Yid Vicious - 22nd Annual Groundhog Day Klezmer Reunion

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, March 24, 2018
8:00 pm

Join Yid Vicious and friends for their 22nd annual Groundhog Day (observed) celebration. Sure, Groundhog Day may be several weeks behind us, but we hold tight to the promise of springtime and celebrate its eventual arrival this year. Yid Vicious will kick out the klezmer jams aided by esteemed alumni and special guests galore, and will mark the occasion of Steve McQueen's 88th birthday with a springtime movie music mashup.

In support of today's March for Our Lives demonstrations across the country, proceeds from tonight's concert will be donated to Everytown for Gun Safety.

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