Hi, everybody.
How are you all?
Good work.
All right.
We're going to get the show on the road.
It's nice to have such a great crowd here.
Thanks for coming.
And nice to have a little bit warmer weather in Tucson.
Really glad and happy about that.
But a thrill to have everybody here today.
My name is Tyler.
I work as the director here at the Poetry Center.
I want to welcome everybody here to the Poetry Center.
A couple of things I'll just say really quickly.
Restrooms are just through the door
here on the other side of this gray wall,
if anybody needs those.
And there's a water fountain over there too.
The Poetry Center has lots of things happening related
to poetry, and so this calendar, which is conveniently sized
to fit on your fridge, or in other attractive places
in your homes or apartments, can be picked up
and there's a stack of these around by the table on the door
as you go.
There's also information about Teva Community,
which we're going to hear more about in a little bit.
There are some books from Aulton,
one of the lyricists and poets that's
worked with Brian as a collaborator on the album.
And so those are available if you want to pick those up,
and then other just general information.
And that's all on that table that's by the door
as you go outside.
So we're going to have a quick little orientation
session to the work that Teva Community does.
And I want to really thank the work that Amy Greiner has been
doing there, but also just generally
about connecting with the Poetry Center
and connecting poets in the communities
that she's involved with and in her family
with what's happening here at the Poetry Center, that's
been an incredible gift, and I'm so grateful for it.
And so more thank you's to come and an introduction to Brian
for the music, but I want to welcome up Amy first
to come talk about Teva Community.
[CLAPPING]
[CHEERING]
Do I need to use this seat?
Yeah, probably.