Green houses
Echo Haven is the most ambitious eco-housing project Calgary has ever seen
By Amy Steele

EnCana exposed
Damning evidence of environmental damage
By Amy Steele

VIEWPOINT

The Empires strike back
Imperialism makes an alarming return
By David Bright

CITY

Trans-fat purged from grocer’s shelves
Local business becomes first to act on ‘critical health issue’
By Adrienne Beattie

FOOD

Historical treat
Kicking it brunch style at the elegant Isabella’s
By Lenore Hume

BOOKS

A modern nightmare
Author Barbara Gowdy enters the mind of a child abductor in Helpless
By Bryn Evans

Make money out of thin air!
John Demartini might let you in on The Secret
By Mark Hopkins

COMEDY

Provincial potties put under the microscope
Talented comic aims for fame with Sleepless in Goma
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Life after the British Invasion
Colin Blunstone reflects on the past and newfound interest in The Zombies
By Lisa Wilton

DJ who lives up to his name
King Britt defines sexy
By Alan Cho

Stars still shining brightly for The Lotus Galaxy
Brit-poppers reunite after decade-long hiatus
By Aubrey McInnis

Broken City kicks out the Jazz Jam
Venue celebrates its second anniversary of popular afternoon performance series
By Roberta McDonald

Vanity and insanity
All the local music scene that’s fit to print
By Alvy Singer

CD REVIEWS

The Arcade Fire light it up with Neon Bible
CD Reviews:
The Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Gruff Rhys’s Candylion
reviewed by Peter Hemminger
Rafter’s Music for Total Chickens
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
The Holmes Brothers’ State of Grace
reviewed by Bruce Pollock
Lisa Gerrard’s The Best of Lisa Gerrard
reviewed by Danielle Suchet
The Frames’ TheCost
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Aerogramme’s My Hear Has a Wish That You Would Not Go
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Ono’s Yes, I’m a Witch
reviewed by Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

ACTIVISTS GUIDE

Everyday activism
A local-to-global how-to for concerned Calgarians
By FFWD writers

Movies that truly matter
Programmer Ady Eyck brings little-known documentaries to the masses
By Krista Goheen

Activist movie marathon
By Adrienne Beattie

Activist listings

VISUAL ARTS

Those who don’t learn from the past…
EastEnd a photographic look into Calgary’s ‘march towards progress’
By Wes LaFortune

THEATRE

A dystopian comedy of totalitarian horrors
Calgary gets more of Martin McDonagh’s dark humour in The Pillowman
By Jeff Kubik

Not your father’s Chekhov
The Bear is a hilarious comedy of manners
By Jeff Kubik

This clown ain’t for the kiddies
Judith Mendelsohn, Job’s plight, Bloody Sunday and The Three Musketeers!
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

These walls are paper thin
The Lives of Others uncovers a dark moment in recent history
By Jason Anderson

Life under a zealous microscope
The Lives of Others is a thrilling and sombre look at Stasi influence
By Roberta McDonald

A shrine to violence
300 is full of beautiful and brutal imagery
by Alan Cho

Breaking tradition
Anthony Minghella’s latest proves to be a lovely surprise
By Jason Lewis

An astrological killer
Zodiac is good, but tries to do too much
By Jesse Locke

In and out like a lion
March is set to be a fierce month for local film
By Jane McCullough

Movies that Matter mini-festival
By Jane McCullough

VIDEO VULTURE

The numerous disadvantages of being dead
Several more reason it sucks being a zombie in the modern world
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

K-Y for the mind
Booze a questionable sexual lubricant
By Josey Vogels