Revelers Rep KC at Brooklyn Gallery

This week in the Village Voice, former Pitch staffer and VV columnist Annie Fischer writes about reliving Kansas City’s 18th Street Mardi Gras traditions at a Brooklyn opening.

The God of Indulgence (and Anthropologie)

On the weekend of September 15, local artist David Ford, who owns YJ’s Snack Bar and several 18th Street buildings in the Crossroads, flew a crew (or, rather krewe) for a performance-art-y opening at Jack the Pelican Presents in Williamsburg. The opening/party centered around a Latin-American deity known as St. Maximon. Attendees witnessed the out-jazz of KC combo Snuff Jazz and the guerilla antics of 18th Street favorite the Dirty Force Brass Knuckle Street Band. Costumes were worn. Drunkeness was attained. Bacon was cooked.

Bitch was owned, son.

Image courtesy JackthePelicanPresents.org