Destinations: Diamond Ace at the Ace Hotel - Jan 29th

Dances of Vice debuts at the vintage chic Ace Hotel with "The Diamond Ace", a film noir inspired evening of thrilling music and performances featuring:

GATO LOCO MUSICA
Raucous & Sultry Crime Jazz - Salsa - Swing
www.myspace.com/gatoloconyc

VERONICA VARLOW
The Danger Dame of Burlesque
www.dangerdame.com

MEDIANOCHE BURLESCA
The Deadly Midnight Vixen
www.facebook.com/medianocheburlesque

STRICTLY TANGO DANCE Co.
Crimes of Passion & Romance
www.learnargentinetango.com

...with Mr J BURMEISTER as your emcee!

The Ace Hotel is also proud to present a special film noir inspired cocktail menu crafted by esteemed mixologist FREDO of www.loungerati.com!

Admission: $10 (Cash Only at Doors) | 21+ ID Required | 10PM-4AM
Advance Tix

* Two for one vodka drink specials from 10-11PM!
* Disko Nouveaux continues from 2-4AM with DJ PUREVILE & Miz Margo!

www.dancesofvice.com
www.acehotel.com

Destinations: Dances of Vice - City Lights at Players Club on Sept 17th

Loungerati's own Fredo will be mixing up an Autumnal Punch for the VIPs at tomorrow night's Dances of Vice & Midnight Follies "City Lights" show at the historic Players Club. The punch is complimentary for attendees with VIP tickets. The line up is terrific with the likes of vaudevillians Gelber & Manning, naughty burlesque non-conformist Kiki Valentine, and the ubiquitous Dandy Wellington to name a few.

Here is the skinny:

Dances of Vice & Midnight Follies invite tomorrow's starlets, film divas and leading men to The Players to celebrate Broadway's
Golden Age in a glamorous evening of big band bombast, swing dancing, burlesque, and delicious cocktails!

"CITY LIGHTS" features the swinging music of JC Hopkin's Biggish Band and hot jazz and ragtime by Gelber & Manning with your dazzling hosts Dandy Wellington, Kiki Valentine and special musical guests... Shayna Steele, Justin Bond, Kristen Minsky and Shien Lee. Dances of Vice is also pleased to present a calvacade of glitzy burlesque performances by the sensational Gal Friday and Kristen Minsky of The Minsky Sisters! Also Lucy Woodward, Sasha Dobson and Leah Seigel.

ADMISSION: $20 In Advance - $25 Doors - $30-35 VIP Tix

Limited Qty VIP Ticket: $30 In Advance, $35 Doors - Includes early 7PM admission, complimentary Autumnal Punch cocktail hour (designed by Fredo of Loungerati), desserts and portraits by Steven Rosen Photography until 8PM, private musical revue by Gelber & Manning, and more TBA.

http://www.dancesofvice.com/

Players Club

16 Gramercy Park South

New York, NY

Destinations: Mood Indigo at Red Lotus Room, Mar 20th

Saturday night, the unstoppable Shien Lee presents Mood Indigo, a Dances of Vice Party at special place in Brooklyn called the Red Lotus Room:

"Dances of Vice celebrates the music and culture of the Harlem Renaissance in the hottest strut in town with our dapper MC Dandy Wellington, burlesque beauty and songbird Dulce de Leche, 1920s style tap sensation Jen Minsky of the Minsky Sisters, the salacious syncopations of Grandpa Musselman & His Syncopators, and the swingin' Adriel Azure & His Dream Indigo Orchestra.

Tickets @ http://www.dancesofvice.com
$16.50 Advance, $20 Doors, $10 for Wonderland Ball ticket holders.

"Jazz is a good barometer of freedom...the music is so free that many people say it is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country." - Duke Ellington

VENDORS: PUREVILE - Scoundrelle's Keep - Steven Rosen

MUSIC: Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, Jelly Roll Morton, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Dizzy Gillespie, Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald, &c."

Red Lotus Room
893 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY

Destinations: Halloween 2009

Halloween falls on a weekend for the first time in years. That equates to dozens of ghoulish parties, a myriad of masquerade balls, plenty of parades, and Gotham City in full dress up mode. I predict lots of Zombies in Mad Men attire. The festivities begin on All Hallow's Eve Eve and keep going well into the All Souls Day. Below is a short list of Loungerati recommendations:

Friday, October 30th
The Halloween Eve Masquerade

Join Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra the night before Halloween, and rub elbows with other glamorous ghouls... at Brooklyn's most enchanting little speakeasy, the Green Building, a 19th-century warehouse nestled along the banks of the Gowanus Canal, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

The featured performances include:
- The Love Show - sultry avant-garde dance troupe
- Jezebel Express and Lucy Lustgaarten - burlesque sensations
- Roddy Caravella & His Varsity Syncopators - wobbly-kneed Charleston-dancing troublemakers
- The Minsky Sisters - world renowned '20s tap duo
- Special musical guest Drew Nugent
Plus - Exotic Pumpkin and Gourd Exhibition!

