Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

Steve Katz
Original Member, Blues Project and Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Friday, May 20th, 2016
6:00 Reception/Book Signing 7:00pm $20 BYOB

This concert is in part a fundraiser for the Zelienople Public Library.

Steve has shared a very honest, sometimes uncomfortable, expression of his years in the Rock Industry as a member of one of the most successful groups (BS&T) one of the most intense and ground breaking (Blues Project) and producer of Lou Reed’s 2 most successful albums.

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 produced albums for Lou Reed. Steve Katz will give you a show you will not soon forget.

Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037 724.452.0539
Limited Seating in Small Venue ~ RSVP Required
Zelienople Library Reception and Book Signing at 6 PM
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***UPDATE:  Dinner sold out for  Saturday. Dinner and Show tickets still available for Friday, but limited!

Special Event – 5th Annual Dinner and Celtic Music Show. Join us for dinner with the band before our big St. Patrick’s show!

Where: Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts
When: Friday & Saturday, March 18 & 19, 2016.  Buffet 5:00pm-6:30pm; show 7:00pm-10:00pm. Your choice of evening!

Cost: $45 per person includes full dinner and evening show.  Show only, $20. Advance reservations and payment required.  BYOB.

About The Ploughshare Poets:
Ryan Stauffer and Vade King are The Ploughshare Poets, a popular duo at the Bottlebrush known for their boisterous Celtic music, strong harmonies, clever banter, and impromptu parades through the streets of Harmony. Far from being a kitschy pub band, they are masters of the history and cultural importance of Scottish and Irish music. Expert musicians, the Poets play bagpipes, guitar, whistles, drums, and bouzouki. Ryan has played bagpipes for 20 years and makes his own small pipes. Vade played extensively in England and Scotland and was the lead singer of “Colin’s Way” for 10 years.

Open Seating at Show.

Weather-permitting, each show ends with a big pipes and drum march from the Square to The Harmony Inn.

Menu: Appetizer Irish Rarebit Mussels ~ House Salad Mixed Greens, Tomatoes, Cheese, Cucumbers, and Onion ~ Entree Beef Brisket w/Mushroom Gravy ~Herbed Potatoes ~ Carrots & Turnips ~ Festive Dessert ~ Coffee & Tea ~ Irish Soda Bread/Buns.

These shows sell out every year. Don’t wait to make your reservations! Saturday is a particularly popular night.

Friday, March 18th & Saturday March 19th, 2016
Buffet Dinner 5:00pm-6:30pm / Show 7:00pm.
Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts
539 Main Street “On the Square”
Harmony, PA 16037
$45 Admission for Dinner & Show; $20 for Show Only. Contact the Gallery to make your reservations.
Limited Seating ~ Advance RSVP. Payment required at registration.

The Bottlebrush Gallery hosted a Poetry Slam Open Mic on February 20 from 1-3pm for Seneca Valley senior Micheala Petruso. Thanks to musicians Bryan Fazio of the band Jim Donovan and the Sun King Warriors, and Slippery Rock University’s Jared Negley for accompanying the readings. Prizes were awarded for best performance. Congratulations to Micheala!

The Bottlebrush Gallery is proud to host our 5th annual Have a Heart fundraiser for the Butler County Humane Society. Please bring your donations to the Gallery on Saturday, February 13, from 1-4pm.

Gift Basket Drawing!
All donors’ names will be entered in a drawing for a gift basket. We’re hosting an informal reception from 1pm-4pm with snacks, drinks and live music by musicians Jim and Debbie Tobin.

If you can’t be at our event on February 13, you can drop off your generous donations at our Gallery in Harmony at any time.  To see the Humane Society’s wish list, visit this page:  http://www.butlercountyhs.org/OurWishList.asp

Thank you for helping the homeless animals at the Butler County Humane Society.

The Bottlebrush Gallery is proud to host a Poetry Slam Open Mic on February 20 from 1-3pm for Seneca Valley senior Micheala Petruso. Free admission, food and drink. All ages and poetry forms welcome! If you’re interested in reading your poetry for the event, please contact Micheala at m.petruso@yahoo.com to be added to the schedule. Bryan Fazio of the band Jim Donovan and the Sun King Warriors will drum for the slam, and Slippery Rock University’s Jared Negley will accompany the readings on his upright bass. Prizes awarded for best performance. Don’t miss it!

Our on-going Songwriters in Harmony workshop meets for the first time for 2016 on Thursday, Jan 21. We will celebrate the 207th birthday (Jan 19) of the bard of Baltimore, Edgar Allan Poe, by writing and sharing songs based on the meter and rhyme scheme of “The Raven”.  Free workshop, all instruments and genres welcome. Meet other local songwriters and enjoy an evening of music. 

Harmony’s women’s drumming circle meets Wednesday, January 20, 7pm. Do something good for yourselves! If you don’t treat yourself well, you can’t be good for others.

The cost is $35 in advance. No experience necessary, and there will be extra drums if you don’t have one. Please register in advance by calling Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts, at 724-452-0539.

“State of Deference: A Pictorial Representation Past and Present in Two Separate Acts” by Artist Scot Calvert

Please join us for an edgy, thought-provoking show by Slippery Rock artist Scot Calvert. “State of Deference” is a visual conversation on the history and current state of the oil industry in western Pennsylvania. This show will be on display from January 8 through 22.

Refreshments will be served. No admission fee or RSVP required. Some of Scot’s work will be available for purchase. We hope to see you.

Many of you wil recognize Scot as one of the bartenders from The Harmony Inn!

Artist Bio:
A Western Pennsylvania native, Scot R. Calvert is a visual artist currently working in Slippery Rock, PA. He holds a BFA and BS from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. In addition to this, he has also studied at VSVU The Academy of Fine Art & Design in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Touchstone Center for Crafts.

Calvert’s practice spans a wide range of media primarily focusing on sculpture, but also works in video/installation and printmaking with foundations based in ceramics and metalsmithing. This new exhibition marks his first endeavor into mixed media painting. Past exhibitions include The Three Rivers Arts Festival, The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Art House Co-op (Brooklyn, NY), Small Objects (Seattle, WA), Leon de Oro (Lima, Peru), and Svoradova (Bratislava, Slovakia).

A few photos from Harmony’s Annual German New Year’s Celebration, known as Silvester. Thousands of people converge on the small town of Harmony to enjoy this family friendly event with music, food, facepainting, arts and craft demonstrations, a 5k race and fun run, and much more. The day concludes at 6pm (midnight German time) with a ball drop and countdown and fireworks. It is an amazing experience.

Thanks to our friends and customers for your support of local art and music.  Happy New Year!