Lectures Events

Winter Gilded Age Lecture Series
January 26 – March 2, 2023
6:00pm
Learn about the historical set locations of Julian Fellowes’ “The Gilded Age” on HBO; African American designers and dressmakers who created the garments worn by privileged Newporters; cocktails that were all the rage in the Gilded Age; and the music that brought elegance and beauty to the soundtrack of the period.

African American Designers and Dressmakers
February 9, 2023
6:00pm
Who were the designers and dressmakers who skillfully created garments for privileged Newporters in the past?

Cocktail Culture in the Gilded Age
February 23, 2023
6:00pm
The Gilded Age was also the “Golden Age of Cocktails,” when discriminating palates discovered the delights of new concoctions that became the classic cocktails of today: the Martini, Manhattan, Old-Fashioned and more. Get the story from the author of “Gilded Age Cocktails.”