“Oh if that top loader could talk, the tales it could tell.

Stories — in the spirit of laundromat confessionals made over the cyclical chug of agitating washers and dryer thump — are the focus of the Dirty Laundry Monologues, an Aug. 12 fundraiser for the Helplink’s Laundry Project…

‘We have it in our DNA to tell stories,’ Wade said. ‘There are a lot of wanna-be hams.’

The evening’s focus is on entertainment, he said, and the group is getting an assist from Sweet Chaos, a nonprofit group devoted to helping worthy causes raise money in an entertaining fashion. Co-founder Rebecca Bellingham will coach 8 to 10 storytellers on techniques she picked up from Broadway shows.”

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