Death toll mounts in Darfur
Activists demand more action from Canada on bloody African conflict
By Amy Steele

Transparency and Accountability Act causing funding delays for Alberta magazine publishers
By Adrienne Beattie

New GLBY group forms (and other news briefs)
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Reducing poverty in the south means taking less
By FFWD Reader

How many more farm workers must die?
By FFWD Reader

Stand by freedom of speech and expression
By FFWD Reader

Arts groups managing just fine, thanks
By FFWD Reader

VIEWPOINT

Unfortunately, death is not the end
Why remembering the dead has become such a complicated affair
By David Bright

CITY

RIP Rock Central
Communal talent incubator demolished
By Chris Vail

Council clashes over secondary suites
One way to increase affordable housing in hot market, say several alderman
By Amy Steele

Food Not Bombs targeted
Non-profit group faces neo-Nazi intimidation
By Roberta McDonald

INTERNATIONAL

The Iranian "crisis"
Nuclear scare lacks credibility as U.S. calls for end to uranium enrichment
By Gwynne Dyer

Gaza health crisis grows acute
By Tamara Goertz

FOOD

Buon appetito!
Delicious family-run Italian restaurant Antolini’s migrates west
By Lenore Hume

BOOKS

Africa will change you
The failure of the West and hope for the future invigorate Blue Clay People
By Natalie St-Denis

Concrete poetics
Derek Beaulieu’s fractual economies resonates
By James Dangerous

TELEVISION

The beauty of Ugly Betty
A fashion-based comedy series tops part tow of our fall TV preview
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

A rock ‘n’ roll sideshow
Th’ Legendary Shak*Shakers entice with a spine-chilling live show
By Keith Carman

These Hands have The Golden Touch
Saskatoon songrwiter Michael Hanson has every reason to be bright-eyed
By Adele Brunnhofer

The ballad of Blood Meridian
Matt Camirand admits that sooner or later, everybody plays folk music
By Jason Lewis

A fantasy just beginning
Owen Pallett’s incredible orchestral imagination starts to take hold
By Mark Hamilton

Have tequila, will travel
DJ Danny Howells brings his futuristic sex vibe to the dance floor
By Matthew Belleghem

Radio ga-ga
Four new radio stations to hit Calgary airwaves, but does it mean more variety?
By Nathan Atnikov

CD REVIEWS

The story of Yo La Tengo is long and sweet
CD Reviews:
Yo La Tengo’s I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
reviewed by Joanne Huffa
The Rapture’s Pieces of The People We Love
reviewed by Jesse Locke
The Triffid’s Born Sandy Devotional
reviewed by Timothy Heck
Angela Desveaux’s Wandering Eyes
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Ocote Soul Sounds and Adreian Quesada’s el Nino Y El Sol
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Spencer Dickinson’s The Man Who Lives For Love
reviewed by Jason Lewis
John Lithgow’s The Sunny Side of the Street
reviewed by Christine Leonard

STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE

The accommodation situation
Educational facilities helping students find housing in tight rental market
By Adrienne Beattie

On campus child care
Post-secondary students with children ask "who cares?"
By Christine Leonard

Help! Where to turn in times of crisis
By Adrienne Beattie

VISUAL ARTS

Torturing your dolls
Diana Thorneycroft puts Canadiana through the ringer
By Wes Lafortune

Takao Tanabe’s Light, Sky and Land
By FFWD Staff

COVER STORY

The bad boy of puppetry
Puppeteer Ronnie Burkett returns with 10 Days on Earth
By Jeff Kubik

THEATRE

Larger Than Life
OYR digs deep into the history of Anthony Curtola in Down With Up With People
By Jocelyn Grosse

Who’s your narrator?
Lunchbox Theatre’s new play looks at those voices in your head
By Pearl Meyer

A simple story of a boy and his fish
Allan Boss revises his touching play Swimming With Goldfish
By Shereen Samuels

Bringing the musical to the masses
Urinetown sends up classical musicals with biting humour
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Capturing the moment of creation
Filmmaker Pablo Aravena documents the modern graffiti movement
By Roberta McDonald

Best of the fest
The 2006 Calgary International Film Festival launches new season
By Kirsten Kosloski

Manhattan Short Film Festival and other thing cinematic in the city
By Jane McCullough

The Rock and a hard place
Feel-good sports movie is touching and spirited
By Carla Ciccone

Don’t trust him
Bland romantic comedy spirals into banality
By Roberta McDonald

Cow dung and spin doctors
Bullshit gets the stink on modified food
By Roberta McDonald

Muai Thai porn
The Protector is martial arts mayhem
By Jason Lewis

VIDEO VULTURE

Elimination Match: Robot Rumble
Sparks will fly and ‘bots will die in ultimate battle royale
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Family affairs
Incest causes psycho-sexual problems
By Josey Vogels