- Cocktails served by the mixologists of Court & Spark. Fredo of Loungerati will also be slinging drinks.
- A tasty variety of hot and cold hors d'oeuvres and treats will be available if you're feeling peckish.

The Green Building
450 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY
9pm - $20


Saturday, October 31st
The Black Cat Masquerade with Gelber & Manning

Brought to you by Wit's End and the Dorothy Parker Society - the Black Cat Masquerade is the place to be this Hallowe'en!

It's the big one, kids! We've been waiting all year to bring you a Hallowe'en evening of spooky hot jazz tunes and other surprises, and we're bringing it to you with the fabulous musical stylings of Gelber & Manning! Come on in, take off your skin, and dance around in your bones with us!

DRESS : Vintage evening attire 1920s-40s: the more glamorous and mysterious, the better! And MASKS of course! We'll have some masks on hand for those unfortunate few who come bare-faced!

This evening also features the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau! Our hostess Diane (along with a bevy of amazing talent) brings you THE publication for lovers of early 20th century arts and culture!

ALL GUESTS AT THE BLACK CAT MASQUERADE WILL RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF ZELDA, AND AN ARRAY OF OTHER LOVELY FAVORS IN OUR HALLOWE'EN TREAT BAG! (treat bags while they last! arrive early!)

PLUS:
--FREE Balboa Lesson at 8PM with Jeri Lynn Astra and Neal Groothuis!
--Vintage party games to win prizes from our pals at Hey Sailor Hats and Cladrite.com!
--Best Dressed will take home a special prize provided by our venue, Flute Bar!
--Haute Chocolates from our favorite chocolatier, Chocolats Meurens!

Our venue for this special event has moved to Flute Bar, conveniently located at 54th Street near 7th Ave! Flute is in a quite legendary location : the very same spot as Texas Guinan's notorious speakeasy, Club Intime! (Also a longtime favorite of the Dorothy Parker Society!)

Flute
205 West 54th St @ 7th Ave
New York City

SWEET & SOUR SCARY SWING

Sweet & Sour Scary Swing returns to The Grand Harmony Palace in Chinatown on Spooky HALLOWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT, October 31st, 2009. LIVE HOT SWING JAZZ for listening and dancing featuring The Battle of the Bands with George Gee and The Jump, Jivin' Wailers (with vocalists John Dokes and Hilary Gardner) and Lt. Jim and The Blue Saracens (with vocalist Bess McCrary) duking it t all night long! A guaranteed good time with a heavy dose of Halloween Revelry and exciting, swingin LIVE BIG BAND dance music!

COSTUME CONTEST!CHINESE FOOD!COCKTAILS!TWO 12PC. BANDS, TWO CHARISMATIC BANDLEADERS!
SWINGIN' VOCALS!LIVE HOT SWINGIN' JAZZ!DIM SUM!LARGE DANCE FLOOR (MARBLE)DOOR PRIZES!
AND MORE.......

$20 Advance (Please make Paypal payment to "grandharmonyswings at gmail dot com" with indication of how many tickets and attached names - your names will be at the door night of the event)
$25 at the door.

Doors open for dinner at 7pm and music from 9pm to 1am.

GRAND HARMONY PALACE is located at 98 Mott Street (Canal Street) in historic Chinatown in lower Manhattan, New York City.

Dances of Vice Halloween: The DWINDLING PARTY

This Halloween, Dances of Vice presents "The Dwindling Party", an ominous Edward Gorey themed Victorian Halloween fete with a murder mystery undertone that promises to be most elegantly deranged.

The Dwindling Party will feature the murder ballads of special musical guests THE SCARRING PARTY, sensational crime scenes performed by resident rapscallions COMPANY XIV, fashions by that ruffled ruffian PUREVILE!, CORNELIUS LOY performing on the theremin, and the musical pandemonium of Ben Ickies' 24-piece chamber rock orchestra, THIS AMBITIOUS ORCHESTRA. Specialty cocktail menu presented by your charming bartender CHRX!

Artists FYODOR PAVLOV and LAWRENCE GULLO will be offering hand-drawn Gorey portraits to our dwindling guests, photographer STEVEN ROSEN will be offering specialty antiquated portraits, and PUREVILE! and COR-LEONIS will be vending handmade jewelry, candles and accoutrements!

