MATTHEW B. CRAWFORD at Town Hall Seattle |
Co-presented with the TOWN HALL CENTER FOR CIVIC LIFE. Few books published last year came both out of the seeming blue and went on to find an ardent, engaged readership as Richmond, Virginia motorcycle mechanic and philosopher Matthew B. Crawford's Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work (new in paper, Penguin). "[Crawford] packs plenty of intellectual firepower into his polemic, quoting Aristotle in his own translation and sprinkling the text with erudite footnotes. Like Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Crawford's book reveals both why we do what we do and why the way we do it is important." - Time. "An unusual and compelling book that seduces us to succumb to the passions that are dormant within us, begging for release."- San Francisco Chronicle. At home, Matthew Crawford operates Shockoe Moto, a motorcycle repair shop, and is a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. $5 tickets are available at the door starting at 6:30 p.m. or in advance via www.brownpapertickets.com (or 1-800-838-3006). Preferred seating for Town Hall members. Town Hall Seattle is at 1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca). For more information on this evening, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600, Town Hall at (206) 652-4255, or see www.townhallseattle.org.
- Street:
- Town Hall Seattle
- Additional:
- 1119 Eighth Avenue
- City:
- Seattle ,
- Province:
- Washington
- Postal Code:
- 98101
- Country:
- United States
