Past Events

Wednesday, September 17, 2025: Join Steven Spiegel, an Executive Story Lead for Walt Disney Imagineering, as he details the history of neon in the Disney theme parks around the world. Learn when neon first appeared in Disney parks, and how the medium influenced park architecture, visitor experience, and overall storytelling. Watch Video

Recorded Wednesday, August 13, 2025: Join Rolando Pujol as he introduces his new book, The Great American Retro Roadtrip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana, a coast-to-coast celebration of the nostalgic pleasures of America’s vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast-food relics.

Everybody, back on the bus! Part 2 of guide Kevin Patrick’s Niagara Conference recap covers the third day tour of the New York side of the falls. Read Recap

Tour guide extraordinaire Kevin Patrick’s idiosyncratic and marvelously detailed recap of SCA’s 48th Annual Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Part 1 covers first day tour of the Canadian side of the falls. Read Recap

Recorded Wednesday, July 16, 2025: Join Marcia Bricker Halperin, a lifelong Brooklynite, who has been photographing the character and landscape of New York City since the 1970s. Her debut book of photographs, Kibbitz & Nosh: When We All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria, was published by Cornell University Press in the Spring of 2023. Watch Video

The SCA welcomed more than 80 guests to its first international conference in the roadside mecca of Niagara Falls. Featuring tours of both the American and Canadian roadside, we explored all kinds of crazy SCA attractions, took a drenching ride under Horseshoe Falls, hosted a fascinating paper symposium, and enjoyed great food and great company. It

Recorded Wednesday, January 8, 2025 Ever since meeting as presenters at the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Design in 1992, Sven Kirsten and Peter Moruzzi have worked on researching and documenting 20th-century urban design and popular culture. Join them as they discuss their new book, Palm Springs Tiki. Watch Recording

The warm, Southern hospitality of Nashville welcomed the SCA’s 2024 Road Trip with open arms, amazing food, and a world’s showcase of neon signage. The 56 attendees during the weekend of Sept. 20-22, travelled here from 15 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada.