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Celebrate Writers, Nature & Community

2009 Program Schedule

WATERSHED
Environmental Poetry Festival

Saturday, September 26, 2009Noon to 4pmFree
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 STROUDPATTI 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 CompanyBerkeley Horticultural Nursery
Berkeley Bowl Marketplace
Bette's-To-Go
Cheese BoardSemifreddi'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