"Summer Fête: A Night of Music, Art, Books, & Revelry"

Please join the Coffee House Club's Urbane Conspirators for a Summer Fête to remember! There will be special guests, including literary luminaries—, , , and . Copies of their books will be available for sale and signing. Plus, we'll soak in a spectacular musical performance from the very talented , and there will be a micro live auction (sponsored by Christie's) with outstanding prizes on offer.

All to be held in collaboration with Epiphany Magazine and sponsored by HIP Lit and Les Bleus Literary Salon at the Salmagundi, a historic brownstone and private arts club in Greenwich Village—make sure to check out their exhibition, which will be on view for you to peruse.

Afterward, stay for drinks and more revelry in the downstairs Wiggins Bar. Or, opt in for a three-course dinner with a VIP Ticket, and enjoy conversation with our literary stars around the Coffee House long table.

Don't miss what's sure to be a magical night of music, art, books, prizes, good food and drinks, and much conviviality—all in celebration of the summer season, the joy of reading, and creative community in one of NYC's best literary venues, according to a recent roundup in . We hope to see you there in your summertime best!

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DRESS: Cocktail attire

ADMISSION: Ticket required | Open to the public

Please buy your tickets online in advance, as we will not be selling tickets at the door.

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TIMING:

6:00pm-7:30pm

Skylight Gallery - mingling, performances, toasts, book signings, & prizes

7:45pm-9:15pm

Dining Room - three-course prix fixe dinner with our special guests

or

Wiggins Bar - more mingling & revelry over drinks

10pm

Closing time

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FRIEND TICKET [on sale until Thursday, June 8 at 6pm]

General Admission: $100

*Member Admission: $75

Includes: Two drinks, delicious appetizers, musical entertainment, mingling with award-winning and bestselling authors, access to a beautiful private club until 10pm, and a digital subscription to Epiphany Magazine

VIP TICKET [on sale until Monday, June 5th at 2pm]

General Admission: $175

*Member Admission: $130

Includes: All of the "Friend Ticket" perks—plus, a three-course prix fixe dinner with a glass of wine to follow the program. Dine with our featured authors around the Coffee House long table in this historic setting! See the prix-fixe menu below.

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*Note: Member admission applies to any member in good standing of the Coffee House or Salmagundi and their guests (though purchase must be made by the club member of your party). If you purchase this ticket as a non-member, you will be notified that your ticket isn't valid. Thank you!

is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Female Persuasion, The Position, The Wife, and Sleepwalking. She is also the author of the young adult novel Belzhar. Wolitzer lives in New York City.

is the author of the novel Lech (Tortoise Books) and the story collections Doll Palace (re-released by 7.13 Books) and Jerks (Mason Jar Press.) Her fiction has been honored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, and her essays have appeared in The Millions, The Washington Post, Catapult, The Lit Hub and elsewhere. With Seth Rogoff, she is co-editing the anthology Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible for SUNY Press. She received a BA from Brown and an MFA from The New School, and has been teaching creative writing for over 20 years to students of all ages, most recently with the teaching cooperative Writing Co-lab, of which she is a founding member. Raised outside of Philadelphia, she lives with her family in Brooklyn.

is a graduate of NYU’s MFA program and a public school teacher in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in the Sewanee Review and Granta. He was also named a fellow at the Center for Fiction in 2018. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, his debut short story collection composed of eight narratives about residents of a fictional building in Harlem was published by Scribner in August 2022.

is the author of the novel The Dream of Doctor Bantam and the collection The Black Emerald, both shortlisted for the Lambda Literary award. She is also the copublisher of the independent press Instar Books and the writer and illustrator of the webcomics, Bad Mother and The Man Who Hates Fun. She is a 2015 Lambda Literary Fellow in fiction and has been published in Wired, n+1, and The Evergreen Review.

It’s hard to describe the music of . Much like the name suggests their sound is mercurial, drawing influences that range from Erik Satie to Beyoncé. Their songs were soaked in a whiskey barrel, dried off a balcony in Paris in the 1920's, and finally polished by the hustle and bustle of NYC. Their unique blend of watertight harmony is accompanied by a simple yet intricate instrumentation, and their infectious melodies will have you smiling in no time.

PRIX FIXE MENU

three-courses with a glass of red or white wine

STARTER

Celery Root Vichyssoise

with chives & creme fraiche

or

Insalata Arcobaleni

radicchio, endive, baby kale, arugula with Champagne vinaigrette

MAIN COURSE

Chicken Paillard

rosemary, garlic, grilled asparagus White truffle pecorino, lemon (GF)

or

Rigatoni e Stracciatella

burrata cream, tomato sugo, fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil

DESSERT

Italian Lemon Torte

with fresh raspberries

If you have any questions, please reach out to Brittney at [email protected]

Host or Publisher Urbane Conspirators