Y2Klean!

Follow Lorne Opler on his New Year's quest to make his laundry A-okay for A2K!

"...bolted out the door, and cycled to the local laundromat. Rolling into the packed parking lot, I shuddered at..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

The Mangler

"...films. A tale of demonic possession in an industrial laundromat, The Mangler comes across as flat as the hospital..."

March 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cactus Lee’s New Phase of Folk Realism

With Perfect Middle Hall, songwriter Kevin Dehan steps out of honky-tonk confines

"...sweating and watching a man play songs at a laundromat. If the heat was oppressive outside, it was downright..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Music Feature by E. Ryan Ellis

The Report

Recounting of U.S. torture program investigation is dry as Senate testimony

"...Steven Soderbergh, including The Informant!, Side Effects, and The Laundromat (which is currently streaming on Netflix)...."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Piranhas

Naples' juvenile gangsters are more than mini-goodfellas

"...convince his bosses to ease up on his mother’s laundromat. When the new boss proves himself to be weak,..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn

This year's weirdest, most delightful rom-com

"...house after overhearing Adjay lamenting the theft in a laundromat, and subsequently offering his services to retrieve the money...."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Never Goin' Back

Augustine Frizell ingeniously revamps the stoner buddy comedy

"...friend Brandon (Mooney), is spent on booze, pot, and laundromat quarters. The girls are inseparable and go everywhere arm..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

El Taco Rico

In the realm of taco trucks, Taco Rico is king; in the realm of Mexican food, they reign supreme

"...on the edge of the parking lot for a laundromat sits the bright blue hand-built trailer that is the..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Food Review by Mick Vann

A Place to Try

The Lost Sock Launderette & Coffee Lounge

"...Coffee shop: daily, 9am-9pm; Laundromat: daily, 8:30am-12mid How times have changed! If only the..."

June 29, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Shopgirl

Steve Martin's latest stands out as an elegant work, one that provides a welcome look at love, romance, and heartbreak without the encumbrances of the usual Hollywood folderol.

"...designer, who attempts to pick her up at the Laundromat and whose impoverished rock & roll lifestyle lacks finesse..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red, White, and Blue

Second place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...one week anniversary, she called my mom from a laundromat payphone to moon over Murphy. She thought he was..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Garth Mueller

Pecker

"...muse and girlfriend, a rule-slinging owner of a local Laundromat; and Taylor, as Pecker's discoverer and dealer. As a..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When Night is Falling

"...in her refrigerator, Camille finds herself sobbing in a laundromat to a stranger, circus performer Petra (Crawford). Bob's death..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Austin Film Festival: Christopher Yates Finds His American Spirit

Interview and first teaser for this Austin-made romantic drama

"...pivotal sequence at another West Campus landmark, Laundry Works laundromat on West 29th. It’s a scene that Yates filmed..."

Oct. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 27 - October 3

"...bookstores, but others have been in unexpected places: a laundromat, a bus station, a Walmart, a grocery store, and..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem , more announced for 2024 festival

"...Wilder The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge. Hellbent on..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2023 AFS Grant for Short Films Recipients

Career-changing grants go to 16 projects from Texas filmmakers

"...(Austin, TX) Narrative short in production In a bustling laundromat, a woman wrestles with grief … and a fitted..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hey Freshman: IG Follows to Fast-Track Your Immersion in Austin Music

Under-21 and underground rave resources on Instagram

"...1222.Productions' texted-out location logistics could lead anywhere from a laundromat to a Long John Silver's...."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...Laundry Project to Austin, an effort which offers free laundromat access and supplies. It's a project he supported at..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

The Verde Report: Unable to Gather, Austin FC Players Find Friendship in Fans

How the Verde squad is settling into Austin

"...and his wife, Ashley, advocate for that provides free laundromat days to lower-income families...."

June 11, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

30 Years of “Best of Austin”

Some of the stories behind 10,484 awards

"...Best Laundromat (combined with Dry Cleaners in 2016-17)..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Formerly Homeless Find Good Neighbors at Community First! Village

A week’s stay at Austin’s most talked about neighborhood

"...swoop. Living under an oak tree outside of a laundromat in November, he recalls stripping naked, "freezing my buns..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

McCartney & Metallica Headlining ACL Fest

Macca City Limits 2018

"...T-shirts being pulled out of the dryer at a laundromat. The nearly 40-year-old Bay Area thrash crew previously played..."

May 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Seven the Hard Way

Picks 2 Click: Local septet of acts braces for SXSW

"...of the Velvet Underground's "Stephanie Says" landed on American Laundromat's I Saved Latin! A Tribute to Wes Anderson comp...."

March 4, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Juliana Hatfield Three

"...Juliana Hatfield ThreeWhatever, My Love (American Laundromat)..."

March 20, 2015 Music Review by Neph Basedow

Food-O-File

Looking ahead to the most anticipated restaurant openings of early 2014

"...a home at 2115 Holly St. (formerly the KleenWash laundromat)...."

Dec. 27, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Record Skipping

Forbert, Thorogood & King anticipate Thursday’s reissue package

"...Horns, songs like the title track, “Crosscut Saw,” and “Laundromat Blues” retain a singular flavor: a mix of smokey..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: They Only Came To Kick Some Ass

Both Jack Black the actor and Jack Black the rocker rule Austin

"...of Camper Van Beethoven's "(I Was Born in a) Laundromat." The single will be available at Waterloo Records and..."

July 27, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Freeway View

A fresh slap of paint and new ZIP code for Austin clubs

"...to the grocery store and hauling clothes to the Laundromat. I walked a lot and bummed a lot of..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Problems With Second-Hand Smoke Also Present in Laundry Fragrances

"...than one soaked in Downy. I can smell a Laundromat a block away. Think of our schoolchildren with ADHD..."

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