Events, Past and Future
Upcoming Events
On Tuesday, September 12, I’ll present an entertaining and informative cocktail seminar at the SPLiCE Licensing Expo in Los Angeles, CA on the topic of trademark disputes in the world of spirits, cocktails and bartending.
On Saturday, September 16, 2023, I’ll present my famous Ernest Hemingway cocktail seminar for a private club at Tavira Restaurant in Chevy Chase, MD.
On Saturday, October 21, 2023, I’ll once again serve as Toastmaster for the William Donovan Award Dinner, hosted in Washington, DC by the OSS Society. I’ll create a signature cocktail for the event and offer a fun and informative toast to the black-tie crowd of about 700 people.
On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, I will present an entertaining cocktail seminar on my new book, Cheers! Cocktails and Toasts to Celebrate Every Day of the Year, at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
Notable Recent Events (in reverse chronological order)
On June 6, 2023, I served as the Toastmaster at an event held by the OSS Society at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, commemorating the 79th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in 1944. I created a special drink for the occasion, the Fortitude Cocktail, named for the Allies’ plan to keep the date and location of the Normandy Invasion secret from Nazi Germany. The event was attended by members of Congress, and diplomatic officials from all over the world.
On May 5th, 2023, I presented an entertaining cocktail seminar on my new book, Cheers! Cocktails and Toasts to Celebrate Every Day of the Year, at the Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD.
On May 4th, 2023, I presented my famous Ernest Hemingway cocktail seminar at the prestigious Smithsonian in Washington, DC. It was a sold-out show, over 150 people.
On Thursday, April 13, 2023, I presented an entertaining cocktail seminar on my new book, Cheers! Cocktails and Toasts to Celebrate Every Day of the Year, at the historic Michigan Shores Club in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
On Saturday, April 1, 2023, I presented my famous Cocktails in the Stream seminar for the Hemingway Rum Company in Key West, Florida. The sold-out event was hosted by the Hemingway Rum Company and its Papa’s Pilar’s award winning line of rums. https://www.papaspilar.com/pages/special-classes?fbclid=IwAR2tITBr6Xd18xW62XzrCFQTx1Evfp5JzG5LRUQ7m5vXImJybc8fyEn-Qrs#id=papa-s-pilar-concert
On February 16, 2023, as the keynote speaker for Manhattan Week, an event celebrating the Manhattan Cocktail sponsored by Angel’s Envy Bourbon, I presented a lively and informational seminar on the history, folklore and legacy of the iconic Manhattan Cocktail. The event was held at the historic Empire Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
On January 29, 2023, I presented my world famous Ernest Hemingway cocktail seminar at Mirabel Country Club, Scottsdale, AZ, before a packed house.
On January 9, 2023, I did an entertaining presentation on my new book, Cheers! Cocktails and Toasts to Celebrate Every Day of the Year, at the Museum of the American Cocktail, New Orleans, LA.
On December 19, 2022, I emceed, produced and presented at the annual D.C. Holiday Cocktail Seminar, at Last Call in NE Washington, DC, near Union Market.
On December 13, 2022, I did a sold out presentation on my new book, Cheers! Cocktails and Toasts to Celebrate Every Day of the Year, at the historic City Tavern Club in Georgetown, Washington, DC.
On December 7, 2022, I did a book launch evening at Allegory, the famed speakeasy of the Eaton Hotel in Washington, DC, to celebrate my fourth book, Cheers! Cocktails and Toasts to Celebrate Every Day of the Year.
On October 22, I presented once again the opening toast for the OSS Society, at their annual Donovan Awards Dinner. On this evening, before a packed crowd of 800 people, I spoke about, and made, a drink I created called The Spy Who Came in From Queens, honoring former CIA Director George Tenet. You can watch the video here: https://vimeo.com/773038722/a7f8008dfd?fbclid=IwAR2dsBbo889GBItF2gxVf6ZX9I3yoZanVe5LOzFmmb8Yqf5TbdwzS84DxbA.
On October 17, 2022, I presented a seminar on the Manhattan cocktail, before a packed crowd of Miami’s finest craft bartenders. The event was held at the legendary Sweet Liberty in South Beach, and was sponsored by Woodford Reserve and Old Forester whiskies.
On October 7-8, 2022, I presented a lively and entertaining seminar on the life and favorite cocktails of Ian Fleming and James Bond/007 in Traverse City and Alpena, Michigan. This was another in a series of events for Hospice of Michigan, where I helped raise tens of thousands of dollars.
On September 26, 2022, I presented my Hemingway cocktail seminar for a group of hospice care professionals in Boulder, CO.
On September 16, 2022, I presented my Hemingway cocktail seminar for the Sandy Spring Museum in Sandy Spring, MD. It was a sold out show.
On September 13, 2022, I presented an entertaining Hemingway cocktail seminar at Hemingway’s Cuba, a bar/restaurant in Asheville, NC.
On September 9, 2022, I gave a cocktail seminar to local bartenders in Detroit, hosted by the amazing Bar Pigalle.
On September 7-8, I presented my Ernest Hemingway Cocktail Seminar in Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan, respectively, as part of a fundraising campaign for the non-profit Hospice of Michigan.
On August 30, 2022, I presented a lively cocktail seminar on Drinks in the Military, at Fairfax Assisted Living in Fairfax, VA.
On August 5, 2022, I presented a very entertaining cocktail seminar on Paris in the 1920s, held at the historic City Tavern Club in Georgetown, Washington, DC.
On August 2, 2022, I offered the introductory toast for yet another installment of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former, and many others). The guest of honor at this event was former CIA Director and Army General David Petraeus.
On July 23, 2022, I took part in a panel discussion (along with Valerie Hemingway, author of Running With the Bulls: My Years With the Hemingways, and Chris Warren, author of Ernest Hemingway in the Yellowstone High Country) titled “Writing Biography On a Mythical Life.” I also presented a very entertaining Hemingway Cocktail Seminar that evening. Both events were part of the Hemingway Society’s bi-annual world conference in Cooke City, Montana. https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/19th-biennial-hemingway-society-conference-wyomingmontana
On June 16, 2022, I offered the introductory toast for yet another installment of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former, and many others).
May 19, 2022, I curated the evening’s specialty cocktail and offered introductory comments and a toast during a book talk held at the University Club in Washington, D.C.
March 15, 2022, I presented a New Orleans cocktail seminar for the defense contractor Atlas Up as an employee entertainment. The event was held at Buffalo & Bergen in Washington, D.C.
Spring/Summer, 2022, I served as a judge for the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards for “Best New Book” category.
December 21, 2021, I presented an opening toast and cocktail demonstration for the annual holiday party for the company Alirrium (a robotics manufacturer), offering a demonstration of the H.G. Wells Cocktail.
November 16, 2021, I offered a ten-minute toast (with cocktail demonstration) for yet another installment of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities. On this evening, my presentation concerned a bartender in Cairo, Egypt during World War II and his famous drink, The Suffering Bastard.
