Booking and details
Dates Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 7pm
Tickets $20
Each ticket includes one specialty Mixology cocktail or mocktail, with others available for purchase.
713 8th St SE,
Washington, DC 20003
Doors open at 6pm. For weekday events at Crazy Aunt Helen’s there is a $15 food and beverage minimum per person in addition to the ticket price. An auto-gratuity is applied to all event checks.
Folger Institute’s “Mixology” series is coming to Crazy Aunt Helen’s! We’ll be drinking like it’s 1699 with cocktails inspired by 17th-century recipes, along with a night of trivia and prizes. So, put on your wigs, lace up your stays, and join us at this Barracks Row restaurant for some truly uncommon libations!
Learn more about our cocktail offerings
Trivia
Show us your early modern knowledge (and learn a few fun facts along the way)! Trivia teams may have up to six people; bring your own team or meet new friends to form a team at the event! The first-place team will receive tickets to the Folger production of The Winter’s Tale!
About Folger Institute
The Folger Institute is a center for early modern research at the Folger Shakespeare Library that brings public audiences together with researchers to explore the cultures and legacies of the early modern world. Learn more.
Folger Institute’s “Mixology” series
Grimoires and games
Immerse yourself in the magic of the Folger and the early modern world with our new game “A Night at the Library” paired with recipes for two conjuring cocktails to enhance playing.
Alchemy, aqua vitae, and Mixology: How alchemy gave us liquor
Without alchemy there would be no mixology. No cocktails, no spirits, no liqueurs, no essences! Dive into the history of alchemy and distillation, with two cocktail recipes.
High spirits: Alchemy in Elizabethan England
Jennifer Rampling, a Princeton history professor and author of The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300–1700, explores alchemy in Shakespeare’s England.
Shax it Off: Taylor Swift-themed cocktails inspired by recipes in our collection
Three Taylor Swift-themed cocktails inspired by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century recipes from our collection.
Taylor Swift and Shakespeare
“Lend me your ears”: Harvard English professor Stephanie Burt explores the songs and songwriting of Shakespeare and Taylor Swift.