Byproduct: Receives Additional Grant

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It’s pretty wonderful to think about what can be done in the time frame of a wash and dry cycle. One could sit on their phone and scroll the “news” feed on Facebook, one may read a book, or one could simply just sit there.  This 2012 Rocket Grant, which is made possible through the Charlotte Street Foundation, the Spencer Museum of … Read more

Thursday Night-Tumble: Metatone with special guest Ashley Tini and Von Hansen

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Friday Night-Tumble: Doing What Apes Can’t

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Live Recording of Doing What Apes Can’t. Engineered and mixed by Wes Crawford. Track 6.    Live Recording of Doing What Apes Can’t. Engineered and mixed by Wes Crawford. Track 5. 

City Shelves: Mainsail Collection at the Walnut Place Laundromat

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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

Byproduct: City Shelves Curated By John Helling

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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

Photo courtesy of Matt Kleinmann Photography

  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”

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“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: Eric May

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All signs were in collaboration with Walle (the owner of Walnut Place Laundromat).

Byproduct: The Local Pig & Tallgrass Brewing Company

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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

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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

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