Guest authors are Bellingham residents Brian Griffin and Neelie Nelson, who wrote "My Darling Anna." Inspired by a packet of letters found in the Washington State Archives, the book captures Fairhaven around the turn of the previous century. Recounting the lives of Dr. Will Gray, his betrothed Anna and, ultimately, their daughter Margaret Gray, the book is a tribute to the cultural legacy of one family in our community.

The evening's program will also include music from a 1947 recording of two of Margaret Gray's prize students at Bellingham High School, and by Stirred Not Shaken, a jazz/swing band influenced by musicians from Bille Holiday and Cab Calloway to Leon Redbone and Willie Nelson; readings of winning poems in a Haiku and Limerick contest; a new episode of the Bellingham Bean and reflections by guest essayist Mike McQuaide.