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RFH 2010, Arts

LEGO-Mania at Bookstore

Mon, Nov 15, 2010

LEGO-Mania at Bookstore

Special guest speaker Nevin Martell, author of Standing Small: A Celebration of 30 Years of the LEGO Minifigure (a companion volume to The LEGO Book), will discuss and sign copies of his book then join the audience in a LEGO-building contest at the Colgate Bookstore Nov. 26 at 1 p.m..

LEGOs will be provided, though audience members are also welcome to bring their own. The event, which is free to attend, is recommended for ages 8 to adult (but all ages are welcome).

The LEGO Book reveals, explores, and celebrates the LEGO story. Fascinating facts on every significant LEGO product line, theme park, video game, artwork, competition, club, collectible and more combine with images from the LEGO Group's photo archives – many seen here for the first time –and inspiring ideas on how to make a variety of things from just a few bricks. Packaged in a beautiful slip case with cutting-edge design, this two-volume set also features Standing Small, a 96-page book celebrating the minifigure.

Nevin Martell is the author of the critically acclaimed small press book Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip, as well as Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People and Beck: The Art of Mutation.

He is a contributing editor at Filter magazine and his work has appeared in Paste, Giant, Men’s Health, High Times, and Flaunt, as well as online at RollingStone.com and Guardian.co.uk.

He lives with his wife outside Washington, DC, where he writes full time.

Originally from Clinton Martell holds degrees from Vassar College and Syracuse University.

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