Sun. Oct. 26

"Mad Men," the only hit TV serires in AMC's history, is history after Sunday Oct. 26. (Well, no, not exactly history, but done for the season.) That means some sort of dramatic conclusion, though we're betting it won't have the fireworks (literally, the bang and burn type crescendo other shows have now) we tend to associate with finales. This will probably be something soaked in gin, involve poddle skirs, cigs and some verbal confrontation. Noir - a pretty perfect place for this kind of thing was its intimate environs and HD large projection screen and dark house - is celebrating with "Don Draper" and "Joan Holloway" lookalike contests and classic early '60s era cocktails to help you turn back the clock - with irony of course. (How else can we view the past?)

In The Charles Hotel at One Bennett St.617-661-5099 Cambridge. www.noir-bar.com