Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

It’s a big week in Harmony – the Farmers Market opening day is Thursday June 7, Sally Jones Rodgers’ opening is Friday, June 8, and Saturday June 9 is the Annual Herb and Garden Fair!

Friday evening June 8, 2012, 7pm-9pm Please join us for the opening night reception for award-winning artist Sally Jones Rodgers, from Cranberry Township. No admission charge. Refreshments served, live music by Bruce Hoffman, fearless leader of Bottlebrush’s monthly songwriters’ group, “Songwriters in Harmony.”

Special Event – Dinner and Bluegrass Music Show 

     Join us for dinner with The Allegheny Drifters from 5-6:30pm at the Historic Harmony Inn before their evening show at the Bottlebrush on Friday, June 1st! Your $25 admission includes a pulled  pork  and chicken buffet dinner with the band at the Inn and the show at 7pm.  Don’t miss your chance to have “dinner with the Drifters” at this one time event!

            June 1, 2012  Dinner: 5pm-6:30pm  ~ Show: 7pm

$25 per person for Dinner and Show ~ $10 per person for Show only

Prepaid RSVP Required – Call 724.452.0539.  No online ticket sales.

About The Allegheny Drifters: The Allegheny Drifters are one of the strongest vocal bands on the Bluegrass scene today. Their harmonies combined with soulful retro-Monroe mandolin and punchy banjo blend to produce an unbeatable Bluegrass sound straight from the heart of the old Keystone State! http://alleghenydrifters.com

Blues-Folk legend Malcolm Holcombe is playing at the  Bottlebrush Gallery this Friday, 7-10pm, only $10 Admission. RSVP to the Gallery at 724.452.0539.  BYOB. Snacks available. Come on out!

“Harmony in the House” Concerts presents:

Malcolm Holcombe
Acoustic Blues ~ Folk

“Haunted country, acoustic blues and rugged folk all meet [here]…” —Rolling Stone

Born and raised in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina, Malcolm Holcombe is recognized by the contemporary U.S and European folk/Americana community as a performer of national stature and an uncommonly unique guitarist/vocalist.

If you’ve not seen him in a live setting, this is what you have to do. His presence is spooky and timeless, as one imagines it was like to see Son House or Leadbelly. No emotional stone is left unturned. http://malcolmholcombe.com

With Special Guest
Rick Malis
Talented, versatile, singer/songwriter/guitarist

Friday, May 4th, 2012 7pm-10pm
Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037
$10 Admission
Limited Seating – RSVP Required
Call (724) 452-0539 or email hith@zoominternet.net

Music at the Bottlebrush Gallery this Friday, 7-10pm, only $10 Admission. RSVP to the Gallery at 724.452.0539.  BYOB!

“Harmony in the House” Concerts presents:

Todd Burge
Folk~Bluegrass~Alt Rock

A return engagement to our area! Todd Burge has performed over 100 shows each year in venues as diverse as The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Kennedy Center. Todd has performed and toured with Tim O’Brien, Kathy Mattea, Lucinda Williams, Bela Fleck, Mike Seeger, Larry Groce, Ricky Skaggs and many others. His high energy shows are packed with songs and stories of bizarre characters and critters from dogs to sharks to humans.

Last year, Todd played for us at the very successful Homeless Children’s Education Fund benefit. www.toddburge.com

Opening act:  Dennis McCurdy and the Lonesome No More Band– yes, our Dennis! 🙂 
Americana~Folk~Alt Bluegrass

NOTE: at 6pm, Todd will present his fun Kazoo Camp for Kids. Only $5 for the workshop with a free kazoo. Bring the kids!

Photo from Friday night’s St. Patrick’s Eve Concert at the Bottlebrush Gallery. So much fun! Thanks to the Stohrhaus Bakery for delicious shamrock cookies and boxty (Irish potato pancakes), and thanks also to Lisel Moser for lending a much welcome hand!

At the end of the concert, the Poets led the audience on a War Pipes (bagpipes) march from the Gallery all the way to the Harmony Inn and back. Thanks to everyone who attended–

84 people at last count! Click on the 2012 Concerts” link at the top of the page for a list of upcoming concerts and join us for good music in a family-friendly environment.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Eve at the Bottlebrush Gallery!

