Erik Brandt and Noah Riemer w/ The Attack Ponies

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, June 29, 2007

Erik Brandt (Urban Hillbilly Quartet) and Noah Riemer (ex-Ticklepenny Corner) have toured all around the USA playing their heartfelt original Americana music.

Tonight's show will feature the two of them performing together, trading off songs and stories.

Opening the night will be up-and-coming Madison band: The Attack Ponies.

Music