Beth Morrison Projects:  pssst... #1 a/k/a The Boot

MUSIC / PERFORMANCE
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, JULY 9 & 10, 2020 (continuing through AUGUST 21)
8:00 & 10:00 PM

Some Secret Online Medium

$20
https://www.bethmorrisonprojects.org/pssst

Taking off from the astonishing fact that it is now 100 years since the Roaring Twenties, the shining light of New Opera, Beth Morrison Projects, takes us back to a time when existing regulations required the seat-of-the-pants creation of off-the-grid nightlife options . . . WAIT A MINUTE, that's the PAST we're talking about????????  Anyway, this production attempts to create a virtual speakeasy, where the jukebox plays Alt Classical, Alt Neo-Baroque, Alt Pop, Alt Whathaveyou.  I have no idea what it'll be like — but the line-up of performers for this initial clutch of shows is fantastic!

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  The classic cocktail of the Prohibition era was the Sidecar:  pour 1-1/2 oz. Cognac and 3/4 oz. each of Cointreau and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker.  Shake.  Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.  Garnish with a lemon twist.  There's a big controversy raging as to whether you should follow traditional American practice and rim the glass with sugar.  I usually find rimmed cocktail glasses a pain in the butt, to drink even more than to produce.  But for this magnificent drink, the sugar rim seems to be part and parcel:  I'd do it.