Will Hector w/ Ben Reiser

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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Friday, December 23, 2005

Will Hector, who spent several good years in Madison, has been a student of melody since an early exposure to his mom---s Burt Bacharach habit, and his brother---s Beatles obsession. He sings and plays guitar, and currently lives in Oakland, CA, where it's still considered daring for a man to wear a kilt.

Ben Reiser bleeds tears. Ben Reiser breeds deers. Ben Reiser feeds bears. Ben Reiser needs beers. Ben Reiser seeds pears. Ben Reiser reads fears.
Ben Reiser takes six strings and makes them sound like two. Ben Reiser takes ten songs and sings them all for you.