Byproduct: Token Conversations by Invisible Venue & José Faus
Token Conversations, a socially engaged art project by Kansas City-based artist José Faus produced in collaboration with Invisible Venue, implements conversations with laundromat clientele in the production of a social document that encapsulates pressing social issues. The project explores the role of the artist in facilitating public discourse and the use of a laundromat as … Read more
Sunday Night-Tumble: Featuring Yuck Ratz, Nurse and Graphic Tease
Please consider joining us Sunday, June 9th at 7 PM at the Walnut Place Laundromat for another spin cycle, featuring the musical stylings of the young and talented Yuckratz, which this will be their final performance! We will be also showcasing the transient and noise inducing bands, Nurse (Detroit) and Graphic Tease (Tennessee).
City Shelves: Mainsail Collection at the Walnut Place Laundromat
City Shelves are small, themed collections of books placed strategically around Kansas City in locations where people have a little bit of spare time. The idea is to enable people to use that spare time to do something it’s harder and harder to find time to do these days: sit down and escape into a … Read more
Friday Night-Tumble: Doing What Apes Can’t
Ready to get FUNKY? Join us this Friday at the Walnut Place Laundromat for a whole new spin cycle, featuring the mind-blowing musical stylings of Doing What Apes Can’t. Described by some as sounding “like fresh mint & ginger, gently packed into the nasal cavity with a liberal helping of wasabi…in a good way.” … Read more
Byproduct: Eric Fleischauer presents “Relax + Watch”
“As the launderers wait, they share a durational experience, watching moving pictures in a communal space. It is here that the laundromat becomes a sort of impromptu-cinema.”-EF “Prima facia this comparison might seem askew because many of the cinema’s distinguishing features are inverted: dark––bright; big screen––small screen; escapism––drudgery. However, one of the cinema’s most organic elements, … Read more
Byproduct: The Local Pig & Tallgrass Brewing Company
Beef liver & onions: Thinly sliced beef liver Onions Flour Brandy Cream Soak beef liver in milk for several hours beforehand to remove bitter, bloody flavor from liver. Cook sliced onions over medium heat with a couple tablespoons of butter until soft. Remove onions and set aside. Remove liver from milk, drain, and dredge in … Read more
Byproduct: Eric Fleischauer Curates The TV
Eric Fleischauer: Relax + Watch Walnut Place Laundromat, Kansas City, MO Friday, April 26th at 7:00 pm. Relax + Watch is a curatorial response to the laundromat environment, celebrating the atmosphere and unique viewing environment that emerges in this warm, fragrant, and dynamic space. Soap operas and their melodrama, news anchors and their newsflashes, infomercials … Read more
Byproduct: Starch featuring The Local Pig & Tallgrass Brewing Company
Introducing a whole new way to use starch at the laundromat. Please consider joining us with Butcher/Chef Alex Pope of The Local Pig as he demonstrates a variety of ways to prepare and cook some tasty “off-cuts” and “affordable cuts” at the Walnut Place Laundromat. Tallgrass Brewing Company, based in Manhattan, KS, has generously supplied … Read more
