This is my (joelgalvez.com) selection of newsletters. Most events are related to the arts and new media in The Netherlands, with some focus on Amsterdam, since that's where I live. This is meant to be one local initiative among many others.

The long-term goal is to create a kind of a funnel for event data into the fediverse. You might have heard of Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X/Twitter. There are similar initiatives for event data, such as Gancio and Mobilizon. Most of the events I personally care about are not available in the fediverse, but a lot them already exist in the form of email newsletters.

Here's how this works: whenever I receive a newsletter, I send an automated response with all the events I found in it. The sender can review the events, check if they look okay, and then choose to publish. I can help with adjustments if needed. Nothing gets published without human review.