This Week in Lounge: May 21st - 27th

Doppelgänger Alert at the Pink Room!

There are lots of great events happening around town this week but we hard boiled them down to our top three lounge picks. First, take a surreal trip into the double vision world of David Lynch's Twin Peaks curated by burlesque temptress Francine The Lucid Dream. Then sport your finest vintage inspired threads and get your jazz fix on at a double header of Jazz Age Harlem and Dorothy Parker Wit's End madness! Make sure a gin martini is in your mix.

Tuesday, May 22nd
The Pink Room David Lynch Burlesque: Donuts & Doppelgängers
at Parkside Lounge
 
“She's my cousin... but doesn't she look almost exactly like Laura Palmer?” – The Man From Another Place

Hosted by: Schaffer the Darklord and his doppelgänger
Performances by: Amelia Bareparts, Apathy Angel, Bettina May, Gemini Rising, Legs Malone & Francine “The Lucid Dream”
Go-Go by doppelgängers: Foxy Vermouth & Satanica

Those who have been following the adventures of Francine “The Lucid Dream” this past year will know that she is no stranger to sweet treats or dual-identities. While everyone is familiar with the tasty donuts that often frequent Francine’s David Lynch Burlesque shows, not everyone has faced their own doppelgänger. This is not a celebrity Facebook profile picture, this is a double walker of a paranormal and spiritual nature with a very Lynchian twist on it. Come meet Agent Cooper – both of them! If Laura Palmer won’t talk to you, maybe her brunette cousin, Madeline, will!

If you bring your own doppelgänger, he or she gets in free! (This applies to actual identical twins or people in convincing Lynchian costume. If a dwarf brings in an arm, they both get in free!)

Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston Street 
$10 advanced tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246701
$15 at the door
21+, 2 drink minimum 


Friday, May 25th
The Esquire Room with Dandy Wellington and His Band
at The Rum House


Step into the era of elegance and class where fancy was in fashion and fantasies began with the pop of a cork. Enter a place where the crowd is sophisticated and melodies float through the room like bubbles in a glass of champagne. Dandy Wellington and His Band invite you... to engage in a night of sartorial splendor, majestic music and lavish libations, where the sounds of Jazz Age Harlem come alive under the lights of Broadway. 

The Rum House
at the Edison Hotel
47th btw Broadway and 8th Ave
9:30pm-12:30am
Free
 
Saturday, May 26th
Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with Gelber and Manning!

Come in your finest 1920s & 1930s vintage or vintage inspired evening attire and celebrate in style with live hot jazz, vintage cocktails and good times!

Free dance lesson at 8:30 with instructors Jeri Lynn Astra and Neal Groothuis

Live jazz from Wit’s End regulars Gelber and Manning! Playing traditional jazz, vaudeville music and new songs from the turn of the century, Gelber and Manning are a Brooklyn-based musical vaudeville duo, comprised of Jesse Gelber on piano and Kate Manning on vocals.

Kimberly Fay Greenberg (One Night With Fanny Brice) will be a special guest in our salute to vaudeville!

Dress code:  Coat and tie for gents, cocktail/evening attire for ladies. 1920s, 30s and 40s vintage is encouraged!

Flute Midtown
205 West 54th Street (near Broadway)
$12 at the door

7pm-Midnight

Destinations: Halloween Weekend 2011

Make Diane proud and make it Wit's End!

There are plenty of "lounge" worthy events this Halloween weekend. However, we suggest you head on over to these jazz age themed masquerades from our friends Michael Arenella in  and Wit's End, then cap it off at the Rhum Rhum Room (if you can get in).

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29, 2011

Wit's End: The Third Annual Black Cat Masquerade!

Flute - 205 W 54th St, NYC

8PM -11PM

$15 +21 years old

The Jazz Age is calling all flappers and Gents!

In honor of Wit's End founder, Miss Diane Naegel, Wit’s End, together with The Dorothy Parker Society, present The Third Annual "Black Cat Masquerade!" Our future is uncertain, and this may be the final Wit’s End, it’s certainly for 2011!

