Enjoy an evening with actor, humorist, and woodworker Nick Offerman. Best known as Ron Swanson in the acclaimed series Parks and Recreation, he discusses his new book, Where The Deer and The Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside. His walking companion, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, joins the conversation. Virtual. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gQffphYOSVyMkn26Fd4QKg
Offerman is the New York Times bestselling author of Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers, Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man’s Fundamentals for Delicious Living, and Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at
Offerman Woodshop. Born in Joliet, Offerman can now often be found in his LA woodshop building hand-crafted items.
Tweedy is an American musician, songwriter, author, and record producer best known as the singer and guitarist of the band Wilco. An Illinois native, he has released 20 studio albums and two books, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. and How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back.
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