<span style="color: red">ZOOM RECORDING:</span> Sexitecture – Feminism and Mid-Century Architecture with CyndeLicious

ZOOM RECORDING: Sexitecture – Feminism and Mid-Century Architecture with CyndeLicious

Join CyndeLicious, lover of all things vintage, kitsch, and architectural, for Sexitecture, a tour of the world’s most seductive Mid-Century Modern architectural wonders and the women who made these fantasies into realities. Watch Video
Leslie "Dottie" Van Every

ZOOM RECORDING: Leslie “Dottie” Van Every – Our Own Paradise: History of Black-Owned American Resorts

Zoom Event: Wednesday, March 6, 8pm EST – You may have heard of the Green Book, a popular travel guide treasured by the Black community for its travel tips during Jim Crow. But have you heard of Black Eden? Or Idlewild? Or American Beach? These are some of the many Black resorts that were popular places
LA Cocktail Napkin

ZOOM RECORDING: Patrick Quinn – California’s Forgotten Bars and Restaurants

ZOOM EVENT: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 8:00pm EST - Join us for a fun and fabulous tour of cocktail culture in the Golden State. Whether you’re the type to visit roadside diners, chic hotels, hidden dives, fancy restaurants, tiki bars, or, ahem, the neighborhood exotic dancer’s nightclub, napkin collector Patrick Quinn, author of Bar Keeps,
<span style="color: red">2024 ROAD TRIP:</span> : A Walk Through Nashville’s Neon Canyon

2024 ROAD TRIP: : A Walk Through Nashville’s Neon Canyon

The SCA 2024 Road Trip: A Walk Through Nashville’s Neon Canyon, has wrapped up an amazing 3 days of neon, music, food, fun and history.
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ZOOM RECORDING: Marisa Scheinfeld – Greetings from The Borscht Belt

ZOOM RECORDING: Join Marisa Scheinfeld, author of The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland for an illustrated lecture with photographs of abandoned sites where resorts, hotels and bungalow colonies once boomed in the Catskill Mountain region of upstate New York. Recorded November 29, 2023.
Printed Motel Fan

ZOOM RECORDING: Cara Rodway – America Hobnobs at the Tourist Camp: Social Change and the Roadside in the Interwar Years

Join Cara Rodway, Head of Research Development at the British Library as she delves into the motivations driving this rapid expansion and its implications for consumer behavior. We will explore why motels thrived during this era, shedding light on business strategies and shifts in consumer preferences. Recorded October 22, 2023.
Columbia River Highway

ZOOM RECORDING: Robert W. Hadlow, Ph.D. – Drive to Oregon Down the Famed Columbia River Highway

Recorded Wednesday, September 20th: Come along for a ride down the Columbia River Highway, America’s First Highway. This route was constructed from 1913 to 1922 east of Portland, Oregon, along the south shore of the Columbia River. In nearly 80 miles, it offered motorists magnificent views of a wonderful collection of waterfalls and many scenic vistas.
<span style="color: red">ZOOM RECORDING:</span> Mike Walker - Imagined Exotica and Atom Futures

ZOOM RECORDING: Mike Walker – Imagined Exotica and Atom Futures

Recorded Wednesday, August 16, 2023: Wednesday, August 16 at 8:00pm EDT: Join journalist Mike Walker as he examines the mid-twentieth century American beachside hotel and motel architecture which brought forth a fusion of California Googie futurism, the exoticism of the South Pacific and other distant locales.