Celebrate Halloween of the 1920s and 1930s and join us for an evening of vintage cocktails, good company, and the return of Bliss Blood and the Moonlighters!

Come in your finest 1910s-1940s vintage/vintage-style Hallowe’en or evening attire to spend a night in vintage speakeasy style with us!

Free Dance Lesson will begin before the band goes on (approximately 8:45pm) from our pals Jeri Lynn Astra and Neal Groothuis!

Want a seat for the evening? Call and reserve a table for Wit's End! 212.265.5169

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011

Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra present... SILVER SCREAM

8PM – 2AM
320 West 37th Street, 14th Floor, NYC
$50 - Open Bar!!! - Advance Tickets Only
Sponsored by Bootlegger 21 NY Vodka

A spook-studded soiree to conjure the starlets and spectres of the Silver Screen. Brush the cobwebs off your pearls and the creepy-crawlers out of your silk hat as we celebrate the bygone glamour and ghouls of the silent movie era. 

For your eyes: 

*Burlesque naughtiness by: 

Grace Gotham - Humour's Favorite Temptress

Tansy - The Elizabeth Taylor of Burlesque

Medianoche - The Spanish Sensation 

The Maine Attraction - Inimitable Mover and Shaker 

PLUS * film projections of silent horror movies! 

For your appetite: 

*premium bar featuring fabulous custom cocktails, wines and beers!

*hot gourmet hors d’oeuvres (complimentary with admission)

*fresh-popped popcorn, candy and other movie-house treats!(also complimentary with admission!)

*Proudly presenting custom cocktails designed by Fredo of loungerati.com and served by Nino Cirabisi of Brooklyn Social!*

And of course, dance and revel in the hot music of Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra! 

Hosted in a gorgeous midtown loft with a private roof terrace offering breathtaking birdseye views of the city and the Hudson River. This intimate and exclusive event has only 200 total tickets available,SilverScream.Eventbee.com!and are only available for advance purchase at

Admission: $50 ( includes hot gourmet hors d’oeuvres and movie-house treats!)

Open Bar

MONDAY OCTOBER 31, 2011

Here it is - the Halloween event you have been waiting for, Lani Kai's First Annual Mahaloween!
Lani Kai 525 Broome Street,NYC

Pirates and Wenches meet in well...a setting they were made for.

Tiki Mondays (Brian Miller) joins forces with the crew at Lani Kai for what hopes to be, in the words of Miller's first mate this week, Brad Farran - "EPIC!"

The Wenches (Julie & April) will be upstairs serving $8 Mai Tais to everyone in costume, along with several other tasty LK classics while downstairs your favorite Tiki Pirates will be slinging a Mahaloween inspired menu featuring the sponsor this week Partida Tequila. Not to worry, there will be plenty of mingling between wenches & pirates !!

There will also be a best costume contest, with a winner to be announced around 11pm. And as usual, Happy Hour will run from 6-8pm with 2 special cocktails for $6.50.

After the Lani Kai, keep the Tiki vibe going and head to New York's Famous Rhum Rhum Room in the West Village for their Annual Halloween Spooktacular!!

(Undisclosed location)

This party is by invitation only so if you are one of the lucky few to make past the bamboo and attack parrot, you will get to enjoy all sort of rum libations including the 1934 Zombie!

(photo of Diane Naegel courtesy of Don Spiro)

Destinations: Wit's End "Moonlight Rendez-Vous" - May 28th

Your Hosts at Wit's End

Our friends Diane Naegel and Don Spiro of Club Wit's End present the latest installment of their monthly jazz age party this Memorial Day weekend. Spend your Saturday night at the "Moonlight Rendez-Vous":

"It's a very special edition of Wit's End! Not only is it the launch party for the fourth issue of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau, but it's also the official CD Release party for Gelber & Manning's new album, Moonlight Picnic! Celebrate both with us over the holiday weekend!

All guests will receive a copy of Issue 4 of Zelda, with lovely gift bags while they last! Arrive early to ensure that... you get yours! JUST ANNOUNCED : Our friends at Sweet Libertine Mineral Cosmetics  will be providing eyeshadows for our gift bags! Make sure you're there early enough to get yours!

GELBER & MANNING  will be providing the hottest jazz and ragtime tunes you can handle as we foray towards summer! Get your copy of their new album tonight only for just $5 - that's half price!

FREE DANCE LESSON with Jeri Lynn and Neal!

RESERVE YOUR TABLE! Flute is now offering table reservations for our guests! To reserve your table for Wit's End, call Flute Midtown at 212.265.5169 and mention our party.

As always, vintage cocktails, music of the 1920s/30s, and good conversation! Evening attire is required; 1910s-1940s vintage or vintage-inspired is encouraged!"

$17 doors, 21+

Flute Bar - Midtown

205 W 54th St

New York, NY

Destinations: Wit's End & the Dorothy Parker Society Present : Puttin' on the Ritz!

Head on over to the monthly Jazz Age party Wit's End & the Dorothy Parker Society Present : Puttin' on the Ritz! party on Saturday night March 26th at Flute Bar. Here is the skinny from our friends Diane Naegel and Don Spiro:

Join us for a fabulous evening of vintage glamour celebrating our favorite toe tapper, Fred Astaire! Live music for the evening will be provided by hot jazz sensations DREW NUGENT & THE MIDNIGHT SOCIETY!

FREE DANCE LESSON 830PM - BAND BEGINS AT 9PM!

Vintage Cocktail Menu, Good Company, Good Conversation!

As always, find copies of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau available for sale! http://www.zeldamag.com/

Evening Attire Required - Vintage/Vintage-style 1910s-40s is encouraged! This is the night for the top hat and tails!

$12 door, 21+

Club Wit's End at

Flute Bar - Midtown

205 West 54th St

New York, NY

Destinations: Halloween Eve 2010

There are plenty of "lounge" worthy events this Halloween weekend. However, we suggest you head on over to these jazz age themed masquerades from our friends Michael Arenella in Brooklyn and Wit's End in Manhattan.

The Halloween Eve Masquerade

The Green Building (450 Union Street, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn)
Saturday, October 30th, 2010
9:00PM - late.

$20 Advance (available here )
$25 Door

Join Michael Arenella & His Hot Dreamland Eight the night before Halloween, and rub elbows with other glamourous 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.

We are pleased to present a hauntingly swell cast of characters for the night's entertainment:

- The Minsky Sisters - world renowned '20s tap duo
- Grace Gotham - burlesque sensation
- Special musical guests Drew Nugent & The Mindnight Society
Plus -
- Plenty of room to dance on our real-wood Dreamland Dance Floor
- Cocktails served by expert mixologist Fredo from Loungerati and Henry Lopez of Court & Spark
- Costume contests
- A tasty variety of hot and cold hors d'oeuvres and treats will be available if you're feeling peckish.
- Exotic pumpkin and gourd exhibiton.
- And more to be announced!

Michael Arenella & His Hot Dreamland Eight will rouse up the ghosts of yore while you dance and drink up your tinctures pure.

This event will sell out - be sure to get your tickets today at Brownpapertickets.com!

Wit's End Presents: 2nd Annual Black Cat Masquerade

Flute bar (205 W54th Street, NY, NY)

October 30th 7:30pm - midnight

Join Wit's End and the Dorothy Parker Society for the hottest, spookiest, and jazziest Hallowe'en celebration you can handle! Hallowe'en is our favorite holiday of the year, and to celebrate, we bring you the hot jazz stylings of NYC favorites THE HOT SARDINES!!

-FREE Dance Lesson : 830pm, band 9pm
-Vintage Cocktail Menu
-Win Fabulous Prizes Playing our Vintage Hallowe'en Games!

In addition to this fabulous lineup, the Black Cat Masquerade is also the launch party for the third issue of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau!! (http://www.zeldamag.com/) Every guest at the Masquerade will receive a FREE copy of Issue 3, as well as other lovely gift bag goodies to be announced! The first 50 people to arrive will receive a FULL SIZED eyeshadow from our friends at Sweet Libertine Cosmetics! (http://www.sweetlibertine.com/) ALSO! While they last, our gift bags will include a FREE pass to the November 13/14th Pier Antiques Show/Fashion Alley (a $15 value!) - find out more at http://www.stellashows.com/ !

