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