For anyone who thinks that Hollywood glamour was buried when Katherine Hepburn finally kicked the teetering bucket, The Jane Ballroom, located in that charming curio, The Jane Hotel, will have you think again.

This stately lounge, rife with taxidermy, animal prints, lavish light fixtures, mirror balls, stained glass doors, and moiré patterns, looks like a cross between Sherlock Holmes's den and Norma Desmond's (see Sunset Boulevard) living quarters.

Additionally, lavish staircases, chandeliers -- that stalwart of design refinement -- and a raised mezzanine hit the "grand" adjective hard and elegantly. However, despite the above description, planned uses and inevitable clientele should temper any potential stuffiness.

Once the Jane Street Theater (birthplace of Hedgwick and the Angry Inch), the ballroom's milieu – a cross between old Hollywood and old intellectual – is both incongruent and strangely fitting. Such is the Jane: a study in bizarre mélange, bringing together historical allure, small rooms, cheap prices, and, now, a stately ballroom.

Though the spot, DJ, Manhattans et al, caters to the cocktail set, it has its hands in the arts crowd as well. Along with its interesting cocktail list -- including the D.F 68, a blend of hibiscus tequila, lillet rouge, and orange liqueur 12; or the Lady Marmalade, an interesting melange of gin, orange Liqueur, and marmalade 12 -- comes a grab-bag of theme nights. The Grand offers a weekly see-and-be-seen, curated by the Smile owners, and spinmasters, Carlos and Matt; independent movie nights; and arts roundtables.