Celebrate Writers, Nature & Community

2008 Program Schedule

WATERSHED
Environmental Poetry Festival

Saturday, November 1, 2008 Noon to 4pm Free
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park, Berkeley
One block west of Downtown Berkeley BART

Strawberry Creek Walk 10 am at Oxford & Center

In case of rain, the Festival will be moved to
Berkeley City College Auditorium & Atrium
2050 Center Street, downtown Berkeley.
Check back for updates.

10 A.M.
STRAWBERRY CREEK WALK
(meet at Oxford & Center Streets, UC Campus)
led by Chris Olander
with Robert Hass, chris Olander,
Mike Tuggle, Grace Faye, Grace Tea
Kirstin Miller (EcoCity Builders)

NOON
WELCOME

"WE ARE NATURE" OPEN READING

CHRIS OLANDER

GRACE FAYE & GRACE TEA

MIKE TUGGLE

1:00
ECOCITY BUILDERS ECO UPDATE
with Kirstin Miller
Update on Strawberry Creek Plaza

PETER BERG, Planet Drum

ROBERT HASS PRESENTS
Student Poets from
River of Words
California Poets in the Schools
Poetry Inside Out

AVOTCJA
with EUGENE WARREN on bass

2:00
ECOLOGY CENTER ECO UPDATE
with Kirk Lumpkin presenting
Climatologist and author
EUGENE CORDERO

JANE HIRSHFIELD

CAMILLE DUNGY

JOSEPH LEASE

BRENDA HILLMAN

3:00
ROBERT HASS

AL YOUNG
with DAN ROBBINS on bass

4:00
ENCORES AND CLOSE

This year's festival is made possible with support from
The Watershed Keepers - our individual donors & volunteers
UC Berkeley Chancellor's Community Partnership Fund
Zellerbach Family Fund • East Bay Municipal Utility District
Civic Arts Program, City of Berkeley
 
This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through
a grant received from The James Irvine Foundation.

Acme Bread Company • Berkeley Horticultural Nursery
Berkeley Bowl Produce • Cheese Board • Monterey Market
Peet's Coffee & Tea • Semifreddi's Bakery • Voila the Juice Company

MLK, Jr., Civic Center Park is Wheelchair Accessible.
Spoken Word Performances Sign Language Interpreted on request.
ASL interpreters for the deaf and hearing impaired
can be provided with notice by October 25
Email: mbb@poetryflash.org