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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

30 years of crafting: Columbia Weavers and Spinners’ Guild hosts its annual holiday exhibition

30 years of crafting: Columbia Weavers and Spinners’ Guild hosts its annual holiday exhibition

Rachel Behrndt November 12, 2019

The fabrics that surround us every day have long and dramatic journeys to end up in our closets. Your favorite wool sweater began as a fiber growing on a sheep. That fiber was then spun into a yarn, which...

Relevant Youth organizes free Columbia concert with sounds from local artists

Elizabeth Pruitt November 12, 2019

Nonprofit organization Relevant Youth hosted a free concert at Cafe Berlin with performances by Capitol Jay, namesake, Jay Wood and Post Sex Nachos. Sound by RY, the music marketing team on Relevant Youth,...

Yin Yang night club holds annual Miss Gay City of Columbia pageant

Ben Wiche November 12, 2019

The Miss Gay City of Columbia America 2020 pageant was held at Yin Yang Night Club on Friday. The drag pageant was a preliminary to Miss Gay Missouri America 2020, which is a preliminary to Miss Gay America...

Playwrights produce one-act plays as part of local festival

Ben Wiche November 5, 2019

The latest in local theater will be on display when Talking Horse Productions hosts its annual Starting Gate New Play Festival, Friday, Nov. 8 through 10. The festival, now in its fifth year, will showcase...

Relax with a goat on your back: Local farm hosts goat yoga sessions

Relax with a goat on your back: Local farm hosts goat yoga sessions

Elizabeth Pruitt November 5, 2019

Goat yoga is a relatively new and unique experience that has appeared across social media. After noticing its growth in popularity, local farm owner Jessica Baker started her own program in her family’s...

Britney Lyn Buckwalter isn’t spooked by talking to dead people

Britney Lyn Buckwalter isn’t spooked by talking to dead people

Rachel Behrndt November 5, 2019

Talking to dead people, understandably, draws a lot of skeptics. Britney Lyn Buckwalter, the self-titled “Missouri Medium,” came to The Blue Note on Oct. 28, to get people in the Halloween spirit...

Funny, clumsy, sad: Drag queen Autumn Equinox talks performing in Columbia, drag storytime

Funny, clumsy, sad: Drag queen Autumn Equinox talks performing in Columbia, drag storytime

Tony Madden November 5, 2019

With pink hair and a sparkling scepter in hand like Glinda the Good Witch herself, Columbia drag queen Autumn Equinox makes her way to the front of Skylark Bookshop. It’s the Halloween celebration of...

Mason Ramsey sang, danced, yodeled away at The Blue Note

Mason Ramsey sang, danced, yodeled away at The Blue Note

Maddie Schuck October 22, 2019

Outside The Blue Note Friday night, crowds lined up around the corner and down the alley waiting for doors to open. College students and families, some spanning three generations, waited excitedly outside...

“If I’m gonna be famous”: how celebrity has changed with the internet

“If I’m gonna be famous”: how celebrity has changed with the internet

Rachel Behrndt October 22, 2019

Unlike the definition of famous in the past, celebrity now comes in shades of gray. Being “famous” could be starring in a movie or having a lot of followers on Instagram. Now, people who hours ago...

COMO Game Jam puts speed into game development

Ben Wiche October 22, 2019

Columbia College held the sixth annual COMO Game Jam on Friday. Starting at 7 p.m., developers had 48 hours to brainstorm, code and test new video and tabletop games. Each game was to interpret this year’s...

African dance group gives Columbia audiences a tour in percussion, dance celebration

African dance group gives Columbia audiences a tour in percussion, dance celebration

George Frey October 22, 2019

Citizens of Africa, a continent spanning thousands of miles and containing thousands of cultures, came together under one roof Saturday night to give American audiences a taste of various styles of dance...

A night of music: Mesonjixx and Tonina feature at Cafe Berlin

A night of music: Mesonjixx and Tonina feature at Cafe Berlin

Elizabeth Pruitt October 15, 2019

Friday night, Cafe Berlin in downtown Columbia presented two artists as part of the True/False Music program. Mesonjixx and Tonina performed with a jazz and soul style while staying true to their corresponding...