From the second floor at 1 Ferry Plaza in San Francisco, in the Port Commission Room, we welcome:

Author
JAMES McBRIDE
jazz musician and author of The Color of Water brings us a fascinating new mix of history and mystery in The Good Lord Bird, about a young slave living in Kansas Territory in 1857.
Botanist
AMY STEWART
award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world with her latest, The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks.
Musicians
ARANN HARRIS & THE FARM BAND
a high-energy and highly entertaining mix of old time blues, jazz, folk, mountain music, funk and campfire songs unlike any you’ve ever heard.
Musicians
T SISTERS
a genuine sister singing group whose unique yet classic sound draws upon blues, folk, bluegrass, Americana, gospel, country, jazz and more.