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

View this email in your browser

NEWS  | OPINION | ARTS & CULTURE |  FEATURES  |  MULTIMEDIA

I T ' S R E A D I N G W E E K ! ! !

But it's still work season at The Gateway, and you're still gettin' your pitch fix this week! So: Have some pitches via your weekly post-meeting arts and culture email. (ICYMI: Arts & Culture meetings are Tuesdays in SUB 3-04 at 3:00 PM.)Also, here's your weekly reminder to pitch me any ideas you have! I'd love to hear them. Especially for the following columns:

• 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.

• 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 to 500 words on your favourite noodle (ramen, pho, other long stringy flour-y food) haunts for this column.

• 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.

• 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.

• ...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/heard any music/read any books/played any games/eaten any food etc., let me know.

Lemme know at [email protected] if these pique your interest.

And read on for this week's 很好 pitches.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

We have a

board game night 

in

The Gateway office (SUB 3-04)

on

Friday, November 24 @ 5:00 PM! 

Bring $5 if you'd like to have pizza, bring your friends, and bring your

BOARD GAME GAME

(not a typo). We can duel it out playing King of Tokyo and/or Cards Against Humanity.

Also, if you've

written five articles for us since September 1, 2017

, email [email protected] with links to your articles to get your

GSJS membership/discount card!

Vote in our AGM + get delicious discounts.

Event: Hexagon Board Game Cafe Relaunch this Friday!

Who doesn't love board games? (Or at least some kind of tabletop game.) Hexagon Board Game Cafe is having its epic RELAUNCH this Friday, November 17 at 5:00 PM! Head down to 10750 82nd Avenue for happy hour drink specials and live music by local talent Tropic Harbour and Evergreen. Tour the new space and enjoy complimentary board gaming to demo the 600 games that can be found in the Hexagon game library.You know what to do: go out there, bring your literal game face, and write a review of the event!

Review: A Doll's House @ Timms Centre for the Arts!

Master playwright Henrik Ibsen’s 19th century classic, A Doll’s House, is reimagined into a setting of 1950’s America, inspired by the controversial discoveries of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. Adapted and directed by Beau Coleman, Studio Theatre’s Doll House runs November 30 - December 9, 2017, at the Timms Centre for the Arts. Doll House centers around housewife Nora Helmer, and a secret she keeps from her husband, Tom. What first appears to be a satisfying marriage soon reveals itself to be one of entrapment, unhappiness and suffocation. Review the show!

Album review: Blake Shelton's Texoma Shore

If the fact that Blake Shelton just released the deluxe version of his Christmas album, like, two weeks ago weren't enough, this man just blessed us with this record. Get your Southern on and wax poetically about how the banjos touched your soul or hit us with a measured, intensely insightful review. Either or. After reading our awe-inspiring Christmas album review, though, I don't know how you could not want to review this. Up to the challenge? Email me to get your free copy and be serenaded by the Shelton.

Album review: Weezer's Pacfic Daydream

It navigates the uncertainty between reality and dreams, blurring the line between the listener knowing if they are daydreaming the world of the album, or if the world of the album is daydreaming them. It’s a record about finding the gray area between the black and the white, about escaping the everyday into the fantasy of what may be just down the line, but also maybe isn’t. It’s an album that sounds like the Beach Boys and The Clash fell in love by the ocean and had one hell of an amazing baby. Review it (and get it free)!

Album review: Charlotte Gainsbourg's Rest

Charlotte Gainsbourg

announces the release of her fourth studio album,

Rest,

out

November 17

.

Rest

is the first album by Gainsbourg whose lyrics she wrote, having previously felt daunted by the desire to poetize her ideas. On the album, Gainsbourg addresses personal topics ranging from familial loss, to the tensions between her shyness and her life as a performer and public figure, to charmingly illogical childhood fears—with lyrics pried from her own diaries, rendered here in French and English.

Review this album.