Benefit for Alliance for Animals. Stephanie Rearick, Carell Casey and Wendy Schneider.

Art in the cafe...

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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Tamara Lea Kaufman


"pretty ~ ugly"


February 2026



Artist Statement Tamara Lea Kaufman’s personal artwork ranges from serious to quirky, dark, adult-themed humor. She creates multimedia assemblage, collage, and dioramas made from HO-scale railroad hobby miniatures, preserved insects, paint, embroidery, found objects, and typically discarded materials such as candy wrappers and the overlooked debris of everyday life. Her work explores topics of consumption, waste, desire, relationships, psychology, politics, societal pressures and the levity of humor needed to survive it all. It gives her joy to repurpose materials into something new, useful, or...
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Mother Fool\'s will be hosting a benefit to raise funds for Alliance for Animals\' efforts to make Dane County an \"elephant free zone.\"

$5 and up sliding scale.

Stephanie Rearick is a pianist, vocalist, songwriter, sometimes trumpeter.

\"Rearick faithfully follows her muse... allowing listeners into her oddball, often dark and always fascinating musical personality, which encompasses pop, jazz, classical and experimental tendencies.\" - Goldmine

Carell Casey is a local singer-songwriter whose work has been compared to Aimee Mann, Dar Williams, Brandi Carlile, and KT Tunstall. She will be playing ALL love songs at this show since Februaray is the month of St. Valentines Day! Songs from Carell\'s debut CD \"A New Day\" have been played on the BBC 2, WORT, and more. You can also find her on Pandora.com, Jango.com, CDbaby, and iTunes.

Wendy Schneider is a local musician who began her performance run in the early 90s as the lead singer/guitarist of the power trio, Bugatti Type 35. After the band dissolved in 2002, she toured solo as Wendy Bugatti for a few years, then vanished from the local music scene. Recently, Schneider has resumed performing both solo and with her evolving rock project, Shooter Jane.