Happy First Birthday Also Cool!
Today is our first birthday, and we want to invite you to celebrate this milestone with us. Without all of your support from the start, Also Cool wouldn’t have grown to be the community it is today. We thank each and every one of you who has contributed your work to the magazine, read our online content and newsletters, attended one of our events (either IRL or online), bought our merch, listened to our radio show on N10.as, or stuck our sticker on your laptop.
In its short time around the sun, AC has evolved from an idea between two best friends into a powerful, hardworking team and a little universe of its own; connecting folks from around Montreal (and the world!) through fostering a sense of community by bolstering creativity, learning and activism hand-in-hand. We are so grateful and inspired by you, our community, family and friends, who lift us up and believe in our vision. AC is just as much yours as it is ours, thanks to all of your undeniable support and passion for independent media. We can’t wait to see what year two has in store.
We’ve been learning as we go, picking up literally everything from web-design to radio broadcasting (sooo many late nights editing on GarageBand) as the magazine brings on new experiences; all while juggling our full-time jobs, academics and the ups and downs of life in general.
AC has kept us going in times of extreme hardship because it is the friend, creative outlet and support system we’ve always needed. We think that’s pretty cool, and hope that AC can continue to be there to support you too. We want AC to be a platform to share your work, connect with other creatives, and to help you feel seen in the arts and music community.
Though the world is filled with so much uncertainty right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic (yes, we left mentioning this until the bitter end), one thing we can promise is that we are looking ahead here at AC. As always, we have a few special surprises (and memes!) to share with you in the near future, and are always looking for ways to stay connected in these difficult circumstances.
We love you all so much. Happy 1st Birthday to everyone who’s a part of Also Cool!
XOXO Also Cool
P.S. Of course the mag is a Scorpio