Priceless

Train fare to Chicago to hear Zoe Strauss lecture at the Art Institute...$42

Cab fare from train station to Art Institute due to 1 1/2 hour late arrival caused by sitting stopped on the tracks in Northern Illinois waiting for an inspector to approve our passage following a truck hitting the bridge...$12

Hotel room required after having been told by Amtrak conductor that due to our late arrival the last train would also be delayed and thus leave at 9:00-9:30, only to return to the station at 8:45 and be told that the last train left at 8:15 after all...$284 

The opportunity to listen to Zoe speak about her work, politics, art, sports and deliver on her Facebook promise to "lecture her ass off"...priceless