Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Friday, July 11^th, 2014, 7:00pm  BYOB  $15 Admission Limited Seating in Small Venue – RSVP Required

Be prepared to dance, move, sing and laugh. The Carpenter Ants have been around – with virtually the same lineup – for 25 years. The Ants have defied the odds and outlasted most of their peers for a number of reasons. First and foremost, after more than 2,000 performances, regardless of the occasion, the band never fails to have a good time – and that feeling is contagious.

The group’s trademark country-soul sound – rich, soulful harmonies, stinging solos and a rock-solid rhythm section – captures that rare, loose-but-tight feel, and has won the band international as well as regional fans.

WV’s premier rhythm & blues group, the Ants – guitarist Michael Lipton, drummer Jupiter Little, bassist Ted Harrison and vocalist/saxophonist Charlie Tee – have quietly amassed a resume that rivals many national groups. The group’s trademark country-soul sound – rich, soulful harmonies, stinging solos and a rock-solid rhythm section – captures that rare, loose-but-tight feel, and has won the band international as well as regional fans. The Ants have twice traveled to Moscow. The trips found the group performing at a variety of venues including the 3,500-seat Russia Concert Hall, the city’s most prestigious room, a Letterman-style TV show with a national audience of 100 million (!!), funky clubs and gaudy casinos. In the U.S., they’ve played all manners of venues – from church services and rallies for presidential candidates (Bill Clinton and John Kerry) to a biker festival and a nudist camp.

www.carpenterants.wvmusichalloffame.com

Friday June 20, 7pm,  $20  BYOB

Limited Seating ~ RSVP Required – 724.452.0539
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037

Join us for a living memoir of one of the most fascinating periods in the history of American music!

About Steve Katz

What can you expect from a musician who started his career studying guitar with Dave Van Ronk and the Reverend Gary Davis? Quite a bit! Steve Katz’s diverse career includes playing with The Even Dozen Jug Band, the Danny Kalb Quartet, The Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and American Flyer, with Craig Fuller of Pure Prairie League and Doug Yule from The Velvet Underground. He has also produced albums for Lou Reed. Steve Katz will give you a show you will not soon forget.

In support of Eye Kandy’s Fashion Fur the Paws fundraising event, the Bottlebrush Gallery hosted pawprint painting sessions.  Numerous canine visitors braved the thunderstorm, more or less happy with the painting process, but we all had fun.  🙂 Check out the dogs and their masterpieces!  Congratulations to Kandy Barkley on a successful event, raising $4000 to help  homeless dogs and cats.

SOLD OUT

The luck of the Irish to ye! Join us for our 3rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party…music and entertainment by the mischievous and talented Ploughshare Poets, only $10 admission! Special Guest the lovely Laura Wagner.  Showtime is 7:00pm.

We are hosting a traditional Irish dinner again this year with our friends at The Stohr Haus Bakery starting at 5:30pm, only $35 for both dinner and show per person, reservations required.  Your choice of seating in a restored circa 1805 wine cellar downstairs, or upstairs in the renovated Stohr Haus, beautifully decorated. Either way, we have limited seating, so call soon!

Menu: Appetizer, Salad, Irish Bread, Beef Stout Pie, Champ (Potatoes), Glazed Carrots, Dessert, Coffee/Hot Tea/Water. BYOB. We provide the ice. Please be at the Bakery no later than 5:15 for seating. Last year’s show and dinner event was a sell out, so don’t wait to make your reservations.

Please join us for Art Warms The Heart, a youth art show organized and led by Seneca Valley graduating senior Kyle Snyder on March 8, 2014, from 12pm-3pm.

Artwork by local youth artists will be on exhibit and for sale. All proceeds benefit the “Duffel Bag Project,” a program sponsored by Butler County Foster Care, providing duffle bags and personal supplies for needy children. Kyle’s goal is to raise $1,000 for this very worthwhile cause through sales of his artwork and that of his fellow students. All donations gratefully accepted. Refreshments will be served. Live music.  RSVP not required.

