$30 adults | $25 seniors and students (with ID) | $20 youths
FREE for children ages 5 and under, Registration Required
More than 60 years after his death, Walt Disney remains one of the most immediately recognizable people in the world. But Walt Disney the man was a somewhat elusive figure. Animation historian Charles Solomon draws on years of interviews with key Disney artists to discuss the genius who was both famous and private.
Children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by an adult who shall be responsible for the child at all times.
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Tickets for “In Search of Walt” with Historian Charles Solomon will be available as follows:
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About the Speaker
Charles Solomon
Charles Solomon is an internationally respected critic and historian of animation, he has written on the subject for the New York Times, Newsweek (Japan), the Los Angeles Times, and National Public Radio. His books include The Art of the Disney Golden Books, The Toy Story Films: An Animated Journey, Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, The Disney That Never Was, and Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and the first film book to be nominated for a National Book Critics’ Circle Award. In 2008, he received the LA Press Club Award for radio feature reporting and AISFA/Hollywood’s June Foray award for service to the art of animation in 2015.