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Where is Your Path Leading You? – Spring Seminar Series

April 29, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; Addolorata Villa

Address: 555 McHenry Rd. Wheeling, IL 60090

1920's era

The Roaring Twenties: Flappers, Cocktails & Model T Fords

EVENT UPDATE: This event has been canceled due to concerns stemming from the spread of the coronavirus and public safety. 

Few decades have seen such dramatic social and cultural changes as the 1920s. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the start of this tumultuous age with this illustrated lecture by historian Leslie Goddard. Using photographs, vintage advertisements, magazine illustrations and video clips, we’ll explore the “flapper,” the rise of jazz music, Prohibition, andthe birth of mass culture including radios, Model T built by Ford and home appliances like electric refrigerators.