NOLA x NOLA and Three Keys Presents: My Life in the Sunshine Book Tour with Nabil Ayers
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Thursday September 29, 2022
- Three Keys | Three Keys
- 600 Carondelet St
- Free
Multi-talented music industry entrepreneur Nabil Ayers launched a book tour in support of his memoir, My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family, which has included several Ace Hotel locations throughout the U.S.
Nabil’s tour will stop at Three Keys at Ace Hotel New Orleans on September 29th where he will be conversation with special guest, Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall, in partnership with The Garden District Book Shop.
In his memoir, Nabil uncovers the pain of rejection, the joy of inclusion, and how to redraw the lines that define race and family. Throughout his adult life, whether he was opening a Seattle record store in the ’90s or touring the world as the only non-white member in alternative rock bands, Nabil felt the shadow and legacy of his father, Roy Ayers, musical genius, and his race, everywhere.
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