Arts and Culture Pitches

Arts and Culture Pitches

February 04, 2020

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

Hey Everyone!

It's Ashlynn, the Arts and Culture Editor! Hope you all are still staying warm! 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.

Chinook Series (February 6-16)

The Chinook Series is an 11-day arts festival, in which contemporary performances, workshops, and salons are held. The Chinook Series aims to foster an inclusive and accessible community of artists and audiences. The festival features events sponsored by Black Arts Matter, WWPT’s Canoe Theatre Festival, Azimuth’s Expanse Festival, Fringe Theatre, and Sound Off: A Deaf Theatre Festival.

There's a couple of different shows that you can review, such as Pawâkan Macbeth, which is an Indigenous retelling of Macbeth, and Deaf Cabaret, and much more! You can check them out on their

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If you're interested in any of these events, email me and you can get free tickets!

The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Catalyst Theatre is hosting a new and exciting musical. The Invisible is about seven exceptional female operatives in 1940s that are sent on their most dangerous mission yet. The show is inspired by the stories of real-life female Special Operation Executives (SOE) in World War Two.

The show runs from February 4th to 23rd. This show sounds really good, and a review would be great and fun thing to do! Hit me up if you want free passes!

Davido on Feb 28

Davido

will be playing in

Edmonton

on

February 28

at

Union Hall

as part of his extensive North American tour. David Adedeji Adeleke, who is better known as Davido, is an American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.

You can interview Davido or you could cover the show on the February 28 — if you're interested, message me ASAP!

Valentine's Day

Since Valentine's Day is this month, some Valentine or Galentine themed stuff would be interesting. You can do a Gateway to Gastronomy of Valentine's Day or a Top 5 Valentine's Movies, etc.

Black History Month

Since February is black history month, I thought a Top 5 Books to Read by Black Authors or Top 5 Films by Black Directors, anything of that sort would be interesting.