Inane comment: _niche providers to specialized tastes_. 4000 venues in 22 years including youth getting in front of a microphone for the 1st time, young writer clubs, older writer guilds, UO students, famous writers, speakers. Yes, a niche: the Eugene scene. 

A mom attributes a son's winning a National Merit Scholarship to his learning to speak in a mic at Tsunami Books for the last decade as a young writer. She reported her other son's interest in film was sparked by participation in Tsunami events. It is Eugene's 2nd living room; if it disappears, Eugene will lose a piece of its soul. Want another boring coffee shop, pizza parlor, franchise dive? Our community will need to organize to provide a new arts sanctuary if lease not renewed. Theres no place like Tsunami Books in EU: sign a pledge!

Scott Landfield is a still point of the turning worlds of the arts sharing time selflessly. 

Anyone own a small house in which he can live long term? He did not make enough money to buy one.