October 9, 2021 I presented a cocktail seminar and dinner for the Hotel Walloon near Petoskey, Michigan, on the theme of the life and times (and favorite drinks) of Ernest Hemingway. All during 2021, the Walloon Lake Inn featured a Hemingway Drink of the Month, all taken from my book To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, and I helped in curating the list of drinks and providing content for (and performing in one of) the videos promoting the drink series. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/have-and-have-another-with-philip-greene-tickets-166101537169?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
September 24 and 25, 2021, I presented two cocktail seminars as fundraisers for the nonprofit organization Hospice of Michigan. The seminars were on the theme of the life and times (and favorite drinks) of Ernest Hemingway. One event was in Traverse City, MI, on Friday night, and the other in Alpena, MI, on Saturday night. https://www.hom.org/hemingway-traversecity/
September 21, I presented a short seminar on the life and times (and favorite drinks) of Ernest Hemingway, and then served as a judge in a bartending competition called Garnish Wars, at Tiki By the Sea, a great event in Wildwood, New Jersey. https://tikibythesea.com/work/brine-wwswx
July 29, 2021, I offered the introductory toast for yet another installment of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former, and many others). On this evening, I presented the Guadalcanal Cocktail, made famous by members of the 1st Marine Division in August of 1942, during the successful invasion of that island.
July 28, 2021, I presented a cocktail seminar for the Loyola University (New Orleans) Alumni Association on the topic of Classic Summertime Cocktails (with a New Orleans twist).
On June 24, 2021, I presented a (virtual) cocktail seminar for Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC, on the topic of Classic Summertime Cocktails. Approximately 175 people attended. Many of the attendees purchased cocktail kits allowing them to make the drinks at home.
July 29, 2021, I offered the introductory toast for yet another installment of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former, and many others). On this evening, I presented the Guadalcanal Cocktail, made famous by members of the 1st Marine Division in August of 1942, during the successful invasion of that island.
July 28, 2021, I presented a cocktail seminar for the Loyola University (New Orleans) Alumni Association on the topic of Classic Summertime Cocktails (with a New Orleans twist).
On June 24, 2021, I presented a (virtual) cocktail seminar for Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC, on the topic of Classic Summertime Cocktails. Approximately 175 people attended. Many of the attendees purchased cocktail kits allowing them to make the drinks at home.
On June 16, 2021, I offered the introductory toast for yet another installment of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former, and many others). On this evening, I talked about Ernest Hemingway’s “liberation” of the Paris Ritz in August, 1944, making a Martini, and offering an opening toast.
On June 13, 2021, I presented a cocktail seminar for the International F. Scott Fitzgerald Society on the topic of Fitzgerald and Hemingway’s favorite cocktails.
On May 20, 2021, I presented a seminar on trademark law for the U.S. Department of the Navy’s Office of the General Counsel, as part of their annual OGC Training Symposium.
Also on May 20, 2021, I presented a cocktail seminar titled “Famous New Orleans Cocktails,” for the Medical Association of Southeast Louisiana.
On May 13, 2021, I was the “opening act” of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former, and many others). On this evening, which included a conversation with former CIA Director Leon Panetta and Admiral William McRaven, who led the daring and successful Operation Neptune’s Wrath (the Osama Bin Laden Raid), I presented a 10-minute toast to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the raid, as well as the creation of the Navy SEALs in WWII, and created and presented a special drink and offered a toast.
On May 11, 2021, I was the sole judge of a virtual cocktail seminar, as part of the evening’s social event for the U.S. Department of the Navy’s Office of the General Counsel, as part of their annual OGC Training Symposium.
On May 5, 2021, I presented a cocktail seminar on Classic Summertime Cocktails, for the Montgomery County (MD) Medical Society.
On April 29, 2021, I was the “opening act” of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former Secretaries of Defense James Mattis, Leon Panetta and Robert Gates, General Andrew Petraeus, Admiral William McRaven, and many others). On this evening, which 1will include a conversation with WWII hero John Billings, on the topic of his new book, Special Duties Pilot, about his exploits during the war (which inspired the Quentin Tarantino film “Inglourious Basterds” (sic). I presented a 10-minute toast to the Mr. Billings and created/presented a drink in his honor, inspired by his exploits.
On March 25, 2021, I was the “opening act” of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former Secretaries of Defense James Mattis, Leon Panetta and Robert Gates, General Andrew Petraeus, Admiral William McRaven, and many others). On this evening, which included a conversation with author Erika Robuck on the topic of her new book, The Invisible Woman, about legendary American WWII spy Virginia Hall, I presented a 10-minute toast to the Ms. Hall and created/presented a drink I called the Cuthbert Cocktail.
On March 16, 2021, I presented a Cocktails 101 seminar. The event was a private party for the staff and employees of Washington, D.C.’s lobbying firm, BGR.
On January 29, 2021, I presented a cocktail seminar on the Manhattan Cocktail. The event was a private party for the staff and employees of Prestige Ledroit Distributing Company.
On January 28, 2021, I was the “opening act” of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former Secretaries of Defense James Mattis, Leon Panetta and Robert Gates, General Andrew Petraeus, Admiral William McRaven, and many others). On this evening, which included a seminar and conversation with Secretary Mattis, I presented a 10-minute toast to the OSS featuring an historic cocktail and a story about its origins, folklore, etc., and told a story about the OSS during World War II. Ifeatured the Gimlet cocktail and told the story of legendary Marine Corps General Smedley “Gimlet Eye” Butler.
On January 22, 2021, I presented a cocktail seminar on military themed cocktails for the historic and prestigious Army Navy Club in downtown Washington, DC.
December 11 and 12, 2020. I was the emcee and presented a drink at the 13th annual D.C. Holiday Cocktail Seminar, which I’ve produced since 2008. The event features some of D.C.’s finest (and funnest) bartenders and will raise money to support out-of-work bartenders in the region.
December 10, 2020, presenting a 45-minute seminar on classic cocktails made with sparkling wine, as part of a fundraiser called Prosecco & Poinsettias, for the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, in Bethesda, MD, where our three girls attended high school.
Each Thursday evening in October, 2020 (1, 8, 15, 22 and 20), I was the “opening act” of the OSS Society’s “Oh So Social Speaker Series,” featuring world renowned experts on intelligence, special operations and counter espionage activities (including former Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Robert Gates, General Andrew Petraeus, Admiral William McRaven, and many others). Each evening I presented a 10-minute toast to the OSS featuring an historic cocktail and a story about its origins, folklore, etc., and told a story about the OSS during World War II.
August 6, 2020, at the request of the Chicago-based investment firm The Capital Group, Inc., I presented a cocktail seminar on the topic of my book To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion. It was presented virtually due to COVID-19.
July 30 – August 3, 2020, recorded two seminars that will be aired in September for the prestigious Tales of the Cocktail festival in New Orleans, one on “The Man Behind James Bond: Ian Fleming,” and the other on the history, folklore and favorite drinks of the iconic Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and others. These presentations were supposed to have taken place live in July but have been recorded and postponed due to COVID-19. They both aired in September, 2020.
July 23, 2020, presented a virtual seminar with author John Hemingway, grandson of Ernest Hemingway, for the Key West Art and Historical Society, Key West, FL. My portion of the event was a cocktail seminar on Ernest Hemingway’s life in Paris and visits to Pamplona during the 1920s. It was presented virtually due to COVID-19.
June 9, 2020, presented a short cocktail seminar on story of Ernest Hemingway “liberating” the Paris Ritz Hotel on August 25, 1944 during World War II, as part of the airing of a short film concerning the role of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the liberation of France during World War II. The event was hosted by the French-American Chamber of Commerce.
May 20, 2020, was emcee and presented during a virtual cocktail seminar with other bartenders from Washington, DC to raise money for unemployed bartenders and others as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown.
In April, 2020, I was to travel to Minneapolis, MN for a range of events surrounding my book To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, including a guest-bartending stint at the Lawless Distillery, a brunch with the local chapter of the U.S. Bartenders Guild, and a cocktail seminar on the life and favorite drinks of Ernest Hemingway. Due to COVID, I ended up doing a ZOOM event.
