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Prohibition

Upper Hudson Beer Book Launch, Beer Tasting

September 4, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

9781626195127On Thursday, September 11th from 6 pm to 8 pm, the Albany Institute of History & Art will host a special launch of Craig Gravina and Alan McLeod’s new book Upper Hudson Valley Beer. Author Craig Gravina will give a presentation about the book and Remarkable Liquids, the area’s only craft-focused beer distributor, will be on hand to provide samples of some of the best beer made in our region.

Attendees will savor learning about the Upper Hudson Valley’s long and full-bodied brewing tradition and the opportunity to connect its past with its present. [Read more…] about Upper Hudson Beer Book Launch, Beer Tasting

Filed Under: Books, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Albany Institute of History & Art, Culinary History, Prohibition

How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America

February 9, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Supreme CityThis spring Simon & Schuster will publish Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America by Donald L. Miller, the John Henry MacCracken Professor of History at Lafayette College and author of several books about World War II. Miller also wrote the bestseller City of Century about Chicago, and his book Masters of the Air is currently in production with Spielberg and Hanks at HBO.

As its subtitle proclaims, the book examines how midtown Manhattan rose to become the nation and world’s capital of commerce and culture via mass communication – radio, film, music, printing – as well as architecture, spectator sports, and organized crime during the roaring 1920s. [Read more…] about How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Cultural History, Manhattan, New York City, NYC, Performing Arts, Political History, Pop Culture History, Prohibition, Urban History

Smugglers, Bootleggers and Scofflaws:
Prohibition and New York City

January 4, 2014 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

Smugglers BootleggersUsing previously unstudied Coast Guard records from 1920 to 1933 for New York City and environs, Ellen NicKenzie Lawson’s Smugglers, Bootleggers, and Scofflaws: Prohibition and New York City (SUNY Press, 2013) examines the development of Rum Row and smuggling via the coasts of Long Island, the Long Island Sound, the Jersey shore, and along the Hudson and East Rivers.

With the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, “drying up” New York City promised to be the greatest triumph of the proponents of Prohibition. Instead, the city remained the nation’s greatest liquor market. [Read more…] about Smugglers, Bootleggers and Scofflaws:
Prohibition and New York City

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Cultural History, liquor, Long Island, Maritime History, New York City, New York Harbor, NYC, Political History, Prohibition

Albany Ale Project ‘Cask Tap’ Event for 1901 Beer

October 15, 2013 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Albany Ale Keg tapThe Albany Ale Project is bringing back some of the beers of Albany’s past! In partnership with C.H. Evans Brewing Company, an adaptation of a 1901 recipe for “Amsdell’s Albany XX Ale” is about to be available for the first time in over 100 years.

A ceremonial “cask tap” event is planned for Saturday, November 2, 2013, from 5 to 7pm, at the Albany Institute of History & Art, to celebrate its return. Speakers include: the founding members of the Albany Ale Project, C.H. Evans’ brewer Ryan Demler, and the Institute’s Curator of History and Material Culture, Dr. W. Douglas McCombs. Food will be available and, of course, C.H. Evan’s version of one of Albany’s historic brews. [Read more…] about Albany Ale Project ‘Cask Tap’ Event for 1901 Beer

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany Institute of History & Art, Culinary History, Prohibition

Events Highlight Role of Pot In Rockefeller’s Drug War

September 25, 2013 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

smoke signals sml[1]Cannabis and its defining role in the culture wars and the ‘war on drugs’ declared by former New York State Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller forty years ago will be fully explored by award-winning investigative journalist Martin A. Lee in two separate events in the North Country on September 26-27. Lee will also be speaking in Albany on September 28.

