Yid Vicious w/ The Mothers of Invective - $6

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, September 10, 2010

Yid Vicious, at fifteen years old, is one of Madison-s klezmer bands. They-ve played Yiddish party music to the delight and/or bafflement of many listeners and dancers alike, and hope to play for many more-maybe even YOU!

Briefly preceding Yid Vicious will be The Mothers of Invective, which performs beloved American music -hits- on oft-maligned instruments such as the accordion, the triangle, the tuba and the (soprano) saxophone. Featuring arrangements by former Madison composers James Bohn and David Drexler.

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