DRESS CODE : Vintage/vintage-style evening attire 1910s-1940s; black tie is encouraged. Vintage style Hallowe'en costumes welcome, and masks are encouraged for all guests!

Destinations: Wit's End Presents : Beyond the Silvery Sea - June 26th

News from our pals Don Spiro and Diane Naegel of Club Wit's End, so bust out starfish tiaras, sraw fedoras,  and summer jackets and head over to . The Moonlighters set the mood with their tropical Jazz and Hawaiian inspired music.

"Swing and tap those toes into the glorious summer season with us as we celebrate the wonder of the underwater world in Jazz Age style! Songs inspired by the sea and fabulous uke tunes brought to you by NYC favorites, THE MOONLIGHTERS !

FREE HORS D'OEUVRES from 7-8pm provided by Flute Bar! Make it a full vintage evening out, and come early for dinner at Flute!

FREE BEGINNER DANCE LESSON - 830pm!

ATTIRE : Vintage/vintage-style evening attire 1910s-1940s - NO CASUAL ATTIRE IS PERMITTED. We will have a fabulous prize for the best dressed guy or gal whose attire is inspired by the sea/vintage nautical attire!

$12, 21+"

Flute Bar - Midtown
205 West 54th Street
New York, NY

Destinations: Memorial Day Weekend

If you are not out of town this Memorial Day Weekend, please dust off your vintage summer attire and head on over to these exciting parties:


Saturday 
Wit's End: Star Spangled Soiree
Celebrate the vibrant history of America this Memorial Day weekend at the Star Spangled Soiree! Patriotic vintage dance tunes brought to you by favorites SLY BLUE & JESSE SELENGUT!

Free Hors D'Oeuvres 7pm-8pm...come down early and have dinner at Flute!

FREE BEGINNER DANCE LESSON - 830pm! Jeri Lynn Astra helps you tap those toes!

Fantastic Giveaways from Besame Cosmetics!! Try Besame's new Sweetheart Balm! http://www.besamecosmetics.com/

Come in your finest vintage patriotic attire - 1910s/1920s/1930s/1940s! Bring out that red, white, and blue and enjoy dancing and have some vintage cocktails with us!

Get your copy of the second issue of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau- available at the Soiree! http://www.zeldamag.com/

$12, 21+


Flute
205 West 54th Street
New York, NY
www.flutebar.com
  

Sunday

The 1st Annual Dreamland Beach Party!

On the shore of the East River, Water Taxi Beach boasts acres of real sand and a tented 60x40 wooden dance floor. Add ocean air, live Hot Jazz and the panorama of Manhattan as backdrop, and you have the city's beachiest jazz party ever. Bring your hats, parasols and beach blankets!

 
SUNDAY MAY 30TH, 2010
12:00PM TO 5:00PM


WATER TAXI BEACH, LONG ISLAND CITY
2 Borden Ave., LIC, NY 11101


$18/Advance (available here) or $25/Door


Featuring:
Michael Arenella & His 11-piece Dreamland Orchestra
Drew Nugent & The Midnight Society
The Minsky Sisters - Darling, Toe Tapping Sensations


Plus:
Vintage Fashion Show and Sale presented by Odd Twin!
Bathing Beauties contests
Vintage portraits by Tsirkus Fotografika
Raffle featuring prizes from Ellen Christine Millinery, Flatiron Lounge,
dance legend and teacher Roddy Caravella, Odd Twin, and many other fabulous local vendors!


Beverages, full bar and hot food will be for sale; ATM cards accepted.


A limited amount of VIP picnic tables are available on a first-come-first-serve basis.
They will be reserved for your party for the entire event and come with free parasols, copies of Zelda Magazine, and other special gifts!


Table reservations can purchased for $25 per table (each table seats four). Note: This does not include admission price. E-mail jen at dreamlandorchestra dot com for table reservations only. Don't delay!


