Town Hall Seattle and Bushwick Book Club present
Original Music Inspired by Art Spiegelman’s “Maus”
Artists Respond to the Timeless Impact of the Moving Graphic Memoir
Note: Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.
A livestream of this event will also be available.
Town Hall is proud to partner with The Bushwick Book Club Seattle presenting concerts of original music inspired by literature. Each event showcases a lineup of local, professional musicians and artists each offering a fresh response to that evening’s source text, plus extras like an audience quiz, short film, or scholarly introduction. Book choices range from whimsical to solemn, classic to contemporary, and most every place in between.
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Original music inspired by Maus by Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus has resonated with readers for years as a powerful graphic memoir of the Holocaust. Told through a son’s retelling of his father’s harrowing experiences, Maus captures raw emotion and historical depth in every panel—so much so that the Tennessee School Board removed it from shelves in 2022.
“Full of hard-earned humor and pathos, Maus takes your breath away with its stunning visual style, reminding us that while we can never forget the Holocaust, we may need new ways to remember.” —Kirkus
“Some works of art change their medium forever, and this graphic memoir is a sterling example of a book that upended all expectations about what comics could accomplish.” —Common Sense Media
Heads up: an unflinching chronicle of the Holocaust, Maus features Nazi imagery, antisemitism, and the accompanying horrors of genocide.
Presented by Town Hall Seattle and Bushwick Book Club.