Recycling blues
Depot closure may increase landfill volume
By Amy Steele

City whistleblowing made easy (among other stories)
By Amy Steele

VIEWPOINT

The cost of combating climate change
‘Perfect’ environmental cause hogs all the attention
By Jesse Keith

CITY

Saving the world with huge-ass puppets
Calgary’s Puppet Power Conference combines art with social change
By Adrian Morrow

It can be done
University of Calgary adopts greener, more efficient recycling regime
By Diane Klaver

A bachelor of arts degree but no job
By Carla Ciccone

INTERNATIONAL

The parliament of man
International bodies rarely act against the will of the powerful
By Gwynne Dyer

GOING GREEN

Eco-camping minimizes impact on nature
By Adrienne Beattie

FOOD

The passion of the paella
La Pachanga is mucho delicious
By Tara MacKinnon

BOOZE

Summer reading
Calgary’s pint-sized brewery brings classic ales to a discerning public
By Don Tse

OUT & ABOUT

Grizzlies on ATV’s are for circuses only
Study on bear birthing areas provides information on maintaining habitats
By Mark Sproxton

FESTIVAL

Just go nuts
The Trickster Project educates and entertains
By Andrea Campbell

From prisons to playgrounds
The Mayhem Poets add some adult flavour to the Children’s Festival
By Jocelyn Grosse

Summer activities for children
By Carla Ciccone

BOOKS

New and notable spring and summer books
Fiction, history, poetry and comics for the beach, backyard and beyond
By Bryn Evans

The Wayman invasion
Local author releases three new books
By Mark Hopkins

COVER

Dysfunctional reunion
Dinosaur Jr. jumps back into the freak scene
By Jesse Locke

MUSIC

Common person
Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker goes solo
By Michael White

Timing is everything
TV Heart Attack endured the ups and downs
By Jason Lewis

Flirting with songwriting
John Wort Hannam takes a novel approach when singing about love
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

James Muretich Memorial Scholarship
Criteria: scotch, passion and know your stuff – a tribute to a legendary man
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

CD REVIEWS

Oh that wacky Bjork, still as eccentric as ever
CD Reviews:
Bjork’s Volta
reviewed by Kallen Law
The Noisettes’ What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf
reviewed by Peter Hemminger
Boys Like Girls’ s/t
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Social Code’s s/t
reviewed by Shawn Hoult
Southern Culture on the Skids’ Countrypolitan Favorites
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Daggermouth’s Turf Wars
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Hey Ocean!’s Stop Looking Like Music
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Mad Caddies’ Keep it Going
reviewed by Keith Carman
The Cliks’ Snakehouse
reviewed by Nathan Atnikov
Ebb’s Loona
reviewed by Red Eye
Mathew Herbert’s Score
reviewed by Red Eye

VISUAL ARTS

Strange creatures
Curtis Cutshaw’s subtle, energetic works
By Scott Rogers

Oblong the oddball
The illustrator on his wacky, cult creations
By Hugh Graham

THEATRE

I shot that woman down
Love and murder hurts and emancipates in Urban Curvz’s Thy Neighbour’s Wife
By James Dangerous

DANCE

The downlow on the MoMo
This group will have you Dancing in Tongues
By Andrea Campbell

Push and pull
Experience mad Magnetic Consequences with Decidedly Jazz Dancework’s funky new show
By Jocelyn Grosse

FILM

The new face of queer Calgarians
Film festival strives to ensure that gay culture is not assimilated
By Jane McCullough

The must-sees and best bets at Fairy Tales
Critics run down their favourite flicks at this year’s film festival
By Elizabeth Chorney-Booth, Shawn Hoult, Jason Armstrong & Shereen Samuels

Best served cold
The Page Turner is an understated thriller
By Jason Anderson

Slightly out of tune
The Page Turner is stylish and beautiful but lacks resonance
By Roberta McDonald

Ogre and out
No more layers left in this lacklustre fairytale
By Andrew Aitkenhead

VIDEO VULTURE

If I may make a few recommendations
The deeply bizarre world of IMDb suggested viewing
By John Tebbutt

Welcome to Mashed-to-Pieces Theatre
New and notable horror DVD releases for demented gorehounds
By Bryn Evans

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Herpes, the love bug
What you don’t know about herpes may hurt you
By Josey Vogels