MOD With a TWIST

After a few years hiatus, the ever popular Mod With a TWIST is back! Join us for an hour of rollicking, irreverent, witty and surprising presentations about unexpected topics from the Midcentury. You will laugh and guaranteed, you will walk away with a new factoids about something you did not know you needed to know. Great for all the cocktail parties around town… It’s all in fun and a great way to spend an hour with fellow midmod aficionados.

Program for February 17, 19, 22
Stephen Drucker–“Champagne Music” The Bubbly history of a Midcentury TV phenomenon -The Lawrence Welk Show

Richard Hovel–“Plywood & Midcentury Modern…Made for Each Other” The surprising history of one of Midcentury Modern’s most important materials.

Greg Hough–“Come Swim With Me” This Palm Springs native will surprise and delight with crazy stories of his pool hopping days as a kid.

Laura J Hein–”The Hula-Hoop: A Mighty Midcentury Fad” WHAMO- the Midcentury Power Brand created some of the nations biggest toy sensations!

Program for February 18, 20, 23
Stephen Drucker–“Champagne Music” The Bubbly history of a Midcentury TV phenomenon -The Lawrence Welk Show

Richard Hovel–“Plywood & Midcentury Modern…Made for Each Other" The surprising history of one of Midcentury Modern’s most important materials.

Jacques Caussin–“America: Land of Opportunity” How European-born talents super charged modern American Architecture & Design.

Greg Hough–“Come Swim With Me” This Palm Springs native will surprise and delight with crazy stories of his pool hopping days as a kid.

Presented by Palm Springs Center for Creativity, a 5013c non profit, with proceeds benefiting the Palm Springs Architectural Alliance dedicated to stewarding the legacy of Palm Springs architectural excellence into the future.

$45

Things to Know
Ages 18 and older.
Modernism Week Theater is located at the south end of the hotel’s central atrium.
Ample free public parking is available.
Enter underground parking at Hyatt on Palm Canyon Drive or in the multi-level public garage across from the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Handicap parking is available.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
The organizer of this event is Palm Springs Center for Creativity.

Event Check-in Location
Modernism Week Theater At CAMP
Hyatt Palm Springs
285 N Palm Canyon Dr.
Palm Springs, CA 92262
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