David Rogers w/ Spot

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Ruth Comfort


"The Metaphysical Affect"


January 2026



A diverse collection of mixed mediums, extensively encapsulating my heart and soul concerning the dreams of the human condition. ARTISAN RUTH COMFORT My given name is Ruth Comfort. Named after the amazing artist Louis Comfort Tiffany. I hail from a very long line of artisans and musicians. Even dating back to the great German philosopher...
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Friday, November 28, 2003

David Rogers - Singer/songwriter from Iowa City, IA who combines the intimacy of folk with acoustic pop dynamics."David's music floats in the window, tender & strong as his heart, calling you to come on out, to listen. I'm telling you, he's a good one!" - Greg Brown, Red House Records"There is a diamond in his throat." - Stuart Davis, Post Apocalyptic RecordsSpot:"...the man makes some very interesting but very hard to describe music. Certainly worth a listen for the musically adventurous." - Dirty Linen"...Spot can really play his ass off." - Mike Watt"...(it all) makes sense, in an acid-folk, progressive-bluegrass, front porch fingerpicking kind of way." - Metrotimes, Detroit, MI

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