OLD TOWN — The Chicago History Museum is giving guests a chance to step back in time to the '30s for a night of flappers, gangsters and booze on Thursday.
The museum is celebrating the 81st anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition with a night packed with nostalgia.
The evening will feature gambling tables (with fake cash), a 1930s-style orchestra, and author and historian talks across two floors of the museum.
Guests are encouraged to dress in flapper or gangster garb.
The Last Speakeasy's gambling tables will be manned by dealers instructing guests how to play popular games from the '30s while professional dancers teach guests the foxtrot, the Charleston, the waltz and more.
Steve Anthony and His Society Orchestra will be playing 1930s-style "sweet band" music in the ballroom. The City Lights Quartet featuring Rich Daniels will be playing on the first floor.
Author Renee Rosen of "Dollface" and "What the Lady Wants" will speak on Chicago’s historic gangsters and bootleggers, and Chicago tavern historian Liz Garibay will be talking about scofflaws and speakeasies in the Prohibition era.
The event runs from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday.
Tickets to the 21-and-older event are $65, $55 for museum members.
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