The Magic Michael Variety Show

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, June 27, 2015
8:00 pm

The Magic Michael Variety Show is back! We've got four great acts for you, including, at last, a real magician! Hosted by Rev. A.H. Mazur. $5. Something for everyone, or nothing for no one...

Ashley Peeters - musician/comedian/bongos

Matt Deblass - celtic harpist

Joey Broyles - pop musician and RAW Madison's Musician of the Year

James The Magician - a magician!

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