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Spooky Pitches Round Three!

Spooktober is well underway, and with it comes a plethora of new Arts & Culture opportunities!. 😎EurydiceA production of Eurydice is going up in the Bleviss Laboratory Theatre in the Fine Arts Building this weekend from October 19th to 21st at 7:30 p.m. every night as well as a 2:00 p.m. matinee on the 21st. Being an MFA Directing project, the show is free to attend! Write a review and/or interview members of the cast or creative team!Die-Nasty!Die-Nasty!, Edmonton's famous live improvised soap opera, is opening its 2018/19 season on Monday, October 22nd at 7:30 p.m. at the Varscona Theatre. The series runs in weekly installments every Monday night until May 27th. This year's scenario is "the great battle of the land of Pretenderos," with four houses (Park, Calgarian, Minster, and Strathconia) duking it out in a ~game of thrones.~ Write a review or interview these improv impresarios on their inventive work!The Comedy CompanyNeil Grahn's The Comedy Company, a world premiere from Shadow Theatre, is running from October 24th to November 11th at 7:30 p.m. nightly with 2:00 p.m. matinees in the Varscona Theatre. The play adapts the real-life story of some members of Princess Patricia's Light Infantry Division Company, who were asked by their commander to put together a comedy/musical revue to entertain the troops during Word War I. You know the drill: write a review or interview the artists!Edmonton organist to receive honorary degreeJeremy Spurgeon, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra's principal organist and a beloved local musician and music educator, will receive an honorary degree from the University of Alberta on November 21st. Interview Mr. Spurgeon to discuss his career and role in Edmonton's music culture. He's a delightful guy, so this would surely to be a fruitful conversation.Repeat: Governor General's Literary Awards finalists announced...time for a roundtable?This is a repeat from last week. I'm still looking for a few more panelists for this roundtable...The finalists for the Governor General's Literary Awards were recently announced. The GGs are a group of annual awards in Canadian literature funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and sponsored by the Governor General. They're basically the Pulitzer Prizes of Canada. I think it could be fun to set up a panel to share takes on the finalists, the nature, history, and adjudication of the awards, and our hopes and predictions as to who will win. Think election dissection, but for Canadian books. If this interests you, let me know and I'll get to work setting this up. Yay for books!As always, if none of these pitches take your fancy, be sure to hit me up with your own story ideas! You can reach me at [email protected].