Ep265: Armchair Imagineering (New Orleans Square)

In this episode: This week Gavin talks about the shows he checked out at Gallery Nucleus, we talk about Walt and Lillian's 30th anniversary and the petrified tree in Frontierland, more shows are going away at Disneyland and DCA, plus we finalize our talks about New Orleans Square with some armchair Imagineering!

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Destinations and Spiders

Gallery Nucleus is currently displaying the second part of the Disney Destinations show that they did last year but they also have an exhibit with art inspired by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse. On their website they describe the shows as:

DREAM DESTINATION 2: A DISNEY TRAVEL POSTER EXHIBITION: In collaboration with Disney Fine Art and Cyclops Print Works, Gallery Nucleus is excited to reprise our official Dream Destinations 2: A Disney Travel Poster Exhibition! Join us for a visual tour of a number of Disney locales through a brand new series of travel posters by an incredible roster of artists!

Running between: June 29, 2019 – July 21, 2019
Opening Reception / Jul 13, 6:00PM – 9:00PM

WHAT’S UP DANGER? THE INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE TRIBUTE SHOW: Gallery Nucleus, in partnership with Grey Matter, are proud to present the official tribute exhibtion for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! Join us on June 29th, from 6PM to 9PM for the grand unveiling of prints and art made in tribute to the Oscar-winning film!

Running between: June 29, 2019 – July 21, 2019
Opening Reception / Jun 29, 6:00PM – 9:00PM

Check out these Instagram posts from the shows:

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Walt and Lillian

In this episode we talked about Walt and Lillian celebrating their 30th anniversary at Disneyland just days before the historic opening of the park. A link to the article that we talked about in this episode regarding the petrified tree is below but check out this photo of the letter between Walt and John Baker.

Check out the article here:

DHI Mythbusters Edition – The Truth About The Petrified Tree

Helping the kids

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