Schizophrenia care debated
By Amy Steele

Developer champions car sharing
After years of struggle, auto pooling starting to take off in Calgary
By Amy Steele

Women in Politics forum (among other stories)
By Amy Steele

VIEWPOINT

Living the good life, not a long life
Facing the prospect of engineered immortality
By David Bright

INTERNATIONAL

Frangleterre or Brance?
The greatest national merger that never was
By Gwynne Dyer

Jamaica more than a vacation getaway
By Henry Srebrnik

FOOD

The new hotness
Nando’s chicken has the spice to make it nice
By Lenore Hume

BOOKS

The Bard is back
University lectures make Shakespeare cool again
By Mark Hopkins

TELEVISION

Revolutionary TV?
Peer-to-Peer battles for future TV viewers
By Wes LaFortune

MUSIC

Matt Mays makes contact
Singer proves with latest release that he’s not your typical rock-bar star
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

Living in a virtual world
Book looks at the origins of the ‘animated’ band Gorillaz
By Sean Marchetto

These Proportions are Epic
Student singers, dancers, musicians and actors converge with the help of local songwriter Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
By Laura Glick

What’s Happening?
The University of Calgary presents its jaw-dropping New Music Festival
By George Fenwick

Calgary photographer raises funds
By Roberta McDonald

CD REVIEWS

The Shins’s latest will leave you wincing
CD Reviews:
The Shins’ Wincing the Night Away
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
The Berg Sans Nipple’s Along the Quai
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Shotgun & Jaybird’s Trying to Get Somewhere
reviewed by Jesse Locke
Nas’s Hip Hop is Dead
reviewed by Frank Litorco
We Are Scientists’ Live Session EP & Beirut’s Lon Gisland EP
both reviewed by Sean Marchetto

VISUAL ARTS

Visual haiku
Artist Ron Moppett working hard in his retirement
By Wes LaFortune

OPERA

The mysteries of the Arctic
John Estacio and John Murrell set to debut Frobisher
By Tim Christison

COVER STORY

This isn’t a tragedy
The December Man centres on the fallout of a Canadian massacre
By Jeff Kubik

THEATRE

Varied responses
PlayRites continues, 21 years later, to discover new and exciting theatrical works
By Jeff Kubik

Puppet resurrection
Old Trout and Theatre Junction reenact Famous Puppet Death Scenes
By Jeff Kubik

On the rocks
The Retreat From Moscow examines a dying marriage
By Jocelyn Grosse

Managing the boom
Ghost River looks at Calgary’s dark side
By Jeff Kubik

For the love of country
Lunchbox Theatre would like to share its Memories of Hank and Patsy with you
By Jeff Kubik

The end of the Rodeo
Last week hot in otherwise lukewarm festival
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

The man behind the monsters
Actor Doug Jones brings creatures to life in Pan’s Labyrinth
By Roberta McDonald

I’m your Venus, I’m your fire, your desire
Peter O’Toole plays a veteran actor smitten by the uncouth charms of a young woman
By Roberta McDonald

New and notable on DVD
Extras, Idiocracy and Snakes on a Plane
By Jason Lewis

Mr. Capra goes to town
Legendary director gets tribute in box set
By Jason Lewis

VIDEO VULTURE

What a world, what a world
From Frosty to Nazis – movie characters that melt
By John Tebbutt

JOYSTUCK
Battle of the NHL video games
By Blaine Kyllo

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Tool time
Handywomen find sexual empowerment in drilling and hammering
By Josey Vogels