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May 25 Party to Feature Svetlana Shmulyian

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Are you looking for a dose of the vintage lifestyle in May that goes beyond a movie theatre? This is your event! Live1920s jazz. Vintage cocktails. Period attire and dancing. Don’t miss the monthly Wit’s End party, Saturday, May 25, featuring Svetlana Shmulyian and the Delancey Five. The party is at Flute Midtown. Advance tickets are $12 and are available now.

May 25 2013 Party

May 25 2013 Party

Celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with Wit’s End. Come in your finest vintage or vintage-inspired evening attire and celebrate in style! Dance to music from the era and sip classic cocktails. Dress Code: Vintage/Vintage-inspired (gentlemen coat & tie; ladies eveningwear).

Our hostess is the sassiest showgirl in town, Kita St Cyr! She sets the tone for a fun night of Prohibition Era revelry. Bring your friends to experience New York’s best vintage night.

Svetlana Shmulyian and the Delancey Five have been earning rave reviews from premier NYC jazz clubs to the underground world of subway and secret speakeasy parties. They have been called “very sweet & naughty” (Jazzlives), “energetic” (Wall Street Journal), “delightful” (WRHU Jazz Radio), and a cinematically handsome Golden Age-inspired sextet. Rocking hard swinging 20s-40s jazz standards as well as charismatic originals, and featuring Svetlana’s sultry “made for jazz” (streetcredmusic) vocals backed by the band members’ inspired harmonizing and virtuoso instrumentals – their tunes are so infectious, they’ll sweep you off your feet and steal your heart away.

Led by energetic vocalist Svetlana Shmulyian, the quintet co-stars Adrian Cunningham on clarinet and tenor (shining on “Lester Leaps In”) while Dalton Ridenhour piano work ensures that the group splits the difference between Fat Waller’s Rhythm and Counts Basie’s Kansas City Five” (Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal, 9.15.12) and also features “the native guitar wizard” (JazzLive) Ted Gottsegen, Rob Garcia, “…one of New York’s great jazz drummers and composers.” (Capital New York) and “a prime mover in the current Brooklyn jazz scene…” (Time Out-New York) and powerful and in-demand New York City bassist Brandi Disterheft (“She has the same lope or rhythmical pulse as my late bass player, Ray Brown. She is what we call serious.” – Oscar Peterson). Listen to Baby It’s Cold Outside!

Doors open at 7
free dance lessons at 8:30!
Advance tickets available via TicketWeb
Flute Midtown, 205 W 54th St, New York, New York 10019
Table reservations are available and encouraged; telephone Flute Midtown reservation line at 212.265.5169 to reserve a table.

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Hot Sardines Return April 27

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The Hot Sardines

The Hot Sardines

We are happy to have one of the top foot-stomping jazz bands on the map coming back to Wit’s End! The Hot Sardines will be performing their special brand of liquor-drinking music from the 1920s to the 1940s at Flute Midtown for the monthly Wit’s End party, Saturday, April 27. Advance tickets are $12 and still available.

This month is our 2nd annual Vintage Nouveu party! Celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with Wit’s End. Come in your finest vintage or vintage-inspired evening attire and celebrate in style! Dance to music from the era and sip classic cocktails. Dress Code: Vintage/Vintage-inspired (gentlemen coat & tie; ladies eveningwear).

Our hostess is the sassiest showgirl it town, Kita St Cyr!

Doors: 7 pm. Free dance lesson at 8:30 pm. Tickets: $12 each.

Flute Midtown, 205 W. 54th Street. Reserve a table Tel. 212-265-5169.

Lizzie Thomas to Play Bootlegger’s Social March 30

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Lizzie Thomas

Lizzie Thomas

Saturday, March 30th in NYC, come to Wit’s End and dance and drink Prohibition era cocktails while you enjoy the live hot sounds of Lizzie Thomas! This month is the annual Bootlegger’s Social.

Join us as we begin our fifth year of monthly speakeasy evenings, providing a different Prohibition era cocktails and a live hot jazz band at each party in an authentic 1920s speakeasy (Texas Guinan’s Club Intime, now at Flute Midtown, 205 W. 54th Street at Broadway)!

