Losing the space race
Artists, arts organizations face growing affordability crisis
By Amy Steele

C-Jazz boost will draw bigger, better acts among other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Messy Bedroom immoral, Godless, goes too far
By FFWD Reader

Book and reviewer insensitive to Hindus
By FFWD Reader

Arts writer lacks mechanical aptitude
By FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Racing against Ralph’s record
Acquiescent premiership candidates claim bold, new post-Klein vision
By Gillian Steward

Imagine Calgary with more love and hugs
By Wes LaFortune

CITY

A jungle out there
Laws fail to help prostitutes exit the street
By Amy Steele

INTERNATIONAL

The new Middle East
Israel and the Arab world arrive at historic crossroads
By Gwynne Dyer

SCIENCE MATTERS

Canadian mining industry must clean up its act
By David Suzuki

FOOD

Home, home on the range
Meat lovers will love the finger-lickin’, yummy-yum Open Range
By Tara MacKinnon

SPORTS

Skate or die!
Get stoked for the totally radical, awesome skateboarding extravaganza Slam City Jam
By Dean Seguin

BOOKS

Conformity or consumption
Theory of the Loser Class witty, contradictory
reviewed by Sean Marchetto

A lousy Hollywood movie
The Futurist fails to engage
reviewed by Lachlan MacKintosh

Majestic beauty
Brush & Pen is a beautiful portrait of Waterton park
reviewed by Wes LaFortune

It’s a reading party!
Filling Station gets ready for Blow-Out
by Bryn Evans

FESTIVAL

Heed the thunder… of enlightenment
The Chariot Festival retrurns with another hearty Hare Krishna!
By Dipti Chakravorty

Mozart takes to the mountains
By Tim Christison

COVER STORY

Drawing inspiration
Chad VanGaalen admits to being a musical late-bloomer
By Aubrey McInnis

MUSIC

Selling out or positive Spin?
Silversun Pickups is an unassuming hype band
By Jason Lewis

Quixotic heroes of hip hop
Blackalicious an enduring and positive force in the urban music soundscape
By Bryn Evans

Frighteningly useful
From sober to schism – there are over 10,000 ways to appreciate Tool
By Christine Leonard

CD REVIEWS

Dance-rock merchants Supersystem will slay you
CD Reviews:
Supersystem’s A Million Microphones
reviewed by Jordan Lane
Lambchop’s Damaged
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
G. Love’s Lemonade
reviewed by Brandon Tenold
The Pink Spiders’ Teenage Graffiti
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Johnny Cash’s American V: A Hundred Highways
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Alexisonfire’s Crisis
reviewed by Laura Glick
Against Me!’s Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live in London!!!
reviewed by Laura Glick
The Early November’s The Mother, The Mechanic and the Path
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
The Mountain Goats’ Get Lonely
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Nomeansno’s All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
The Mag Seven’s The Future is Ours, If You Can Count
reviewed by Carla Ciccone
Richard Dorfmeister vs. Madrid de Los’s Grand Slam
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
White Whale’s WWI
reviewed by Mark Hamilton

VISUAL ARTS

It’s a studio and RV in one
Truck’s CAMPER project spreads the word… with sexy, homemade patches
By Wes LaFortune

Huge city grant hopes to bring art to kids
The Creative Kids Museum merges puppets, music, sculpture and science
By Tim Christison

Better bring the credit card
The famed Loch Gallery arrives in Calgary
By Hugh Graham

THEATRE

The good, the bad and the Fringe
Despite a few stumbles, the Fringe was a great, wild success
By Tim Christison, Evan Kayne, Melanie Little & Adrian Morrow

Viva Bubonic Tourist!
It’s goodbye and goodnight to Calgary’s sexiest company of artists
By Jocelyn Grosse

What a difference a year makes
Calgary’s revived Fringe and Edmonton’s 25th anniversary
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Get plugged in
Filmmaker uncovers Who Killed the Electric Car?
By Jason Anderson

Last gasp for no gas
Engaging documentary airms to find out Who Killed the Electric Car?
By Steve Magusiak

Disney film goes long
Invincible pulls all the right punches
By Shaun English

Snakes alive!
Snakes on a Plane sssssucks – just how we wanted it
By Jason Armstrong

An appetizing kids classic
Beloved children’s book How to Eat Fried Worms comes to life on the big screen
By Carla Ciccone

VIDEO VULTURE

Don’t get carried away
Polite monsters and portable women
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Naked Josey
Columnist turns ‘extreme naturist’ for a day
By Josey Vogels