Humorist and writer David Sedaris can turn any story — a trip to Japan to quit smoking, an attempt to learn French — into a brilliant piece of creative nonfiction. Sedaris hasn’t released a collection of essays since 2013’s Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, but this humorist doesn’t need something to sell in order to have a good time. He’ll retell stories from that collection and others in this one-night event.

7 p.m. April 23 at the Pabst Theater, Milwaukee. $47. pabsttheater.org.