Memorial Concert for Uncle Larry

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, May 22, 2009

In memory of Uncle Larry, Mother Fool's will host a memorial concert. Uncle Larry played here a number of times over the years. He is also known throughout the community as the long-time host of WORT's Crazyology.

This event will be a fundraiser to help cover his burial expenses and to express our condolences to his family as a music community.

Playing together and separately, the following musicians have confirmed their participation:

Tom Hamer & Tom Lachmund Duo
JoAnne Pow!ers
Marianne Egerstrand
Arthur Durkee
Gregory Taylor
Jon Arnold