We would love for you to submit some images to kristy@art979.com by March 8th.  We are going to select at least 15 local photographers to showcase their work.  If selected, you will be required to exhibit a piece, framed black in the 11X17 to 16X20 size range.  Your piece will be tagged with your name and web contact info for advertising.   Your piece will be for sale and if it sales mid month, you will be allowed to rehang another piece.  The Village will take a 30% commision on the sale.  Please pass this info along to any photographers you might think would be interested in this exhibit.

Tonight is our singer/songwriter night from 8-midnight! If you have not come out to enjoy it yet, you should today. Feel free to bring your instrument of choice and join in on the fun!

Our First Friday artist of the month is in fact a collection of the artists from the past year. We are having a silent auction to give you a chance to bid on the works to show our appreciation of what they do for the culture of Downtown Bryan. They generously give of themselves throughout the year to different fundraisers, so I thought we should give them a fundraiser of their own. Come out, bid early and bid often.

The music for Friday is Puente from 6-8pm and Kathy Ross from 8-11pm.

…Puente’s a “roots” band… not “roots rock”, just ROOTS… they do REAL ROOTS MUSIC… I’m talking AMERICA, here, folks…”The Grapes of Wrath”, or a blues bar in the backwaters of the French Quarter in New Orleans pre-Katrina… or in a hobo camp in the Thirties, or at one of the dances my granny took me to as a young child, or in the Cotton Club in Harlem in NYC in the fifties…could’ve been the 1890s, the 1930s, the Fifties, or last night…I LOVE PUENTE…
~ Mick Darwin

Kathy Ross has been singing professionally since the age of 6. Kathy appeared on Star Search and quickly gained a fan base that reached out to millions and through that she has had appearances on VH1 “Before They Were Rock Stars.” Kathy has opened up for Merle Haggard, Kelly Willis and Little Texas. She is also known for her rendition of the National Anthem and that has led her to sing for the Spurs, Rockets, Cowboys, Oilers and Rangers.

Saturday and Sunday we will be having our all day brunch complete with mimosas and live music. Music will happen from 11am-2pm on Saturday and 2pm-5pm on Sunday. Come out and enjoy!

Saturday night is our salsa night with free lessons from 10pm-2am! $5.00 cover at 11.

Come one come all and invite your friends

We hope you guys had a wonderful holiday season!  The Village had a wonderful break and we worked on a bunch of new ideas during the holidays.
 
We are open again with some pretty EXCITING changes.

We are now open every night except Mondays AND we open at 8am EVERY DAY, including weekends.

We now have an extended brunch menu and are serving brunch all day Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday afternoons we have live folk americana music from 11-2
Sunday afternoons we have brunch and drink specials all day with live music from 2-5
Come out for mimosas and beer specials all weekend long.

Beer and wine are now available anytime we are open.

Wednesdays, starting on January 13th we will be having literature night. Complete with book clubs, reading circle and poetry readings. Be sure to come and “Get Lit at the Village”.  We have our own book club that you can join or just bring your book club to us!

Thursdays are still Singer/Songwriter nights with Chris and Brandon. It runs from 8-midnight.
Come weekly to listen to great original music!  “Story songs and Singalongs” will prove to be a fun evening.

This Friday is First Friday and we wil be having live music by Francisco Farias and Elizabeth Russell from 7-9:30pm. The art is representing a large group of artists that displayed over the last year.  We are pricing the art as a silent auction so you can bid on the works and all the proceeds go to the artists themselves for being brave enough to share their wonderful talents with the world.
Brave the cold weather and warm up with our coffee, wine and beer. Dinner will be served all night!

We are continuing with Salsa Saturdays from 11pm-2am.  There is no cover until 11pm.  $5.00 after that.   We will also be adding chill live music on Saturdays before Salsa.

We really hope you can make it out to our new events and that you will spread the word about all the great things happening at The Village.

Come by and see our nice new exterior sign, made by our very own Chris Clonts!

I know its alot of info to take in, but thanks for supporting us and helping us grow and transform into your community cafe.  Bring us your ideas, comments and criticisms.  We appreciate your feedback.
 
Please spread the word by passing on this email to a friend.  Hope to see you tonight at the Village!

