Lobster!
Golden classic swordplay melodrama is easy to swallow
By John Tebbutt

VIDEO

An unconscionable act
L’Enfant is about good people doing bad things
By Jason Anderson

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Heavy petting
Animal-loving Zoophiles put the dog in doggy style
By Josey Vogels