Wit’s End presents: June Night

Posted on May 27, 2012 by dmsnac

Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with live hot jazz from Tin Pan!

Saturday, June 30th, 7pm-Midnight
Always the last Saturday of the month!
Flute Midtown
205 West 54th Street (near Broadway)
FluteBar.com

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 New York’s own Tin Pan! (http://tinpanband.com/wordpress/)

Playing traditional American music of the early part of the 20th century – jazz, blues and American popular song, Tin Pan is a band of working musicians that have been getting New Yorkers dancing for years and Wit’s End is proud to have them!

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

$12 at the door

Table reservations are available and encouraged; telephone Flute Midtown reservation line at 212.265.5169 to reserve a table.

Gelber and Manning Return to Wit’s End for Vaudeville at the Palace Theatre!

Posted on May 12, 2012 by dmsnac

Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with Gelber and Manning!

Saturday, May 26th, 7pm-Midnight
Always the last Saturday of the month!
Flute Midtown
205 West 54th Street (near Broadway)
FluteBar.com

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! (http://www.gelberandmanning.com/) 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, featuring the Anderson Twins on woodwinds!

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!

$12 at the door

Table reservations are available and encouraged; telephone Flute Midtown reservation line at 212.265.5169 to reserve a table.

Baby Soda at Wit’s End April 28th!

Posted on April 28, 2012 by dmsnac

Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with Baby Soda!

Saturday, April 28, 7pm-Midnight
Always the last Saturday of the month!
Flute Midtown
205 West 54th Street (near Broadway)
FluteBar.com

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 Baby Soda! (http://www.babysoda.org/). Baby Soda is on the forefront of a new movement loosely known as street jazz; with an eclectic set of influences ranging from 30’s era swing, New Orleans jazz, and southern gospel. The ensemble doesn’t desire to recreate the past, rather they bring the concept and joy of the music to the present.

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

$12 at the door
Tickets can be purchased in advance online via TicketWeb.com.

Table reservations are available and encouraged; telephone Flute Midtown reservation line at 212.265.5169 to reserve a table.

Red Hook Ramblers Play Bootlegger Social March 31

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

The Red Hook Ramblers

Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the Social Life of the Jazz Age with the Red Hook Ramblers! Saturday, March 31, 7pm-Midnight
Flute Midtown, 205 West 54th Street, near Broadway

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!

This party is the Bootlegger Social, so channel that inner Prohibition-hating American and get your hip flask out…

**Vintage attire required**

Free dance lesson at 8:30 pm from Jeri Lynn Astra & Neal Groothuis. Learn the steps that your great-grandparents knew so well. Live music to follow.

Tickets are $12 each and can be purchased at the door or in advance online via Ticketweb.

Table reservations are available and encouraged; telephone Flute Midtown reservation line at 212.265.5169 to reserve a table.

Photos From February Party

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Thanks to all who came to the party on Feb. 25 to see the Hot Sardines. Have a look out our photo gallery .

3rd Anniversary Party with the Hot Sardines on Feb. 25

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the Social Life of the Jazz Age with Hot Jazz from The Hot Sardines!

Saturday, Feb. 25, 7pm-Midnight
Flute Midtown, 205 West 54th Street, near Broadway

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!

Toast the 3rd Anniversary of Wit’s End with a Gin Tasting and the Manhattan Debut of Dorothy Parker American Gin, from the New York Distilling Company! The new Brooklyn distillery will be bringing in the “first batch” to Wit’s End! Enjoy your favorite gin cocktails tonight…

**Vintage attire required**

Free dance lesson at 8:30 pm from Jeri Lynn Astra Herbert & Neal Groothuis. Learn the steps that your great-grandparents knew so well. Live music to follow.

Tickets are $12 each and can be purchased at the door or in advance online via TicketWeb.com.

Table reservations are available and encouraged; telephone Flute Midtown reservation line at 212.265.5169 to reserve a table.

2012 Kicks Off With Tribute to Texas Guinan

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Jan. 28, 2012, party at Flute Midtown

We are very happy to announce that the first Wit’s End party of the new year will be Jan. 28, 2012, at Flute Midtown. We are delighted to have the return engagement of Miss Cherry Delight and the Big Tent Jazz Band, who thrilled us last summer.

We will open the doors at 7 p.m. and cocktails will commence immediately at Flute Midtown, 205 W. 54th Street. Come in your finest vintage or vintage-inspired evening attire and celebrate in style! This month we are saluting the legendary nightclub owner Texas Guinan!

Texas was the proprietor of Club Intime, one of the most popular speakeasies of the Prohibition Era, and as luck would have it, Club Intime was located in the same space as Flute Midtown! We will literally be dancing in the same spot as Texas and her notorious boyfriend, the gangster and showman, Larry Fay. Texas was born 128 years ago this month, so let’s celebrate one of the greatest nightlife creatures Manhattan has ever toasted.

We will have the party kick off at 7. Free dance lessons by our good friends Jeri Lynn Astra Herbert and Neal Groothuis will be at 8:30. Come out and learn a few steps before the band goes on.

There will be cocktail specials and good friends, some of us have not been together in a few months. We hope you will all come out and have a great time with us. Tell your friends.

This month the cover is just $10! Advance tickets are on sale now.

Art Deco Society of NY Lecture Dec. 6

Posted on December 2, 2011 by dmsnac

Dear Wit’s End Member,

The Art Deco Society Of New York
Invites You to

Charles Gesmar

1900 – 1928

a Slide Lecture by Angelo Luerti

DATE: Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

LOCATION: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West @ 77th Street

COST: $15 ADSNY members, $20 guests (Wit’s End patrons can attend for the member rate of $15!)

RSVP: Reservations required. 212-679-3326

Payment may be made at the door.

The Art Deco Society of New York proudly invites you to attend a slide lecture by Angelo Luerti, who is flying in from Italy to make this memorable presentation for our membership and guests. We are also pleased to invite members of the New-York Historical Society 50+ Club and members of the Beaux Arts Alliance to this outstanding program. Mr. Luerti’s new book, Charles Gesmar 1900-1928, is a tribute to one of the greatest designers of costumes, posters, and illustrations during the Golden Age of the Paris Music Hall in the 1920s. Gesmar was best known for his work for the great Parisian star, Mistinguett, but also created costumes and posters for luminaries including Barbette, Maurice Chevalier, Dolly Sisters, Gilda Gray, Earl Leslie, Jane Marnac and Mitty and Tillio. Gesmar, whose Jewish family name was Geismar, was a brilliant talent in his short life and his work was amazingly prolific. He produced over twelve thousand costumes and 110 posters and program covers.

Mr. Luerti is also the author of Not Only Erté: Costume Design for the Paris Music Hall 1918 -1940.

ADSNY is importing both collectible books with cover and case in a beautiful black silk and will be for sale at the wholesale price of $100 each. These books are a must for any Deco aficionado’s library and will make a memorable holiday gift.

Charles Gesmar: 1900 – 1928

Not Only Erté 1918 – 1940

Please note, this event will be one of the first programs being held in the recently renovated New-York Historical Society’s auditorium. Friends of Wit’s End can attend for the ADSNY member rate of $15!

Hope to see you there!

Kathryn Hausman,
President
The Art Deco Society Of New York

Art Deco Society of NY

385 Fifth Avenue,

Suite 510

New York, NY 10016

artdeco.org

(212) 679-DECO