Archive for July 12th, 2009

Escape to the Kingdom of Narnia at Union Station: A New Narnia Exhibition Review

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

I know that I’ve mentioned The Narnia Exhibition before, and quite a bit in the last year, but there’s always someone that hasn’t heard of it.  I received an email the other day from someone that has visited it at Kansas City’s Union Station, and written a review of the exhibit.  It’s a great exhibit, and this fan told me that she wanted to spend hours looking at the stuff that is there, especially the room with C.S. Lewis artifacts.  Having seen the exhibition myself, I must concur.  I really wanted to spend more time with the C.S. Lewis stuff, but knew that I had to move on.
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Narnia Producer Mark Johnson Appears in ‘My Sister’s Keeper’

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

Producer Mark Johnson, who is currently working on many projects including The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, was recently on the other side of the camera for the third time.  He previously appeared in Good Morning, Vietnam and The Notebook.  He was also a producer on both films.  Most recently, he appeared as Uncle Pervis in the film My Sister’s Keeper.  For those who don’t know what the film is about, it is an adaptation of a novel of the same name, by Jodi Picoult.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition Pulls into Union Station

Thursday, April 9th, 2009
May 22, 2009toAugust 23, 2009

Narnia: The ExhibitionHere is the official news release about the Exhibition, in full for those who wanted more information.  Thank you to Mark Sommer for reminding me that this was available!

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition will open Memorial Day weekend at Union Station Kansas City. The Station becomes the third museum and first in the Midwest to host this exhibition. The Becker Group, Ltd., which recently combined operations with Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, produced the exhibition in partnership with Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media. Based on the blockbuster film series and C.S. Lewis’ beloved fictional books, the 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art entertainment and educational experience offers visitors the opportunity to tour scenes from the famed literary world of Narnia. Through authentic costumes, props and set dressings from the magical Narnia films, visitors will enter a three dimensional world that combines the wonders of science with aspects of fantasy. Tickets are on sale now at unionstation.org.

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