DONATE Celebrate Writers, Nature & Community 2009 Program Schedule WATERSHED Environmental Poetry Festival Saturday, September 26, 2009 • 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 10 A.M. STRAWBERRY CREEK WALK (meet at Oxford & Center Streets, UC Campus) led by CHRIS OLANDER with poets JOSEPH STROUD • PATTI TRIMBLE LUCILLE LANG DAY Strawberry Creek updates from KIRSTIN MILLER (EcoCity Builders) JOSH BRADT (Water Resource Specialist, City of Berkeley) TIM PINE (Environmental Health & Safety, UC Berkeley) NOON WELCOME Tribute to the late Bolinas artist ARTHUR OKAMURA creator the Watershed "waterflow pattern" banners "WE ARE NATURE" OPEN READING sign up by noon at festival ECOCITY BUILDERS ECO UPDATE with Kirstin Miller Update on Strawberry Creek Plaza BARRY FINNERTY'S JAZZ ROOTS TRIO 1:00 PATRICIA BULITT performs THE CLOUD MAIDEN, TWO a site specific, interactive performance with music, storytelling & movement Student Poets from CALIFORNIA POETS IN THE SCHOOLS RIVER OF WORDS • POETRY INSIDE OUT 2:00 CHRIS OLANDER CAROL MOLDAW KIM ADDONIZIO JOSEPH STROUD 3:00 BARRY FINNERTY'S JAZZ ROOTS TRIO ECOLOGY CENTER ECO UPDATE with Kirk Lumpkin DAVID MAS MASUMOTO MARILYN CHIN 4:00 ARTHUR SZE ROBERT HASS ENCORES & CLOSE The 2009 festival was made possible with support from The Watershed Keepers - our individual donors & volunteers Civic Arts Program, City of Berkeley • Zellerbach Family Fund East Bay Municipal Utility District 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 Marketplace • Bette's-To-Go Cheese Board • Semifreddi's Bakery Trader Joe's, Emeryville • 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