YOU’RE INVITED!

Hard to believe the Bottlebrush will be 3 years old already on October 21! We’re having a music and art get-together to celebrate at the Gallery on Friday evening starting at 6pm. Joe Conti of New Castle will be our featured Third Friday artist, showing his photography. We’ll have some music and snacks. The new Vintage Christmas Shop should be open, fingers crossed for a good weekend to work on it. Come on out and celebrate with us! Bring your friends and a smile. We’re looking forward to seeing you.

NEW HOURS.

More news… we’ve changed our operating hours. Bottlebrush is now open 7 days a week, Monday through Friday, from 11am – 4pm, with extended hours on music and opening event nights and for the holidays. The shop will be open more to accommodate your shopping needs.

YOGA.

Sadly, we will no longer be offering Yoga classes at the Gallery, at least not until spring. We want to do some renovations on the upstairs of our building, so we won’t be keeping that portion of the building heated this winter. 🙁 Cathy and Diana have been awesome instructors for the Bottlebrush Yoga classes, and we appreciate them greatly, as do their students.

NOVEMBER MUSIC EVENTS. MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Bottlebrush will be hosting two Harmony in the House Concert events in November. Blues guitar legend Roy Book Binder www.roybookbinder.com will be playing one show only at the Gallery on November 4, 7pm. Admission is $15. BYOB. Please note, RSVP is required– call the shop and reserve your space! Snacks and light refreshments provided. Don’t miss the chance to hear some Piedmont-style guitar picking from the Master Storyteller!

The second House Concert will be Jeff and Vida from Nashville (formerly New Orleans) www.jeffandvida.com/JeffVida/Welcome.html. Jeff and Vida’s nine years of performing and songwriting, have seen them delve into many different genres of music; country, honky-tonk, rockabilly, even a little rock and roll, but bluegrass has remained a key influence in their style and sound. Concert date is November 11, 7pm. Admission is $10 at the door. RSVP required, please email us or call. BYOB. Snacks and light refreshments provided. “Jeff and Vida make music that is real and true. Their’s are the songs you long to hear late at night on the interstate, in pool halls and smoky whiskey bars.” –New York Times Magazine

Many thanks to Linda McRae and Jennie Kay Snyder for bringing their fine talents to HITH for our September House Concert! Thanks also to Full Pint Brewing for the beer samples… they were much enjoyed by the guests. We have a quick turn around with another very good show coming your way– Tommy Womack from Nashville, with Tom Panei, opening. See details below!

Reminder, these events are BYOB for adults; we’ll have sodas and water and snacks, too. We are improving the seating, but you are still welcome to bring your own comfy chair. We do have some space limitations so be considerate. Join us to have some fun with this great line-up. We hope to see you there.

Because you asked… finding beer from Full Pint Brewing! The closest they sell cases are at distributors in Evans City, with beer on tap at Fishers Bar and the Harmony Inn. The brewery is located in North Versailles on route 30. http://www.fullpintbrewing.com/

Friday, 7th October 2011
7:00 PM
Bottlebrush Gallery & Shop
539 Main Street
Harmony, Pa. 16037
(724) 452-0539
HITH@zoominternet.net

About Tommy Womack:

TOMMY WOMACK is a published author and successful singer-songwriter with songs recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Todd Snider, Jason Ringenberg, Dan Baird, Scott Kempner and others as well as several solo releases with a new full length album due out in early 2012. If that’s not enough he’s also continuing his other band collaboration with AMA instrumentalist of the year Will Kimbrough and always writing towards his next book. “Womack leavens searing EMOTIONAL HONESTY with OBSERVATIONAL WIT and WRY WISE-GUY CHARM as he moves among rock, country and blues.” ~ The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daniel Seymour will be playing bass with Tommy.

Tommy says, “My name is Tommy Glynn Womack. Skot Willis once said I was the craziest person he’d ever met who had his life together. Todd Snider says I’m the only person he’s ever met in Nashville who’s crazier than he is. So I must be crazy, I guess. I can’t tell. Crazy for most folks must just be what normal feels like for me. From 1985 through 1992 I played in a band called Government Cheese. From 1992 through 1994 I played in a band calledthe bis-quits. In 1995, my book Cheese Chronicles: The True Story of a Rock and Roll Band You’ve Never Heard Of was published.”

http://www.reverbnation.com/tommywomack
http://www.tommywomack.com

About Tom Panei:

If you’ve been anywhere in Butler you’ve seen Tom’s art… visible to the public on the welcome sign as you drive into Butler and on the side of Natili’s South. His art is for sale regionally and nationally. For the past 20+ years, Tom has been writing and playing music. He was co-founder of the regionally successful band Mind’s I, has 4 studio releases, and has traveled extensively over the Northeastern US from 1999- 2008. Since then, Tom has logged countless miles and hundreds of shows as a solo acoustic act. Playing material from Johnny Cash, to Nine Inch Nails, to his well written originals, Tom Panei is sure to please anyone that comes out to a show. His high energy performances have been enjoyed by everyone from Pennsylvania to Illinois, and as far south as Key West, Florida. Honing his skills as a musician and entertainer over the years, Tom’s performance is a show you don’t want to miss.

