NOT ALLOWED.
Encounter the forbidden at our prohibition-era speakeasy at the evocative studio of Casey Baugh—featuring bathtub spirit cocktails, banned jazz tunes and delectable delights!
NOT ALLOWED.
Encounter the forbidden at our prohibition-era speakeasy at the evocative studio of Casey Baugh—featuring bathtub spirit cocktails, banned jazz tunes and delectable delights!
‘Gloomy Sunday’ [From the event]
Music
Ben Rosenblum Trio
feat. Vanisha Gould
Katie Martucci & Friends
drink
Darby Wagner, GNOSES
Food
Zacarías González, ediciones
vanisha gould
Vanisha Gould came to New York in 2015 from Simi Valley, California. Inspired by artists like Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Joni Mitchell, Carmen McRae and Ella Fitzgerald,
she has successfully curated her own sound as a composer and band leader. Performing originals and music from the Great American Songbook on several groundbreaking stages both in New York and overseas, she aspires to continue sharing her voice with audiences in New York and beyond.
Ben Rosenblum Trio
Award-winning jazz pianist, composer and accordionist Ben Rosenblum combines his extensive knowledge of jazz with a free-wheeling, melodic sensibility and powerful narrative approach to the piano. His profound passion for jazz, swing and world music genres finds expression in his unique fusion of harmonic and rhythmic elements from a wide array of sources, and gives rise to a unique compositional sound and style.
Ben's first priority in his music is always narrative – to tell a compelling story, while reaching the hearts of his audience, connecting on an emotional, intellectual and a spiritual level.
Katie MArtucci
Brooklyn-Raised Katie Martucci is a performer, bandleader, singer and composer who believes in the necessity of creative process for the self and the power of music to build and sustain community.
In addition to her solo work, Katie tours nationally with The Ladles, her folk-pop trio. She is also the bandleader for Tucci Swing, a jazz ensemble featuring intricate three-part vocal harmony, Katie has been featured on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and scored film for National Geographic.
Zacarías González
A chef and multi-disciplinary artist from the Cuban diaspora, Zacarías González is the founder of Ediciones, a New York based studio + experimental lab cultivating relationships with agricultural systems and community. Their focus is bringing people together through food, culture, and design. Ediciones produces projects that focus on future food systems, the social and environmental impacts of industrialized food, and envisioning ways to create community.
Some of their recent works have been with MoMA, MoMa PS1, Pioneer Works, Sky High Farm, and Vogue México y Latinoamérica. In 2022, they were recognized by The World’s 50 Next Chefs and the Basque Culinary Center for their work in changing the future of gastronomy.
Darby Wagner
Darby Mae Wagner is a Brooklyn-based writer, creative producer, and sommelière with several years of experience in the creative + hospitality sectors. in June of 2021, she launched GNOSES [noh-siz], a liminal and cyclical space - and roving arthaus - she describes as "the 'hypgnostic' interplay between cultures at large, the human spirit and the natural world," with the first event taking place on the rooftop of Sitopia in Mexico City. exploratory and collaborative, GNOSES celebrates community, ancestral traditions, and local activism through the creation of intimate, artistic and epicurean experiences.