Presented by Chris Nichols

Dive into the art, architecture, food, entertainment, music (and Tiki bars) of American bowling centers of the 1950s and 60s. These modern palaces were country clubs for the people that brought a whole new world of luxury entertainment to the emerging suburbs. Bowlarama brings back—in living color—all the excitement with this presentation of vintage photographs, exciting ephemera, and detailed hand-drawn architectural renderings that capture all the optimism, enthusiasm, and joie de vivre of the era.

Chris Nichols is a writer, editor, preservationist, and former chair of the Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee. He is senior editor at Los Angeles Magazine where he also writes the "Ask Chris" column. He authored the books Walt Disney's Disneyland (2018), and The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister (2007). His most recent book is Bowlarama: The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling.