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.

Tribute to Diane Nov. 11

Posted on November 2, 2011 by frankyvivid

Our friends at The Champagne Riot are doing a benefit in Diane’s honor at Dominion in NYC!

“In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.”
-Louise Brooks

On September 25th, the world lost a shining star when our dear friend Diane Naegel passed due to complications related to breast cancer. And just like a star, Diane burned so brightly during her life that we can continue to admire her light even now.
… Diane Naegel was a luminous presence at the center of New York’s vintage lifestyle scene. The founder of vintage lifestyle magazine Zelda and the co-producer of popular vintage party Wits’ End with her fiancee, Don Spiro, Diane was a self-styled flapper who brought her wit, creativity and beauty to the city’s most elegant events. She could always be counted on to share a quick smile, a gentle quip, or a fashion tip from the 1920s.

More notable even than her accomplishments, however, was the vitality she brought to every occasion. If you knew Diane Naegel, you know that she didn’t just bring life to the party… she WAS the party.

We know Diane would want laughter and clinked cocktails, not tears, to celebrate her life and memory. That’s why we’re inviting you to join The Champagne Riot and an all-star cast of Diane’s favorite musicians and burlesque dancers on 11-11-11 at Dominion NY for a vintage jazz party in Diane’s honor. All proceeds will be donated to a memorial fund in Diane’s honor.

We anticipate a night of merriment, laughter and shared memories, and we hope you’ll come celebrate with us.

WITH MUSIC BY:

Gelber & Manning
The Red Hook Ramblers
Hot Sardines
LES Hot Club
Molly Ryan
Dulce De Leche
& More!

AND BURLESQUE BY:

Angie Pontani
Helen Pontani
Amber Ray
Jo Boobs
Gal Friday
Medianoche
Grace Gotham
Pandora
Jezebel Express
Gin Minsky

WITH EMCEE:
Dandy Wellington

November 11th, 2011
8pm-1am

Dominion NY
428 Lafayette St (near Astor Place)
www.dominionny.com

Vintage dress is requested, though not required.

$15 advance /$20 at the door.
All proceeds will be donated to a memorial fund in Diane’s honor.

Tickets available at http://everfinepresents.inticketing.com/events/177024

We are excited to announce that Club Wit’s End will be back in January of 2012!