Directions:

By Ferry
Shuttle Service to Water Taxi Beach - Long Island City from East 35th Street by the FDR approximately every 15 minutes from 1- 3pm and then from 5 - 5:45pm. The fare will be $5 for a one way ticket.
 
By Car
Travel to Borden and Second Street. At Borden Avenue and Second Street you will see the sign for the New York Water Taxi. We are not in all map and navigation systems. You can find us on Google Maps, by searching for, Water Taxi Beach 54-34 2nd Street, LIC NY 11101.

By Subway
Take the 7 train to Vernon Blvd/Jackson Avenue or the E train to 23rd Street/Ely Avenue. Then, take Vernon Boulevard. directly to Borden Avenue. Next walk past the Water Front Crab House and finally turn RIGHT into our driveway.

*Proceeds from the Dreamland Beach Party ticket sales will go towards supporting future public Dreamland Jazz Age events.*

Destinations: "Moonlight Frolic" by Wit's End at Flute, April 24th

Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
’cause that’s the night that my sweetie and i
Used to dance cheek to cheek
I don’t mind sunday night at all
’cause that’s the night friends come to call
And monday to friday go fast
And another week is past

But saturday night is the loneliest night in the week
I sing the song that I sang for the memories I usually seek
Until I hear you at the door
Until you’re in my arms once more
Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week

- Frank Sinatra

Say, don't be lonely tonight, why not head over to Flute Bar in Sinatra's for a "Moonlight Frolic" brought to you from our dear friends Don Spiro and Diane Nagel of Wit's End. Find that dance partner and cut a rug to Gelber & Manning, sip cocktails of yesteryear, and dress to impress.

The Press release:

Wit's End and the Dorothy Parker Society are proud to present you with this special fete to celebrate the launch of the second issue of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau! (http://www.zeldamag.com) Zelda's cover feature is an interview with the incomparable Doris Eaton Travis, the last living Ziegfeld girl, and in her honor, we offer you THE MOONLIT FROLIC, a soiree in Ziegfeld style! Music will be provided by favorites GELBER & MANNING, featuring songs from the Ziegfeld Follies!

All guests will receive a copy of the second issue of Zelda! (We'll have gift bags with extra goodies while they last, so arrive early to get yours!)

FASHION SPECIAL! Our friends at the Ziegfeld Club (http://www.thenationalziegfeldclubinc.com) will be providing a very special showcase: a showing of authentic Ziegfeld costumes and headpieces! See a real piece of New York history in person!

FREE HORS D'OEUVRES from 7-8pm provided by Flute Bar! Arrive early and order dinner at Flute!

FREE DANCE LESSON at 830pm - our resident dance diva, Jeri Lynn Astra, will be providing a very special dance lesson in honor of our Follies event: join us for a beginner tap lesson!

FANTASTIC GIVEAWAYS from Lauren Redniss, author of Century Girl L 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis (http://www.laurenredniss.com), The Pink Birdhouse (http://thepinkbirdhouse.etsy.com), Cladrite (http://www.cladrite.com), and more to be announced!

DRESS CODE : Come in your finest 1920s/30s/40s evening attire, fit for a night out at the Follies! No casual attire is permitted! For this Ziegfeld special event- bring out your sequins, your headpieces, your 20s showgirl best! The best dressed vintage-style showgirl will receive a wonderful prize!

As always, we'll be providing our vintage cocktail menu and the great tunes you love at Wit's End! We hope to see you there!

Flute
205 West 54th Street
New York, NY
$17, 21+

Destinations: Feb 27th - Wit's End One Year Anniversary

Loungerati's Best Lounge Event 2009 winners, The Wit's End are celebrating their One Year Anniversary in style and with lots of Champagne. Don Spiro and Diane Naegel are teaming up with the Dorothy Parker Society to host one helluva party at Flute! Here is the Press release:

"Fall in love all over again- it's the one year anniversary of Wit's End! Can you believe this time last year we had our very first soiree? Wit's End and the Dorothy Parker Society are proud to present you with a new year of good friends, good style, and good times!

