Bottlebrush Gallery & Center for the Arts

May’s women’s creative circle, Time for Me. We made peace flags.  🙂

  Phil was the first show at Harmony in the House, and we are pleased that he wants to come back to let you hear his new cd The Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty King of Love. Read what our friend Peter   Cooper wrote about Phil – http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/02/15/peter-cooper-on-music-fortune-eludes-phil-lee-but-fun-he-has/?repeat=w3tc

Phil Lee on Phil Lee:

 “I love Phil Lee. He’s this creature I’ve created who does what he likes and likes what he does.” Other folks like what he does, as well. Not millions of other folks. Perhaps, though, an acceptable amount. “I’m not as    famous as I ought to be, but (wife) Maggie says I’m famous enough,” he says. “Maggie’s always right.”

 Phil Lee — his last name is actually Pearson, but that doesn’t sound right — travels the world with a couple of guitars and sings, mostly truthfully, “Phil Lee don’t have to work/ He gets paid for having fun.”

 Phil makes albums, the latest of which is the brand-new “The Fall and Further Decline of the Mighty King of Love,” and those albums are readily ignored by mainstream radio programmers but happily consumed by the pockets of fans who make it possible for him to travel the world with a couple of guitars. http://www.phillee1.com

If you look up Steve Cohagen on the web, you will be directed to IMDB to read about his work in many well-known Hollywood and regionally directed movies. He’s behind the scenes but in the credits. Steve is our neighbor and our friend, and we are always glad when he has the time to come by for a show. He is also a well-regarded singer/songwriter 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, we know you will enjoy him. Steve’s songwriting teeters, gracefully balanced in the harmonious mix. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always, always hopeful.

Phil Lee (Nashville) with special guest Steve Cohagen

Friday, 31^st May 2013, 7:00pm

Bottlebrush: A Gallery for the Arts

539 Main Street “On the Square”

Harmony, PA16037

Admission: $10  BYOB

RSVP Required: 724.452.0539 or HITH@zoominternet.net

The Harmony Ink creative writing group resumes meeting this week on Wednesday, May 8, beginning at 6pm!

Harmony Ink: Creative Writing Group Like to write? Join our creative writing group for teens and adults. Harmony Ink isn’t a formal class– just a way to be inspired and share your work with others in small groups. Harmony Ink meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6pm. Drop-ins are always welcome! FREE. Instructor: Stacie Bonetti . Meeting dates for 2013: May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11.

John Lilly is a multi-talented acoustic music performer specializing in Americana, country roots, and traditional folk music. He writes new songs that sound as old as the hills, and performs older songs like they were made yesterday. According to one reviewer, “If Hank Williams had a sunny disposition, he’d be John Lilly.” John has released 6 CDs. Cold Comfort debuted at the #1 position on the Freeform American Root (FAR) radio, and Haunted Honky Tonk achieved the #1 position on both the Freeform American Roots (FAR) and the Euro Americana radio charts in 2007. http://pages.suddenlink.net/johnlillymusic/

With Special Guest Rick Bruening
Rick Bruening is a local singer songwriter whose songs and stories are recollections of real life drama with a little artistic license thrown in. Call it folk music, roots music, or acoustic Americana. He invites you to rest a while and listen to his life tales. http://www.backwoodsfolk.com/
Come out and support local, live music!

Free music in Harmony tomorrow to celebrate Earth Day. Rick Bruening 2pm at The Harmony Inn, The Squirrel Hill Billies at 4pm at the Bottlebrush, and Tiger Maple String Band at 7pm at The Center of Harmony. Come on out and say hello!

Kim Richey – Two Time Grammy Nominee!

Early this year, Seneca Valley graduating senior Tyler Duffy came to us with a request to hold an art show at the Gallery–not unusual for art students from Seneca Valley and Slippery Rock University, as a senior show is part of their graduation requirements. What was unusual was the underlying purpose of the show:  to sell original artwork made by Tyler and her classmates to donate back to Seneca Valley Intermediate and High Schools’  art programs for much-needed supplies.

How could we say no to such an altruistic, openhearted request?

We are proud to host “The Art of Giving Back,”  an art sale and benefit by Tyler Duffy and her classmates on Saturday, April 6, from 12pm-3pm. Refreshments will be served. Live music generously donated by Sally Zehmisch from Cranberry.  RSVP not required.

Please join us to celebrate Tyler and her spirit of giving back.

As women, we all seem to make time for everyone else in our lives– but when is OUR time? Time For Me is a way to set aside time for ourselves, to meet new friends and express our inner creativity.  At each session, we will explore various creative forms, learning a different technique each time, then use that technique to express our inner selves. You do not have to be artistically gifted to join us!

This is an on-going group that meets every fourth Thursday of the month. You are free to attend one session, two sessions or every session if you would like. Each session you attend is $20 and includes all materials needed for the evening. Your first night fee includes an art journal for you to work in and keep.  Bring beverages for yourself and snacks for others, if you would like to share.  Women from 13 to 100 welcome!  Please contact the Gallery to sign up.

Classes begin March 28, 2013. $20 includes all materials including your own art journal on the first night.