WordPress as a full website

WordPress is so pretty! I decided I have to try it out. I am definitely intending on using it for my blog on my website, but having seen this article http://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/ over at bbPress I’m wondering how much of my whole website I can run with WordPress.

Is it feasible/sensible to try to use it for static content pages or shared blogs/latest news sections/calendars? And if this is all possible, does anyone know any plugins that would be particularly helpful to me?

Ta.
Robin.