The cult beverage of bohemian artists is back in fashion and the French Cultural Center is shedding a bit of light on the legend. Was it ambrosia or poison, artistic muse or ticket to madness and death?
Find out on December 13th as we watch the film Absinthe and discuss the myth with director Chris Buddy over a glass of Lucid, Jade, or Nouvelle Orleans.
The documentary brings the Green Fairy out of her clouded past where, for a hundred years, her fabled effects and demonized reputation have elicited equal doses of admiration and loathing. The film traces absinthe's arc from its birth in Switzerland in 1787, through its rise in the chic cafés of Belle Époque Paris, to its prohibition, and its recent worldwide revival. Its story is put in high relief through interviews with leading historians, authors, distillers, antiques collectors, and fanatics.
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The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Absinthe's director Chris Buddy and an absinthe reception, sponsored by Lucid.
Event info provided by the organizer.
