Mary Bue w/ Brian Just

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 31, 2007

Mary Bue..Nominated for best folk act in the 2005 Providence Phoenix Best Music poll, this singer/pianist has the potential to emotionally sucker-punch you!

Brian Just is a folk singer from Minneapolis. He has been playing in bands around Southern Minnesota for 8 years as a solo act and also in bands such as Beight and The Saturday Sun. His lyrics and melodies may remind you of that time you got lost in the woods or that drive you took through a snow storm holding hands with a special someone.

"his gorgeous execution proves that the traditional singer/songwriter wheel is far from broken when done right." - Rob van Alstyne

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