Thanks for coming.
I have some quick notes that I'll just quickly reference
about the Poetry Center, and then I'll turn things over
to Larry Evers.
My name is Tyler Meyer.
I work here as the executive director at the Poetry Center.
Some things that are coming up-- the Festival of Books.
We can't avoid it.
It's coming, and it's this weekend.
The Poetry Center will have a booth
there along with almost everyone else in Tucson,
and ours is number 299.
And so please come visit us.
There will be a rendering of a giant cactus,
as well as things you can put on the back of a cactus wren
and stick to the cactus, which will be lovely.
It sounds cryptic, but follow up.
Come find us.
Booth 299.
We'll be closed on both Saturdays during spring break.
And so that's the 14th and on the 21st.
But our regular hours will be in place
during the week of spring break during that week.
So Monday to Friday, we're open.
The Saturdays, we're closed on the 14th and the 21st.
So get your fix during the week.
The next two upcoming events at the Poetry Center,
just so you know, in the Reading Series.
Elizabeth Evans will be reading on March 16
here in this room at 7:00 PM.
And the next reading in this series will be Natalie Diaz,
and she'll be reading here on April 2, again at 7:00 PM.
We're really excited about both of those.
Make sure you have them on your calendar and come back.
Without further ado, I will introduce Larry Evers,
who will tell us more.
Thank you for being here.