July 1, 2019
gem
fire, party, Photography
amy, bitter liberals, bonfire, BORH, concert, fire, gem, jack, photography, solstice, solstice fire, summer solstice, summer solstice 2019, video
First a story of the lighting through the photography of Amy Barley.
Prepare to Burn
Burn
Light it Up
Fire Maiden
And that is how you turn the sun.
Things looked pretty much like this before we started
Then there were several undocumented hours in the river with the special beer float courtesy of Aubrey. We’re still not sure where he is.
The most popular guest of all was baby Cora. (Yes, that is the three McGraw brothers in kilts.)
Panorama by jackie
Idyllic
A video of the lighting.
This shot by my brother walt (at his first solstice) is one of my favorites.
From the bridge
Spectacular
When the fire burned down enough to get within 100 feet, we started the music.
Burning pile
Joel Winstead created some great sketches in real time.
Music by firelight
The fire
Gary and Gina
The the thunderstorm moved in around 11pm and we shifted the music to the barn. We played until 4am. What a joy.
Gary and Gina in the barn
Allen behind his hat
There are a few more pictures on the evite page. Thanks to all who came to the 2019 summer solstice fire!
Thanks for coming to the summer solstice!
July 9, 2018
gem
mountain, music, nature, who knows
bitter liberals, blue ridge, fuck all ya'll house, mountain cabin, music
Lil cabin in the woods
Just bought a cabin on the Blue Ridge for the Bitter Liberals. It’s a little thing with a hilarious story available only in person. Suffice it to say that we’ll be calling it the “fuck all ya’ll” house. That’s meant only in the kindest way, of course.
Once the stuff is gone, the band will go here
fireplace side, and yoga too no doubt
kitchenette
Here are some more views of the outside. All of the decks need to be replaced, and we’ll put in two skylights for the upstairs rooms.
Back deck
front deck
The house sits on just over 6 acres of woodland with a creek as one of the borders.
December 24, 2017
gem
music
Allen Kitselman, barns of rose hill, berryville, bitter liberals, concert, eli mcgraw, gary mcgraw, guitar, mandolin, nick shrenk, original music, rhine, Rhine Singleton, vioin, where's aubrey
Where’s Aubrey will play a benefit for Habitat for Humanity’s work in Clarke County FRIDAY 1.29.17 at the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville, VA.
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW
Learn more about Habitat for Humanity in Clarke County.
100% of proceeds from the concert go to Habitat.
We will be releasing our eighth CD the day of the show. Art by Eli McGraw. Music by Rhine Singleton and Gary McGraw. At the show, we’ll be playing all of the songs from the new CD plus some of your favorite Where’s Aubrey tunes.
We will be joined on stage by Allen Kitselman and Nick Schrenk of the Bitter Liberals.
See you Friday!
October 17, 2016
gem
guns, nature, who knows
Allen Kitselman, amy, aubrey, bitter liberals, guns, nature, pistols, plink, shenandoah, shenandoah river, skeet, snapper, snapping turtle, video
On a beautiful Fall day, the arsenal comes down. One half of the Bitter Liberals came out to plink and shoot some clays. Aubrey was in the house.
Mr. Kitselman shoots his dad’s 45 from WWII Pacific Theater
Yep.
Pistols at 50 feet
The better half of the half of the Bitter Liberals
On a walk by the river we found a fellow creature.
April 4, 2016
gem
art
art, bitter liberals, civil war show, karen rosasco, manor house, painting, staunton, va, Virginia
On an art-filled weekend, we travelled down to Union, WV to play the Civil War show. A stop off on the way back home in Staunton led us to an artist coop where we found the Manor House painting.
Manor House by Karen Rosasco
Karen Rosasco taught art for years in an upstate NY high school. She now resides in Staunton, VA.
Karen explains how the piece was implemented
It always amazes me how artists handle their own work
This work has a glaze treatment by knife first, followed by acrylic. One of Karen’s tricks is to put the very darkest spot in the painting right next to the very lightest part to capture your visual attention. I like how the focal point is enhanced with the oval in the middle of the painting which seems to me like a photographic artifact.
In context of other work by Karen.
More modern work by Karen
The gallery also had a student space. One student paid attention to shadows with their work, which was very cool indeed.
coffee filters
December 5, 2015
gem
art, music
bitter liberals, bright box, concert, downtown mall, krampus, old town winchester, poster, printing, tin top, tin top handmade, winchester
Winter is here, and various holiday parties spring up, including a somewhat novel round of Krampus events. The walking mall in Winchester, VA is getting into the holiday spirit just as the cold sets in.
We dropped in at the Tin Top Handmade shop just after Krampus had chased everyone out. Oh so tardy.
Neil and the press
Krampus:supmarK
And what did we spot in front of the Bright Box?
Downtown walking mall Winchester
The Bitter Liberals Piggy
Come see the actual Bitter Liberals themselves at the Bright Box January 8! Get your tickets.
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