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It's time to make some gains of the professional variety.

Hey Arts peeps! Hopefully you're all sitting down, because this week's email is jam packed with great pitches and some awesome professional development opportunities!First of all, it's Required Reading time again! Required Reading articles are 500-800 word pieces that appear in our monthly print magazine that can be in the format of Q&As, social commentaries, or anything else you're interested in.We're currently looking for submissions for the November issue that fit with our theme of "Looking Back on Legacies" (The Gateway is turning a 110 years old this November, so we want to celebrate!). Submissions don't have to specifically relate to The Gateway's anniversary, but can be about any legacies you think are worth highlighting, be they on-campus or elsewhere.You can check out the Required Reading articles from our September issue here. Let me know if you're interested in making a submission of your own! We're also looking for submissions for crosswords, horoscopes, and other diversion that will be included the magazine, so if those are more up your alley, let me know!We also have a really great professional development opportunity that's been made available through the Canadian University Press (CUP). On Wednesday, October 21 from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., the CUP will be presenting "Reimagining campus media," a free virtual workshop discussing reporting on policing, improving newsroom equity, and more! You can RSVP here. I'll definitely be tuning into the workshop, and I hope to see you all there!If you weren't able to make it to for the presentation on interviewing at this week's pitch meeting, I've posted a recording to our Volunteer Slack. If you haven't been added to our Volunteer Slack, send me an email and I can send you an invitation.And now, as always, the recurring columns:

• *NEW* 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.

• *NEW* 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!

• *NEW* 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 that you've never tried before. Tell us about it all from the POV of a complete novice.

• *NEW* 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.

• *NEW* 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. 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! I'm always open to any pitches you might have for me!

MacEwan exhibit on the history of dance in Canada's Black communityIt's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now is an online and in-person exhibit being featured at MacEwan University until December 5. The exhibit illuminates the largely undocumented dance history of Canada's Black population before 1970. The exhibit also features work from several Black dancers, artists, authors, and filmmakers. Since this exhibit is running for a fairly long time we don't need to have an article written right away, but it would be nice to get an early start on it.

This is a fun one! The Gotta Minute Film Festival is Western Canada's first ever film festival for commuters, and it will be running from October 5-11. The festival will feature one-minute silent short films that will be playing every five minutes on digital screens around Edmonton's LRT and Calgary's CTrain platforms. You will also be able to watch all of the films featured at the festival at Metro Cinema or Tix on the Square. Let me know if you'd like to write about this cool new approach to film festivals!

UBC instructor and PhD candidate Nicole Malette has just released her new book It's All Good (Unless It's Not), an exploration of sources of undergraduate distress, as well as a collection of concrete steps you can take to meet those challenges head-on. The book draws on Malette's experiences as a student and instructor, as well as her research. Let me know if you'd like to interview Malette, or read the book and give us some tips on how to survive our undergrad degrees!