March 13, 2020, presented a cocktail seminar on 1920s Paris for the Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD. This was part of the extend tour of the book A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris. Sold out event, 130 tickets sold.
January 30, 2020, presented a cocktail seminar on the history and folklore of the Manhattan cocktail, for the Jefferson, an assisted living complex in Arlington, VA.
January 17, at the request of the Dallas Museum of Art, presented a “Late Night Talk” on the topic of Paris in the 1920s, notably it’s nightlife, cocktails, and its famous denizens. This is part of the extend tour of the book A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris.
December 16-17, 2019. Was Master of Ceremonies, for the 12th year, the annual D.C. Holiday Cocktail Seminar. Due to the success of recent years, the event was offered over two evenings.
December 14, 2019, guest bartending stint at The Barn, live music venue in Bolivar, WV (near Harper’s Ferry).
January 17, at the request of the Dallas Museum of Art, presented a “Late Night Talk” on the topic of Paris in the 1920s, notably it’s nightlife, cocktails, and its famous denizens. This is part of the extend tour of the book A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris.
December 16-17, 2019. Was Master of Ceremonies, for the 12th year, the annual D.C. Holiday Cocktail Seminar. Due to the success of recent years, the event was offered over two evenings.
December 14, 2019, guest bartending stint at The Barn, live music venue in Bolivar, WV (near Harper’s Ferry).
December 6-8, was one of 16 of “the world’s finest spirits writers” at the first annual Bookstock symposium in Louisville, KY. Participated in “Meet the Author” events and conversational seminars with other writers in the beverage industry. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookstock-meet-the-worlds-finest-spirits-writers-tickets-77182548079
December 5, 2019, at the request of the law firm Vinson Elkins, LLC, conducted a bourbon whiskey tasting and cocktail class for 60 guests, namely, members of the firm and top clients. The Tasting Room Wine Bar and Restaurant, National Harbor, MD.
November 22-23, 2019, served as a Whiskey Educator and curated visitors’ experiences in the Bourbon Bar, a new feature of the annual Grand Rapids Wine, Beer and Food Festival, Grand Rapids, MI.
November 13-14, presented two seminars for the Global IP Forum, San Diego, CA. One seminar was titled “IP (as in intellectual property law) Issues in the World of Cocktails,” the other titled “IP Issues Confronted by the U.S. Marine Corps.”
November 4, 2019, presented a cocktail seminar on New York’s nightclub scene in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 100 attendees.
November 1, 2019, participated as a featured author at the historic National Press Club Book Fair, Washington, DC, the book presented for sale was A Drinkable Feast. Was among top sellers of books at the Book Fair.
October 24, 2019, presented a seminar on the U.S. Marine Corps Trademark Licensing Program as part of an all-day symposium held by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA.
October 24, 2019, presented a mini-seminar on cocktails during the University Club’s annual Mark Russell Cigar Dinner. This was another in a series of Cocktails & Comedy events with comedian George Peacock. University Club, Washington, DC.
October 23, 2019, offered a toast and remarks about the Scofflaw Cocktail, during a 100th anniversary celebration of Prohibition at the historic National Press Club, Washington, DC.
October 19, 2019, co-presented a classic fall cocktails seminar at a “Cocktails and Comedy” performance with comedian George Peacock, a fundraiser for Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetown, Wash, DC.
October 14, presented a seminar on the history and folklore of the Manhattan cocktail at award-winning bar/restaurant Dante, in Manhattan NYC. Also judged a Manhattan cocktail competition amongst the staff.
October 12, 2019, offered the introductory toast at the annual William Donovan Award Dinner, OSS Society, Washington, DC. The recipient of this year’s Award was former Secretary of Defense General James Mattis. See below for links to other instances where I’ve performed this honor. https://youtu.be/7YPqgO5XbXU
September 25, 2019, presented a cocktail seminar on the history and folklore of the Manhattan Cocktail, at Bedford Court retirement center, Silver Spring, MD.
September 27, 2019, presented a cocktail seminar on Ernest Hemingway in Cheyenne, WY. 80 attendees. https://cheyennesymphony.org/event/to-have-and-have-another-a-hemingway-cocktail-companion/
September 12, 2019, served as emcee of a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the historic Carousel Lounge at the Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans. Offered opening remarks on the history of the hotel and Carousel Lounge, and introduced dignitaries who also gave addresses, including City Council members and state legislatures, while also reading proclamations from the Governor of Louisiana and Mayor of New Orleans.
August 7, 2019, presented a cocktail seminar at Archipelago, Washington, DC, on the Sour Cocktail, launching pad of drinks such as the Daiquiri, Sidecar, Jack Rose, Margarita, Cosmo and others. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sour-cocktail-launching-pad-for-the-cosmo-margarita-daiquiri-and-others-tickets-64325951653
July 24, 2019, presented a cocktail seminar on the life, times, prose and favorite drinks of Ernest Hemingway, as part of the Leelanau Summinars Program, Leland, Michigan.
July 18-19, 2019, presented as part of two panel seminars at Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, LA. One of the panels discussed famous writers (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, et al.) and how they worked drinks into their prose, and the other was on the topic of cocktail origin myths, as in “who invented the Martini?” which has perhaps 10 different stories. The discussion will explore how to explode/expose these myths, and other anecdotes.
May 21, 2019, spoke before the Navy Office of General Counsel’s Annual Symposium on trademark and copyright issues confronting the U.S. Marine Corps. Washington, DC.
May 10-13, 2019, presented four cocktail seminars during HighBall, Wellington, New Zealand’s new cocktail festival. http://www.highball.co.nz/speaker-series
May 4, 2019, curated an authentic period-themed cocktail menu and speaking at a gala fundraiser held by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park (Illinois), and served as toastmaster. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-hemingway-foundation-gala-hemingway-at-the-ritz-tickets-57132673364
May 1, 2019, presented a cocktail seminar as part of the A Drinkable Feast book tour, the prestigious and historic Acorn Club, Philadelphia, PA.
April 4, 2019, co-presented with comedian George Peacock at a Georgetown University Alumni Association event held at Stateside Distillery, Philadelphia, PA, as part of our Cocktails & Comedy tour of events.
April 3, 2019, co-presented (with Daily Beast editor and author Noah Rothbaum) a seminar on the cocktail culture and life and times of Frank Sinatra and the immortal Rat Pack, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, et al. Smithsonian Associates, Washington, DC. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/toast-to-rat-pack
March 15, 2019, presented a literary-themed cocktail seminar during the Tennessee Williams Days festival in Key West, FL. Approx. 120 attendees. http://thebluepaper.com/celebrate-tennessee-williams-with-acclaimed-mixologist-philip-greene/
March 9, 2019, presented a cocktail seminar at Felix Cocktails et Cuisine, Charleston, SC, approximately 50 attendees. https://www.entbrite.com/e/philip-greene-tasting-and-demonstration-tickets-56836457374#
March 5, 2019, presented a cocktail dinner at the acclaimed restaurant The Fourth Estate, at the National Press Club, Washington, DC, as part of his A Drinkable Feast book tour. Sold out event, 70 very happy guests. https://www.press.org/events/1920s-cocktail-night-fourth-estate-restaurant
March 1, 2019, guest speaker at lunch hosted by the Cogswell Society, Arlington, VA.
