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Arts and Culture pitches! (Sept 22)
Arts and Culture Pitches! 🥡
Take-out some pitches!
Hey everyone, Jin here!
Thank you to everyone who showed up to the pitch meeting today! Thank you everyone for being so flexible with the changing situation due to COVID-19!
For now, volunteers can't come to the office. However, we should be ready to welcome volunteers in the office again next week! Just be ready to show your vaccine record as well as continuing to sign in for COVID-19 measures.
After all that, here are your pitches for the week — with a hearty helping of leftovers!
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:
Review one of three National Film Board films on display at the Edmonton International Film Festival!The National Film Board is hosting three short films at the EIFF! This includes Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again, Into Light, and Affairs of the Art.
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again is a film about challenging sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act.
Into Light is a documentary that captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together.
Affairs of the Art is a hand-drawn animation with attitude, in an endearing romp through one family’s eccentric addictions
Let me know if you're interested in reviewing any of these three short films! *Correction from last time: preview screeners may be available, so let me know if you'd be interested in screening and interviewing someone!
Attend Speaking Truth
Speaking Truth is happening September 29 at 6 p.m. at Triffo Theatre. The event is a collaboration between MacEwan University, the U of A, and the First Peoples House. Tickets to the event are $20 each.
It's an evening of music and healing featuring Nataanii Means, Antoine Edwards Jr, Fawn Wood, Cree Confederation Drum Group and Niksa Napoleon.
Let me know if you'd be interested in attending or interviewing someone beforehand!
The festival is running Sept. 23 - 26. This festival is for clown and physical comedy for adults. Tickets are pay-what-you-can starting at $5.
There will be free panel discussions with Ken Hall from Netflix’s
Umbrella Academy
, Deanna Fleysher of
Butt Kapinski
fame, and more!
Let me know if you'd like to go to any of their events!
The mural is located at Revolution Square along Stony Plain Road. The mural is Pac Man-inspired mural and one of several other large scale murals that will be painted in the Jasper Place area.
We can try to get an interview with Vignettes YEG, or just go and review the area and take some photos!
Check out YEGPodfest!YEGPodfest is happening October 1 - 3! The festival is celebrating audio storytelling and podcasters. This year’s guests also include CBC Podcasts incendiary The Flamethrowers, plus talent from Cost of Living, Life Jolt, and CBC’s Edmonton’s The Loop.Interviews prior to the event are available!
Check out the Edmonton International Film Festival! The EIFF has over 50 films to watch virtually! There also many options to watch in-person, and films are showing from Oct 1 - 10.This is a great pitch to write on if you're already planning to check something out! (You will have to pay for tickets, but if there's a specific film you're wanting to see, I can see if they'll offer a preview screener for media)If you'd like, I could get in touch with directors/event organizers!