Fri., Sat. and Sun., Aug. 27 – 29, 2010
National Western Complex
4655 Humbolt Ave. Denver, CO
Sat.: 10am to 6pm, Sun.: 10am to 3pm
Ticket prices vary

TIX AND INFO HERE!

Comedy slide show performance, Cherpumple demonstration in the Test Kitchen, hosting Miss Modernism pageant, AND FREE MOD ADVICE!

TIX & INFO HERE!

Big Retro 3-D Slide Show plus the Story of 3-D…in 3-D …it’s a 3-D Extravaganza!!!

Join Charles on this 6-hr walking & school bus tour beginning ending at Union Station – See Old Chinatown – Olvera Street – Clifton’s Cafeteria – The Bradbury Building – Carroll Avenue – Bob Baker Marionette Theater – Walt Disney Concert Hall and SO much more!

Experience the charm of MAIN STREET USA, exotica of ADVENTURELAND, wilderness of FRONTIERLAND, magic of FANTASYLAND, and future of TOMORROWLAND – all in the heart and soul of our city.

You will never see downtown LA the same way again! It’s just like a big theme park! The similarities between Downtown Los Angeles and Disneyland are staggering!”

Join Charles in his native Ontario, California for an afternoon school bus field trip adventure as he shares the pride and joy of the city’s most charming landmarks, legends and displays all decked out for the holidays!

* This rain-or-shine, 5-hr walking and driving tour begins and concludes in the heart of town at the ONTARIO MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ART!

* Tour Southern California’s most charming destination, GRABER OLIVES, where the family has been curing, canning and selling olives since 1894!

* Stroll Southern California’s most elaborate civic holiday displays, twelve original 1959 RELIGIOUS DIORAMAS!

* At LOGAN’S CANDY, the candy man demos candy cane making …very special local holiday day tradition since 1933…

* Dinner is included and will be served at VINCE’S SPAGHETTI, the “Worlds Largest Spaghetti Restaurant,” homespun and family run since 1945!

Downey’s pop culture legends and landmarks are amazing and I want to share them with you! Join me in Downey, CA, on Saturday, March 27, 2010, for this one-time only “Up With Downey” tour – a 5-hr field trip adventure in “America’s Greatest Space Age Suburbia!” Were even gonna meet Miss Downey!

“Up With Downey” tour attractions include:

POP MUSIC LEGENDS…
See the former home of the pop music’s most successful duo, the Carpenter’s – where they lived and Karen tragically died, plus we’ll see their “Close to You” and “Only Just Begun” apartment buildings named for their first two #1 hits!

CRADLE OF THE APOLLO MISSION…
Tour the former North American Aviation “Space Ship Factory” where the Apollo Command Module, that safely delivered man to and from the moon six times, was designed – we’ll see vintage rocket ship models, memorabilia and a big space age surprise!

FAST FOOD GRANDDADDY…
**No host** lunch at the granddaddy of all fast-food stands, the worlds oldest McDonalds, (1953) plus learn the “McStory” at the McDonalds Museum next door!

HIDDEN GHOST TOWN DISCOVERED…
Experience the spectacular remains of the Los Angeles County “Poor Farm” and early days of Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center. This is a virtually unknown treasure trove of unique buildings built between the 1890s & 1920s in architecture styles including craftsman, Spanish, Egyptian Revival Moderne and more!

LOCAL MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY…
At the Downey Historical Society Museum we’ll see a treasure trove of charming vintage local art, artifacts and memorabilia plus tour the city’s oldest house!

GOOGIE MIRACLE…
Finally we celebrate a car culture landmark prevervation/restoration miracle and learn the epic rise- and-fall-and-rise-again story of the greatest drive-in car hop coffee shop ever, (Originally Harvey’s Broiler, later Johnie’s, now Bob’s Big Boy!)

This five-hour driving and bus tour begins and ends at Bob’s Big Boy Broiler located at 7447 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA 90241. (Free tour parking in Bob’s Big Boy’s auxiliary parking lot) $75.00 ticket includes bus transportation, museums etc. **No host** lunch at world’s oldest McDonald’s. (Sorry, no refunds or exchanges.)

Charles Phoenix’s Retro Slide Show will be the keynote address at this year’s Preservation at the Crossroads of America Conference in Newton, Kansas.

Check out Charles as he super-charges the classic living room slide show into a live, laugh-out-loud celebration of mid-century American life and style … car culture, space age suburbia, fast food stands, drive-ins, theme parks, local landmarks and legends and much more! Festive dress is always encouraged but not expected!

Friday, June 4, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
Preservation at the Crossroads of America Conference
Lindley Hall in Newton, Kansas

Price $50, includes social hour, banquet and Charles’ slide show performance.

For tickets call Billi Jo Wilson, The Newton Chamber of Commerce, 316-283-2560

A live comedy performance  sure to get you in the mood for all the holidays like you never have before!

The King of Retro returns to spread holiday cheer with a slyly entertaining live comedy performance that celebrates mid-century holiday life and style. With his unstoppable enthusiasm and wry, eagle eye for the very best and most bizarre of his massive collection of found-Kodachrome slides, Phoenix supercharges the classic living room slide show into a hysterical/historical celebration of American holiday life and style. It’s a 1950s & 60s New Years, Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas jubilee that’s sure to get you in the mood for the all the holidays like you never have before! IN COLOR!

PAST SHOWS:

Pasadena, CA
Saturday, December 5 at 8 pm
Neighborhood Church
301 North Orange Grove Blvd.

Pomona CA,
Saturday, December 12 at 8 pm
National Hot Rod Museum
1101 W. McKinley Ave.

Hollywood, CA
Sunday, December 20 at 2 pm
Egyptian Theater/American Cinematheque
6712 Hollywood Blv

Portland, OR
Tuesday, December 29 at 7 pm
Hollywood Theater
4122 NE Sandy Blvd.

Seattle, WA
Sunday, December 27 at 4 pm
Kirkland Performance Center
350 Kirkland Ave. Kirkland, WA

Thursday Oct. 29th & Friday Oct. 30th, 2009, 8:00pm

* A Halloween Puppet Show Spooktacular featuring dozens of amazing vintage hand-made marionettes…

* Your host, Charles Phoenix, tells the story of Bob’s colorful life and career with vintage slides and classic film and TV clips….

* Cake & ice cream in the party room will follow the main event – an appearance by the Master himself!

PAST SHOWS:

Thursday, Oct 29th & Friday, Oct 30th, 2009, 8:00pm – Bob Baker Marionette Theater

A live comedy performance celebrating 50s and ‘60s road trips, tourist traps, theme parks, fashion fads, car culture, space age suburbia and… spectacular images of the Valley of the Sun. Followed by FREE donuts!

PAST SHOWS:

Friday, Nov 6 & Saturday, Nov 7, 2009, 8:00pm – Phoenix Center for the Arts

Charles Phoenix hosts…
a GRILLED CHEESE PATIO PARTY
for and at HEATH CERAMICS
THURSDAY eve AUGUST 20, 2009, 6-8pm,
7525 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, 90036
FREE! rsvp-323-965-0800
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