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Thu Aug 28, 12:20 PM
Bill Clinton at the DNC
Thu Aug 28, 12:05 PM
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Thu Aug 28, 11:14 AM
Yonder Mountain String Band scores the coolest gig at the DNC
Thu Aug 28, 8:38 AM
Obamanator brings together beer and politics at the DNC
Thu Aug 28, 10:53 AM
Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams has Denver by the balls
Wed Aug 27, 12:44 PM
DNC Post Party and Fashion Show
Thu Aug 28, 10:58 AM
Secondhand Sartorialism: Holly-Kai
Tue Aug 26, 9:35 AM
The bloggers lounge at the DNC
Thu Aug 28, 11:58 AM
The DNC Press Room
Thu Aug 28, 11:57 AM
Hasbro Begins New "Awkward Moments in Star Wars" Toyline
Thu Aug 28, 3:48 PM
Have Fun Storming the Castle
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Houston Press
The Passion of Victoria Osteen
A flight attendant's smackdown with the wife of mega-preacher Joel Osteen inspires a whole new set of commandments.
By Rich Connelly
City Pages
Your Field Guide to the RNC
Today Denver, tomorrow the Twin Cities.
By Matt Snyders and Bradley Campbell
The Pitch
Star Power
A country musician rescues Waylon Jennings' tour bus from the scrap heap.
By C.J. Janovy
Village Voice
Serrano's Second Movement
The provocateur who brought you "Piss Christ" pinches off a new concept.
By Lynn Yaeger

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Paper Party

Books, maps, tickets and more abound at this fair.

By Mark Dragotta

Published on July 31, 2008

Trouble scoring a ticket to this year’s Democratic National Convention? Although I can’t help you this time around, this weekend’s Rocky Mountain Book and Paper Fair will feature rare paper collectibles from around the country — including, yes, a ticket to the 1908 DNC.

If you love collecting books, 400-year-old hand-painted maps, rejection letters of famous authors, pictures, old movie posters, hand-colored illustrations and bindings more interesting than the books they’re holding together, then this event is for you. “It’s a really unique opportunity to look at books and maps and other paper collectibles as an art,” says coordinator Naioma Walberg. “Some of these are hand-painted, handmade paper; some of them are even handmade books. The unique part is the variety.” In addition to a large cross-section of vendors, the 24th iteration of the RMBPF will also feature Book Arts Row, where the Book Arts League and the Guild of Paper Works will demonstrate such skills as how to sew a binding and how to tool leather.

The fair takes place at the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue #4270; admission is $6 on Friday and $4 on Saturday. For more information, go to www.rmaba.org.
Fri., Aug. 1; Sat., Aug. 2, 2008

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