Mary Poppins-themed screenings, activities and fun in March!

Join us this March for Mary Poppins-themed screenings, activities and fun! A full schedule of events can be found below. Tickets are available at www.waltdisney.org. Hope to see you here!

SCREENINGS + DISCUSSIONS

FILM OF THE MONTH – March 2 – March 31

Mary Poppins (1964)

1:00pm and 4:00pm daily, Theater

(except Tuesdays and March 5, 13, and 20)

Mary Poppins is a magical nanny who brings joy, order, and happiness to the Banks family. It’s a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious film that will make you want to sing and dance all the way home.

March 5 – Designing a Video Game with Warren Spector

3:00pm, Theater

Learn how new technology helped create an immersive and connective gaming experience in this program about video game development.  Disney Interactive Studios’ Junction Point General Manager and Creative Director Warren Spector—who also serves as creator of the newly released video game Disney’s Epic Mickey—will discuss how to design the world of a video game and take you through the process from concept art to final product. The presentation will include a game-play demo and will be followed by audience Q&A.

March 20 – Fashioning a Family: The Costume Design of Mary Poppins with Tony Walton

In conjunction with the Museum of Performance and Design, moderated by their curator Brad Rosenstein.

3:00pm, Theater

Academy Award^®-winning designer Tony Walton, who served as costume designer and visual consultant for Mary Poppins (for which he received an Oscar^® nomination), joins us for a special conversation about the production design of one of Disney’s most magical films.

CLASSES

Saturday, March 26 – Moving Pictures: 2-D Hand Drawn Animation Workshop for Adults (18+) 

1:00—4:00pm, Learning Center Media Studio

Do you like to draw? Would you like to learn to animate? This class will teach you the basic principles of animation, as well as give you the ins and outs of the latest animation software so you can start animating anywhere—even from home!

Registration required. Email education@wdfmuseum.org or call 415.345.6814.

MARCH DISNEY DISCOVERIES! + LOOK CLOSER SERIES

DISNEY DISCOVERIES: Saturday, March 12, and Sunday, March 20

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Outdoors

Jump into your own sidewalk chalk drawing. Chim chim-in-ey, chim chim-in-ey, chim chim cher-ee, come be as creative as you can be. Geared for children 7-12 years old, Museum Interpreters and our educational staff will be on hand to inspire you to draw whatever you please. (This activity will take place on the sidewalk behind the Museum, but will be moved indoors in the case of bad weather).

Imaginations and creativity will soar with our new Disney Discoveries! The second Saturday of each month, join us for family fun and activities in the Learning Center.  The activities planned by our education staff will inspire the hidden artist in young visitors while learning about the life and work of Walt Disney.

LOOK CLOSER:

March 25, 26, and 27 – Look Closer: A first edition Mary Poppins book by P.L. Travers

3:00 pm, Gallery 9

Would you like to know more about one of the artifacts in the galleries?  Our Look Closer series will give you that opportunity. Staff will reveal little known facts, and behind-the-scenes information during these 5- to 8-minute gallery talks.

Comments

[Kyle Sund]

I was just reading the site elsewhere and felt compelled to write something when I saw that "Feed the Birds" was Mr. Disney's favorite song.
One of the highlights of my life was convincing my community chorus to include this song in one of our programs and being able to share it with an audience. Indeed, I caught a screening of "Mary Poppins" this past Sunday at the museum specifically to see "Feed the Birds" on a large screen with the new 5.1 surround sound soundtrack. It was thrilling to hear music and voices from various places in the theater...
...and again, it drew me to tears.

Nothing is produced today with so much heart, so much love, and so much magic. There will always be "Fantasia," "Bambi," "Snow White...," and so many others to challenge, but I consider "Mary Poppins" Disney's, if not Film's, finest hour.