February 28, 2019, presented a New Orleans cocktail seminar along with comedian George Peacock, as part of our Cocktails & Comedy series. The Avenue Restaurant, Washington, DC.
February 27, 2019, University Club, Washington, D.C., presented a cocktail seminar as part of the A Drinkable Feast book tour. 70 attendees.
December 17, 2018, emceed the 11th annual DC Holiday Cocktail Seminar, Occidental Grill & Seafood, Washington, DC. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/11th-annual-dc-holiday-cocktail-seminar-tickets-53050723141
December 29, 2018, did an in-store book signing at Horizon Books, Traverse City, MI.
December 10, 2018, presented a cocktail seminar on drinks made with Champagne, Smithsonian, Washington, DC. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/champagne-cocktails. The event was sold out, 176 tickets sold.
November 30, 2018, New Dominion Bookstore, Charlottesville, VA, presented a cocktail seminar as part of the A Drinkable Feast book tour. Sold out show, 80 attendees. http://events.c-ville.com/cal/1428372
November 28, 2018, was one of the authors present at the University Club Book Fair, Washington, D.C. Sold more books than any of the other 50 authors (80 books).
November 2, 2018, University Club, Chicago, Illinois, presented a cocktail seminar as part of the A Drinkable Feast book tour. Sold out show, 80 attendees.
November 1, 2018, Michigan Shores Club, Wilmette, Illinois, presented a cocktail seminar as part of the A Drinkable Feast book tour. 50 attendees.
October 20, 2018, for the fourth time since 2013, offered the introductory toast at the OSS Society’s William Donovan Dinner, Washington, DC. The OSS Society commemorates the Office of Strategic Services, the U.S. intelligence and special operations agency created in World War II, and the predecessor to the CIA. 500 attendees, including many top-level military and government officials. Presented the 69th Regiment Cocktail and gave an account of that illustrious unit and William Donovan’s Medal of Honor exploits in World War I.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGILkn_4E90&feature=youtu.be
October 19, 2018, presented a cocktail seminar on Paris in the 1920s, to support new book A Mixable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris, which will have been released October 9 by Penguin Random House. Event coordinated with Politics & Prose Bookstore, to be held at Union Market, Washington, DC. https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/philip-greene-drinkable-feast-cocktail-companion-to-1920s-paris-politics-and-prose-union
Thursday, October 18, cocktail seminar at Perry Belmont House, Washington, DC, as part of the book tour for A Mixable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cocktail-seminar-book-signing-w-phillip-greene-tickets-49520160132
October 13, 2018, Morristown Festival of Books, Morristown, NJ (outside NYC). Greene was the featured speaker at the grand finale event Saturday afternoon, presented a short seminar on my book A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris, and served 2 cocktails from the era. http://morristownbooks.org
October 5, 2018, co-presented a Cocktails 101 seminar at a cocktails and comedy performance with comedian George Peacock, a fundraiser for Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetown, Wash, DC.
September 28, 2018, presented a Famous New Orleans Cocktails seminar for Loyola University, New Orleans, as a key part of their Alumni Weekend. 50 tickets sold.
September 14-15, 2018, presented a cocktail seminar on the life and favorite drinks of Ernest Hemingway, for the 2018 Wyoming Hemingway Celebration, to be conducted under a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant. http://www.sheridan.edu/news/event/hemingway-cocktails-with-philip-greene/
July 20, 2018, served as toastmaster at an event honoring the life and career of David Bowie, for Smithsonian Associates, Washington, DC.
July 17, 2018, presented a seminar on legendary drinks from the pages of military history, Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, LA.
May 31, 2018 presented a cocktail seminar on the life and favorite drinks of Ernest Hemingway. University Club, Washington, DC.
June 7, 2018, presented a cocktail seminar on the history and folklore of the Manhattan Cocktail, for the Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD.
May 18, 2018, co-presented “An Evening in New Orleans,” authentic food and drink from the Crescent City, presented as an in-home experience alongside Sheila Crye, a noted expert on New Orleans Creole and Cajun cuisine. This experience was offered as part of a silent auction at the annual National Food and Beverage Institute gala fundraiser.
January 26, 2018, presented A Cocktail Evening With Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald cocktail party and gala for the Florida Keys History & Discovery Foundation, Islamorada, FL.
January 25, presented A Cocktail Evening With Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, a seminar and party to benefit the Key West Art & Historical Society, Key West, FL.
December 31, 2017, New Year's Eve Champagne Cocktail Seminar at the historic Occidental Grill & Seafood in Washington, D.C., co-presented with legendary D.C. bartender, Frank Jones.
www.eventbrite.com/e/champagne-pearls-nye-series-drinklore-tickets-40881966061?aff=es2
December 11, 2017, emcee and producer, 10th Annual Museum of the American Cocktail Holiday Cocktail Seminar, Washington DC. The event featured six of DC’s best bartenders, each presenting a Holiday favorite, with stories, before a sold-out audience of 80 guests. Note, I have produced, emceed and presented at an annual DC Holiday Cocktail Seminar every year since 2008. www.natfab.org/events/10th-annual-dc-holiday-cocktail-seminar
October 24, 2017, designed and presented the OSS 75, a special cocktail for the OSS Society to mark their 75th Anniversary, at a banquet of over 500 attendees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xEABIMwgcQ
August 1, 2017, presented a seminar for Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC on Prohibition, rum-running, and popular drinks during this era. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/Tickets/Reserve.aspx?id=239223
July 23, 2017, was the centerpiece of “The Hemingway Gala,” at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, Key West, FL, and organized by the Key West Art & Historical Society. Presented a cocktail seminar on the life and times, and favorite drinks, of Ernest Hemingway. http://www.kwahs.org/event/the-hemingway-gala-an-evening-of-hemingway-inspired-cocktails-with-phil-greene
July 19-22, 2017, Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, LA, presented two seminars, one on “Finding Classic Cocktails in the Dusty Archives,” and “Intellectual Property Law Issues in Cocktail Land.” https://talesofthecocktail.com/news/tales-cocktail-announces-2017-seminars-and-presenters
June 25, 2017, presented a short cocktail seminar on the Rickey, the official cocktail of Washington, DC, for the DC Craft Bartenders’ Guild.
June 22, 2017, presented a cocktail seminar for the Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, DC on the topic of cocktails in 1920s Paris. http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/sipping/
June 16, 2017, presented a seminar on the topic of cocktails within the pages of literature, for the Elevator Repair Company theatre troupe, in Bushwick (Brooklyn), NY.
June 2, 2017, at the request of the Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans, LA, presented a cocktail seminar for alumni on the topic of Famous New Orleans Cocktails.
June 1, 2017, presented a cocktail dinner at SoBou restaurant in French Quarter, New Orleans.
May 22, 2017, created the Signature Cocktail for the Elevator Repair Company (theatre group based in NYC) Gala Ball, held in TriBeca, NYC. The emcee was Stephen Colbert, and many celebrities (including Steve Martin and Maggie Gyllenhaal) attended. https://www.elevator.org/gala/
May 17, 2017, VIP attendee at Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening of the Hemingway Rum Company’s new distillery in Key West, Florida. Designed and curated an 18-panel display of photos of Ernest Hemingway with captions.
April 12, 2017, guest bartending at a Junior League charitable fundraising event, Washington, DC.
April 6, 2017, presenting a cocktail seminar on the history, impact and folklore of the Manhattan Cocktail, for the Michigan Shores Club in Wilmette, IL.
