june / july 2007
issue 12
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Thur, July 12, 7pm, Breast Cancer Benefit Show @
Broken City

Sat, July 14, 9pm-2am, Fred Everything @ Blush 3
year anniversary party
@ Cherry (house)

July 17-21, 8pm, Pussy Sushi @ MOTEL (theatre)

Wed, July 18, 5:30pm, Movies 4 Choice; films for
youth on healthy sexuality
@ Castell (films)

July 19-23, Thought Express Festival @ various

July 20-22, South Country Fair @ Fort MacLeod

July 26-29, Calgary Folk Music Festival
NEWS and OTHER INTERESTING THINGS

July 9
Why so few protests against a hated invasion? (le monde)

The end of British literature's tradition of politically engaged
writers (znet)

When building green ain't so green (znet)

Why do Quebecers love comedy so much? (cbc)

Monbiot: Everywhere they go, the Olympics are used to evict
and displace (znet)

Nairobi hosts first women's AIDS conference (cbc)

Just one cigarette can lead to addiction: study (cbc)

Canada day: Partying through the hard times in three small
towns (cbc)

Assimilation is a double edged sword for immigrants
(alternet)

Homelessness 'chronic' in Canada (cbc)

Humans have spread globally and evolved locally (ny times)

New pollutants overtaking 'dirty dozen' in north (cbc)

Deficit in books, films, mags, jumped in 06: StatsCan (canoe)

The elephants of missile defense (znet)

June 19
Google pushes 100 mpg car (cnn)

Portrait of Baghdad's green zone takes UK non-fiction prize
(cbc)

Saving the endangered caribou (cbc)

13 great moments in the co-option of hip hop (av club)

The seamy side of donated clothing (cbc.ca)

Fisk: Welcome to Palestine (independent)

June 17
Dominant media taboos: Why I skip to sports (znet)

Kodak's new sensor may eliminate flash (yahoo)

June 14
Urban community planned for UofC's west campus (cbc.ca)

Canada aims to speed up aboriginal land claims (cbc.ca)

10 wonderfully wierd moments from Fantastic Four comics
(onion av club)

US signals permanent stay in Iraq (cs monitor)

Coke faces new charges in India (znet)

June 4
Canada can be leader in climate change battle: Harper
(cbc.ca)

Calgary man breaks 24 hr pedal boat record, sets sights on
Atlantic (canada.com)

Ice show: Northern artists play with tradition (cbc.ca)

Anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan gives up protest (cnn.com)

The complexity behind point and shoot digital cameras
(cbc.ca)

Holding the bully's coat - Canada and the U.S. empire
(zmag.org)

Weight training reverses aging damage in muscles (cbc.ca)

Scott Ritter interview (antiwar.com)
POETRY

Never Start with Hesitation
by Jennifer Roberts (Calgary)


Where have the Birds Gone?
by Gary Pierluigi


Miner's Quest (To Don Petersen)
by Gary Beck


Poetry on Video
May Flywheel: FIVE Calgary
Poetry Groups!
Plus an interview with Mark Hopkins
FEATURED

Essay / Poem
A Myriad of Mystery Still.
Mexico. Monterrey.
by Danielle Arsenault (Calgary)
Concrete Poetry
Hobo High Wire
Images and poems by
Joe Balaz
ARTICLES

Event Recap
Coachella 2007: Music over
Laundry
by Jeff Cruz (Calgary)










Event Recap
An Evening with Stephen Lewis
by Karina Ramdath (Calgary)


Book Review
Lara Tupper's, A Thousand
and One Nights
by Anne Cammon
FICTION

Fiction Contest 2008 Now
Open!
Deadline to enter: January 31, 2008


2007 Second Place Story
Sitting on Saguaro
by Philip Rivard (Calgary)

2007 Third Place Story
Suicide King
by Felicia Pacentrilli (Calgary)
THE DJ DOES NOT TAKE REQUESTS

manawanui (big heart)
Intelligent dance music (IDM) by
Cory Zaradur (Calgary)
COMIC

Eleventh is pleased to
welcome
Dean
Hetherington
(Calgary)
as a regular comic artist!
Click to see the full comic.
VISUAL ART

The images of Stephanie Hoogveld
(Calgary).  
Click to see more.
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