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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=240 height=130 style='width:2.5in;height:1.3541in' src="cid:image002.jpg@01D2C41F.0D0E7FD0" align=left hspace=12 alt="RMMS_Logo_Color_832121_600pix_3_inches_wide copy.tif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'>The Rocky Mountain Map Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of maps and other items of cartographic interest. The Society was formed in 1991 and is based in Denver, Colorado.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C45911'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=623 valign=top style='width:467.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><h1><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C45911'>May 2017 – Forthcoming Map Month Activities<o:p></o:p></span></h1></td></tr></table><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C45911'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=246 valign=top style='width:184.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C45911'><img width=232 height=149 style='width:2.4166in;height:1.552in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D2C41E.2126A750"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#C45911'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'>Presentations: 5:30 PM at Denver Public Library (DPL), Conference Room B2.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'>DPL Exhibit: April 3-June 2.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'>CU-Boulder Exhibit: May 1-July 7.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'>All programs are free and open to the community.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=378 valign=top style='width:283.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=373 style='width:279.75pt'><tr style='height:321.0pt'><td width=18 valign=top style='width:13.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:321.0pt'></td><td width=349 valign=top style='width:261.55pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:321.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-.05in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'>DPL Presentations:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <b>May 9:</b> Marcia Yonemoto, Associate Professor at CU Boulder - "Maps as Art and Maps as Information" - and - Tianlong Jiao, Curator of Asian Art at Denver Art Museum - "The Selden Map and Ming China's Maritime World." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <b>May 16:</b> Susan Schulten, Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at University of Denver - "Art and Cartography." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-.05in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <b>May 23:</b> Ralph Ehrenberg, Chief of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division (retired) - "Follow Your Flight: Souvenir Airline Passenger Maps, 1920s-1980s.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-.05in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'>DPL Map Exhibit:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-.05in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The Western History Department has opened their exhibit of original maps on the fifth floor (Gates Exhibit Room), illustrating the power of art in maps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-.05in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C45911'>CU-Boulder Map Exhibit:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-.05in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>“Native American Geographies” at the CU Earth Sciences & Map Library features maps from CU’s map collection, plus mixed-media artwork by Melanie Yazzie from the Department of Art and Art History.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>