Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2025. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November.

Fairway’s Rainy Day Books is a modest powerhouse when it comes to bringing giants of the literary world—in what seems like every week—to Kansas City for our enrichment. This year, they’re celebrating 50 years as a bookish beacon.

From Pulitzer Prize-winning authors like Percival Everett (James) to notable White House journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes (Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House), Rainy Day Books has a knack

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