Lectures on Tap - "The Science of Friendship"

Tue Dec 02 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-08:00

Arts District | Los Angeles

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Lectures on Tap - "The Science of Friendship"
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Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in LA bars.
About this Event

Welcome to Lectures on Tap

Join us for an engaging evening where professors, experts, and storytellers bring their thought-provoking lectures to your favorite bar in Silver Lake, Los Angeles!


Hosted by the Lectures on Tap team.


📍 Location: Exact address found in the confirmation email

📚 Lecture: “The Science of Friendship”

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Jaimie Arona Krems


Friendship is as fundamental a need as food, water, and shelter. Friends improve our mental health, boost our happiness, and lengthen our lives. But finding our tribes has never been harder: every other American aches for more social connection, and one in five single men has zero friends.

In this talk, Dr. Jaimie Arona Krems will describe how evolution has wired our brains for friendship, exploring what friends do for us—and why establishing these connections is often more challenging than we realize. By weaving together cutting-edge research from cognitive psychology, evolutionary anthropology, and social neuroscience, Dr. Krems will help us harness the emerging science of friendship to foster more robust communities and a brighter social future.

Dr. Jaimie Arona Krems is a tenured Associate Professor of Psychology at UCLA and the Co-founder/Director of the UCLA Center for Friendship Research—the first academic hub dedicated to understanding and strengthening social connections. Her influential research has appeared in top-tier journals and media outlets like The New York Times and The Atlantic.

Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of friendship with Dr. Jaimie Arona Krems!


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.

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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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Arts District, Los Angeles, United States

Tickets

USD 39.19

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