April 3, 2017, presenting a cocktail seminar on Famous New Orleans Cocktails, as part of Tales of the Cocktail on Tour, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
March 25, 2017 joined legendary bartenders/cocktail historians Derek Brown, Simon Ford, John Lermayer and Julio Cabrera to present a seminar titled History Happy Hour: Cocktails in Cuba, as part of the National Archives Museum’s celebrated cocktail seminar program. https://www.archivesfoundation.org/event/history-happy-hour-cocktails-cuba/
March 24, presented a cocktail seminar on the drinks featured in The Sun Also Rises, including a wealth of excerpts, anecdotes and background on Paris in the 1920s, Hemingway’s leading role in the so-called “Lost Generation,” and related topics. This cocktail seminar was presented at the Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, DC, as part of their critically-acclaimed adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. The Theatre’s performances run from February 18 through April 2. http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/drink-like-hemingway/
March 3, 2017, guest speaker at the lunchtime meeting of the Cogswell Society, speaking on the topic of the historical significance and impact of the Manhattan Cocktail.
February 27, 2017, presented a cocktail dinner, including a PPT seminar, on the history, folklore and significance of the Manhattan Cocktail, at the request of the prestigious National Press Club, in Washington, DC. The event was held at the Club’s restaurant, The Fourth Estate, and featured 6 delicious courses of food and drink. http://www.press.org/news-multimedia/news/learn-about-evolution-cocktail-fourth-estate-dinner-monday-630-pm-theres-still-
February 12, 2017, presented a PPT seminar on the history, folklore and significance of the Manhattan Cocktail, at the request of the Culinary Historians of Washington. http://chowdc.org
January 26, 2017, presented an evening of cocktails at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, Key West, Florida, as part of a fundraiser for the Key West Art & Historical Society. Presented alongside Ernest Hemingway’s grandson, John Hemingway. http://www.kwahs.org/event/the-hemingway-experience-with-john-hemingway-and-phil-greene
December 9, 2016, bartended at Washington, D.C.’s celebrated Repeal Day Ball, where he represented both Papa’s Pilar Rum and Peychaud’s Aperitivo. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/repeal-day-ball-2016-tickets-28823387528
December 4-5, 2016. Repeal Day, Asheville, N.C. In addition to judging a Manhattan Contest, presented a PPT seminar on the history, folklore and impact of the Manhattan Cocktail, all part of Asheville’s Repeal Day celebration. http://www.spiritsavvycocktails.com/upcoming-events/
November 30, 2016, participated in the prestigious University Club of Washington Book Fair. https://www.universityclubdc.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=364578&ssid=275203&vnf=1
November 25, 2016, did a Happy Hour Book Signing at MacIntosh Books, Sanibel Island, FL. http://www.macintoshbooks.com/
November 15, 2016, presented a PPT seminar on the cocktails of the Gilded Age, and the hospitality industry of late 19th century America. This sold out event (180 attendees) was part of Smithsonian Associates’s program of events.
https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?ID=236090
October 17, presented a Rum Dinner at the celebrated Palace Café in New Orleans, featuring the rums of Papa’s Pilar Rum and authentic cocktails from the life and times of Ernest Hemingway. http://www.whereyat.com/pilars-rum-explores-the-world-of-hemingway-at
October 16, 2016, San Antonio, Texas, presented a PPT seminar titled Get Lit!, featuring the great drinks from the pages of literature, notably from Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald and Capote. http://www.sanantoniococktailconference.com/other-events/sacc-seminar-series/
August 8, 2016, presented a PPT seminar (with world-renowned bartender Simon Ford, proprietor/creator of Fords Gin) on the life and drinks of Ian Fleming, and his character 007, James Bond. This event was a fundraiser for Smithsonian Associates and was a sellout (170 people). https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?ID=235173
July 22, 2016, presented a 20 minute PPT seminar with sample cocktails, a look at the favorite drinks and the life and times of Ernest Hemingway. Event was held at Hemingway’s boyhood home in Oak Park, Illinois, a feature of the International Hemingway Society’s annual conference.
July 21, 2016, presented a seminar titled “Getting Lit at the Monteleone,” a look at the amazing literary tradition of this grand old hotel in New Orleans, focusing on its famous guests (Hemingway, Faulkner, Capote, Tennessee Williams, many more) and their favorite drinks. Mr. Greene also hosted a Spirited Dinner at Dickie Brennan’s Steak House in New Orleans, focusing on the history and folklore of the Manhattan Cocktail, the topic of Mr. Greene’s second book. Both events are part of the prestigious festival, Tales of the Cocktail, in New Orleans. Mr. Greene and the chef created a menu featuring five courses matched with five historic and delicious cocktails. With each course, Mr. Greene gave a brief history of the drink, and described how to make it at home. The dinner was sold out, 60 very happy customers.
May 31, 2016, presented a 60 minute PPT seminar with sample cocktails on the history and folklore of the Manhattan cocktail, as part of the launch of the book, The Manhattan: The Story of the First Modern Cocktail (with recipes), published by Sterling Epicure. The event was produced by Upshur Street Books, Washington, DC.
April 12, 2016, presented a 90 minute PPT seminar with sample cocktails, a look at the food and drink popular during the American Civil War. This sold out event (170 attendees) benefited the Smithsonian Associates, Washington, DC.
April 1, 2016, presented a 60 minute PPT seminar with sample cocktails, a look at the favorite drinks and the life and times of Ernest Hemingway. Event was held at the historic Acorn Club of Philadelphia.
March 3, 2016, presented a sold-out, 60 minute PPT seminar with sample cocktails, a look at the favorite drinks and the life and times of Ernest Hemingway. Event was part of the Seventh Annual Ernest Hemingway Festival, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
February 24, 2016, present two seminars in Boston, MA, on the life and times (and favorite drinks) of Ernest Hemingway. One was at the Audubon Bar, the other (sold out show) was at the Bancroft, in Burlington, MA. Hemingway cocktails and appetizers were featured. http://www.the-bancroft.com/tag/hemingway-cocktail/
February 19, 2016, presented a sold-out (60 guests) 90 minute PPT seminar with sample cocktails, a look at the favorite drinks and the life and times of Ernest Hemingway. Event was held at the historic University Club of Chicago.
February 18, 2016, presented a sold-out (60 guests) 90 minute PPT seminar with sample cocktails, a look at the favorite drinks and the life and times of Ernest Hemingway. Event was held at the historic Michigan Shores Club, Wilmette, Illinois.
February 13, 2016, presented “Cocktails in the Stream,” a look at the favorite drinks and the life and times of Ernest Hemingway during the 1930s-1950s, during which time he lived in Key West and Cuba. Event was held at the critically-acclaimed restaurant The Square Grouper in Summerland Key, Florida.
February 12, 2016, presented “Cocktails in the Stream,” a sold-out (60 guests) look at the favorite drinks and the life and times of Ernest Hemingway during the 1930s-1950s, during which time he lived in Key West and Cuba. Event benefited the Florida Keys History & Discovery Foundation.
February 11, 2016, presented “Cocktails in the Stream,” a sold out (65 guests) look at the favorite drinks and the life and times of Ernest Hemingway during the 1930s-1950s, during which time he lived in Key West and Cuba. Event benefited the Key West Art & Historical Society.
