Keith Rowland w/ Nathan Xander

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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Saturday, March 25, 2006

Born from boredom in Missouri comes Keith Rowland. He was raised on hamburger helper and Frank Sinatra. He plays nothing like he seems to be. Born in a suburb without a city he moved to Chicago in fall of 2003 and found one failing thing after another. Taking off on his own he creates an environment that is more than just singing and playing guitar. From mono to duo phonics he creats song with substance. "Lie on the floor and dream your life away because here comes the world".

Nathan Xander is an American singer, guitar, and harmonica player; born in North Western Pennsylvania. Currently calling Chicago home, he feels that he should be an informal documentarian and reluctant. Pulling from the conventions of music that he has listened to, making music that makes himself feel he is doing more that just seeing and breathing.

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