Drinking was a Renaissance pastime, and an all-too human foible.  From pop-up prints to visual poetry, Suzanne Karr Schmidt of the Newberry Library, leads us on an irreverent talk that will reveal some of the more unusual ways premodern artists and writers reacted to the pleasures and perils of liquid overindulgence.

This event is generously supported by Dr. Bill Savage author of The Old-Time Saloon: Not Wet - Not Dry, Just History and Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker's Guide to the Paris of America.

Suzanne Karr Schmidt is Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the Newberry Library. Previously, she was Assistant Curator in Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago.  Suzanne has a  BA from Brown University and a PhD in the History of Art from Yale University.  Most recently, she co-curated "Renaissance Invention: Stradanus's Nova Reperta" exhibition at the Newberry.

Got the Beer Culture Summit Beer Box? This event pairs nicely with Sketchbook’s Nova Reperta.