February 4, 2016, co-presented (with author Robert Wheeler, Hemingway in Paris), a sold-out (170 guests) special Smithsonian Associates event, featuring authentic Hemingway cocktails from his time in 1920s Paris. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?ID=233130
January 16, 2016, presented two seminars at the San Antonio Cocktail Conference, one was a 90-minute PPT seminar on favorite cocktails of the U.S. presidents, with other stories of notable politically-themed drinks, along with service of samples of said drinks. The other was a 90-minute PPT seminar on the life and favorite drinks of Ian Fleming, including his infamous character, James Bond.
December 17, 2015, emcee and producer, 8th Annual Museum of the American Cocktail’s Holiday Cocktail Seminar, Washington DC. The event featured six of DC’s best bartenders, each presenting a Holiday favorite, with stories, before a sold-out audience of 80 guests. Note, I have produced, emceed and presented at an annual DC Holiday Cocktail Seminar every year since 2008.
November 7, 2015, offered the Hemingway Martini Toast during the OSS Society’s William J. Donovan Award Dinner in Washington, D.C.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPID2Z9Ql4c&app=desktop
November 5, 2015, presented An Evening With Ernest Hemingway, at the National Press Club, Washington, DC. A two-hour event featuring a 60 minute PPT on the life and times of Ernest Hemingway, focusing on his favorite drinks, featuring sample cocktails served throughout, as well as authentic cuisine from the places where Hemingway lived (Paris, Key West, Cuba, and Africa).
November 3, 2015, The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY, cocktail hour speaker at a fundraiser dinner for the acclaimed “Ernest Hemingway Between Two Wars” exhibit at the Morgan. Made and served authentic Hemingway Daiquiris to the audience, and spoke about his rich life and times.
July 17, 2015, presented a 90-minute PPT seminar on favorite cocktails of the U.S. presidents, with other stories of notable politically-themed drinks, along with service of samples of said drinks. Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, LA.
February 24, 2015, Bootleggers, Bathtubs, and Speakeasies: Tales From Prohibition; Evening Seminar with Tastings, a Smithsonian Associates seminar, 90 minute PPT and live music entertainment evening, co-presented with world renowned, James Beard Award-winning mixologist Dale DeGroff. http://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=230430
February 3, 2015, World President’s Organization/Young President’s Organization, Annual Meeting, Ocean Reef Club and Resort, Key Largo, FL. Performed one-hour seminar on Ernest Hemingway, including a hands-on class on how to make cocktails, and also presented a short seminar during a Hemingway-themed dinner.
January 5, 2015, guest speaker, National Electrical Contractors Association, Annual Meeting, Casa Marina Resort, Key West, FL. Performed one-hour PowerPoint (PPT) seminar on Ernest Hemingway, including a hands-on class on how to make cocktails.
December 9, 2014, emcee and producer, 7th Annual Museum of the American Cocktail’s Holiday Cocktail Seminar, Washington DC. Six of DC’s best bartenders each presenting a Holiday favorite, with stories, before a sold-out audience of 80 guests. Note, I have produced, emceed and presented at an annual DC Holiday Cocktail Seminar every year since 2008.
November 15, 2014, guest speaker, fundraiser for Admiral Nimitz Foundation/Pacific War Museum, Fredericksburg, TX. Performed one-hour PPT seminar on famous military-themed cocktails, including service of said drinks to patrons.
September 25, 2014, presenter at Smithsonian Associates’ “Food in the Garden” event, Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC. Served and interpreted historic drinks from New Orleans, along with displayed artifacts (glassware, menus, books, etc.).
September 19, 2014, presenter at D.C. Public Library Foundation “Banned Books Week” fundraiser, served and interpreted drinks from Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises.
September 8, 2014, speaker/panelist at the Intellectual Property Rights Owners Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, CA. Gave presentation on protection of U.S. military’s trademarks and its licensing program.
August 12, 2014, presented a 90-minute PPT seminar on favorite cocktails of the U.S. presidents, with other stories of notable politically-themed drinks, along with service of samples of said drinks. Sold-out show (170 people), Smithsonian Associates, Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2014/08/14/this-man-will-make-you-jfks-favorite-cocktail/ see also
August 15, 2014, presented a 60-minute PPT seminar (with sample cocktails) on the life and favorite drinks of Ernest Hemingway, for The Tiki Oasis, a noted Tiki-themed event in San Diego, CA.
July 17, 2014, co-presented (with Simon Ford) 90-minute PPT seminar on the life and drinks of Ian Fleming, including his iconic character James Bond. Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans, LA.
July 14, 15, 16, 2014, performed 60-minute cocktail PPT seminars/cocktail classes, in Boston, NYC and Washington, DC, on the topic of classic American cocktails of the 20th century, focusing on the history and folklore of Palm Springs, CA. Hired by the Greater Palm Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau as entertainer/spokesperson for their summer sales tour.
June 26, 2014, another event for Palm Springs (see above), Chicago, IL.
June 27, 2014, presented a 60-minute PPT seminar on great cocktails/anecdotes from the pages of classic literature (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dos Passos, Faulkner, Walker Percy, Graham Greene, et al.), part of a dinner/cocktail reception fundraiser for the Arts Club of Washington.
June 12, 2014, presented a 60-minute PPT seminar (with sample cocktails) on the life and favorite drinks of Ernest Hemingway, for The Hukilau, the world’s most prestigious Tiki-themed event, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
June 2, 2014, another event for Palm Springs (see above), Vancouver, British Columbia, CA.
April 25, 2014, Miami Rum Renaissance, presented a 60 minute PPT seminar titled “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, A Look at Hemingway’s Favorite Watering Holes.” Guests also enjoyed authentic, sample-sized cocktails.
April 22, 2014, Wellesley College Alumni Association fundraiser, presented 60-minute Hemingway cocktail PPT seminar, with sample drinks. Washington, DC.
April 10, 2014, produced a seminar titled Capital Brewing, on the history of beer brewing industry in Washington, DC, presented by Garrett Peck, author of Capital Beer – A Heady History of Brewing in Washington, DC. Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC.
April 4, 2014, keynote speaker, “Getting Lit – Classic Examples of Literary Libations and Their Role in Fiction,” a 60-minute PPT cocktail seminar on great cocktails/anecdotes from the pages of classic literature (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Greene, et al.), part of an event titled “Cocktail Culture – A Conference,” hosted by the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
March 21, 2014, speaker in a panel discussion group concerning Ernest Hemingway, during the Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA.
February 20, 2014, produced 90-minute Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled Negroni - Italian for Menage a Trois. Occidental Grill & Seafood, Washington, DC.
February 18, 2014, guest speaker, did a 90-minute PPT seminar on trademark law and cocktail history for the Brehon Society, a legal society based in Philadelphia, PA.
February 1, 2014, cocktail seminar on life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, fundraiser for the Stone Ridge School Fathers’ Club, Bethesda, MD.
January 17-18, 2014, guest bartending gig and 60-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, San Antonio Cocktail Conference, San Antonio, TX.
November 9, 2013, keynote speaker for the International F. Scott Fitzgerald Society’s Annual Conference, Troy University, Montgomery, AL. Presented two 60-minute PPT seminars titled “Cocktails in the Time of Gatsby,” focusing on the cocktails and anecdotes of the life and prose of Fitzgerald, with authentic period cocktails served during the performance, along with choice excerpts from his prose.
November, 2013, speaker/panelist on the topic of the protection and licensing of trademarks of the U.S. military, International Trademark Association Annual Meeting, Miami, FL.
November, 2013, featured speaker at “Paris is a Moveable Feast” event in association with Somers Point Restaurant Week, Somers Point, NJ. Cocktail seminar featuring served cocktails, on life in 1920s Paris.
