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Arts and Culture pitches! (May 26 2021)
Arts and Culture Pitches! 🤩
We've got a pitch for you!
Hey everybody, i
Jin and I are looking to start pitch meetings again next week! Stay tuned for an email from us that will contain more information and the meeting link!
We've got a ton of great pitches this week that are listed down below! If one catches your eye, just reply to this email and let us know which one you're interested in. Jin and I can't wait to read your work!
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! We are always open to any pitches you might have for us!
Pitches for the Week:
In the wise words of Twitter, "you know it's not summer in Edmonton until the Free Palestine donk hits the streets." Conduct a Q&A with the owner of this art piece, and get to know more about him and the inspiration behind his viral vehicle!
Titled Dreams and Fantasies for Clarinet and Piano, this virtual stream held by the Faculty of Arts will consist of pieces for clarinet and piano from all over, all tied together by a theme of mysticism and dreams. This event is coming up quickly, so let us know ASAP if you would like to tune in and cover it!
U of A poet wins a major book award for her novel Fi Athar Enayat al-Zayyat (In the Footsteps of Enayat al-Zattat)! Interview U of A poet Iman Mersal, who won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for her non-fiction novel recounting the life of a gifted but unknown young author.
Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Paula Cole released a new album titled
American
Quilt
! Do a review on it! Is it better or worse than her album
Harbinger
?
Interview printmaker behind the upcoming Breakdown, MIstake, Discontinuity art exhibit!Conduct an interview with Xi Jin, the artist behind the exhibit “Breakdown, Mistake, Discontinuity [ - a reset of how language represents]” going up soon!
Curbside Concerts comes to Edmonton! Curbside Concerts Canada, a Calgary-based female, and Indigenous-owned live music delivery company which has now expanded to Edmonton! Interview one of the co-founders on how they pull off curbside concerts, and about their recent expansion to the area!