1950s Popular Culture

Ukulele fans strum their way to a good time

10 Feb 2012

By Elizabeth M. Mack Democrat staff writer -- The ukulele is an interesting little instrument, according to Tom Ewart.

Good vibrations at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

9 Feb 2012

A new Pulitzer-nominated played called "In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)," now being staged in Colorado Springs, is proof enough that, when it comes to pop-culture titles, times — and titles — have most definitely changed.

Silicon Valley Rocks Flashy Socks

9 Feb 2012

SAN FRANCISCO - For barristers in 18th-century London, it was shoulder-grazing wigs. For the mad men of 1950s New York, it was briefcases and fedoras. For the glass-ceiling-shattering women of the 1980s, it was shoulder pads.