Charlie Cheney w/ David Cox - $6

Art in the cafe...

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, December 4, 2009

Charlie Cheney is a former Madisonian now living in mainland Michigan. "Call-and-response Cab Calloway with an acoustic guitar." He plays uptempo good time music with the occasional heart-wrenching tune to change the pace and give the audience a moment to reflect on the joys of life.

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