JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, plays Bass Concert Hall, Aug 18 – Sept 5.

Two ways Hyde Park Bar and Grill wants to help you see JERSEY BOYS:

Enter to win tickets to The Jersey Boys at either Hyde Park Bar & Grill location! Click the picture to watch the trailer.

1. In-store drawing. Drop your name into the jar at either location for a chance to Win Free Tickets – enter by August 15th.  Enter at either HPB&G location August 2nd to August 15th for ticket drawing.

2. SPECIAL SUPPER CLUB DISCOUNT AVAILABLE! Purchase tickets through the Austin Supper Club for the first 2 weeks of JERSEY BOYS and RECEIVE 25% OFF THE SINGLE TICKET PRICE IN ALL SECTIONS!

Go here and enter DINEAUSTIN to buy tickets and your Supper Club dinner (includes tax & gratuity so it’s easy in, easy out on the night of the show!)

About JERSEY BOYS:

The show is a Tony award-winning Best Musical of 2006 which is almost sold out! JERSEY BOYS is something you don’t want to miss! Watch the trailer by clicking here.

Central: 458-3168 -4206 Duval — in historic Hyde Park neighborhood, just north of UT & downtown

South: 899-2700 – 4521 Westgate — in Central Market south shopping center

We have two new artists coming to Hyde Park Duval to show us their skills.  Meet  Felice House and Dana Younger.  Two amazing artists with extraordinary talent.

Felice fell in love with color and representation as a high school student in the woods of British Columbia.  She then traveled to Canada for shows. She ended her time in Canada with a solo show entitled “PUTTING IT ON…and taking it off”. In this show she used painting, printmaking and installation to exaggerate classical ideas of femininity to the point of comedy. Each piece provided an in-depth look at the way that society molds females’ expectations of themselves.  Felice started Housepaintings Studio, an artists’ space in downtown Bryan, Texas.   Through the studio Felice began to teach weekly drawing and painting classes as well as weekend workshops.

Dana Younger, VP of Blue Genie Art, is truly a man for all seasons.
Besides being a painter, sculptor, mold maker, and computer artist, Dana is one of the chief innovators at Blue Genie Art.  His fascination with the creative process and all types of materials keeps Blue Genie Art on the cutting edge.  Essentially, he is a one man research and development team.  However his art is what makes him memorable.  His talents include oil paintings, digital art, encaustics and acrylic paintings. There are a variety of styles: figurative work, abstract expressionism digital art and landscapes.  Whatever he creates is sure to be beautiful, deep and unique.

ART @ HPB&G

4206 Duval

August 4

5 to 7 p.m.

Seeing as how their first appearance was such a success, Hyde Park Bar & Grill is bringing back this talented duo to entertain us once again.  With their quirky attitudes and well known unique arrangements of old favorites, Kit Kat & The Hardway are sure to be a brilliant success once more!

Kit Kat & The Hardway

Kathleen and Scotty joined together in the summer of 2007 to form their musical collaboration “Kit Kat & the Hardway.” They share a common heritage of love for the golden era of jazz, as well as an enjoyment of contemporary music.

Bluesday Tuesday w KitKat & The Hardway and Jimi Lee

August 17th, 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Hyde Park Bar & Grill, South

4521 Westgate

No formal cover, pay-what-you-can to the band.

Are you ready to be impressed? Hyde Park is fortunate enough to have a VERY talented musician coming to play for Bluesday Tuesday on August 10th!  Is your interest peaked? We thought so.

Mark At County Line. Photo credit to Shawna Malone

His name is Mark Campbell and he does practically everything with master skill.  Whether it’s blues, country, or even Latin music, he plays with conviction and soul on his guitar or piano.  He started Soulshaker after highschool but has lately been playing weddings.  However he still strives for that elusive sound , the ultimate goal of making music “magic”.

Bluesday Tuesday w/ Jimi Lee Featuring Mark Campbell

Hyde Park Bar  & Grill south – 4521 Westgate, 899-2700

7:30-9:30pm

No formal cover, please pay-what-you-can to the band.

In House of Hits, Andy Bradley and Roger Wood chronicle the fascinating history of Gold Star/SugarHill, telling a story that effectively covers the postwar popular music industry.  Artists from Lightin’ Hopkins to Beyonce recorded there.

