Posts Tagged ‘prohibition’
There’s an App for That: Ken Burns “Prohibition” Debuts on PBS
Prohibition, the new documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, airs nationally on PBS on October 2-4. The first episode debuts on the PBS App on September 23rd.
Read MoreSpeaking Easy at R Bar with Canadian Club and Boardwalk Empire
It’s already Don Draper’s whisky of choice on the Emmy Award-winning Mad Men. Now, Canadian Club is poised to have its coolness factor elevated even higher with the debut of Boardwalk Empire, a Prohibition-era series from Executive Producers Terence Winter (writer/creator) and Martin Scorsese (the pilot episode’s director). The HBO crime drama takes place in…
Read MoreIt's Your Patriotic Duty: Celebrate Repeal Day December 5th
~ “What America needs now is a drink.” ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt While the quote above may be more appropriate than ever, FDR said those words back in 1933, after 13 years of Prohibition were finally ended. From repealday.org: “On December 5th, 1933, Utah, the final state needed for a three quarters majority, ratified…
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