COVER:

White poppy
The symbol you are not allowed to wear
By Angela Brunschot

NEWS:

Rewind
The Week in Review
By SEE Staff

The Weekly Vote
We sat though city council so you don’t have to
By Angela Brunschot

UP FRONT:

Psychic readings
And you are...?
By Jessica McGovern

LETTERS:

We get letters
Letters
By SEE Readers

OPINION:

Land of the rising libido
See the sexual future today
By Fish Griwkowsky

A Hard Rain
Rant Acid
By Pissed Off

ON STAGE:

Toronto lowlife
Frank Zotter takes audiences on a dazzling, poetic tour of the gutter in Stuck
By Michael McNichol

Can’t... breathe...
Two underachievers and a stroke victim gasp for air in disappointing Choke
By Michael McNichol

Theatre Questionnaire!
Death refuses to take a holiday edition
By Paul Matwychuk

Pushing up crazies
Madness (and crossdressing) reign supreme in What the Butler Saw
By Renato Pagnani

IN PRINT:

Dirty young man
Christian McPherson’s hard-luck stories mark a writer to watch
By Naomi Lewis

FOOD & DRINK:

Better than McLentils
But Kabuli Grill needs to supersize its pow factor
By Scott Lingley

ON SCREEN:

The mannequin I love
Lars and the Real Girl artfully redeems tasteless premise
by Paul Matwychuk

Subterranean lovesick blues
Parking-garage thriller P2 reminds us why nerds aren’t to be trusted
By Matthew Halliday

Buried, with children
Farce dresses in black in less-than-lively Death at a Funeral
By Zoltan Varadi

Unoriginal gangsta
Would-be smack epic American Gangster is like Scarface... only drained of energy
By Zoltan Varadi

Bonnie & Clyde & Jean-Luc
Dated but dazzling Pierrot le Fou finds Godard in rare form
By Tom Murray

Secondhand Lions
Despite expensive starpower, Lions for Lambs is an on-the-cheap message movie
By Paul Matwychuk

A paucity of Imagination
Amateurish execution makes immigration drama even drabber than it means to be
By Jessica McGovern

TELEPROMPTER
More shows about buildings and food
The writers’ strike has put me back in touch with HGTV and The Food Network
By Nicola Simpson Khullar

Beyond the Blurbs
This week: Lars and the Real Girl: "awww" or "yuck"?
By Paul Matwychuk

DVD Dictator
These are the discs you must buy this Tuesday
By Paul Matwychuk

MUSIC:

Home is where the dirt is
Pride Tiger is proud of their rain-soaked roots
By Zoltan Varadi

Grading the Wu-Tang
From Ghostface to ODB, we rank the Clan’s solo careers
By Renato Pagnani

Get down, Moses
Winnipeg funktronic outfit have a "Rockit" in their pocket
By Zoltan Varadi

Life in the Balance
When it comes to presiding over the dancefloor, Lee Burridge is a remorseless Tyrant
By Yuri Wuensch

Bryce Bryce baby
Former hobbit Bryce Kulak returns to his roots as a cabaret crooner
By Amanda Ash

EYE ON MUSIC
Sweet-smelling gangster
Jay-Z follows up gritty CD with... uh... new perfume line?
By Zoltan Varadi

Hot tix
By Zoltan Varadi

CD REVIEWS:
CUFF THE DUKE Sidelines of the City
THE PUPPINI SISTERS The Rise & Fall of Ruby Woo
LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION Galaxy of the Lost (EP)
RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS Follow the Lights (EP)
by SEE Staff

AT THE BACK:

MY MESSY BEDROOM
House of jealous lovers
Don’t allow that green-eyed monster to make you see red
By Josey Vogels