Photo Flash: Charles Phoenix's Retro Slide Show Tour of Southern California
Join pop culture humorist and author Charles Phoenix for a laugh-out-loud funny, celebration of 1950s and 60s car culture, space age suburbia, fast food stands, shopping centers and drive-ins, Hollywood landmarks, Knott's Berry Farm, Marineland, Disneyland - and much, much more. "Charles Phoenix's Retro Slide Show Tour of Southern California," a comedy performance about mid-century Americana, comes to Wally Parks National Hot Rod Museum for one night only, on Saturday, June 27 at 8pm.
Charles Phoenix super-charges the classic living room slide show by reinventing it into a hip and high octane celebration of classic and kitschy mid-century Southern California life and style. Audiences from coast to coast are delighted by Charles' stylish suits, friendly personality and infectious enthusiasm. His informed and often hilarious commentary together with the very best of his massive collection of flea market found Kodachrome slides will inspire your imagination and make your spirit soar!
Tickets are $25.00 online at www.charlespheonix.com and include entrance to the museum.
From the kitsch to the classic, Ontario, California native Charles Phoenix loves to celebrate mid-century life and style. His massive collection of flea market-found 1950s and 60s vintage slides inspire his live Retro Slide Show performances, "Slide of the Week" e-mails, and colorful coffee table books including Cruising the Pomona Valley 1930-1970, Southern California in the 50s and Americana the Beautiful. Charles is also a recurring guest on the Martha Stewart Show and frequent contributor to NPR. www.charlesphoenix.com
The National Hot Rod Museum features a spectacular variety of choice vintage, historical custom cars, hot rods, roadsters and dragsters alongside photographs, trophies, helmets and driving uniforms, paintings, and memorabilia chronicling more than 50 years of American motorsports.
Charles Phoenix's Retro Slide Show Tour of Southern California! - Charles Phoenix super-charges the classic living room slide show by reinventing it into a hip and high octane celebration of classic and kitschy mid-century Southern California life and style. A laugh-out-loud funny, celebration of 1950s and 60s car culture, space age suburbia, fast food stands, shopping centers and drive-ins, Hollywood landmarks, Knott's Berry Farm, Marineland, Disneyland - and much, much more.Saturday, June 27 at 8pm
National Hot Rod Museum
Fairplex Gate 1
1101 W. McKinley Ave.
Pomona CA, 91768
(at Fairplex in the former Domestic Arts Bldg. - enter Fairplex @ Gate 1)
Purchase tickets online at www.charlesphoenix.com
Cost:
$25.00 online (includes entrance to the museum)
Photo credit Charles Phoenix
Cavalier Motor Inn, Whittier 1964
Daddy-O, Mommy-O and Baby-O, LA 1955
Muscle Beach Santa Monica, 1957
Tomorrowland- Disneyland, 1967
Weaver Bros. Jalopy Races, Culver City 1952
Jack In The Box, Alhambra, 1964
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