SCA WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW: May 10, 2026
Sew & Vac (& Drink & Dine & Show)
ZOOM RECORDING: David Barnett – Vernacular Spectacular: Preserving New York’s Signs and Stories
Recorded Wednesday, May 20th, 2026: Join Director of the New York Sign Museum and co-founder of Noble Signs, David Barnett, as he examines how signs act as both design artifacts and vessels of collective memory, preserving the human stories, neighborhoods, and visual language that give the city its soul. Watch Recording | Transcript
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Magnetic Hill – Where Cars Coast Uphill Without Power
By Peter Glaser: Adventures in an automobile are a lot of fun: drive-in restaurants and theaters, streets of neon, and drive-through trees come to mind. And then there are magnetic or gravity hills—natural ‘road’ wonders—the most famous of which is in Moncton, New Brunswick (the geographic center of the Maritime Provinces).