303 BOND Street Theatre
303 Bond St.
Brooklyn, NY

Destinations: Dances of Vice - Cursed Circus on September 19th

Ringmaster Shien Lee sends us word of another outlandish Dances of Vice event. This time Loungerati's Fredo get behind the bar to conjure up a potent punch and assist with the bard stuff. This is sure to be an eye opening evening.

EVENT: "The Cursed Circus" - DOV Vintage Circus Spectacular
TIME & DATE: Sat, September 19, 2009 - Doors at 9PM
LOCATION: 303 Bond Street Theater - 303 Bond St, Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

Behold! Behold! A circus of wonder and depravity awaits you at Dances of Vice: The Cursed Circus, in a magnificent display of freaks, fools, fire, and frippery that will astonish and delight!

Abandon all virtue as ring-mistress GIOIA MARCHESE and her deadly cohorts at COMPANY XIV lead you through a world of sensuous marvels! Featuring ISENGART, the captivating libertine of the cabaret underworld - An arousing spectacle of flames by Priestess of Fire SKY CLAUDETTE and Vlad of Eros Fire - The salacious rapping of the tap-dancing MINSKY SISTERS - Magician and performance bizarrist MICHAEL CARBONARO - Raucous carnival melodies provided by BEN ICKIES' Ja Ja Jas Band with hostess and circus songbird SHIEN LEE.

Also, for one night only, outré pop surrealist MUFFINHEAD displays his otherworldly paintings and prints as well as his own largely exclamational attire!

DRESS CODE: Bohemians, Clowns, Jugglers, Strongmen, Lion tamers, Human oddities, Sideshows, Diviners, Victorian villains, Harlequins, Flappers, Festive fops, Vamps, Madmen, Vintage, or your most deprived attire requested.

NOTE: Spontaneous circus acts and performances are welcome!

Fiendish beasts of the natural world to astound the most stoic of hearts, winking beauties to set your blood aflame, devillish clowns and countless temptations await you this one sinful night at Dances of Vice. So come one, come all, to the most bewitching show on earth!

Win a glittering array of prizes from our sponsors LIME CRIME Makeup, HENDRICK'S GIN, PD CAGLIASTRO, MOLLY CRABAPPLE, WIT'S END, FORIEIGN AFFAIRS, TEMPUS FUGIT, PUREVILE! and more in the raffle!

* RSVP on Facebook as "Attending" to receive a free raffle ticket at the door!

VENDORS: PUREVILE! - LIME CRIME - the Voodoo Bone readings, Dolls & Spellwork of PD CAGLIASTRO

Specialty cocktail menu for this event presented by your bartenders LUCAS LANTHIER and FREDO from LOUNGERATI.

Destinations: Weekend of August 15th

Shien Lee of Dances of Vice is throwing a summer shindig not to be forgotten! The third anniversary of the neo-Victorian, vintage lifestyle party has moved from the Montauk House to Brooklyn's newest event space, 303 Bond Street aka the Green Building Oh and the first 100 guest get free Hendrick's Gin punch (paging Jim Ryan!!!)Here is the skinny:

Dances of Vice: Third Anniversary Party

Come, celebrate with us another year of jubilance, decadence and depravity amongst the finest of femmes and fellows at Dances of Vice. Entering our third year, a new saga of forgotten eras unfolds, as Dances of Vice joins forces with the sensual sophisticates of COMPANY XIV to continue our nocturnal phenomena at the "Dance Eden" that is their theater in Carroll Gardens.

Our Third Year Anniversary Party will feature a musical performance by Miss SHIEN LEE with the scintillating syncopations of GRANDPA MUSSELMAN and His Syncopators, and the exhilarating dramatics of Company XIV.

In honor of this special occasion, PUREVILE! will be offering an exclusive discount of 20% off items over $50. Also, have your portrait hand-painted by roving artist LAWRENCE GULLO, who will be seeking out inspiring and well dressed subjects.

Complimentary lashings of specialty HENDRICK'S GIN punch for the first 100 guests! Hendrick's cocktails offered throughout the evening at most unusually discounted prices.

DRESS CODE: 1920-40s, Victorian, Rococo, Shanghai Vice, Visions of Weimar, La Vie Parisienne, Golden Age of Hollywood, Voodoo Rhythms, Scenes of Dynasty, Funeral for Catbone, Blue Moon Masquerade, Murder Mystery, Les Secrets du Boudoir, flapper, vamp, dandy...

http://www.dancesofvice.com
http://www.companyxiv.com

NOTE: NHK, Japan's national broadcasting organization, will be filming at this event for their upcoming documentary on Neo-Victorian style and subculture. In attending the event, guests grant permission to DOV and NHK to use photos and video taken of them to be used for the documentary and related promotion.

The Green Building
303 Bond Street @ Union
Brooklyn, NY
More info at the DOV website