Ploughshare Poets – Traditional and Non-Traditional Celtic Music

with special guest

Shawn MacIntyre – Irish, Scottish, Medieval and Maritime Music in acapella style

Friday, March 16, 2012, 7:00-10:00pm Admission: $10 at door.  BYOB.  Snacks provided along with Irish cheer! RSVP required due to small venue. Please call 724.452.0539 or email hith@zoominternet.net

Vade and Ryan are the Ploughshare Poets. They will sing many old favorites as well as modern Celtic songs and tunes. Between the two of them, they play 3 different bagpipes, guitar, whistles, drums, bouzouki.

Far from being a kitschy pub band, the Poets study the history and cultural importance of a wide array of Scottish and Irish music. Vade has played extensively in England and Scotland and was the lead singer of “Colin’s Way” for 10 years. Ryan has played bagpipes for 20 years and makes his own smallpipes.

Ploughshare Poets playing at the Bottlebrush on St. Patrick's Eve!

The first Harmony in the House Concert of 2012:

Friday, February 24, 2012  7:00pm Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts 539 Main Street “On the Square” Harmony, PA 16037 $10 Admission- BYOB

Limited Seating – RSVP Call (724) 452-0539 or email hith@zoominternet.net

Ellen Cherry (Baltimore)

Emmy nominated singer/songwriter Ellen Cherry is a full-time touring and working performer based in Baltimore, MD. She has licensed her music to the Oxygen Network, MTV, and Soap.net. In 2009, she wrote, recorded and performed a TV campaign for FOX Networks and also composed the score for a shadow puppet piece entitled “Alonzo’s Lullaby”, which has been awarded the prestigious UNIMA Citation of Excellence. She has been awarded Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards for Vocal Performance (2007) and Music Composition (2009) and founded her own studio and label, Wrong Size Shoes, in 2004.

http://www.ellencherry.com

Sue Gartland (Pittsburgh), opening act

Sue Gartland’s lyrics and melodies are drawn from life’s experience and delivered  in a style that’s all her own with a gentle and soothing voice. Born into a military family at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, Sue spent most of her childhood years moving from place to place leaving her with a sense of melancholy rootlessness and wanderlust that is woven throughout her lyrics.

Event Alert: February 14, 6-8pm: Valentine’s Party Benefit for the Butler County Humane Society

Join us for live music by Jack Knight from Pittsburgh, yummy refreshments, door prizes, a silent auction and an art scavenger hunt. Plenty of animal-themed art on display and for sale from regional artists.  BCHS is bringing some of the BCHS dogs and cats who are looking for a new home to meet you. Stop in before or after dinner, or stay the whole time, we are fine with either.  No admission – just bring a toy or food item for the animals. Monetary donations accepted too. 🙂

RSVP requested but not required. 724-452-0539.

Thanks to Bliss Salon and Kerven Subaru in Butler, Stohrhaus Bakery, The Enchanted Olive, The Center of Harmony, and The Harmony Inn in Harmony for their support of this event. Jill Claire is donating one of her fantastic paintings to the silent auction and Nancy Esmus is donating three prints– our artists rock!  Please help us help the animals!

Friends, come join us in Harmony on New Year’s Eve at the Bottlebrush for the German celebration of New Year’s, known as Silvester.  Festivities begin at 3pm and finish up with the dropping of the ball at 6pm, which is midnight in  Germany.  Bottlebrush will be hosting an open mic all afternoon, so bring your instrument, your voice and holiday good cheer. Wishing you all a prosperous 2012!

For more information on the annual Silvester celebration in Harmony:

http://harmonymuseum.org/news-recent.html#silvester2011

Harmony invites families to enjoy an afternoon of Silvester activities on Dec. 31: 2-5 p.m., Harmony Museum: Tours ($1); children’s games and crafts (free); the short comedy film “Dinner for One,” in English, a popular part of Silvester in Germany (free); Bleigiessen, the German tradition of examining the shape of a bit of melted lead to guess what the New Year may bring ($1); and, beginning at 3:30, a pork and sauerkraut dinner in Stewart Hall ($12). 3 & 3:45 p.m.: The 5th annual Butler Health System 5-K Run/Walk starts at 3 o’clock in the Main and Mercer Streets diamond at the center of the National Historic Landmark District, followed 45 minutes later by a new-this-year 1-Mile Fun Run. Post-race awards are presented at Grace Church Youth Center, Main Street. Entry forms are available from the Harmony Borough office, 217 Mercer Street (724-452-6780); registration is open until race time (5-K $25, 1-Mile $10).