October 26, 2013, keynote speaker and presenter of “the Hemingway Toast,” annual William Donovan Awards Dinner, OSS Society, Washington, DC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ocX0cmvZIo
October 5, 2013, guest speaker, Michigan Hemingway Society, presented a 60-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, Petoskey, MI.
September 27, 2013, guest speaker, Ernest Hemingway Oak Park Foundation, presented a 60-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, Chicago, IL.
September, 2013, presented a 60-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, held at The Crunkleton restaurant, Chapel Hill, NC.
September, 2013, guest speaker, One More Page Books, Arlington, VA, presented a 60-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, Chicago, IL.
August, 2013, “Literary Libations,” a 90-minute PPT seminar with authentic sample-sized cocktails, from the pages of classic literature (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Kerouac, Steinbeck, Dos Passos, Greene, Faulkner, Percy, et al.). Produced by Smithsonian Associates, held at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC.
July 19, 2013, co-presented with Alexandre Gabriel, CEO of Cognac Ferrand, a 90-minute PPT seminar titled “Midnight in Paris – Cocktails of 1920’s Lost Generation,” as part of the world-renowned Tales of the Cocktail festival.
July 18, 2013, curated and presented a Spirited Dinner at Restaurant Criollo, Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, titled “Cocktails in the Stream, Key West Conch and Cuban Cocktails and Cuisine From Hemingway’s Days on the Gulf Stream.” Part of Tales of the Cocktail festival. An exquisite, 5-course gourmet dinner featuring authentic cocktails paired to the cuisine, with personalized table-to-table interpretation of each cocktail course, anecdotes, recipes, etc.
July 12, 2013, guest speaker at an evening dinner and drinks benefit for Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL. Curated and produced drink service for the evening (including coordinating all sponsored product donations, bar staff training, etc.), and presented a 60-minute PPT seminar on the life and favorite drinks of Ernest Hemingway.
June 8, 2013, Key West Bacchanalia festival, guest speaker, presented a 60-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway.
May 10, 2013, presented a 60 minute PPT seminar titled “Passport to Paris, Pamplona and Beyond: Adventures in Hemingway’s Cocktails,” along with authentic period cocktails and cuisine, presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, Rooftop Terrace.
May 19, 2013, presented a 90-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, with authentic sample-sized cocktails served to the guests. Manhattan Cocktail Classic, New York, NY.
April 28, 2013, co-presented (with world-renowned, James Beard Award winning mixologist Dale DeGroff) an evening’s entertainment titled “Hemingway in Paris,” at the Dead Rabbit, New York, NY. Authentic period cocktails and cuisine were served.
April 27, 2013, co-presented (with world-renowned, James Beard Award winning mixologist Dale DeGroff) an evening’s entertainment titled “Hemingway in Havana,” at the Dead Rabbit, New York, NY. Authentic period cocktails and cuisine were served.
April 12, 2013, produced a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar, presented by cocktail expert Luke Johnson, titled Chasing Dr. Silvius: The Story of Gin Through Five Cocktails. Occidental Grill & Seafood, Washington, DC.
April, 2013, Miami Rum Renaissance, presented a 60-minute PPT seminar, “To Have and Have Another – Hemingway’s Favorite Rum Cocktails,” with sample-sized cocktails served to guests.
April 12, 2013, produced, curated and oversaw the service of period-authentic 1920s cocktails for the Washington Ballet’s Annual Gala, “A Moveable Feast: The Hemingway in Paris Ball,” to celebrate the Ballet’s production of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. The event was held at the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Arranged for sponsor donations, bar staff training, and entire production of beverage service for the evening. Also signed 100 copies of To Have and Have Another – A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, which were given to donors as part of their gift bags.
March 17, 2013, produced a St. Patrick’s Day Museum of the American Cocktail seminar, presented by Gina Chersevani, Rachel Sergi, J.P. Fetherston, and Jo Jo Valenzuela, Occidental Grill & Seafood, Washington, DC.
March, 2013, guest speaker at lunch hosted by U.S. Bartenders’ Guild, Las Vegas Chapter, held at the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, NV. 60-minute PPT seminar with cocktails, on the theme of the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway.
February 19, 2013, an evening of Hemingway conversation and cocktails, co-presented with Megan Finnerty, columnist with the Arizona Republic. Lon’s, Scottsdale, AZ. Part of the Arizona Cocktail Week festival of events.
February, 2013, sold-out seminar on life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, Union Market, Washington, DC. Also signed copies of To Have and Have Another – A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, which were given to 110 guests as part of their gift bags.
February, 2013, sold-out seminar on life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, D.C. Public Library Foundation fundraiser, Washington, DC.
February 18, 2013, Cocktails of Lost Generation Paris, a corporate entertainment evening/cocktail seminar performed for Delcor, a Washington, DC based tech company, for its employees and favorite clients. Held at the Four Seasons, the evening featured a lively cocktail seminar with sample cocktails from Paris in the 1920s.
December 14, 2012, presented a 90-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, with authentic sample-sized cocktails served to the guests. Astor Center, New York, NY. http://virtual-nihilist.blogspot.com/2012/12/hemingways-cocktails.html
December 3, 2012, presented a Hemingway-themed, four-course gourmet meal with cocktails, Windsor Court Hotel, New Orleans, LA.
November 29, 2012, presented a 30-minute PPT presentation on the life and drinks of Ernest Hemingway, with authentic sample-sized cocktails served to the guests. Co-produced with Politics & Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC, held at prestigious Washington Club, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC.
November 27, 2012, Alamo Theater and Draft House, Austin, TX. Presented a 30 minute PPT cocktail seminar (with cocktails) prior to the screening of Woody Allen’s film “Midnight in Paris.” The seminar educated guests on the personalities featured in the film (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Stein, Djuna Barnes, Man Ray, Salvador Dali, et al.), while also talking about the café society, salons, nightlife and cocktails of 1920s “Lost Generation” Paris.
November 9, 2012, guest bartender at Tampa’s Repeal Day Celebration, Tampa, FL. Entire hotel given over to craft bartenders, each with a specially-themed bar. Mine was an Ernest Hemingway bar.
November 8, 2012, Smithsonian seminar “To Have and Have Another – An Evening of Hemingway’s Favorite Cocktails,” a 90-minute PPT on his life and times. Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC.
November 7, 2012, seminar “To Have and Have Another – An Evening of Hemingway’s Favorite Cocktails,” a 30-minute PPT on his life and times, along with four bars each serving authentic cocktails and cuisine from various stops in Hemingway’s life (Paris, Africa, Cuba, Key West). This was a corporate entertainment for account holders, held by SunTrust Bank, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
August, 2012, co-presented (with Cognac Ferrand CEO Alexandre Gabriel) a seminar on classic Cognac cocktails. Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC.
July 11, 2012, produced, curated and presented for Smithsonian Associates, an evening of Cocktails in Hollywood, featuring 4 bars, each manned by D.C.’s finest craft bartenders and offering classic cocktails from great movies. There was a James Bond Bar, a Thin Man Bar, a Casablanca Bar, and a Movie Mixellany Bar, all featuring great drinks from the silver screen. Presented two short PPT presentations within the evening featuring video and stills from selected films. National Museum of American History, Washington, DC. Sold-out event, 250+ guests.
May, 2012, produced a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar, presented by Duane Sylvestre, J.P. Caceras, and Jamie MacBain, titled South of the Border – Cocktails from Mexico, South America and the Caribbean. Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC.
