Red, white and blue balloons falling from the ceiling of Fiserv Forum on July 18 will be among the lasting images of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. And to set up and execute that ...

Among the coronavirus’s non-human victims in 2020 can be slotted the balloon-filled Big Finale. In place of their traditional festive parties, Democrats and Republicans are offering virtual, ...

Curators from the Smithsonian were at the GOP convention in July to bring back items for the museum, including balloons. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Naomi Schalit: Claire Jerry and Jon Grinspan, when we ...

Three political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History are heading to the 2024 Democratic National Convention soon to collect stuff – or as the professionals call ...

You might see balloon artists floating around the Golden Nugget until July 25 as they attend the Bling Bling Balloon Jam, a convention featuring vendors, speakers and workshops for balloon artists ...

Dozens of visitors of the annual Bling Bling Jam balloon convention paraded along the Fremont Street Experience on Wednesday afternoon as tourists and onlookers clamored around with phones.

You may remember the epic balloon drop at the DNC in 2016—some 100,000 balloons rained on Hillary and Bill Clinton, a display that required dozens of people to pull off. Bill Clinton’s looks of wonder ...

GRAND FORKS – Working as a balloon artist for a major political event has been on Misti Kauffman’s bucket list for years. Kauffman, owner of Grand Forks-based Balloons by Misti, imagined doing work at ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Over the next two weeks, Democrats and Republicans will officially nominate their candidates for president and vice president of the United States. The coronavirus pandemic has ...

They’re getting ready to blow up the balloons for next month’s Democratic and Republican national conventions. Ah, the balloons. The classic grand finale drop symbolizes the end of these quadrennial ...