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Wazzaaaaaaap! Here's 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:

• 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.

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 outta-this-world pitches. 

Review and/or Interview: Latitude 53's knock on wood

DIY survivalists take over the Latitude 53 gallery this Friday. Artists Jeremy Pavka and Sean Procyk ventured in the Northern Alberta wilderness to survive in the bush. “Knock on wood” documents their attempts and failure to connect with the virile woodsmen in themselves. The immersive audio and video installation pokes fun at the idea of self-reliant survival on little knowledge of how to survive the wild. Jeremy Pavka (Calgary) and Sean Procyk (Hamilton) consider the role of fear in settler interactions with the “natural” in capital-driven North American cultures.

Review and/or Interview: Latitude 53's Getting Big

Violet Costello’s Getting Big at Latitude 53 downtown invites us into an absurd, dream-like world filled with sculpted toddlers. Costello dives into childhood imagination using infancy and toddlerhood to explore the surreal narratives of nostalgias, dreams, fears and desires. The toddlers are constructed objects made of paper composite. They are ambiguous, distorted shapes that each accompany a painted work. Costello finds nostalgia and desires in these surreal cartoon-like toddler figures. Wanna review the show and write your own take on what secrets these artworks hold? You know what to do. 

Album review: Macklemore's Gemini

GEMINI marks Macklemore’s first solo project in 12 years, following two releases with producer Ryan Lewis including the multiple-GRAMMY award-winning album The Heist and 2016 release This Unruly Mess I’ve Made (featuring Platinum-certified single "Downtown"). Remember "Thrift Shop"? Me too. We've got a free copy of this album to review if you want it!

Album review: Seaway's Vacation

Ontario pop-punk outfit 

Seaway

 gave us an unexpected Alanis Morissette cover last summer, but this year they've released some brand new material of their own. The band have signed a record deal with Dine Alone and just delivered this brand-new album. The group is one of our Managing Editor's favourites! Listen to our complimentary copy of it, do some pondering, and review it!

Album review: Robin Schulz's Uncovered

Grammy-nominated German DJ Robin Schulz releases his third studio album. The acclaimed German hitmaker invites fans to a new chapter of his unique blend of house, electro, and pop. The DJ and producer – hailing from north-west Germany – has quickly made his ascent to the most successful German music export of the past two decades. Reviewww ittt.