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Thank You Walt Disney

Arts & Culture

How KC’s Walt Disney Learned the Hard Way About Copyright

Disney creation Steamboat Willie has entered the public domain after 95 years of copyright protection. The mouse’s adventures in new genres are well underway.

by Haines Eason

News & Issues

Thank You Walt Disney Project Secures $2M in Federal Funds

Saving KC's 'Cradle of Hollywood Animation'

by Matthew Gwin, Startland News

curiousKC

curiousKC | History Questions Up for Vote This Month

From local legends like Disney to how a Missouri town was shaped

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

Arts & Culture

Free (Steamboat) Willie: How Walt Disney’s Original Mouse Could be Entering the Public Domain

Pondering the Fate of KC-inspired Intellectual Property

by Jacob Douglas

News & Issues

Nick’s Picks | Line Forms for COVID-19 Vaccine, Electoral College Meets

Hopes for Christmas Stimulus Hang in the Balance

Arts & Culture

New Strategy Touted to Reanimate Disney Laugh-O-Gram Building

Backers Believe a Mixed-Use Approach Makes Financial Sense

by Kevin Collison

Funding for Flatland
Provided By

William T. Kemper, Commerce Bank, Trustee

The Fred and Lou Hartwig Family

Hall Family Foundation

Francis Family Foundation

Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation

Jo Anna Dale

Robert & Marlese Gourley

Herbert & Bonnie Buchbinder

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