System failing disabled Albertans
Calgary woman fighting for change
By Amy Steele

Calgary looks to U.S. cities to end homelessness
By Amy Steele

War of woods
Kananaskis residents protest area logging
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Resident company members canned (among other stories)
By Amy Steele

LETTERS

Performer makes nude theatre purge pledge
By Denise Clarke

VIEWPOINT

Strange brew
Ethanol policy may damage agriculture and limit renwable energy options
By David P. Williams

Tech murders hit home
By Gwendolyn Blue

GOING GREEN

Talking trash
Cell phone companies encouraging e-waste
By Adrienne Beattie

FOOD

Service with a smile
Surya is a taste of curry heaven
By Tara MacKinnon

COVER

Bringing high-tech home
Calgary’s Voodoo Computers goes big, stays put
By Blaine Kyllo

BOOKS

Reeling in the years
Sci-fi hero Robert J. Sawyer’s Rollback finds taint in fountain of youth
By Hugh Graham

Chronicle of a global crisis
Journalist Stephanie Nolen explores personal AIDS stories in new book, 28
By Melanie Little

The Incredible Hulk! Star Wars! Firefly!
See Lou Ferrigno, Darth Maul and more at this year’s Calgary Comic Expo
By Mark Hopkins

MUSIC

The blazing hot sound of cool
Grab a surf board and ride The Raveonettes’s melodic wave of distortion
By Aubrey McInnis

Cowpuncher has friends in low places
Embracing all of Cowtown’s quirks helped shape local band’s sound
By Kenna Burima

Beautiful dreamers
An Indelible collection to turn you on
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Matt Masters hosts an Old Time Music Matinee
By Kenna Burima

A defining cultural event
The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra deals with the tragedy of 9/11 through music
By George Fenwick

Taking her fairy tales on the road
Melissa McClelland leaves her songs in your hands
By Nathan Atnikov

CD REVIEWS

Is it too soon for a Rheostatics tribute album?
CD Reviews:
Various Artists’ The Secret Sessions: Rheostatics Tribute
reviewed by Jennifer Abel
Dntel’s Dumb Luck
reviewed by Derek McEwen
Bjork’s Earth Intruders
reviewed by Charles Gunn
The Fucking Champs’ The Fucking Champs VI
reviewed by Bob Keelaghan
Lanu’s This is My Home
reviewed by Red Eye
Los Straitjackets’ Rock en Espanol
reviewed by Jason Lewis
The Feeling’s Twelve Stops and Home
reviewed by David Boyle
David Vandervelde’s The Moonstation House Band
reviewed by Jane McCullough

VISUAL ARTS

Across the medium universe
AGC’s Pink is risky, thought-provoking, sensuous and stimulating
By Scott Rogers

Ohmygod
TRUCK show explores rituals and trappings of rock music
By Nicole Burisch

THEATRE

All in a day’s work for two deathticians
Unnerving, coincidental personal tragedies inspire Death: A Comedy
By Jeff Kubik

Junkyard sisters
U of C alumni reunite in Trout Stanley
By Jeff Kubik

Do the silent dance
Theatre Calgary’s wordless The Overcoat a lavish work displaying the beauty of dance
By Jeff Kubik

Potent satire that pulls the punches
Sitting on Paradise a savvy departure from usual anti-materialism stance
By Jeff Kubik

Regarding Henry
Shakespeare’s epic, Rose and a Fairy tale
By Jeff Kubik

DANCE

Raw, poetic impulses
W+ M Physical Theatre finds that Life is Good
By Andrea Campbell

FILM

Don’t make light of air
Air Guitar Nation director dares you not to take her film seriously
By Nathan Atnikov

Airing out our differences
Air Guitar Nation shows the commonality of our need to rock out
By Nathan Atnikov

Fracture has a few too many cracks
Thriller barely goes beyond its shiny surface
By Shaun English

VIDEO VULTURE

Backstroke of the West
Revenge of the Sith dialogue lost in translation
By John Tebbutt

The best film you never saw last year
DVD is the perfect excuse to renew your vows with The Groomsmen
By Jason Lewis

JOYSTUCK

Best video games of 2006
By Blaine Kyllo

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Nature-friendly sex
In bed or in the woods, be environmentally sensitive when you get it on
By Josey Vogels