Feature Movie

Screen Review

Children Of Paradise?

Actually, the characters in The Edge of Heaven don’t see much happiness

Music Column

Star-Spangled Blair

The Scene lost one of its favourite practical jokers last week, and fish remembers some of the times


News

"Citizens Want A Diverse Economy" Small, local businesses in Fort McMurray struggle to find space
Fort McMurray In Five Days SEE's notebook of random sights and sounds from the streets of the bustling northern boomtown
Mammon, Monks, And Meditation Lama Damcho Rinpoche teaches Edmontonians his version of the Golden Rule
So long, Northern Lights Virginia Medleylane stuck with fort McMurray through the bust, but now she’s on the way out
Working Boys And Their Expensive Toys The young workers in Alberta’s boomtown make big money fast — and they spend it just as quickly

Comment

Rewind: Porn, Abortion, and China Our comment on this week's news
Thinking People Actually Chose Me Former MLA Maurice Tougas doesn’t miss the legislature, even if he does miss the pay

City Life

My Look: Jeremy D. Taitlinger Lawyer
The Long Road Home Now at summer’s end, The Last Road Trip Ever winds through the American heartland

15 Minutes

Jackie Stewart Fortune Teller

Food & Drink

Drinking Games: Post-Sec Edition
A few more ideas to keep your study buddies on their toes at the back-to-class beer gardens
Puttanesca Or Pizza: Who Can Decide?
At Il Forno, I was torn between crispy pizza and the pasta made famous by the whores of Napoli

Music Feature

Making A Realistic Living
The city streets started out as kids with big dreams; now they’re old hands on the indie-rock scene
Oi, Brother! Why Art Though Such A Jerk?
In honour of the brothers Gallagher, SEE looks at musical sibs, from Hanson to Jackson

Music Preview

CD Reviews
Glen Campbell, Madvillain, Los Updates and Alice Cooper
DJ Deployed
The mash-up man tells tales of entertaining troops, playing weddings, and dodging dangerous marines
TSE And Symphony
The ESO debuts the work of composers each year at Symphony Under the Sky, now it’s Roydon Tse's turn

Screen Feature

DVD Dictator
The movies you must buy this Tuesday

Screen Review

Asleep At The Wheel
Death Race begs the question: how can watching cars go this fast be so incredibly boring?
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Irena?
The mysterious heroine of The Unknown Woman is a study in kaleidoscopic contrasts
I’ve Seen Faris And I’ve Seen Rainn
The House Bunny and The Rocker both fall well short of their starmaking potential
The Teary-Eyed Terrorist
Don Cheadle can’t stop misting up as a Muslim bombmaker with a conscience in Traitor

Arts News

Arts News
Notable happenings from the theatre to the gallery

My Messy Bedroom

There’s No Shame In Seeking Therapy
A few sessions can often cure small sexual problems that might otherwise lead to divorce

Books

In Excelsis Ditko
Strange and Stranger shines a light on Steve Ditko, the comics world’s prickliest genius

First Person

The Unexpected Roommate
My first day back in Edmonton reminded me Ii'd left my tropical paradise far behind

Music Column

Hot Tickets: Lagwagon, The Real McKenzies and The Johnsons
This week's must see shows
SEEN It Live: Labatt Blues Festival and Darrek Anderson & The Guaranteed
Great gigs you missed last week
The Invention Of The Air Guitar
The straight dope from Cheech and Chong’s favourite songwriter on their smoke-laden recording days

Screen Column

Beyond the Blurbs
This week: Traitor tries to turn the war on terror into a popcorn thriller
Look Out, YouTubers: It’s Real!
With the 2008 Democratic convention taking place, it’s a good time to revisit Medium Cool

Arts Column

Eliminating Fat Cells
SEE’s resident visual critic weighs in on Koodo’s omnipresent aerobics-themed cellphone ads
What’s So Bad About A Sales Plateau?
It’s crazy to expect the Fringe to sell more tickets, and other lessons from the Big Kahuna

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