April 12, 2012, produced a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled On the Town, presented by legendary bartender Dale DeGroff, Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC.
March 20, 2012, produced and presented Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled Vodka Classics, Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC.
February 21, 2012, Cocktails of the Lost Generation, Paris in the 1920s, a 90-minute PPT presentation with sample cocktails, co-presented with Chantal Tseng, at the Tabard Inn, Washington, DC. Sold-out event, 70+ guests.
January, 2012, produced and co-presented a seminar on George Washington’s distillery at Mount Vernon, VA. Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC. Sample cocktails served.
December 11, 2011, Hemingway in Paris, A Moveable Feast. Curated and oversaw presentation and service of authentic, period cocktails from 1920s Paris as part of a gourmet evening presented by The Coterie, which featured some of Washington, DC’s top chefs, bartenders, sommeliers and beer experts. During dinner and evening, periodically presented patrons with interpretations of each course, anecdotes, excerpts, and other entertainments. Sold-out event. https://www.bisnow.com/archives/newsletter/dining-bisnow-dc/dcs-hottest-dinner-party/
October 4, 2011, produced a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar, presented by Dan Searing, titled The Punch Bowl – 75 Recipes Spanning Four Centuries of Wanton Revelry, as part of a tour supporting Mr. Searing’s book of the same name. Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC.
July, 2011, cocktail seminar on the historic Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, part of Tales of the Cocktail festival. Co-presented with Chris McMillian.
May 23, 2011, produced a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled Prohibition in Washington DC – How Dry We Weren’t, presented by author Garrett Peck, author of book by the same name. Warehouse Theater, Washington, DC.
May 11, 2011, produced and co-presented seminar titled When it’s Cocktail Time in Cuba, with world renowned mixologist and brand ambassador Charlotte Voisey, at the Boothby Center for the Beverage Arts, San Francisco, CA.
March 14, 2011, Tales of the Cocktail On Tour, Famous New Orleans Cocktails, March 2011, Vancouver, BC, co-presented a lively PPT seminar with Chris McMillian, at one point we had entire audience of 75 people all shaking a Ramos Gin Fizz to the sounds of Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up.”
March, 2011, co-presented a cocktail seminar (with Derek Brown and Chantal Tseng) on Cocktails of the Great Hotel Bars, Part II, at the Tabard Inn, Dupont Circle, NW, Wash., DC.
February, 2011, sold-out (80 guests) seminar on classic cocktails and home bartending, Occidental Grill & Seafood restaurant, Washington, DC.
February, 2011, cocktail seminar, “To Have and Have Another – A Hemingway Bartender’s Companion,” to benefit the Key West Arts and Historical Society, held at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, Key West, FL. Sold-out fundraiser, over 150 guests.
January 13, 2011, produced and co-presented, with Gina Chersevani, a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled On an Evening in Roma – An Introduction to the Classic Cocktails and Flavors of Italy, Occidental Grill & Seafood, Washington, DC.
October 28, 2010, presented a seminar on Prohibition at the Woodrow Wilson Home, Washington, DC, part of a fundraiser evening for the former president’s home.
October 26, 2010, co-presented (with James Beard Award winner David Wondrich) an evening of Jazz and Cocktails of Storyville, New Orleans, for Smithsonian Associates, Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC. A 90-minute PPT seminar with cocktails and jazz music.
October, 2010, presented a 30-minute PPT seminar on Prohibition, fundraiser for the Woodrow Wilson Home and Museum, Washington, DC.
September 15, 2010, produced a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar, presented by world renowned mixologist and historian Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, titled “The Suffering Bastard: Joe Scialom, International Barman of Mystery,” at the Occidental Grill & Seafood, Washington, DC.
August 25, 2010, produced and co-presented (with Jerry LeNoir of Mr-Booze.com) a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled The Home Bar, The Basics and Beyond – Creating that Great Cocktail Vibe at Home. Occidental Grill & Seafood, Washington, DC.
July 27, 2010, produced and presented a cocktail seminar titled Cocktail Class for Beginners:
from Cocktail Classic to Modern Mixology, on behalf of Giromondo Wine, wine and cocktail classes.
July, 2010, presented 90-minute cocktail seminar on the historic cocktail legacy of the world renowned Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, LA. Part of Tales of the Cocktail festival. Co-presented with Chris McMillian.
April, 2010, presented a seminar at Miami Rum Renaissance titled Daiquiri 101 - Celebrating the 101st Anniversary of the Daiquiri Coming to America. Deauville Beach Resort, South Beach, Miami.
April 22, 2010, produced a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar presented by internationally renowned mixologist Tad Carducci, co-founder of Tippling Bros., titled Spice: The Fennel Frontier. The event was held at the historic Darlington House, at Dupont Circle, Washington, DC.
March 22, 2010, produced and presented (with Derek Brown) a seminar titled Introduction to Cocktails – A Primer on Mixology Through Four Classic Cocktails. Occidental Grill & Seafood, Washington, DC.
November, 2009, sold-out (80 guests) seminar on the History of the Daiquiri Cocktail, along with world-renowned Tiki expert Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, James Beard Award nominee Derek Brown, and DC bartending legend Jon Arroyo. Held at Occidental Grill & Seafood restaurant, Washington, DC.
October, 2009, 60 minute seminar on trademark disputes in the beer, wine and spirits industry, Government Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, Washington, DC.
July, 2009, Smithsonian seminar “To Have and Have Another – An Evening of Hemingway’s Favorite Cocktails,” a 90-minute PPT on his life and times. Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC.
May, 2009, Manhattan Cocktail Classic, Astor Center, NY, NY. Co-presented with world-renowned mixologist Charlotte Voisey a seminar on Cocktails in Cuba. Also presented this same seminar in Washington, DC (June, 2010) and at the Boothby Center, San Francisco, May, 2011).
April 14, 2009, produced and co-presented (with Derek Brown) a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled Rendering Unto Caesar and Sticking it to Uncle Sam! Being a Non-Taxing and Slightly Evasive Cocktail Seminar, Darlington House, Washington, DC.
February 10, 2009, co-presented (with world-renowned New Orleans bartender/historian Chris McMillian) a seminar titled Famous New Orleans Cocktails, for Smithsonian Associates, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC.
January 13, 2009, produced and presented (with Derek Brown) a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled Presidential and Political Cocktails, Rock Creek Restaurant, Washington, DC.
October 14, 2008, produced and presented (with Derek Brown) a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled The Great Drinks of the Great Hotel Bars, Pt. I, at the historic Tabard Inn, Washington, DC.
September 9, 2008, produced and presented (with Derek Brown) a Museum of the American Cocktail seminar titled Exotic Cocktails – From the Pacific Rim to the Silk Road, Restaurant Mei n Yu, Washington, DC.
March, 2007, presented a seminar on classic cocktails at The Hawthorn, Wellington, New Zealand.
August, 2006, co-presented (with Chris McMillian) a seminar on classic New Orleans cocktails, Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans.
August, 2005, co-presented (with Ted Haigh, Robert Hess, and Stanley Schwam) a seminar on the history and use of cocktail bitters, Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans.
June, 2005, produced and presented three Museum of the American Cocktail seminars on the classic cocktails of New Orleans, at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Washington, DC (at three locations, Bethesda, MD, Crystal City, VA, and Dupont Circle, DC).
August, 2004, presented a seminar on the life of Antoine A. Peychaud, 19th century New Orleans pharmacist, and the creation of the Sazerac Cocktail, Tales of the Cocktail, New Orleans.