Starting May 12 at WTF

We love a well crafted drink and so do you! To spread the love for unique cocktails we are joining a few other savvy bars to pay homage to a wonderful pastime.

We’ll be featuring Fresh Fruit Libations from our current menu — supplemented with fruit from the family farm AND a new beverage not to be missed:

Mango Sriracha: bourbon, fresh mango, lime,  Sriracha biiters 

The Orchard: gin, lychee, lemongrass, lime, soda 

Fresh mangosteen caipirinha: cachaça, mangosteen, lime

Summit: Hennessy VS, lemonade, ginger, lime, cucumber 

Typhoon: Sangsom, dark rum, passion fruit, lime 

Spirits, sugar, water, bitters — the first elaboration of the word cocktail. 1806

http://www.museumoftheamericancocktail.org/museum/thebalance.html

 “I had a cocktail that made me so happy, I never wanted to leave. The food was divine, the atmosphere was so chill-a mixture of locals and foreigners, and I wondered how they’d even found this place. We drove up and down the same street for a while before we finally spotted it.” 

Super-nice mention of WTF

Thanks, kaypachatravels.com

Thursday March 15th
8pm

Hennessy Cocktails: from classic to Thai inspired
+
DJ Maft Sai: Spiritual Jazz— From his rare all-vinyl jazz collection

Entry will be free to guests — first come, first serve.

Hennessy VS is known for introducing the refined taste of superior French Cognac to a global audience. WTF Gallery & Cafe is known for it innovative, yet classically executed cocktails* and for it’s adventurous art and culture programming.

Starting on March 15th Hennessy VS and WTF will be launching a monthly cocktail and music series: Very Special Sounds. A special menu of cocktails developed by WTF and featuring Hennessy VS will be on offer — with recipes for customers to take away. Each month DJs and live musicians will perform undiscovered genres, new takes on classic tunes and show off  impeccable tastes. The evenings, like the flavors of Hennessy itself, will be a "BOLD, yet HARMONIOUS BLEND… with DELICATE NUANCES.” Each night will be an intimate celebration of special flavours, specials sounds and special company.

Current Schedule:

March 15th

DJ Maft Sai: Spiritual Jazz— From his rare all-vinyl Jazz collection: Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Dorothy Ashby, Norman Conners, Don Cherry, Steve Reid, Moondog and the like. (In the 1960’s jazz musicians began to explore new thematic and musical ideas, often associated with non-western religious and musical traditions. The new ’spiritual jazz’ became a vehicle for exploring new musical and non-musical concepts, as well as for extended self-expression, laying bare "a mirror into the self.”)

Fat Tuesday 21 February
8PM
at WTF & Opposite

- First recorded cocktail – Sazerac orgingal style — with Hennessy VS cognac and Brandy Crusta.

- Launch of photographer Jason Lang’s exhibition of New Orleans Jazz Festival. 

- Live music — Jambalaya Jam and Gumbo Funk by EARLY EASTER— Joe Cummings (guitar), Scott Hess (bass), Prince Adi (drums)

Lets celebrate Fat Tuesday with a touch of the New Orleans carnival season at WTF. We’ll feature the world’s first recorded cocktail – Sazerac orgingal style — with Hennessy VS cognac and Vieux Carré and Brandy Crusta .

Launch of photographer Jason Lang’s exhibition of New Orleans Jazz Festival. Selected prints and a slide show will revel in the food, jazz, energy and characters of the Big Easy. The show is on view at Opposite from 21-28 February 2012 (except for Wed 22 Feb).

Plus live music — Jambalaya Jam and Gumbo Funk by EARLY EASTER— Joe Cummings (guitar), Scott Hess (bass), Prince Adi (drums)

About The Exhibition:::

Images from Orleans Parish & the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
By photographer Jason Michael Lang

21-28 Feb 2012 closed WEDs 

OPENING NIGHT Mardis Gras Tuesday 21 Feb — free Old Fashioned shots 8-9pm

Thursday 10 November
8PM

Originally scheduled for Opposite — the crowds and poets seem to be fleeing so come to an intimate night at WTF!

Bangkok Poetry’s November 10th “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine” happening: if you’d like to perform, email us ASAP: bangkokpoetry@gmail.com

Slots fill up quickly! Bangkok Poetry is a reading series devoted to the lyrical, the risky, the unexpected.

Happenings are every six weeks.

Friday 23 September, 9pm ‘til late

DJ Kandy aka Simon Montlake returns to WTF for the last time before he heads off to Beijing for a very serious business. He’ll be spinning his quirky selection of vinyl. It’ll be dance music, but you’ll be excused for not having to dance. Twitch your legs here, move your head there, but dance if you’d like to. Party starts at 9pm and it’s free!

WTF Gallery and Opposite are currently looking for an intern to join our team as Exhibition and Event Assistant. During this 4 month internship the successful applicant will work closely with gallery staff and artists in a series of tasks related to exhibitions and events. 

 

To apply please send an email to: 

info@oppositebangkok.com with your CV or resume.

Thursday 14 July, 9PM FREE

VENUE CHANGE - at Opposite (opposite WTF)

Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls —threesome guitarist/vocalist Cassie Ramone, bassist/vocalist Kickball Katy and new drummer Fiona Campbell—sharp and transcendent mix of garage thrash, girl-group warmth and infectious pop hooksmanship has made Vivian Girls one of America’s most celebrated and influential young bands. DON’T MISS IT!

Their third album — "Share the Joy has the most diverse batch of songs of any of our albums," Cassie observes. "I feel like these songs are more expansive; a lot of the themes and lyrics are less direct than other albums. These songs focus a lot on the themes of alienation, reconciliation, identity, and trying to figure out what really matters in life. It’s a dark album, but unlike our first two albums, it has a happy ending. 

Saturday 9 July, 9PM

4PLAYERS will spin a superior selection of pressed wax and live Ocular masseuse FREELENSER will project and manipulate a live-mixed montage of colourful canopies, film edits and assorted eye-spinners.

THURSDAY 16 JUNE 9pm,  Free Entrance

WTF presents a night of all you can indie. No, it won’t be indie that you’ve been annoyed with because you cannot fit into skinny jeans anymore. It will be beautiful poetic lyrics indies that you can sing along to or reminisce about your good old days. Expect The Smiths, The Cure, Joy Division, David Bowie, Bon Iver, The xx, Beach House, Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie xx and many different shades of indie–covering everything from dream pop, chillwave, psychedelic rock and lo-fi to post punk, Afro pop, post dubstep and beyond.