* Celebrate Writers, Nature & Community *
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park, Berkeley. One block west of downtown Berkeley BART Strawberry Creek Walk, 10:00 a.m. at Oxford & Center. Free Admission.
Robert Hass, Jane Hirshfield, Camille T. Dungy, Barry Finnerty’s Jazz Roots Trio & more to be announced.
Readings by K–12 student poets from River of Words, California Poets in the Schools, & Poetry Inside Out.
We Are Nature open reading (Sign up by noon on location)
Environmental Updates: Ecology Center & Ecocity Builders
River Village Literary & Environmental Exhibits (see web link for Exhibitors info)
There will be shade structures again this year!
Other Watershed Activities: Strawberry Creek Walk Saturday, October 1, 10:00 a.m. Meet at Oxford & Center Streets, Berkeley A walk from Strawberry Creek on the UC Berkeley campus to the Watershed festival led by poet/eco-educator Chris Olander with readings by participating poets and talks by creek restoration experts.
Check above linked website for program updates!
To volunteer, contact Mark Baldridge, Festival Director, mbb @ poetryflash.org
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival is a collaboration of Robert Hass, US Poet Laureate 1995–97 Poetry Flash • Ecocity Builders Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers’ Market
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