COVER STORY:

E(ddins) = M(usical) C(harisma)2
New ESO music director William Eddins aims to set off an explosion of excitement in Edmonton’s classical scene
By Prosper Prodaniuk

UP FRONT:

New Orleans in brief
The DEW Line
By EJ Cochrane

The Big Uneasy
Everyone looking lousy in wake of Katrina
By Craig Elliott

Orange is over
Rant Acid
By SEE Reader

IN PRINT:

Not an easy bird to capture
Reluctant author "double hooked" into cataloguing the life of CanLit queen Sheila Watson
By Allison Kydd

RESTAURANTS:

Capsule restaurant reviews
By SEE Staff

ON STAGE:

ABBA grabba
Mamma Mia super trouper says "take a chance on us"
By Eva Marie Clarke

Outrageous ticket competition continues
Curtain Raiser
By Eva Marie Clarke

ON SCREEN:

Olivier’s twist
French director’s addiction flic Clean is both messy and overly tidy
By Ian Drummond

Comes as he was
Van Sant’s Cobain-a-logue evokes confusion, tedium
By Ian Drummond

Take that, Jack Black
Fascination follows demanding head of kids’ rock school
By Scott Lingley

Cry for Argentina
Documentary catalogues government-sanctioned plunder
By Kevin Wilson

It’s a shame about Ray
Doomed Bradbury adaptation finally limps through time, into theatres
By Dave Alexander

You’re the director
Get your slice of pre-digital movie heaven: learn film for cheap
By Mari Sasano

Stick it to The Man
Don’t see this terrible movie
By Zoltan Varadi

Devil in the details
Exorcism lacks backstory to make heads spin
By Mike Hebert

Frank action
Transporter 2 blows up pretty good
By Lech Linkiel

Capsule Film Reviews
by SEE Contributors

FASHION:

Fashionistas unite!
Edmonton’s first Fashion Week finally gives the design community a platform to play on
By Juliann Wilding

Fashion Week Walk Thru
All the details to help you plan your fashionable week
By Juliann Wilding

MUSIC:

Danger, danger!
Electric Six’s Dick Valentine shows a flair for the silly and the surreal
By François Marchand

Bombs over Detroit
Call it what you will, it’s only rock ’n’ roll for Mick Collins and The Dirtbombs
By François Marchand

Nothing plain about Wayne
Grassroots folk fest lures small but dedicated following to the Badlands
By Tom Murray

Rhyme and treason
Buck 65 dispatches from the boho good life
By Christa O’Keefe

A senior moment
Vailhalen rules the school with the release of Pop Violence
By Christa O’Keefe

Margin Walker
Rock and Pop and...
By James Stewart

Deep Routes
Folk, Blues, World, etc
By Cam Hayden

Uneven flow
To kick out or simply toss out the ’Jam? That is the question
By Fish Griwkowsky

CD Reviews
By SEE contributors

AT THE BACK:

The funny bone
Jokes may get her guard down, boy chuckling spells danger
By Josey Vogels