Events
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Start: 2:00 pm
San Francisco-based religious studies scholar and philosopher Jacob Needleman makes this welcome Elliott Bay return, sharing his insights with truth-seekers from all walks of life, insights from many religious texts, and stories from his own spiritual quest, as he takes on the question posed by his newest book's title, What is God? (Tarcher). Here he builds the case for a new way of understanding the 'higher power.' Jacob Needleman's books include Lost Christianity and Why Can't We Be Good. "As usual, Jacob Needleman gets to the heart of the matter with eloquence and efficiency. Perhaps it would be better to say the dark heart of the matter, for we find ourselves beset with trials and tribulations of our own shameful making. How to get out? Here is the road map—with a beautiful speck of life at the end of a very difficult path." - Ken Burns.
Start: 7:00 pm
Special, late addition to January. What is love? How is romantic love sparked, pursued, won and lost? John Bowe and a group of collaborators traveled the U.S. conducting interviews with these questions in mind, and together have produced Us: Americans Talk About Love (Faber and Faber). The author of previous books—Gig and Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the Global Economy—John Bowe served as editor for this project. "This gaggle of voices from all walks of life will have you giggling, crying and muttering to yourself in alarmingly rapid succession ... A central truth soon emerges from this tapestry of human desire: like the eternal city of Rome, the ruins of ancient, formative love often stand in plain sight alongside the most recent annexes of our emotional landscape." - Elle. John Bowe is a recipient of the J. Anthony Lukas Award. Also expected to be on hand to tonight is Diana Briggs, one of several project collaborators.
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