City arts groups starved for cash
Calgary Arts Development Authority pushes for increased funding
By Amy Steele

Water worries: scarcity causes criticism
By Amy Steele

Environmental groups desperate for more cash among other stories
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Close your stupid, stinky tobacco holes
By FFWD Reader

Open your eyes to environmental travesty
By FFWD Reader

FASHION

Unsent love letters
Or, how Project Runway made me fashionably housebound
By Mark Hamilton

Philanthropic fashionistas wear their hearts on their sleeves – once The Gap restocks its (RED) T-shirts
By Skye Perry

BOOKS

On being Governor General
Adrienne Clarkson looks back on her career in TV and government
By Bryn Evans

Poets, thrillers and prizes
Angie Abdou’s bitter love stories and readings galore
by Mark Hopkins

MUSIC

Make it, don’t break it, baby
Pretty Girls Make Graves embark on a New Romance with musical exploration
By Christine Leonard

Not going home
The Elected successfully turn any old hotel room into a recording studio
By Jason Lewis

Canada’s favourite pop-rockers make history
Sloan still has plenty of tricks up their sleeves
By Aubrey McInnis

One thing leads to another
The Cape May follow Glass Mountain Roads all the way to Europe
By Jason Lewis

Genghis blues
Tuvan throat-singers Huun-Huur Tu conjure sounds of the steppes with good vibrations
By Christine Leonard

Beyond driven
Pantera’s Vinnie Paul attempts to move on
By Bryn Evans

Loss of Karma
Local venue’s last month
By Mary-Lynne Wardle

Noisemakers and heartbreakers
Hardcore heroes Hatebreed make no bones about what they do best
By Keith Carman

Creative cruise control
Gomez shows fans just how they operate
By Andrew Cowie

CD REVIEWS

Napalm Death are the grindcore grandpas
CD Reviews:
Napalm Death’s Smear Campaign
reviewed by Keith Carman
The Album Leaf’s Into the Blue Again
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Ghost is Dancing’s s/t
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
John Mayer’s Continuum
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Bob Egans’ The Glorious Decline
reviewed by Sean Marchetto
Squarepusher’s Hello Everything
reviewed by Sean Marchetto

VISUAL ARTS

Death and destruction
Ancient Peru Unearthed displays the glittery treasures of a lost civilization
By Wes LaFortune

Subtle gestures
Converse transforms movement into communication
By Jennifer McVeigh

THEATRE

The worst singer in the world
Theatre Calgary pays homage to singer Florence Foster Jenkins in Glorious!
By Jeff Kubik

A shot in the arm
Sage’s Trainspotting is dark and visceral
By Jeff Kubik

DANCE

Dance monsters
Montreal Danse brings its FURIES to The Banff Centre
By Lachlan MacKintosh

Alberta Ballet turns 40 with grace and spirit
Ruby Nights sees the debut of the brilliant Carmina Burana and other classic works
By Natalie St-Denis

Liquid Dance
FLUID showcases local and national dance artists
By Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

Not another teen movie
Marie Antoinette full of quaint surprises
By Geoff Morrison

Hail to The Queen
Helen Mirren hits her mark
By Shaun English

Flicka has an unbridled spirit
Coming-of-age story good for the whole family
By Carla Ciccone

VIDEO VULTURE

Turkish delight
Unique double feature includes robots, vikings and (of course) mollusks
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Getting’ your wig on
The Playboy Advisor’s greatest hits
By Josey Vogels