Local author Mariah Friend and Ghanaian-born musician and Hamilton County educator Kofi Mawuko will headline Home Again: An Evening of Story, Song, and Belonging, a benefit for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), on Thursday, Nov. 5, at Songbirds, 206 W. Main St. The evening pairs a reading from Friend's debut novel The Pattern Shop with a conversation on migration and belonging moderated by Hope Henchey, and a performance by Mawuko's eight-piece Ogya World Music Band.