Lectures on Tap - "Welcome Back to the Gilded Age! "

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🧠 Lecture: "Welcome Back to the Gilded Age!"

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Charley Binkow

Between 1870 and 1900, Americans lived through what Mark Twain famously called the “Gilded Age,” a period of extraordinary wealth, rapid industrial growth, and dazzling innovation—developments that masked deep inequality, political corruption, and social unrest.

In this thought-provoking lecture, Dr. Charley Binkow asks whether we are living through a Gilded Age of our own. By comparing the late 19th century with the present, he explores how economic booms can conceal structural problems, how inequality reshapes democracy, and what history can teach us about the promises, pitfalls, and possibilities of a new gilded age.

Dr. Binkow earned his PhD in American History from Boston University in 2023 and currently teaches American and World History at Loyola High School in Los Angeles.

Come for a drink, stay for a compelling conversation about the past and present forces transforming American life. Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

7:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key. **Attendees are encouraged to arrive as early as 7pm to enjoy the exhibition in the gallery space and order food ahead of the lecture**

7:55 PM – Host introduction

8:00 PM – Lecture begins

8:45 PM – Audience Q&A

9:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

9:30 PM – Wrap up.

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