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The pitches you've been waiting for!

Hello Arts friends! Mary here. Thanks to everyone who came to yesterday's meeting. If you couldn't make it, no worries! We actually didn't get to pitches yesterday, since Tom was giving an awesome workshop on Writing for an Audience. If you weren't at the workshop and you want some writing tips, keep an eye out for the recording. Read on for this week's pitches, and don't hesitate to let us know if you have your own ideas!No announcements, so let's jump into the recurring columns:

• The Hobby Hole: Tell us about any unique hobbies you have or give a fresh take on an old favourite. It could be a passion project or an activity you do when you want to lay back, unplug your brain, and watch the hours fly by.

• Paddling up the Livestream: Wax lyrical about your favourite livestreams, put us onto some hidden-away gems, or give your hot-takes on livestream culture!

• The First Time: Try something totally new and write about your experience. It could be a cuisine you’ve heard great things about, an unfamiliar type of music, or an activity you've never tried before. Tell us about it all from the POV of a complete novice.

• Dream Team: Write about your ultimate dream collab! It might be a Stephen King children’s books series or a Billie Eilish x Tyler, the Creator supergroup. Tell us what makes your dream team such a gamechanger.

• Off-Campus Gems: Tell us about a local gem in and around the University area. It could be a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, your favourite bar, or even your go-to convenience store. Celebrate all things U of A and Old Strathcona!

• Gateway to Gastronomy: Know any fun and easy to follow recipes? Share it in 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, so check it out and send an installment over!

• Brew Crew/Vino Bitches: A fun, short review of your favourite (or not-so-favourite) beers, wines, or other alcoholic beverages of choice.

• Noodle Nation: Who loves noodles? You (might) love noodles! Write a column on your favourite noodles or noodle haunts.

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

• Eating Edmonton: Write about your favourite (or not-so-favourite) local haunts in this miscellaneous foodie column. A great way to spotlight local restaurants in a time when they really need it!

• DatApp: Have an app that’s been a gamechanger? Wax eloquently about it (or a few of your favourites) in this column.

• Top 5: Top 5 streaming shows, places to cry in public, work-from-home tips...you name it, you can write a Top 5 on it!

• 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.

• 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.

• ...AND MORE! I'm always open to any pitches you might have for me!

Bachelor of Design student creates artwork for Equity, Diversity and InclusionJorden Edmondstone is a U of A design student whose artwork was recently selected to represent the Faculty of Arts’ EDI initiatives online. Edmondstone’s work is meant to “communicate key pillars of the Arts community, including diversity in gender identity, race, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.” If you're interested in interviewing Edmondstone about the process and inspiration behind his piece, let us know! You can check out the Faculty of Arts press release here. 

Hunter the Shiba Inu creates abstract paintings that have sold internationally, including in Sweden, Denmark, and parts of Asia.This adorable doggo started painting in 2017. Let us know if you're interested in talking to Hunter's owner, Denise Lo, to hear about the painting process and how successful its been!

CBC Gem has a collection of short and long films highlighting Black voices.

Haus

is a 2018 Canadian short film about Makai, a boy who finds refuge in his city’s Kiki Ballroom scene. The Kiki scene emerged in 1920s underground ballroom culture in New York as a safe place for LGBTQ+ youth of colour. Let us know if you’re interested in reviewing the film or interviewing director Joseph Amenta. Feel free to check out the whole

collection

and let us know if something else catches your eye!

Are you bursting with opinions on the #FreeBritney movement? Or maybe you haven't followed it much, but you're dying to learn? Look no further than

Framing Britney Spears

, the recent New York Times documentary revealing the pop star's battle to regain legal agency over her life. This

gives some background on the situation, and you can check out the documentary's trailer

. This is a great opportunity for a film review, so let us know if you'd like to take the story and get access to the documentary.