Wildlife
Where Oh Where Are Those Artists?
Last week’s arts-funding rally was rife with hippies, and the wcmas are coming soon...
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Fish Griwkowsky
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News
Battle For The Centre Of The West
Laurie Hawn unseated Anne McLellan in the last election, but can he stave off his new challengers in
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Angela Brunschot
Of Polls, Puffin Poop, and Political Reporting
When it comes to election spin, it’s not what makes the news that matters, but what doesn’t
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Angela Brunschot
“Letting The Other Political Types Take Over”
The greens got into the leaders’ debate, but the party is still working on practical politics
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Jessica Earle
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Comment
Letters
Ford comments out of line
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See Contributors
Lots Of Talk, Not A Lot Of Decisions
The annual Alberta Liberal convention revealed a party still reluctant to act boldly
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Dave Cournoyer
Rewind: Election
Our comment on this weeks news
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See Staff
Where’s The Emotion, The Issue, The Leader?
Even after watching the leaders’ debate, I can’t work up much excitement over the federal election
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Maurice Tougas
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City Life
These Are The Voices Of The Future
And most of all, they want someone with a vision. And honesty. And A little Arts Funding.
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Andrew Paul
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Food & Drink
But How Can You Improve On Sandwiches?
Colonel Mustard’s new dinner menu departs from the sliced-bread fare that made them famous by Scott Lingley Thanksgiving, Democracy Style Election week and Thanksgiving go hand in hand, and each party has their best wines for voting night by Melissa Priestley |
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Music Preview
Hot Tickets - Iron & Wine, Comeback Kid and Ill Bill
This week's must-see shows by See Staff Marked Freedom Notorious partier and force of nature Carolyn Mark plans to take over the world, one drink at a time by Kathleen Bell Quitting The Day Job, And Other Music Dreams If Harper’s arts cuts were in place, The Acorn’s Glory Hope Mountain album might not have existed by Fawnda Mithrush War Torn Man Kills Mockingbird The hushed volume of Rodney DeCroo’s new CD isn’t the sound of shyness; it’s the sound of grief by Valerie Siebert What Election? Gypsies Don’t Vote The brain behind Gogol Bordello talks gypsy politics, moustaches, and emulating Charlie Chaplin by Fawnda Mithrush |
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Music Review
Seen It Live
Great gigs you missed last week |
Screen Feature
The Campaign At The Cineplex
Prepare for Oct. 14 by watching the six best movies ever made about the election process by Paul Matwychuk |
Screen Review
Disposable Wipers
Windshield wipers! Pro-tracted lawsuits! greg kinnear! flash of genius is as dull as it sounds by Michael Hingston She Loved Wigs, She Loved Whigs Keira Knightley also displays fondness for hats, gowns, and cute guys in breeches in The Duchess by Paul Matwychuk Skateboarders, Breakdancers, Artists? The docs beautiful losers and planet b-boy expand the definition of what it means to make art by Ramin Ostad The Unbearable Whiteness Of Seeing Everything turns milk-coloured for the residents of an unnamed city in Blindness by Michael Hingston Where Are The Good Guys? No one in the terrorist thriller Body of Lies is innocent — not even Leonardo DiCaprio by Kathleen Bell |
DVD Dictator |
Arts News |
Theatre Preview
Pants-Off Dance-Off
choreographer Daniel LéVeillé says the nudity in la pudeur des icebergs is poetic, not prurient by Kathleen Bell |
My Messy Bedroom
Darling, I Cooked You Some Balls
Cookbook author ljubomir erovic says everybody should have more testes in their diet by Josey Vogels |
Books
Stomping Out The Grapes
Obscene in the Extreme explains how Steinbeck’s masterpiece was almost banned in the U.S. by Chris Bruce |
First Person
“I’m Just Looking For Someone To Buy Me A Beer, Eh”
On our city’s public transportation, the entertainment is free by Mick Sleeper |
CD Reviews |
My Town
And On The 1,200th Day, There Was An Election
The environment’s a mess, the economy is crashing, and no one has a platform I want to vote for by Scott Lingley |
Music Column
Danger On The Greyhound
Bus-lover Rae Spoon dishes about self-booking tours and riding the greyhound post-TB breakouts by Ann Vriend It’s Alright Ma, I’m Only Streaming The long-lost Bob Dylan documentary eat the document is now viewable on YouTube by G.H. Lewmer |
Screen Column
Beyond The Blurbs • Alternative Critics Have Their Say
This week: Russell Crowe is the heart of Body of Lies by See Staff Why I’m Giving My PVR A Rest Teleprompter is going on temporary hiatus — not for retooling, but for recuperating by Nicola Simpson Khullar |
Arts Column
The See Election Year Bestiary
In Mandy Espezel’s eyes, the federal party leaders belong in a zoo, not the House of Commons by Mandy Espezel |