The Village Cafe will be closed from Dec 23rd-January 2nd for the holiday season.  We will be doing a little freshening up to the place and making some fun changes for the new year.  Make sure you come out for “First Friday” on January 8th!

Join us this week for First Friday, the monthly celebration of Downtown Bryan!  The cafe will be serving fresh, local, gourmet sandwiches and treats until 10pm and the bar will stay open till 2am serving Texas beer and wine.  So come out in your warmest sweater and enjoy good food, beer, wine, art, music and friends!

Artist: Cielle “Sky” Chevalier was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on a cold and rainy night, December 5th, 1985. Attending the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia earned her a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in Painting. Specializing in watercolor, oil, and mixed media, her work is a juxtaposition of figurative and abstract expressionism with floral impressions. She maintains a wide range of artistic abilities from ceramics to “live art” to tattooing. Her influences include the works of Frida Kahlo, Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt, Odilon Redon, and Jenny Saville. She owes everything she is to her family and friends. “The profit of art is not solely monetary, you can never starve as long as you paint from the soul.” -Sky Chevalier.  www.facebook.com/skychevalier

Music: The Brazos Valley Troupe will play from 6-7 pm. The Big Apple Trio consists of Brian Lippman, Karl Rehn and Wayne Smith.  When asked to describe their sound, they replied “it’s just good straight up jazz!”  They will play from 7-10 pm outside in the alley if the weather cooperates!  The Rob Dues Band (www.robduesband.com) will play from 1030- 130 am.

 
We will also be hosting a fundraiser for Voices For Children (a non-profit organization that works with CASA and foster children) where with a five dollar donation you can paint your own Christmas tree ornament to take home or hang on The Village Tree!

Come read what the great people at AboutTown said about The Village.

We have decided to move our weekly salsa night from Wednesdays to Saturdays.  We will have free mini lessons at the beginning.  $5.00 cover will start at 11pm.  Come out and dance the night away!

Can you believe it?? It has been a fun-filled year. We have grown and expanded and you guys made it possible. Please come out this First Friday, November 6th and celebrate with us!

From 5:30-7 Adam Saenz will be entertaining us to kick off the evening as well as a traveling magician, Cameron Rivers!

From 7 to 11, Tubie and the Touchtones will be entertaining us in the alley next door. They are a great blues band from Navasota. Check them out www.tubieandthetouchtones.com

From 11-2, The lovely Kristy Krueger will be gracing our stage once again. She is returning to us from her original Rock the Republic concert. Make sure you don’t miss her unique and lovely Billie Holiday-like performance.

She has an extensive history in music that spans classical, jazz, folk, and rock genres. Throughout the course of her career as a pianist and composer, Krüger won a multitude of state, national, and international awards for jazz and classical composition and performance. When she shifted gears into the world of the singer/songwriter, she brought a broad spectrum of influences with her, ranging from Hank Williams, Sr. to Miles Davis as she criss-crossed the country, touring alone for over six years. Her untraditional jazz-influenced approach to folk music has carried her throughout the United States, and secured her status as a favorite in her hometown of Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Morning News says she has grown into one of the most eclectic singers in the area, citing her as a “female Tom Waits.” Krüger has also received two nominations for Best Acoustic Act and recently won the 2006 Dallas Observer Music Award from Dallas’ leading entertainment weekly for Best Female Vocalist.

Changes will be coming everyday However, just for basic info to get you by. We are located at 210 W. 26th in Downtown Bryan, TX.

We open at 7am Monday through Friday and 10am on the weekends. We close at 5pm, Sunday through Tuesday, and stay open until 2am, Wednesday through Saturday. The cafe focuses on local products and homemade breads to make ours the best sandwich in town!

The wine bar serves all Texas beers and wines and brings you local music every weekend. The gallery changes monthly and features artists from all around the Brazos Valley. Come out and see us this next First Friday. It is our one year anniversary!! Time just flies by.

If you are interested in a special event or Christmas party, call Kristy at 979-595-8957 or email her at kristy@thevillagedowntown.com. Our facility is perfect for a mingling type social party or client appreciation.

If you have any questions at all, email localize@thevillagedowntown.com. Hope you come see us soon!