Celebrate Writers, Nature & Community WATERSHED Environmental Poetry Festival Saturday, September 6, 2003 • Noon to 5:00pm • Free Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Civic Center Park • Berkeley MLK Jr. Way at Center • One Block West from Downtown Berkeley BART Strawberry Creek Walk • 10 am at Oxford & Center  featuring Robert Hass Jane Hirshfield B.H. Fairchild Sharon Dougiago Gray Brechin Maya Khosla Chris Olander Anima Mundi Dance Company Earll Kingston Anima Mundi Dance Company with dancer/choreographer Kathryn Roszak, dancer Terese Hoibye, and actor Earll Kingston performing highlights from Gary Snyder's Mountains and Rivers Without End Chris Olander presents Voices of the Watershed Readings with Dan Roberts • Linda Noel • Rita Flores Bogaert • Nila Northsun Summer Brenner & G.P. Skratz with musician Andy Dinsmoor Robyn Martin • Adam David Miller • Bill Gainer • Kirk Lumpkin Robert Hass presents Student Poets from California Poets in the Schools & River of Words We Are Nature Open Poetry Reading (sign up by noon) Strawberry Creek Walk and Environmental Updates Paul Revier (Save The Bay) Janet Byron (Friends of Strawberry Creek) Kirk Lumkin (Ecology Center) Richard Register & Kirstin Miller (Ecocity Builders) Creek-walk poetry by Gael Allock • Mary Milton • Barbara Minton • Charles E. Polly River Village Literary & Environmental Exhibits • Interactive Activities Book Signing by Featured Readers at Ecology Center Bookstore Tent All presented against Arthur Okamura's shimmering Watershed Banners to the natural sounds of Strawberry Creek as it flows beneath the park. Check back for program updates! Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival is a collaboration of Robert Hass, US Poet Laureate 1995-97 Poetry Flash • EcoCity Builders • Save The Bay Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers' Market This year's festival is made possible with support from The Watershed Keepers - our individual donors & volunteers Zellerbach Family Fund • William & Flora Hewlett Foundation W. A. Gerbode Foundation • Civic Arts Program, City of Berkeley California Arts Council Arts and Accessibility Technical Assistance Program East Bay Municipal Utility District (EDMUD) Travel provided by Southwest Airlines. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant received from The James Irvine Foundation. Acme Bread Co. • Andronico's Markets • Art Store, Oakland Berkeley Bowl Produce • Berkeley Horticultural Nursery Cheese Board • Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant • Monterey Market Noah's Bagels, Telegraph • Peaberry's Coffee • Semifreddi's Bakery Trader Joe's, Emmeryville • Voila the Juice Company MLK, Jr., Civic Center Park is Wheelchair Accessible. Spoken Word Performances Sign Language Interpreted.