Our lovely hostess is burlesque showgirl Kita St Cyr!

Our co-sponsor is the Dorothy Parker Society, the drinking club with a book problem.

Dress code: Jacket and tie, vintage or vintage-inspired, Jazz Age, evening wear, cocktail attire and of course, seasonal! 1920s, 30s and 40s vintage is encouraged!

Just $12 at the door! Doors open at 7 and take a free dance lesson at 8:30! Advance tickets on sale now via TicketWeb.

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

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Dandy Wellington Advance Tickets Available

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Dandy Wellington

Dandy Wellington (Photo © Jane Kratochvil)

The Jazz Age is calling all flappers & bootleggers! Dandy Wellington and His Band will be performing jazz, blues and American popular song from the 1920s to the 1940s at Flute Midtown for the monthly Wit’s End party, Saturday, Feb. 23rd. Advance tickets are $12 and still available.

This month is our 4th Anniversary party! Celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age with Wit’s End. Come in your finest vintage or vintage-inspired evening attire and celebrate in style! Dance to music from the era and sip classic cocktails. Dress Code: Vintage/Vintage-inspired (gentlemen coat & tie; ladies eveningwear).

Our hostess is the showgirl with the biggest smile around, Kita St Cyr!

Doors: 7 pm. Free dance lesson at 8:30 pm. Tickets: $12 each.

Flute Midtown, 205 W. 54th Street. Reserve a table Tel. 212-265-5169.

January 2013 Party Photos

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We were so wrecked from the January party with the Hot Sardines and Kita St. Cyr, it took us awhile to get the photos together! What a party! We hope to repeat the good times on Saturday, Feb. 23, with Dandy Wellington!

January 2013 Photo Gallery

Kita St Cyr Hosting Jan 26 Party

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kitaWe are happy to announce our hostess for the January 26 party is burlesque star Kita St Cyr. If you have caught her act over the past several years you know that she’s one of the most vivacious and sparkling personalities on the scene today. We are thrilled she can join us, as we welcome back The Hot Sardines for our monthly party.

Kita St Cyr has performed all over the country and is a fan favorite. Don’t miss our party this month! We are saluting Texas Guinan, the legendary speakeasy owner who always managed to beat the lawmen who tried to shut her down during Prohibition.

Details: Flute Midtown (205 West 54th Street, near Broadway). Free dance lessons at 8:30. The doors open at 7.

Dress code: Jacket and tie, vintage or vintage-inspired, Jazz Age, evening wear, cocktail attire 1920s, 30s and 40s vintage is encouraged!

Tickets just $12 at the door or online via TicketWeb. Table reservations are available and encouraged; telephone Flute Midtown reservation line at 212.265.5169 to reserve a table.

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Wit’s End January 26th, 2013 with The Hot Sardines!

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The Hot Sardines
The Hot Sardines

Happy 2013!

Wit’s End will return with one of the hottest jazz acts around: The Hot Sardines. The date is Saturday, Jan. 26. The place is Flute Midtown, 205 W. 54th Street (at Broadway).

The Hot Sardines tore up the place for us the last time they were with us. Our theme this month is our 2nd annual tribute to Texas Guinan, the legendary Roaring Twenties speakeasy proprietor and performer. We are also honored that Flute Midtown is actually in the same exact spot as one of her notorious speaks of the era, Club Intime.

We will of course have Prohibition era cocktails and free dance lessons at 8:30. The doors open at 7.

Dress code:
Jacket and tie, vintage or vintage-inspired, Jazz Age, evening wear, cocktail attire and of course, seasonal! 1920s, 30s and 40s vintage is encouraged!

Just $12 at the door or online via TicketWeb.

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

For more information, follow Wit’s End on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.

Hot Sardines Return Jan 26

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The Hot Sardines

The Hot Sardines

Wit’s End will return in 2013 with one of the hottest jazz acts around: The Hot Sardines. The date is Saturday, Jan. 26. The place is Flute Midtown, 205 W. 54th Street (at Broadway).

The Hot Sardines tore up the place for us the last time they were with us. Our theme this month is our 2nd annual tribute to Texas Guinan, the legendary Roaring Twenties speakeasy proprietor and performer. We are also honored that Flute Midtown is actually in the same exact spot as one of her notorious speaks of the era, Club Intime.