All three events are sponsored by the freedom education and human rights project, John Brown Lives!, as part of “The Correction,” the organization’s latest initiative that uses history as a tool to engage communities in examining the past and addressing critical issues of our time. The focus of The Correction is the impacts of the 40-year era of the Rockefeller Drug Laws. [Read more…] about Events Highlight Role of Pot In Rockefeller’s Drug War

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Black History, Crime and Justice, John Brown Lives, Nelson Rockefeller, Prohibition, SUNY Plattsburgh

Historic ‘Albany Ale’ Project Launches New Website

September 3, 2013 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Dunlap and Sons Albany Ale BrewersThe Albany Ale Project has launched a new website, albanyaleproject.com. The site revolves around the extensive history of brewing and beer making in the City of Albany, and the research into re-discovering the 19th century phenomenon of Albany Ale, a double XX strength ale brewed across the city and exported around the world.

The new website has biographies of key players in the research of Albany Ale; a history of brewing in Albany from the 17th century to today; images from the collections of the Albany Institute of History and Art; and more. It’s hoped the website will serve as a hub for information on Albany Ale. [Read more…] about Historic ‘Albany Ale’ Project Launches New Website

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Albany, Culinary History, Erie Canal, Hudson River, Online Resources, Prohibition

Absinthe: ‘The Guillotine Of The Soul’

August 25, 2013 by Herb Hallas Leave a Comment

3g12144rIn 1869, alarming news about the dangers of drinking absinthe swept north from New York City, through Albany, all the way to Malone, near the Canadian border. A “brilliant writer” from the New York press and a “talented lady” had ruined themselves physically and mentally by drinking absinthe.

Comparing the drink to opium and morphine, the article warned readers that absinthe “obtains an all-powerful control over its votaries, deadens the sensibilities, and is, indeed the guillotine of the soul.” [Read more…] about Absinthe: ‘The Guillotine Of The Soul’

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Art History, Crime and Justice, Culinary History, Cultural History, liquor, Pop Culture History, Prohibition

1930s Film: The Bowery, Social Sensibility and Change

July 22, 2013 by Herb Hallas 1 Comment

2099rCuriosity about Hollywood’s take on Steve Brodie’s claim that he jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge on July 23, 1886 drew viewers to FX Movie Channel’s recent broadcast of the seldom-shown 1933 movie The Bowery.

Produced by Darryl Zanuck and directed by Raoul Walsh, the movie also promised to show how the bare-knuckle boxer, John L. Sullivan, and the saloon-smashing reformer, Carrie Nation, fit into Brodie’s life. [Read more…] about 1930s Film: The Bowery, Social Sensibility and Change

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Brooklyn, Film History, Manhattan, NYC, Prohibition, Spanish-American War, Sports History, The Bowery

Adirondack Beer Brewing Traditions

April 8, 2013 by Hallie Bond Leave a Comment

Adirondack Brewery Bottling WorksA new era of alcoholic beverage production is dawning in the Adirondacks. You can drink locally-brewed beer from any one of several micro-breweries, or imbibe vodka distilled from potatoes grown in Gabriels and filtered through the high-quality quartz crystals known as Herkimer diamonds.

“Drinking local” has a long tradition in the Adirondack Park. Consider the honorable history of Adirondack beer. [Read more…] about Adirondack Beer Brewing Traditions

Filed Under: History, Adirondacks & NNY, Food Tagged With: Adirondacks, beer, Culinary History, Prohibition, trees, Warren County

Ulster County: The Many Lives of Selah Tuthill’s Gristmill

May 30, 2012 by A. J. Schenkman Leave a Comment

In 1788, the same year as France was moving closer towards revolution and the United States Constitution was being ratified, a young man made his way to the area that would one day bear his name. His name was Selah Tuthill. He founded what would become known as the Tuthilltown Gristmill in Gardiner, New York. Once the mill started churning out stone ground flour, it would do so continuously for over two hundred years until its second life as a restaurant and distillery. [Read more…] about Ulster County: The Many Lives of Selah Tuthill’s Gristmill

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Agricultural History, Historic Preservation, Orange County, Political History, Prohibition, Ulster County

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