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Disney animators and staff play Caxanga in Brazil during the 1941 “El Grupo” goodwill trip. The four players are Norm Ferguson, Bill Cottrell, Mary Blair, and Jack Cutting. For decades now,...

https://progresscityusa.com/2022/07/20/caxanga/

I recently received a review copy of Didier Ghez‘s latest masterpiece, They Drew As they Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years – The 1940s – Part One. I’m pleased to report ...

https://progresscityusa.com/2016/08/31/book-review-they-drew-as-they-pleased-the-hidden-art-of-disneys-musical-years/

We live in something of a renaissance for Disney history publishing, and I was beyond ecstatic to see a new title pop up on Twitter this morning. From the masterful art publisher Taschen comes Th...

https://progresscityusa.com/2016/07/12/for-your-christmas-list/

I’m thrilled to announce that after more than a year of work, The Progress City Primer is now available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook from a variety of booksellers. At 340 pages, the book ...

https://progresscityusa.com/2015/11/05/now-in-print-the-progress-city-primer/

Today I’m kicking off something that I have considered, with some trepidation, for a while now – I’ve posted a new project to Kickstarter with the goal of publishing a new Disney history bo...

https://progresscityusa.com/2014/06/27/kicking-off/

As if their current Mary Blair retrospective wasn’t enough to get you to the Walt Disney Family Museum this year, the museum has just announced a second exhibition that will debut later this ye...

https://progresscityusa.com/2014/04/06/leading-ladies-and-femmes-fatales-the-art-of-marc-davis/

Mary Blair surveys the mural she created for Disneyland’s 1967 Tomorrowland remodel The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco has done it again, with a spectacular new exhibit showcasing...

https://progresscityusa.com/2014/04/03/the-art-flair-of-mary-blair/

A friend sent along this video, and I thought it was pretty great. These two guys put this together for their school’s band concert. Check it out: It’s almost like this amazing music and th...

https://progresscityusa.com/2013/02/28/future-sounds/

The biggest thing to emerge on the Disney historical front during my recent blogging absence was the release, on Passport to Dreams Old and New, of A Musical Souvenir of Walt Disney World. This r...

https://progresscityusa.com/2012/06/13/a-musical-souvenir/

I thought I’d drop in to make note of today’s deal of the day on Amazon. They’re bundling four Blu-ray Disneynature titles – African Cats, Crimson Wings, Oceans, and Earth – for the low...

https://progresscityusa.com/2012/04/20/nature-for-sale/