It was a time of great change and liberation. The war was over, automobiles were more accessible to the general population. When Henry Ford started the assembly line, the age of modernization was born. Roads and bridges were built, cities expanded as people moved from rural areas. Telephones, telegraph and radios brought the country together by connecting the West and East coasts. There was now a way to reach the masses to sell new products. Aviation was booming, and movies replaced vaudeville. Art Deco was the rage, Flapper girls danced the Charleston, and the Jazz age flourished.
When prohibition went into effect, underground bars or "speak easy's" emerged. As to not raise suspicion, bartenders would tell patrons to be quiet and "speak easy" while imbibing bootlegged alcohol in secret.
Who could forget Luciano & Capone, Dempsy & Ruth, Gershwin & Porter. And of course Lindbergh, Fitzgerald, Valentino and Chaplin.
Take a trip back to the Roaring Twenties and enjoy all the glamor and glitz of the days of Gatsby on Thursday, May 16th from 6:30 - 9:30 pm at Coindre Hall in Huntington NY (631) 751-2244 or at Oheka Castle's Garden Party on Wednesday, June 12th 5:00 - 8:00 pm (631) 367-2570 for ticket information.
"If you're blue
And you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where Harlem flits
Puttin' on the Ritz"
