Archives: November 2020

Freaky
Culture

Freaky is gory fun from a supernatural slasher on the run

Swapping bodies, hit the floor. Watch this chick mince like Vince. Another bad pun.
Abby Olcese,

Kathryn Newton as The Butcher in Millie Kessler’s body in Freaky, co-written and directed by Christopher Landon. In the midst of an age of profound arthouse horror, the movies of Christopher Landon feel like a delightful throwback. 2017’s Happy Death Day and 2019’s Happy Death Day 2U are gleeful, gory genre entries that make strange bedfellows with the heavy themes…
Culture

Madison Stitch runs collaborative fashion effort to benefit first responders

Lucia Verzola,

Madison Stitch employs workers from various communities // Photo courtesy of John Pryor The uncertainty of the pandemic has offered opportunities for small businesses to adapt and expand into unexplored territory while also bringing the community together (socially distanced of course). Such is the case for Madison Stitch, a new company founded by John Pryor, owner of the Crossroads’ Madison…

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Music

Best of KC 2020: Classical music continues its grand crescendo

Barbara Shelly,

This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November.  ♥ Like the music it…

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Beer & Spirits

J. Rieger & Co. announces annual holiday whiskey

Joseph Hernandez,

Local distillery J. Rieger & Co. introduced its 2020 Kansas City whiskey annual holiday label. It’s a collaboration with Charlie Hustle and the label’s inspiration came from mid-century greeting cards and holiday ads. The inside of the holiday label also reveals a vintage illustration from a pre-Prohibition J. Rieger & Co. advertisement. The 2020 holiday label features classic holiday elements…
News

Marlborough partnership proposes redevelopment of abandoned school

Lucia Verzola,

Marlborough proposes turning vacant school into mixed income housing // photo courtesy of Rodger Kube South Kansas City’s Marlborough neighborhood hopes to transform the vacant Marlborough Elementary School building into mixed income housing units. The Marlborough Community Coalition and the Marlborough Community Land Trust have partnered with developer Prairie Fire Development Group to propose this plan to the Missouri Housing…

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News

UMB Bank makes investment to help women and minority-owned businesses

Joseph Hernandez,

KC Region Small Business Relief + Recovery Loan Fund borrowers. 2020. Image courtesy AltCap. COVID-19’s impact on small businesses across the Kansas City metro has lasted for months. It’s the most notable in minority and women-owned businesses in Wyandotte and Jackson County that are “non-essential.” To help financially support these businesses, UMB Bank made a $200,000 investment through the KC Region…

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Politics

Governor Mike Parson finally takes “action” against COVID-19

Joseph Hernandez,

Gov. Mike Parson outside of his Missouri Capitol office. // Courtesy of the Missouri Governor’s Office It’s been eight months, but Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is putting his foot down on COVID-19… by calling on lawmakers to take action to address the problem of COVID-19 lawsuits. This is of such great and immediate concern, Parson has called for a special…

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Culture

Best of KC 2020: Thrifted finds are taking over

Kelcie McKenney,

Daisy Lee Vintage. // Photo by Kelby Reck This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items…
Savage Love

Finessing the taboo on foursomes and a fetish for ass play

Dan Savage,

Illustration by Jack Raybuck Dear Dan: Why are threesomes much more accepted in the popular imagination than foursomes? I was just googling “finding foursomes” and the first result is an article about threesomes that takes for granted that people are looking for MFF. That is a form of heteronormativity, right? I am not judging threesomes, of course, but asking why…

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News

Report: Missouri is the 10th most overweight state and #1 in child obesity

Allison Harris,

Oof. This is tough, Missouri. // Courtesy of WalletHub. According to consumer data firm WalletHub’s new report on 2020’s Most Overweight & Obese States in America, Missouri is the tenth fattest on the list of most overweight states. Additionally, Missouri ranks 25th in the percentage of adults that eat less than 1 serving of fruits and vegetables per day, and…

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Movies

The Wolf of Snow Hollow is fresh meat for the werewolf sub-genre

Jo Sabus,

The Wolf of Snow Hollow. // Courtesy of United Artists Releasing The werewolf is a creature seldom sighted on screen. While the vampire and zombie have proven themselves evergreen staples of the horror subgenre, werewolf films tend to be scarce productions, only appearing once in a full, blue moon. When they do bare their fangs, however, it is often gripping…

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Politics

Best of KC 2020: Rachel Gonzalez is an overflowing fountain of hope

Brock Wilbur,

This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November.  ♥ Imagine what might have…

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Questionnaire

Shane Ochsner, of Everything in Slow Motion, talks new music and the state of the industry

Andrew Dodderidge,

Conceived by Hands frontman Shane Ochsner in Fargo, N.D. in 2012, Everything In Slow Motion released the two-song project Red on Facedown Records, followed by a studio album, Phoenix, just a year later—which garnered the four-piece some major attention from fans of the genre. The latest effort, Influence, is another nice balance of post-hardcore and alternative rock, with hints of…

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Culture

Best of 2020: Streetcar Expansions CONNECT us to more of the metro

Allison Harris,

This month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can browse the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some of our current favorite things about Kansas City in 2020. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November.  ♥ We’re becoming a major…

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News

Veterans Day celebration at the WWI museum will feature skydiving, events to commemorate America’s heroes

Allison Harris,

Veterans Day artwork. // Image courtesy of National WWI Museum and Memorial. Make sure you’re up early tomorrow and at the World War I Memorial or you’ll miss skydiving veterans at 6:30 a.m. This one-of-a-kind aerial stunt will kick off a full day of activities for Veterans Day 2020. WWI Museum Director of Communications, Karis Erwin explains how the jump…

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Theater

Lyric Opera of KC announces Amahl and the Night Visitors

Joseph Hernandez,

Lyric Opera of Kansas City announced an all-new production,  Amahl and the Night Visitors, as part of New Visions, Lyric Opera’s revised innovative fall programming. Full of delight, humor, and tenderness, Amahl and the Night Visitors is a true Christmas story for the whole family. Three traveling kings, following a star to Bethlehem, stop for the night at a humble home…

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Food & Drink

Ryan Maybee says goodbye to The Rieger, Manifesto

Lucia Verzola,

The Reiger. // Courtesy Ryan Maybee In a long, heart-wrenching Facebook post, Ryan Maybee, owner of The Rieger and Manifesto, gave his proper goodbyes to the local restaurants and what they have meant to him and the community over the last twelve years. The Rieger officially shut its doors last week after a decade of business, forcing to close due…