We’ll have Andy Bradley and Roger Wood on hand at the party and it’s anybody’s guess as to who else, since they know every musician that ever set foot in Texas!!!

Come meet the authors, have a snack, buy a book to benefit SIMS Foundation, and hear a juicy story or two…

NEW!  Profits from books sales will benefit SIMS Foundation for Austin musicians!

House of Hits chronicles Houston's music powerhouse Sugarhill Studios

HOUSE OF HITS – Meet the Authors Party
Hyde Park Bar & Grill
4206 Duval (original, central location)
Austin, TX 78751
512-48-3168

Aug 18, 5-7pm

Complementary hors d’oeuvres, cash bar at happy hour prices

ABOUT HOUSE OF HITS

Founded in a working-class neighborhood in southeast Houston in 1941, Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios is a major independent studio that has produced a multitude of influential hit records in an astonishingly diverse range of genres. Its roster of recorded musicians includes Lightnin’ Hopkins, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Junior Parker, Clifton Chenier, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, Freddy Fender, Kinky Friedman, Ray Benson, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams, Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child, and many, many more.

Bradley and Wood describe how Houston’s lack of zoning ordinances allowed founder Bill Quinn’s house studio to grow into a large studio complex, just as SugarHill’s willingness to transcend musical boundaries transformed it into of one of the most storied recording enterprises in America. The authors offer behind-the-scenes accounts of numerous hit recordings, spiced with anecdotes from studio insiders and musicians who recorded at SugarHill. Bradley and Wood also place significant emphasis on the role of technology in shaping the music and the evolution of the music business. They include in-depth biographies of regional stars and analysis of the various styles of music they represent, as well as a list of all of Gold Star/SugarHill’s recordings that made the Billboard charts and extensive selected historical discographies of the studio’s recordings.

Although summer may be ending soon, it doesn’t mean you’ve run out of great things to do!  If you are looking for something to spice up a regular ole Tuesday night, it’s time to be introduced to a “killer” duo.  On August 8th, Bluesday Tuesday will take on a whole new meaning of “soulful blues”.

Ben Steven performing his blues

Ben Stevens is no rookie when it comes to music, in fact you may have heard him in Bleecker St., one of Colorado’s most acclaimed blues bands which he actually started!

Not only is Ben a fantastic guitarist, he also has something which is becoming excedingly  rare: Heart.  Ben puts heart into his music because that’s what makes it blues.  That’s what makes him a true artist.

Check out the link below, and we’re convinced we’ll see you on August 8th…Ben Steven’s music speaks for itself.

Bluesday Tuesday w Ben Stevens & Jimi Lee

4521 Westgate

August 3, 7:30-9:30pm

No formal cover, pay-what-you-can to the band

Read more:http://www.myspace.com/benstevensblues#ixzz0uO7ePPdJ

You say you don’t know art, but you know what you like?

Check out these works by Robbin Polter and Ziya Neema:

Robbin Robertson Polter's "My Austin"

"Who Dat, Mardis Gras" by Ziya Neema

Now if those paintings don’t lift your spirits and stir your chili, nothing will.

We’ll have the lively, colorful and joyful paintings of Robbin Polter and Ziya Neema on display at Hyde Park Bar & Grill in the Hyde Park neighborhood — 4206 Duval — from Sept 4 to Oct 10.

Meet the Artists’ Party – Wed, Sept 8

4:30 – 6:30

About the Artists:

Ziya Neema

I paint big, loud, Afro-Caribbean inspired paintings on hand sewn crazy quilt canvases. Having been born in Tanzania and raised in the Virgin Islands, I try to depict the vivaciousness and spice of life in the tropics. I want my lush colors and intense patterns to initially draw you in. At first glance it may appear to be just another happy day in paradise, but upon closer examination you may begin to see the signs of chaos.

I love to collect fabrics from my world travels (39 countries and counting) and sew them into my canvases. My favorite pieces are from vintage Dhow sails I bought in a fishing village on the coast of Zanzibar. The sail texture is sea baked, sun kissed, and hand stitched. These random seams and lines inspire me to create unexpected divisions through my paintings.

My current work is becoming bigger, bolder, and more complex.  I am building and painting frames to extend the intensity of my work, polishing my craftsmanship, and developing my conceptual intent.

Robbin Robertson Polter

Robbin, local Austinite, a native Texan , and Texas A&M graduate is a multi-media contemporary folk artist working with canvas, wooden and metal collages and photography. Her portfolio is colorful and whimsical emphasizing a folk art style.  While using available art supplies she prefers found objects, scraps and recycled materials giving “life back to trash” .  Robbin paints on board, recycled frames or cabinet doors then easily moves into 3D creations out of metal, glass, found pieces & wood. She has a difficult time painting flat for too long …the figures want to rise out of the board and become 3-D . She prefers patterns on patterns, details, layers of color and has found inspirations from her travels in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. More specifically inspired by the folk art & textiles in Guatemala, Mexico,Peru and Haiti. She is a 4th generation folk artist and inspired most by her years making art with her mother Mary – a wood worker & folk artist.She has displayed and sold her art in Texas, California, New York, Washington, New Mexico,  Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. See www.robbinrobertsonstudios.com for more paintings and her blog with show updates

Check out this video trailer for Circle Mirror Transformation, still selling out fast at Hyde Park Theatre!

Circle Mirror Transformation trailer

Hyde Park Theatre is in the ‘hood and we’re a sponsor so we’re claiming their shows as events for our original location on Duval in Central Austin!

Circle Mirror Transformation at Hyde Park Theatre -- the hottest ticket in town!

Act fast if you want tickets to this play!  It’s been a sell-out every night since it opened on July 8 at Hyde Park Theatre right here in the motherland of all Hyde Parkness, the actual, genuine Hyde Park neighborhood.  Reviewers like Spike Gillespie and the Austin American Statesman can’t say enough good things about it.  Funny, great pacing, jaw drop ending — what’s not to like?

We would, of course, be missing a huge opportunity if we didn’t invite you to come by our Duval location before or after the show to have a bite and bit of conversation.  It’s a 15 minute stroll from our door to theirs.  Lots of picturesque houses and B&B’s along the way.

Circle Mirror Transformation

Hyde Park Theatre

511 West 43rd

July 8 – Aug 7

Reservations 479-PLAY or buy tickets online

Thurs – pay what you can; Fri & Sat – $19

Jeffrey Primeaux’s art is currently enlivening our walls at Hyde Park Bar & Grill on Duval (you know, the Original Hyde Park, the source of all Hyde Parkness in Austin).

Winter Coats by Jeffrey Primeaux -- meet the artist July 14

Look at this amazing image.  You gotta love it.

Meet the artist and see the work up close & personal on July 14.

According to Jeffrey’s blog:

“Hyde Park Bar and Grill will be hosting a reception for my artwork at the restaurant on Wednesday, July 14 (yes, that’s Bastille Day), from 4:30-6:30 in the evening. They will be providing some snacks, water, and ice tea along with a cash bar for the cocktail hour beverages. The restaurant is located at 4206 Duval Street. I will be there too, of course.”

And he adds: “The event will be regicide-free.”

Reception for Artist Jeffrey Primeaux

Hyde Park Bar & Grill on Duval

4206 Duval

July 14

4:30 – 7PM

Complementary hors d’eauvres , cash bar at Happy Hour prices

Jimi Lee featuring Jessie Bradley Jr. will be performing Tuesday with the blues.  However you may ask yourself, “what makes this a good show worth driving out for?”

A good show consists of a couple things…

Jessie Bradley Jr. performing soon!

1. Are they entertaining?  Jessie Bradley Jr. and Jimi Lee are both not only amazing muscians, but they also have light hearted, fun loving natures.

2. Are they good performers as well as musicians?  Jimi Lee’s personality shines through his music which is known to “turn heads”.  His talent, paired with J. Bradley’s ability to “rip the Saxophone” provide great entertainment to all.

3.  Is there good food to go along with the good music?  Welcome to the Hyde Park Bar and Grill.  Good food is the very foundation of our business!

Besides, when’s the last time you heard great sax?

Bluesday Tuesday w/ Jimi Lee featuring Jessie Bradley Jr.

Hyde Park Bar  & Grill south – 4521 Westgate, 899-2700

7:30-9:30pm

No formal cover, please pay-what-you-can to the band.