Celebrate Writers, Nature & Community


WATERSHED
Environmental Poetry Festival

Saturday, October 2, 2004 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
Watershed Symposium on Writers, Nature, and Community
September 30, 2004
7:30-9:30 pm

 featuring

Robert Hass
Pattiann Rogers Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Peter Warshall
Marc Bamuthi Joseph George Keithley
Lucille Lang Day
Bekka's Frogland Orchestra
Anima Mundi Dance Company
with dancer/choreographer Kathryn Roszak,
performing highlights from Maxine Hong Kingston's
The Fifth Book of Peace

Voices of the Watershed Readings with
Chris Olander blake more Susan Sibbet
Claire Blotter
Lorenzo Baca Kirk Lumpkin
Dennis Fritzinger
Susan Kelly-DeWitt

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
John Steer & Juliet Lamont (Urban Creeks Council)
Kirstin Miller (EcoCity Builders)
Jan Lundberg (Sustainable Energy Institute)
David Room (Post Carbon Institiue)
Kirk Lumpkin (Ecology Center)
Sibella Kraus (Sustainable Agriculture Education)
Monica Wilson (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)

Watershed Symposium on Writers, Nature, and Community
Robert Hass Susan Griffin Peter Warshall
George Keithley Richard Silberg
Reservations recommended
Call (510) 642-4111
(reference EDP 038224)

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.

Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival
is a collaboration of

Robert Hass, US Poet Laureate 1995-97
Poetry Flash
EcoCity Builders
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
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EDMUD)
Civic Arts Program, City of Berkeley
UC Berkeley Extension
California Arts Council Arts and Accessibility
Technical Assistance Program
This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through
a grant received from The James Irvine Foundation.
Acme Bread Company • Andronico's Markets
Berkeley Horticultural Nursery • Bette's-To-Go
Cheese Board • Monterey Market
Royal Coffee • Semifeddies Bakery
• Voila the Juice Company •
MLK, Jr., Civic Center Park is Wheelchair Accessible.
Spoken Word Performances Sign Language Interpreted.