Friday August 19th, 6pm

The pottery of local ceramic artist Karen McKee is showcased in this event.

Karen McKee fell in love with clay a long time ago, then life got in the way. A little more than a decade ago Karen found herself some time and started playing with clay again. The results are beautiful, you can really feel the joy she puts into her work.

If you were with us for Todd Burge, Phil Lee, Tom Mason or Jeff Wiley, you know that Harmony in the House Concert Series at Bottlebrush Gallery is the real deal for small-venue music in the North Pittsburgh area.

Many of you asked how you can make sure your friends know about these fine concerts. We encourage you to forward this Web site address or our emails and have them contact us directly. We love making new friends!

The House Concert tradition at Bottlebrush continues with a show you won’t want to miss:

Tony Denikos
Americana-Folk-Roots Acoustic
Steve Cohagan, opening act and releasing his new CD, “Picture Show”
Friday, August 12, 2011, 7:00 PM
Bottlebrush Gallery, 539 Main Street, Harmony, PA
Admission: $10 cash or credit card
Limited seating
RSVP to (724) 453.1222 or hith@zoominternet.net

Starting at 6 PM and throughout the show, the good folks at The Enchanted Olive of Harmony will be here offering samples of their delicious, flavored dipping oils. You can read more about them at http://enchantedolive.com/ . We can assure you they offer a wonderful taste treat, and you will want to take a bottle or 2 of their dipping oils home with you.

Small venue, intimate, live performances for all ages, featuring acoustic, folk, and singer/songwriters. Harmony in the House is booking traveling acts, many from the Nashville area, as they pass through our region, providing low-cost entertainment by performers ordinarily seen only in large venues and cities. With the support of the regional music-loving community, we will bring you a consistently high-caliber, diverse group of performers monthly at a reasonable cost.

The house concerts begin at 7:00 PM and end before 10:00 PM, at the Bottlebrush Gallery in Harmony, PA. Stay as long as you’d like! We can all be home by bedtime, or go to the Harmony Inn for a late supper after the show.

This event is BYOB for adults… we’ll have sodas, water and snacks, too!

The only chairs we have are some folding chairs and you are welcome to use them, or, within reason, bring your own chair from home. We have some space limitations so daybeds and chaise lounges are out… otherwise, come comfy and ready to have some fun with this great line-up.

About Tony Denikos

Tony Denikos, (pronounced “Deh-nigh-kiss”), writes, records and performs some of the most refreshingly down-home Americana music in the country. A native of Laurel, MD, Tony’s wide range of influences include artists such as John Fogerty, John Prine, Lowell George, Graham Parker & Bruce Springsteen. Tony is a storyteller and songsmith in the tradition of John Prine & Lyle Lovett.

Tony recently released his third CD Already Gone (2009), music of cutting lyrical wit, breathtakingly personal storytelling, and foot stomping backbeats. It immediately charted at #2 on the Euro Americana Charts and at #7 on the Freeform American Roots Chart. There are stories here that everyone can relate to about love, working class attitudes, hope, regret, forgotten patriots and unwitting heroes.

You can catch Tony performing his songs at venues and festivals from New York to the Carolinas– including venues such as Rams Head on Stage ,the Maryland Seafood Festival, Columbia Festival of the Arts, the Vintage Virginia Wine Festival and many others. He performs solo or with a band – always presenting to the listening world a writing style and performance uniquely his own. His songs will stay with you long after the lights fade to black.  http://tonydenikos.com/

About Steve Cohagan

Steve Cohagan is a well regarded singer/songwriter, well known in the Pittsburgh area. Close your eyes and you can hear him calling Tom Waits to the table. His songs tell fascinating stories and whether on guitar and harp, or pulling off an old Taj Mahal tune on the banjo I know you will enjoy him. Come, celebrate the release of his new CD. His songwriting teeters, gracefully balanced in the harmonious mix. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always…. always hopeful.always…. always hopeful.

3^rd Friday Event: July 15^th, 6-9pm

North Hills Art Center

On Display at the Bottlebrush!