We will of course have Prohibition era cocktails and free dance lessons at 8:30. The doors open at 7.

Dress code:
Jacket and tie, vintage or vintage-inspired, Jazz Age, evening wear, cocktail attire and of course, seasonal! 1920s, 30s and 40s vintage is encouraged!

Just $12 at the door or online via TicketWeb.

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

For more information, follow Wit’s End on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.

Cocktail Menu For Christmas Party

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Flute was a real speakeasy in the 1920s. The cocktail is important to Wit’s End parties.

Wit’s End fans know that cocktails are a big part of our parties. Each month, Mr. Don Spiro chooses the most delicious mixes for our special menu. For our first-ever Christmas party, we are adding some new ones that have never been on the menu before, alongside our monthly favorites. This is what is being served Monday, Dec. 3, at Flute Midtown.

First, try a glass of traditional Holiday Punch. But this batch is made with spiced rum, apple cider and ginger beer! If brandy is your winter warmer, go with a Metropolitan, practically a brandy Manhattan. It has brandy, vermouth and aromatic bitters. This drink dates to 1884 and isn’t to be confused with any modern recipes that that share its name.

And what about our friends, Scotch and Whiskey? Order a Rob Roy, with Scotch, Sweet Vermouth and bitters (did you know it was invented at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1894?). The Ward Eight, created in 1898, was named by Esquire as one of the ten best cocktails in 1934. It’s made with blended whiskey, orange juice, lemon juice and grenadine. Our second brandy cocktail is the Three Miler, which is brandy, rum, lemon juice and grenadine. It gets its name from the three-mile offshore limit where bootleggers brought in their illegal hooch during Prohibition.

And of course there are our two monthly favorites:

    • The Wit’s End (Gin, Cointreau, bitters) created for us by Jeremy James Thompson, former head bartender at the Raines Law Room.
    • French 75 (Champagne, gin, lemon juice, sugar). This is a specialty at Flute, the top Champagne bar in the city (and French owned). The French 75 is named for the 75mm artillery shells of World War I. American Doughboys loved the drink and brought it home with them after the war.

All year long we have fantastic cocktails mixed up by our friends at Flute. For our 1922 Office Christmas Party we will be celebrating the season in style!

Doors open at 7. Free dance lesson at 8 from Jeri Lynn & Neal. Then the Red Hook Ramblers go on with their New Orleans style jazz. Tickets are just $10 at the door or online via TicketWeb.

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

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Monday, Dec. 3, Christmas Office Party with Red Hook Ramblers

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Christmas Party

Bring your friends out!

Wit’s End is almost 5 years old and one thing we have never had: A Christmas Party. But in true, Wit’s End style, it will be a vintage theme but with a sprig of mistletoe, spiked punch, and holiday cocktails! We invite you to the 1922 Office Christmas Party with the Red Hook Ramblers!

MONDAY, Dec. 3, 7 PM-Midnight (yes, MONDAY)
Flute Midtown
205 West 54th Street (near Broadway)
FluteBar.com

Is your boss too cheap to have an office party for you and your poor co-workers? Are you looking for a vintage-theme Christmas party, with all the decorations, a live brass band, and delicious cocktails??? Celebrate the season with us, and bring your office to Wit’s End! Act inappropriately with that person you’ve been eyeing all year…

Dress in your finest suit and tie, cocktail dress, flapper or other jazz age evening attire and celebrate in decadent style with live hot jazz, vintage cocktails and good times! Dance under the mistletoe!

No better way to have a party than with multiple brass horns playing the hottest New Orleans style vintage jazz by the Red Hook Ramblers!

Red Hook Ramblers

The Red Hook Ramblers are performing on Dec. 3.

GIFT EXCHANGE TOO! Bring something for the gift swap! ($10 limit)

Dress code:
Jacket and tie, vintage or vintage-inspired, Jazz Age, evening wear, cocktail attire and of course, seasonal! 1920s, 30s and 40s vintage is encouraged!

Prohibition era cocktails!

Just $10 at the door or online via TicketWeb.

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

For more information, follow Wit’s End on Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook.