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You like to have fun, right? Friday nights are made for fun. Corner Bar is made for fun. You are made for fun! Come join us on our monthly excursion into the depths of excitement and mystery as your cornucopia of neighbors and friends get together to eat, drink, and be merry.

Don’t put away your Halloween costume yet. You have another chance to dazzle all with your creative genius.

Come join us as Welcome Strangers sings the praises for another action packed night of music.

“Longtime friends and musical collaborators Scott Goodwin (Drums/Vocals – Flowmotion, The True Spokes, Beecraft, Andy Coe Band, Your Sweet Action) and Jamie Zyskowski (Guitar/Vocals – Beecraft, The Don Goodwin Group) re-united in 2014 to create a new sound from a vintage pallet – Guitar, Bass, Drums, and lots of vocal harmonies. After a year of crafting new originals and inspiring covers from John Lennon, Sandy Denny, Genesis, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and more, Scott invited his band mate Norman Baker (Bass/Guitar/Vocals – Norman Baker & The Backroads, Mountains & Tunnels, Vicci Martinez, The True Spokes, Your Sweet Action) to join on bass and vocals to complete the sound. The trio brings a unique mix of creative originals and passionate covers delivered through a stripped down yet surprisingly deep sound.”

Countdown to our Centennial, by the decade. This month we celebrate the 10’s – a summary of our recent past. Thanks to Dina Johnson, Kay Kirkpatrick, Michele Witzki and other special contributors – that have put so much effort into documenting our history in such a way. Centennial Celebration coming up Saturday Nov 16 – see below!

As always, all ages, food and drink for purchase! Hope to see you this Friday.
***And don’t forget the food donation barrel in support of our neighborhood food bank at Paradise of Praise a few block west on Holden – please bring non-perishable food donations.

Doors open at 6pm; dinner from 6:30 to 7:15
Bring a potluck dish to share plus non-perishable food for the food bank. (don’t bring any alcohol – the bar will be open)
Get ready for the Talent Show at 7:15! Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A performance that is no longer than three minutes. There will be a friendly gong reminder, if needed.
• A family friendly act (if you have a burlesque talent, that would be a different show).
• No age restriction. Talent is talent, regardless of age.

Email us to sign up for the Talent Show, or sign up at the event.

Smelling great doesn’t have to come from a lab, call on the power of nature to create your very own legacy of scent!
It is never too late to start thinking about making gifts, the holiday season is right around the corner! Option to make additional perfume for $10/each.

Join Flower of Big Dipper Wax Works and Life By Ritual for this two hour workshop learning to create your very own signature natural perfume. You will have hands on experience with over 40 different essential oils and be guided in creating two roller ball perfumes. Exchange is $30.

Email lifebyritual@gmail.com with any questions.

Like plants? Like free stuff? Fall is a great time to divide those garden plants and here’s your chance to share your excess with your neighbors!!

Bring a plant (or plants) in dirt or bare root and swap it for another.

Admission free if you bring a plant to share, suggested $5 donation goes to Highland Park Elementary School.
Seeds also welcome!

Low Hums! Make your presence known. Attend our monthly soirée. Be prepared to be amazed and bedazzled by the spectacular rhythms, moods, and beats. All are welcome. All are encouraged to enjoy fall as it turns into its full splendor.

“Low Hums are a wild rock and roll band from Seattle Washington, comprised of some very long time close friends. Musically, there are a lot of influences.. Probably too many to name. If you added up all the years each member has been playing in bands, buying records, listening to music.. Lets just say it’s a long time. Here’s a swing at it. First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968, Acid Rock, 70’s rock, 80’s skate rock, The Sonics, Dead Moon, Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd… Early British Invasion like ‘Them’ or you know the Rolling Stones.. and perhaps a bit of Weird Spaghetti Western, Funkadelic, Howlin’ Wolf, Sun Ra…”

It’s right here in the neighborhood for you to enjoy. Count your blessings. Embrace HPIC. Feel HPIC.

PS – Band member(s) may be Highland Park neighbors.
Countdown to our Centennial, by the decade. This month we celebrate the 00’s – come peruse the y2k banner and see that we survived! Thanks to Dina Johnson, Kay Kirkpatrick, Michele Witzki and other special contributors – that have put so much effort into documenting our history in such a way.

As always, all ages, food and drink for purchase! Hope to see you this Friday.

Enter the dream. The scene comes into focus. You are serenaded by the music, the movement, the moment. The horn grabs you. The guitar stabs you. The drums nabs you. The organ jabs you. All of it comes together and pulls us closer and closer. Feel the funk. Let the jazz enter your brain. Fear not that around you, embrace the glory. One motion, one vision, dance, dance, dance. Your hosts are your pilots. Follow where they will take you. Embrace, enjoy, enter. Corner Bar is your night, your place to be freeeeee. People want to be. saxophone with Peter. guitar with RL. Drums with Heather. Thee organ with Joe. Join, listen, and move. Free. Food and drink available for purchase. All ages. Bring all your family.

Enjoy your First Friday dose of freedom! The force of nature comes riding a tornado from Tacoma. His guitar sings the words, his harmonica breathes the life, and his voice calls the spirits. Join the pride of Puyallup, Anthony Duron Estrada, as he brings his special force of nature through the streets of Highland Park and on to the holy dais of Corner Bar. His ensemble provides the chariot on which we all ride. Ron Weinstein‘s fiery organ lights the sky. Johnny Horn keeps the pace as the bass calls the distant thunder. The drums will be thumping to keep up with the magic the man with the guitar is slinging. it’s some hard charging blues.

Bring the family. Bring the fun. We are all here to just get it done!

Countdown to our Centennial, by the decade! This month we like totally celebrate the 80’s! Dress in rad 80’s style, come in character – we’re so sure!!! Borrow gnarlific 80s props, and pose for photos in our excellent booth. Check out the totally bitchin’ August installment of the HPIC Decade Banners – a new graphic design montage on display each month at Corner Bar, to help us get immersed in those righteous bygone times. We’re totally stoked! Thanks to our rockin’ volunteers – Dina Johnson, Kay Kirkpatrick, Michele Witzki and other special contributors – that have put so much effort into documenting our history in such a way.

As always, all ages, food and drink for purchase! Hope to see you this Friday.

These are special times. Special times deserve music from special people! The wizard of the Hammond B-3, Ron Weinstein, brings you to edge of enchantment, his fingers dazzling and dealing the cosmos. The lord of the drums, Mike Peterson, will take you on a roller coaster throughout the peaks and valleys that percussion can create, and then he will shove you into the abyss. The magic of the two will create others who will join in the insanity.

Unknown dreams are created in the space between the two as they face off and create the very loud jazz that you have always wished for.

Join us the day after we celebrate our glorious independence. Revel in the fury that awaits. Bring your kinfolk and neighbors. Let us all pull together and enjoy the music that has been proclaimed as sensitive jazz for obnoxious so-and-so’s! A delicate mix of jazz standards and original compositions.

All ages! All the time! Food & Drink for purchase!

Celebrating our Centennial by the decade! This month we celebrate the 70’s – so let’s get down, get down, get down, get down, get down tonight baby! Dress in one of the myriad 70’s styles, come in character, borrow colorful 70s props, and pose for photos in our classy booth. Check out the splendid July installment of the HPIC Decade Banners – a new graphic design montage on display each month at Corner Bar, to help us get immersed in those fabulous bygone times. It’s cool to the max! Thanks to our inspired volunteers – Dina Johnson, Kay Kirkpatrick, Michele Witzki and other special contributors – that have put so much effort into documenting our history in such a way.

Record spinning, food eating and general good times! Come hang out with the neighborhood!