Jonah Lehrer

Jonah Lehrer is a journalist for Wired and The New Yorker known for bridging the gap between science and humanities in books such as Proust Was a Neuroscientist and How We Decide. He’ll read from his brand-new title, Imagine: How Creativity Works, which explains, among many other things, why brainstorming sessions are a waste of time.

7:30 p.m. $5. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave.; 206.652.4255; townhallseattle.org