Featuring 22 local Artists:

KIM FREITHALER, NADYA LOPETS, JOAN SCHEURING, DIANE PONTORIERO, DOROTHY THOMAS, DIANE UNKOVIC, VICKIE SCHILLING, RUTHANN FARINACCI, JULIE UBER, JUNE KIELTY, ALICE BEVINGTON, MARIAN SALLADE, GLADYS TOBIN, MARY C. BITTNER, CARMELLA ZIELINSKI, MARTHA H BALKEY, ELAINE BERGSTROM, THOMAS RILEY, BOB MUELLER

Come out and meet them! Show runs through August 14th.

Shop our online store for these great shirts:

Harmony’s Fire Company depends solely on the

brave men and women who volunteer 24/7 to insure

our safety at life’s scariest moments. 50% net

proceeds go to H.V.F.C.

Friday June 17th, 6pm

Show runs through July 10th!

“Taking Notice”

By Stacey Hogue of Grove City, PA

“For lack of attention, a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.”

Stacey Hogue is a native of Georgia and now lives in Grove City, Pennsylvania. She works in watercolor, acrylic, assemblage, and collage. The running theme of Stacey’s work is redemption in its many guises. She is inspired by beauty and wants to convey what she sees with the inner meaning it portrays to her. For Stacey, the creative process is cathartic. The journey began with an initial desire to express beauty and has become a telling of her own story, what it means, and how her past informs her present. Faith and spirituality play a large part. Her hope is that her art will establish a connection, that it will be strong and instantaneous, that it will cut through to a meaningful place in the heart of the viewer.

Lonesome No More Productions and the Bottlebrush Gallery proudly announce their first Harmony in the House Concert.

Phil Lee and Tom Mason from Nashville
Opening artist, Jeff Wiley
Thursday, June 16, 2011, 7:00 PM
Bottlebrush Gallery, 539 Main Street, Harmony, PA
Admission: $10 cash or credit card
Limited seating
RSVP to the Bottlebrush Gallery: (724) 452-0539

We are very excited to offer the region’s first House Concert Series, Harmony in the House, with our kickoff show featuring Phil Lee, Tom Mason and local artist Jeff Wiley.

What are house concerts?

Small venue, intimate, live performances for all ages, featuring acoustic, folk, and singer/songwriters. Harmony in the House is booking traveling acts, many from the Nashville area, as they pass through our region, providing low-cost entertainment by performers ordinarily seen only in large venues and cities. With the support of the regional music-loving community, we will bring you a consistently high-caliber, diverse group of performers monthly at a reasonable cost.

The house concerts will begin at 7:00 PM and end around 10:00 PM, at the Bottlebrush Gallery in Harmony, PA. Stay as long as you’d like! We can all be home by bedtime, or go to the Harmony Inn for a late supper afterwards. Non-alcoholic refreshments, and snacks will be provided at the concert venue for low prices.

This promises to be a fine show, continue reading below for the details and full description. We hope you will join us!

Phil Lee. This North Carolina-born Nashvillian isn’t your typical musician. For one thing, most artists don’t release debut records at such a seasoned age. For another, few singers have experience long-hauling 18-wheelers across the country. If anything, Lee’s long teeth have removed all pretense and preciousness from his music; instead, he attacks his tough twang with fire and vitality, putting forth rumbling rockabilly, garage country, and full-on rock swagger. He writes constantly, eats a sensible diet and, peripatetic as heck, he won’t hesitate to jump in his pickup for a gig in Wisconsin on a Friday, cannonball from there to Missouri on Saturday, and hit Indiana on Sunday – after church of course.http://www.phillee1.com/

Tom Mason is a fine guitarist, a sizzling slide player and multi-instrumentalist, a seasoned actor, and a passionate songwriter. Above all, Mason is an entertainer, eager to share his lust for life every time he straps on a guitar or hits the stage. Since arriving in Nashville in 1993, Mason has established himself as a favorite in nightclubs and studios. With his new CD Alchemy, Tom Mason draws on all his talents to create a work filled with magic. http://www.tommason.net

A locally popular singer/songwriter, those who know Jeff Wiley’s work will recognize his signature acoustical guitar resonance, expressive vocals, bright harmonies, and lyrics that balance ironic humor against melancholy.

Bottlebrush Gallery & Shop
539 Main Street
Harmony, Pa. 16037
(724) 452-0539

HITH@zoominternet.net

Come out to our 3rd Friday event and meet our wood workers, as well as see how to turn wood!

On display will be a multitude of fantastical works in wood.