With a warm and inviting vocal tone, Heather Kropf has become a fixture on the Pittsburgh live music circuit, honing her craft along the way. She has quietly charmed audiences with her lush, literate blend of jazz-influenced pop, and has turned the heads of music critics, fellow songwriters, and Pittsburgh’s AAA radio station, 91.3 FM WYEP, with her three self-produced albums. WYEP celebrated her second album “What Else is L…ove” as one of the top Pittsburgh releases of 2006 and her debut album “Sky” as a runner up to the top 50 of the year in 2000.

Brad Yoder believes musical success should be measured in more than just the obvious ways. Being voted in the top three slots multiple times since 2002 for “Best Acoustic/Solo Artist” by Pittsburgh City Paper readers is great; playing Poughkeepsie, New York, and having a college freshman from Los Angeles request songs she’s only heard via Internet downloads is actually cooler. Just as tangible in terms of success are the pieces of original art on Brad’s walls created by supporters and inspired by specific songs, and the many “gig guest books” full of appreciative comments from 10+ years of live shows. Come out and share the evening,

Friday 21 February 2014 7:00 PM. All ages $10.00, BYOB for adults, bring a snack to share.

The Gallery’s 2014 acoustic concert schedule is now complete and posted on the web site. Just click on the 2014 Concerts link above. This year’s line up:  The Womack Family Band; Heather Kropf and Brad Yoder; Celtic-St. Patrick’s party and dinner with the Ploughshare Poets; Kim Richey; BeJae Fleming, Chad Elliott and Jackie; Greg Trooper; Steve Katz (founding Member of Blood, Sweat and Tears); Eric Taylor; Dana Cooper; Eric Brace and Peter Cooper; Roy Book Binder; The Early  Mays. Please check the link for details on dates, admission price, and added shows.

Happy New Year’s from Harmony, PA. Photos from our annual “Silvester” event, which is the German town’s celebration of New Year’s Eve.  Face Painting by Christina for big and little kids alike, a 5k and Fun Run, traditional food and drinks, treats for pets by Christine Galket, German countdown and ball drop at 6pm (midnight in Germany!), singing of Auld Lang Syne, and fireworks. All of the shops in town are open, including the Gallery– and we all have our heat on, so come in and keep warm. And when it’s all done, you’ll be home in time to celebrate New Year’s — again. 🙂  A blessed and joyous 2014 to everyone from Bottlebrush Gallery.

Eric Taylor learned intricate blues guitar stylings from music legends Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mance Lipscomb and Mississippi Fred McDowell. He developed his own unique guitar picking style that would be imitated by many of his contemporaries from the early Houston days such as Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, and Nanci Griffith.

Taylor has headlined the prestigious Newport Folk Festival, played National Public Radio’s “Mountain Stage” and has appeared on both “Late Night With David Letterman” and “Austin City Limits”.  www.bluerubymusic.com

“Eric Taylor is a sage musician, a lyrical genius and a master of the guitar.”

with Special Guest BeJae Fleming

Friday, 19^th July 2013, 7:00pm

Call (724) 452-0539 or email hith@zoominternet.net

We are proud to announce registration is open for Summer Art Class Week, July 8-12.  This year we’re offering classes in subjects including:  Improv/Acting, an Asian Dragon Mural, Photography, Hoodat Dolls, Felt Fiber Sculpture, and Chain Maille Bracelets. We’ll end the Summer Art Class Week with an art show/exhibit on Friday, July 12, to show off your child’s work. For detailed information, click on the kids/teens classes link at the top of the page.

Registration fees include all materials, refreshments, and the cost of the Friday art show. Please note our registration deadlines are by 12pm the day before the class is scheduled to be held. If a class does not meet the minimum registration number, you will be notified of the cancellation at that time.

After paying the artists and for supplies, the remainder of the registration fee is going towards our mini-grant program ART MATTERS to fund art classes for economically-disadvantaged kids. We get requests regularly from local groups and organizations asking for classes to help their clients, so we decided to do something about it. Not only are you helping your own children by giving them art lessons, but you are also helping others who cannot afford them. Thank you!

We are planning a second set of classes the week of July 29 to include clay sculpture, drawing, painting, and collage, so please check back for updates.