{"id":68609,"date":"2015-12-11T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=68609"},"modified":"2015-12-11T14:18:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T22:18:53","slug":"humorist-charles-phoenix-brings-retro-holiday-slide-show-to-palmdale-playhouse-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/12\/11\/humorist-charles-phoenix-brings-retro-holiday-slide-show-to-palmdale-playhouse-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Humorist Charles Phoenix brings \u201cRetro Holiday Slide Show\u201d to Palmdale Playhouse Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_68611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68611\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68611\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Charles-Phoenix.jpg\" alt=\"[contributed]\" width=\"288\" height=\"296\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[contributed]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale Playhouse, located at 38334 10th St. East in Palmdale, will host \u201cAmbassador of Americana\u201d Charles Phoenix and \u00a0his \u201cRetro Holiday Slide Show\u201d on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Phoeneix will lead the audience on a hilarious, high-octane adventure into his colorful world of \u2018flea-market found\u2019 vintage and \u2018mom and pop\u2019 Kodachrome slides. With a keen eye for oddball detail, Charles lavishes the very best of his mid-century images with colorful commentary celebrating the way we gifted, decorated, dressed, dined, and drank for the holidays in the \u201950s and \u201960s. Festive holiday dress is highly encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $15 for adults, and $12 for seniors, students, military and ages 12 and under. Tickets for all Palmdale Playhouse events may be purchased online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofpalmdale.org\/playhouse\" target=\"_blank\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/playhouse<\/a>, or at the Box Office beginning two hours before each show, 38334 10th St. East. For more information, call 661-267-5684.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>More on Charles Phoenix<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Charles Phoenix is a performer, humorist, chef and author. In his live shows, videos, media appearances and books, the self-proclaimed \u201cretro daddy\u201d explores America\u2019s classic and kitschy pop cultural past and present, and predicts retro-inspired future trends. Charles has shared his vintage images and culinary creations on TV with Conan and Martha Stewart and is often heard on National Public Radio. Los Angeles Times says \u201cCall him the King of Retro\u201d, and LA WEEKLY anointed him \u201cKodachrome King.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He encourages people to \u201cget in touch your inner Americana, embrace it, have a sense of humor about it, and proudly share it with the whole wide world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Charles Phoenix and view video clips of performances at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesphoenix.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.charlesphoenix.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale Playhouse, located at 38334 10th St. East in Palmdale, will host \u201cAmbassador of Americana\u201d Charles Phoenix and \u00a0his \u201cRetro Holiday Slide Show\u201d on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. Phoeneix will lead the audience on a hilarious, high-octane adventure into his colorful world of \u2018flea-market found\u2019 vintage and \u2018mom and pop\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}