Telus Idol video shows bad exec behaviour
By Jeremy Klaszus

Bow Riverkeeper calls for more water conservation
By Amy Steele

GLBT magazine in fight with Herald over magazine name (and other notes)
By FFWD Staff

LETTERS

Women’s movement story re-ignites feminist spark
By FFWD Reader

Ed McNally goes to bat for Big Rock Beers
By FFWD Reader

Actor and artist are rally homeless, meanie
By FFWD Reader

Actor and artist don’t deserve nasty attack
By FFWD Reader

Shakespeare In The Park reviews uncharitable
By FFWD Reader

The 411 on what’s wrong with your music column
By FFWD Reader

Muslim leaders are contradicting the facts
By FFWD Reader

WEB WATCH

Last chance for T-shirts
Rebel against the arrival of autumn
By Courtney Thompson

VIEWPOINT

New Governor General a perfect choice
Backlash against Michaelle Jean a thin veil for racism and sexism
By Adrienne Beattie

Well, what d’ya know?
There’s what we know, what we don’t know, and what matters
By David Bright

FOOD

Tips for bad tippers
Your fail-safe guide to lousy service
By Janet McMahen

BOOZE

It’s time to clear the air
Limericks Pub has been finding success with its non-smoking policy
By Brian Read

BOOKS

On the trial of an extraordinary life
Olga’s Story spans Russian and Chinese revolutions
By Bryn Evans

BOOKENDS

Authors get their own People’s Choice Awards
Stephen King and his bestselling pals finally have a shot at a literary prize
By Bryn Evans

MUSIC

Medical practice
Warning By Sea guitarist goes solo
By Kirsten Kosloski

A common thread
The musical quilt of Krista Hartman
By Mary-Lynn Wardle

Not your stereotypical MC
Kia Kadiri promises not to rap about stuff she doesn’t know about
By Shereen Tuomi

Surrounded by music
Mighty Popo has loved guitar all his life
By Shereen Tuomi

Playing by the book
The Most Serene Republic craft themselves an audacious, literate debut
By David Boyle

August looks adorable
Bands fight to keep things cute and fuzzy with Oops-A-Dazy
By Leslie Birdfly

More Sweet soul
Pretty Girls Make Graves dig in
By Jane McCullough

CD REVIEWS

Holopaw find charm in low self-esteem
CD Reviews:
Fruit Bats’s Spelled in Bones and Holopaw’s Quit +/or Flight
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Various Artists’ Beatles Regrooved
reviewd by The FFWD Editorial Team
Tim Williams’s Passed Through Here: Selected
reviewed by Mary-Lynn Wardle
The Arcade Fire’s EP
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Nickel Creek’s Why Should The Fire Die?
reviewed by Jeremy Klaszus
Gwar’s Life From Mt. Fuji
reviewed by Aubrey McInnis

BEST OF CALGARY 2005

Activist a champion of gay rights
Stephen Lock says the fight doesn’t end with same-sex marriage
By Ian Doig

Darr Maqbool is still cool
Calgary’s favourite weatherman takes everything — including job loss — in stride
By Roberta McDonald

The best and worst of our city council
By Erich Mende

Kudos for green buildings
By Micahel Ireton

Cursing the unpredicatable nature of city transit routes
By Jeremy Klaszus

Eleventh Avenue evolves from electric to eclectic
By Roberta McDonald

The Coup’s smoothie is the cream of the crop
By Janet McMahen

Lilac Fest’s Wildwood beer garden has top suds
By Don Tse

Overlooked sculpture a terrific piece of public art
By Wes Lafortune

The Can Ho is a great excuse to get the rock out of town
By Jason Lewis

Readers name the Best of Calgary 2005

VISUAL ARTS

Taking it off the streets
Graffiti, airbrush and tattoo art find a home
By Wes Lafortune

THEATRE

Let There be lighting
Brian Pincott illuminates performers while remaining in the shadows
By Jeff Kubik

Bat Boys’s classical collaborator
Brigit Knecht finds fulfillment between the theatre and the symphony
By Katharine Lepora

Telling the truth
Ghost River to stage autobiographical plays
By Jeff Kubik

FILM

Jim Jarmusch delivers a quirky winner
Bill Murray gives an astonishing performance in Broken Flowers
By Matthew Currie Holmes

Is The Great Raid all that it can be?
Things get red, white, black and blue in John Dahl’s wartime adventure
By Jason Armstrong

Rob Schneider is back
But what can you say about Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalo?
By Matthew Currie Holmes

Movies that are better than Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalow
By Matthew Currie Holmes

It’s not as bad as you think
Dukes of Hazzard is a General-Lee fun time
By Jane McCullough

This one’s for the bird-lovers
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is an articulate, unconventional love story
By Krista Goheen

Too frightened to breathe
Scary and gory, High Tension lives up to its name
By Jason Lewis

VIDEO VULTURE

Everybody’s Humpping around
La Venganza del Sexo — the finest Argentinian monster porn since 1966
by John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Let your love flow
Feng Shui for the boudoir
By Josey Vogels