LIFE LONG LEARNING - Explore the History of Hand-Made Cigars and Vintage Cigar Boxes - Session 1

Are Cuban cigars still the best in the World? Learn the proper way to smoke a cigar. What role have Ybor City, Florida, and Central NY played in the producution of cigars? Since the COVID pandemic why are fans of premium cigars smoking more? Test your skills in a celebrity cigar quiz. For session 2, bring your favorite cigar boxes and learn clues to quickly date them. APpreciate the role of chromolithographers in the art of making cigar box labels, especially during the golden-age. Learn how Cigar boxes have been transformed into lamps, guitars, etc. Do modern cigar boxes appeal to collectors? Answer the following question: “should you become a collector of cigar memorabilia?”

PRESENTED BY: John Novak, Professor of Emeritus of Biology, Colgate University, where he taught for 36 years. He is a longtime collector of old cigar boxes. In 2001, his interest in hand-man cigars was sparked after visiting the Partagas Cigar Factory in Havana, Cuba.