Arts and Culture Pitches

Arts and Culture Pitches

October 15, 2019

What time is it? IT'S ARTS 'N CULTURE PITCHES TIME!

Hey everyone!

It's Ashlynn, the Arts and Culture Editor. Hope your thanksgiving was great ! As usual, we have our ongoing columns and some interview and review opportunities. And if you have a pitch of your own, send it my way at:  [email protected]Also, if I don't reply to your email in two days, please send it again, sometimes gmail is weird !  

And now, as always, the recurring columns (these are always open to anyone, just send me your idea for whichever column you want to write and I'll get back to you): 

  • Gateway to Gastronomy: Know any fun and easy to follow recipes? Pair up with a photo volunteer and share it on this recurring segment. 

  • Exploring Edmonton: Do you know any cool places around Edmonton that people should visit? Write about them in this new series!  

  • Lunch Break: An Arts & Culture series where we share fun recipes with humorous commentary. It's wholesome and lowkey, and personally, I love anything about food, so check it out and send an installment over if you feel so inclined!

  • Brew Crew/Vino Bitches: A fun, 150- to 350-word review of your favourite (or not-so-favourite) beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverage of choice.

  • Noodle Nation: Who loves noodles? You (might) love noodles. Write 450-500 words on your favourite noodle (ramen, pho, other long stringy flour-y food) haunts for this column.

  • Pot Thots: Write about your favourite strains, equipment, dispensaries, and more in our all-new column on the world of legal weed.

  • Eating Edmonton: Write about your favourite (or not-so-favourite) local haunts in this miscellaneous foodie column.

  • Lunch Break: Share your favourite student-friendly recipe with some down-to-earth commentary.

  • DatApp: Have an app that’s been a game- or life-changer? Wax eloquently about it (or a few of your favourites) in a short 150- to 350-word installment for this column.

  • Top 5: Top 5 study spots, places to cry in public, late-night post-exam diners...you name it, you can write a Top 5 on it! 50-200 words per Thing In The Top 5.

  • Diss Track: Are there 3-4 songs that grind your gears in the worst way possible? Diss the crap out of them in this column.

  • Emoji of the Week: This one’s self-explanatory. Trawl your recently used emojis and sing praise about it and why other people should worship it as The Best Emoji too.

  • Fashion Streeters: If you love walking up to people and asking them about their cool outfits, this one’s for you. Q & A format. Consider pairing up with a photo volunteer or taking your own pics!

  • Doin’ You: Everyone has something they do exceptionally well. Wanna teach others your wizardry? Walk us step-by-step through the process of a master for this column.

  • Playlists: Have killer musical taste? Share it on The Gateway with a curated playlist.

  • Retro on Retro: Is some classic piece of media on your mind? Reflect on it with the distance of time in this column. Discuss the qualities, staying power, and impact of your favourite old movie, video game, album, book, play, or whatever else!

  • Double Take: Love spitting fire-hot takes on pop culture? You and a friend (or foe) can team up to write opposing takes on some piece of art/entertainment/media.

  • Social Intercourse: A weekly round-up of cool, local cultural events compiled by Arts & Culture writers.

  • ...AND MORE! You can also pitch me your own column ideas if you want to write your own or if you've seen any awesome movies or performances/heard any music/read any books/played any games/eaten any food etc., let me know.

Pitches: 

Netflix Review: Unbelievable:  Unbelievable has received very good reviews so far, if you've seen it or are planning on seeing it, let me know! Just a warning: the show does feature sexual assault and graphic languageNetflix Review: Raising Dion: I've been hearing a lot of good things about this show, did you think it was good or is it actually bad? Write your thoughts down in a review! Top 5 Pizza Places in Edmonton: I thought this one would be a fun one, since it's midterm season and so many students are eating pizza. Top 5 Literary Characters: I thought this one would be a fun one too, you would just need to make it more specific (ie. Top 5 Worst Literary Characters or Top 5 Non-Binary Literary Characters, etc.). 

Interview Opportunites: 

These are all the music artists/bands we can set up interviews for, if you're interested in interviewing sometime this month, let me know! I'll give you more information when you email me!

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Big Wreck

/Warner Music Canada

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Bryce Vine

/Warner Bros Records

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Jason Mraz/

Atlantic Records

- Matt Mays/Sonic Records/ADA- Morgan Evans/Warner Music Nashville - Maurice West @ "Scream" Edmonton Expo Centre- Nikki's Wives/LootersShows: - A band called Dead Soft from Vancouver, BC, who are in Edmonton at the Sewing Machine Factory on October 18th in support of their new album, Big Blue, which is coming out on Arts & Crafts that day. Of you want to review the show, let me know and I'll get you tickets! -The Paper Kites is playing a show on October 19th at the Myer Horowitz Theatre.   

LitFest Alberta (October 17-27th) 

LitFest brings together some of the best-selling, award-winning and emerging authors of books, magazines and online content. It's a 11-day festival where there's an event each day. For each event, we can send one person! Let me know if you're interested. 

The Writer's Room 

I saw that nobody has written a review on the Writer's Room yet and it's so close to campus. If you've been there or are going there, let me know your thoughts! 

Halloween Themed Content 

It's Spooky Season, Y'all! So it'd be great if we had some Halloween themed content (maybe a Gateway to Gastronomy Halloween Treats or a horror film review, whatever floats your boat) or if you know any Halloweeny/Octobery events happening in the city, let ya girl know!