To start off our second year right, we're bringing back the guys who played at the start of it all: Grandpa Musselman & His Syncopators! Gramps will keep you movin' all night and will feature great love songs of the Jazz Age!

7-8pm - Flute Bar will be providing our guests with some FREE hors d'oeuvres at the bar to accompany those cocktails! Come early and make it a full vintage evening out and order dinner from Flute!

830pm - FREE Beginner Dance Lesson

WIN prizes from Cladrite.com and some special surprises from Wit's End!

As always, try vintage cocktails from our menu (as well as some great Flute originals), and pick up your copy of Zelda : The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau (http://www.zeldamag.com) !

Come dressed in your finest 1920s/30s/40s vintage or vintage style attire, and celebrate with us! Thank you all for a wonderful first year!

$12 door, 21+"

Wit's End @ FLUTE
205 W 54th Street
New York, NY

(Photo courtesy of Don Spiro)

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: Weekend of August 29 - Wit's End

Don Spiro and Diane Naegel keep the ball moving with their monthly Wit's End ode to the 1920s. Fresh off their success at the Speakeasy at the Museum of New York which garnered a New York Times review and 700 retro clad attendees, the dazzling duo of vintage nightlife encourage you dress to impress - Gatsby style - this Saturday down on the Bowery in New York City. Oh by the way, it is also Diane's birthday - so now you have no excuses not to attend.

Here is the Press Release from our pals at Wit's End:

Internationally acclaimed jazz banjoist and vocalist Cynthia Sayer and her ensemble perform sizzling vintage gems for your dancing pleasure at thei r Wit's End debut this August! Cynthia has 10+ years under her belt with Woody Allen's Jazz Band (wow!), and you can read more about her at http://www.cynthiasayer.com !

Neal Groothuis and Jeri Lynn Astra are BACK for a FREE beginner Balboa lesson at 8pm! We had such a great time with bal before that we're bringin' it back! Get a balboa refresher, or learn for the first time!

BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are proud to offer yet another giveaway this month! Kevin Fitzpatrick of the Dorothy Parker Society will be on hand to promote his new book, The Lost Algonquin Round Table ( http://www.donaldbooks.com ), and we'll be giving away TWO signed copies! Your admission gets your name in the drawing for these great prizes!

Resident artiste Lawrence Gullo will be on hand offering portraits to our guests for a modest fee. (And by modest we mean an absolute steal!) You can view some of his work over at http://tzarohell.livejournal.com/ !

Last but certainly not least for our extras this August, it's our hostess Diane's birthday weekend! Who knows what surprises await!

As always, we'll have a fabulous vintage cocktail menu and will be offering haute chocolates from our favorite chocolatier, Chocolats Meurens!

$10 door, 21+

Club Wit's End
@ The Antik
356 Bowery
New York, NY
7pm -11pm

Destinations: Weekend of July 25 - Wit's End

Loungerati friends Don Spiro and Diane Nagel are proud to present the monthly celebaration of jazz age debauchery on the Bowery called Wit's End.

"In one of the hottest months of the year, we bring you the coolest cocktails and the hottest jazz, served up for you by The Red Hook Ramblers! They kept the crowd dancing in March, and now they're back for your toe tappin' pleasure!

SPECIAL BONUS! We're so excited to be giving away TEN tickets to our Wit's End group to see one of our favorite bands, Squirrel Nut Zippers, at the Highline Ballroom on Sunday the 26th!! Come to Wit's End and we'll enter your name in a drawing to win one of five prizes (2 tickets each) to see this amazing show! Good Luck!!

Be sure to join us at 8pm for a FREE dance lesson on Charleston with Neal Groothuis and Jeri Lynn Astra!! Band goes on promptly at 8:30pm!

As always, enjoy our menu of vintage cocktails and haute chocolates from our favorite chocolatier, Chocolats Meurens!"













The Minskey Sisters at Wit's End

Wit's End: A Monthly Celebration of Jazz Age on the Bowery
Antik/Marion's Continental
356 Bowery (btw 4th Street and Great Jones)
New York, NY