Private partnerships could cost more
Critics charge government needs to go back to school
By Adrian Morrow

Small-town growing pains
Canmore’s boom means wildlife habitat destruction and an exodus of long-time residents
By Adrian Morrow

Radioactive fallout
Environmentalists oppose government plan to bury waste underground
By Amy Steele

EUB spies on landowners (and other news notes)
By Amy Steele

CITY

Human flesh a solution to energy crisis
An eyewitness account of The Yes Men hoax on Calgary oilmen
By Tadzio Richards

VIEWPOINT

We’re comin’ up
Calgary may not be one of the world’s great cities, but it’s getting better
by Jesse Keith

Oh ye of little faith
Big Valley Creation Science Museum asks visitors to question their beliefs
By Grant Otsuki

INTERNATIONAL

The Islamic Republic of Gaza
By Gwynne Dyer

FOOD

Simply the best
Salad roll on over to Bagolac Saigon
By Tara MacKinnon

GOING GREEN

Can power consumption be green?
There are no easy means to remedy Alberta’s bloated energy appetite
By Adrienne Beattie

BOOKENDS

Wordy mayhem
Teen angst poetry and the history of sewage
By Mark Hopkins

FESTIVAL

Live from Calgary, it’s Fred Armisen
Horn-rimmed comedian and SNL player is an unsung pop culture hero
By Alan Cho

Home is where the stage is
Jane Vain overcomes nerves and takes over the world
By Kenna Burima

Cause-and-effect
Dan Bejar is way too hard on himself
By Peter Hemminger

Living The Dream
Mates of State make beautiful music together
By Jason Lewis

Sonic shape-shifters
The Walkmen combat boredom by changing up their sound
By Peter Hemminger

Robots and the French: a winning combo
Daft Punk presents a sci-fi pop dystopia in their new film Elecrroma
By Charles Gunn

MUSIC

What’s the worst that could happen?
By learning How to Lose Everything, Hot Little Rocket finally get what they want
By Jason Lewis

Still bulletproof?
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra comes clean
By Shereen Samuels

It’s a big world in a small town
The globetrotting Polyjesters bring the exotic back to Alberta
By Kenna Burima

Where there’s a Wil
New big label and new big sound, still the same old Wil
By MD Stewart

CD REVIEWS

Eat Me Drink Me? I’ll take a pass, Marilyn
CD Reviews:
Marilyn Manson’s Eat Me Drink Me
reviewed by Keith Carman
James Blood Ulmer’s Bad Blood In The City: The Piety Street Sessions
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Bad Brains’s Build A Nation
reviewed by Bob Keelaghan
Dan Deacon’s Spiderman of the Rings
reviewed by Jesse Locke
Boris with Michio Kurihara’s Rainbow
reviewed by Bob Keelaghan
Ken Andrews’s Secrets of the Lost Satellite
reviewed by Kyle Francis

VISUAL ARTS

Controlled chaos
Elizabeth Barnes combines rich colour and medical science in Chroma
By Janelle Dubeau

Join in the Chorus
TrepanierBaer features Biennale artists
By Jessica McCarrel

THEATRE

We’re on fire
Review roundup of this year’s Ignite! Festival
By Kyle Francis and Jeff Kubik

FILM

The Aura a tad too abtuse
By Adrian Morrow

La joie de vivre
La Vie en Rose looks at life of French singer
By Andrea Campbell

Sweet dreams
In 1408, you can check out but never leave
By Nathan Atnikov

The herald of Galactus cries a little inside
Fantastic Four sequel fails to do the awesome Silver Surfer justice
By Alan Cho

Touchy subject
A Mighty Heart succeeds in depiction of journalist’s kidnapping
By Nathan Atnikov

Soccer flick lacks kick
Inspired by true events, Gracie follows a female athlete in a man’s world
By Danielle Suchet

VIDEO VULTURE

Bikini Battle
Beating up the bad guys while dressed in very, very little
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Hot reads
Steamy summer selections
By Josey Vogels