Speaker Series: Dylan Thuras

November 13, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Doors 6:00pm, Show 7pm

A three-time New York Times-bestselling author, including the #1 bestseller Atlas Obscura, Dylan Thuras is a leading expert in travel and dining known for his creative and welcoming approach to exploration.

Thuras is the co-founder of AtlasObscura.com, the comprehensive travel database for those looking for a unique travel experience, which gets over 8 million visits a month. Since launching in 2009, Atlas Obscura has become one of the most influential travel publications of the last two decades.

A passionate and friendly speaker, Dylan Thuras instills a sense of adventure in his audiences, emphasizing the value of exploring close to home, in small museums, and at outsider art projects. As host of the Emmy Award-winning show Small Town, Big Story, Thuras has traveled to dozens of small towns across the U.S. and beyond–from a Lumberjack Championships in Wisconsin to a Sand Castle building competition in Texas (where he won third place), to a pepper eating contest in Hatch, New Mexico.

Atlas Obscura Podcast

YouTube series

Thuras graduated from Bennington College in 2004 with a B.A. in Film, Writing, Animation, and Visual Arts. Thuras’s work has been featured on Slate, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Men’s Health, and National Public Radio, where the NPR CEO called it “Absolutely brilliant.” He is a regular speaker at conferences ranging from SXSW to the New Yorker Festival.

Concessions will be available for purchase throughout the evening.