Freedom Night [open mic] hosted by Angelica Engel

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, June 26, 2015
8:00 pm

"For the bourgeoisie and the rebel." -- Madonna

Mostly music / readings of writings but any original performance = more than totally acceptable i.e. let your freak flag fly? Yes please.

Hosted by Angelica Engel

Showtime 8 pm / Sign-up at 7:30

Location: Mother Fool's Coffeehouse