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

View this email in your browser

NEWS  | OPINION | ARTS & CULTURE |  FEATURES  |  MULTIMEDIA

Moon power, make my midterm grades nice

Hey! Midterm season will soon be over, so keep powering through your papers and projects and what have you. If you've got some time to spare or just want an excuse to step away from your required readings, have some pitches via your weekly post-meeting arts and culture pitch 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.

• Group Commentaries/Roundtables: Grab a bunch of friends and do a collaborative article where you all contribute your input on a single topic, whether that’s a new film, album, or book.

• ...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.

Stories picked up from here are generally due Fridays at 11:59 PM. Read on for this week's 很好 pitches.

The University of Alberta is currently hosting an exhibit in the Fine Arts Building Gallery until November 10, 2017, featuring the artwork of

Tanya Harnett

and

Marilène Oliver.

Admission is free. If you'd like to

review 'em

, let me know!

Review: Oil-painted feature film Loving Vincent

Canada’s DJ Brace called Apatheia coming out November 3. This is DJ Brace’s third full length (the last of a trilogy), the first which won a Juno Award in 2009; the second was awarded a QC Felix nomination. We have a complimentary copy of the album in advance of its official release, and if you're looking to slurp up some tunes to review, hit me up and I'll send it to you!DJ Brace is also playing in Edmonton on November 16 at 99Ten. Review the show!

Review: Leah Abramson's album + graphic novel Songs for a Lost Pod

Songs For a Lost Pod is Leah Abramson’s fourth album, and a song cycle that combines scientific research, orca vocalizations, and marine mammal history. Told from the perspective of various whale species, the songs explore themes of inter-species communication, inter-generational trauma, and grief for a polluted planet. Songs For a Lost Pod highlights separation — both animal and human — to one another and to the natural world, with the goal of re-connection through musical communication. Review both in advance of the November 3 release date!

Album review: dvsn's Morning After

dvsn is a Canadian R&B duo, composed of Daniel Daley and Nineteen85. The group is signed to OVO Sound, and they just released this album that literally came straight to my inbox with a complimentary copy but with no other description. If you'd like to review this, please do. We have a freeeeee free free copy that you can use for your writing, which is probably the best part of reviewing records. Right? Right. I have this thing where I like every text block to be the same length, so I'm stalling the eff out of this.

Album review: Kelly Clarkson's Meaning Of Life

“MEANING OF LIFE” is the album Kelly Clarkson was destined to make with Atlantic Records, a collection of smart and sensual soul-inspired pop that immediately belongs among the legendary label’s classic canon. For her eighth studio album – and follow-up to 2015’s chart-topping “PIECE BY PIECE” – Clarkson united a stellar team of top songwriters and producers to collaborate on her Atlantic debut. Wanna review this or just want to see where this former American Idol is at?

Review this album.

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)!