Toronto

Comic books come of age

By Scott Dagostino

Arts

Jimmyjane’s Form 6: smoother than your left hand

By Xtra West Staff

Arts

Outsider’s Expressway

Poet Sina Queyras takes alienation on the road

By Alice Lawlor

Literature

The Lonely Planet guide

By Scott Dagostino

Arts

TAINTED LOVE: Jonathan Hobin photographs the darker side of childhood

Hobin’s first Ottawa date will give you ‘goose’ bumps

By Jessica Ruano

Arts

A hot list of banned books

Free-speech advocates pick fave censored books

By Gordon Bowness

Arts

Theatre: Tom Stoppard’s Travesties

Erudite vaudevillian camp?

By Alice Lawlor

Arts

Movie: The Shadows

Worth a look for fans of queer psychological thrillers

By Rob Salerno

Arts

Engaging the elusive other at the NAC

Walls Krum-ble in French theatre

By Stephen Slessor

Power

Looking back on issue #1 of Capital Xtra

As Capital Xtra celebrates its 200th issue, we look back on how it all began

By Dale Smith

Power

ARCHIVES: Sep 24, 1993: Blazing a new trail

The evolution of Ottawa’s pink press

By Brandon Matheson

Arts

Edmund White, the double life of a rebel

Author chats about his life and work

By Xtra.ca

Culture

Vancouver’s Next Gay Top Model 2009 – Round 2 review

By Sean Horlor

Vancouver

Who should vote for Gordzilla?

This May will you vote for or against Point Grey’s fire-breathing dinosaur?

By Karen X Tulchinsky

Arts

Pick of the week: Mehmet Murat Somer’s The Prophet Murders

By Brent Josef Grubisic

Arts

Book review: Lisa Foad’s The Night Is a Mouth

A bewitching debut

By Jessica Taylor

Culture

Doggie auditions for Wizard of Oz

And your little dog too

By Krishna Rau

Arts

Toto Too commissions its first new play

Gay troupe is in search of the perfect man

By Jessica Ruano