Ellie and Cam w/ Original Mechanical Mouse

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, May 14, 2016
8:00 pm

Cam and Ellie Kennedy are recently based out of Madison Wisconsin. Their performances are presentations of original songs, and selected covers, and their sound is filled with great voices, acoustic guitars, and multiple layers.

Ellie, an American, and Cam, an Australian, travel the world making music. They have played places such as The Hub in Edinburgh,The Universal Forum of Cultures in Barcelona, and in countries all around the world including Australia, Scotland, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, England, Canada and Mexico.

Original Mechanical Mouse
For ten-years before writing my first song I tried to become a published novelist and short story writer. Creativity and music is in my blood. In 2010 I began playing my original songs for audiences, wondering if they would be accepted. I’ve performed a couple hundred times since then, and now have written over 500 songs. If you enjoy original music that is both different but seems familiar, I hope you come to my show. Stop by and say hello after. You can find my music on Pandora Radio and Bandcamp, as well as Reverbnation. I’m on social media at Twitter @origmechmouse Facebook Original Mechanical Mouse.