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Thursday, October 1, 7 p.m.
Our keynote speaker will be Zara McDonald, the founder and director of the Felidae Conservation Fund, an organization dedicated to the protection of big cats and their habitats. Her talk will focus on wildcats in the Bay Area. A short business meeting, including the election of officer will precede the program, which is free and open to the public. Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St. Info: www.berkeleypaths.org.
You are invited to attend a workshop for Digging In: A Guide to Community Based Habitat Restoration
Thursday, September 24, 8:30am-4:30pm
Martin Luther King Junior Regional Shoreline Center, Oakland
The Coastal Commission is hosting this workshop in partnership with Save The Bay. Speakers include Darcie Collins, PhD of Save The Bay; Susan Schwartz of Friends of Five Creeks, and Myla Ablog of Literacy for Environmental Justice. Participants will receive a copy of Digging In and lunch will be provided. A tour of the Martin Luther King Shoreline restoration area and nursery led by Save the Bay staff will conclude the workshop. Space is limited.
For more information, email coast4u@coastal.ca.gov or call (800) COAST-4U.
To reserve a space, mail a $30 check (scholarships available), payable to “Tides Center/Marine Educ. Projectâ€, along with your name, affiliation, and email address to:
California Coastal Commission Public Education Program – Digging In 45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94105For more information and an event flyer, please visit http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/UNBweb/diggingin.html.
co-sponsored by Poetry Flash, Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers’ Markets, and EcoCity Builders. A free day of poetry, music, and activism, exploring the State of the Planet.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, Noon to 4:00 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. CIVIC CENTER PARK, Berkeley
Martin Luther King, Jr. Way at Center Street
Next to Berkeley Farmers’ Market, 1 block west of downtown Berkeley BART
PUBLIC INFO: (510) 526-9105; www.poetryflash.org
ACCESSABILITY: Convenient public transportation, near downtown Berkeley BART and buses on MLK and Shattuck / street and lot parking / wheelchair access.
WHEN:Â SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, Noon to 4:00 PM
WHERE:Â Martin Luther King, Jr. CIVIC CENTER PARK, Berkeley
Martin Luther King, Jr. Way at Center Street
Next to Berkeley Farmers’ Market, 1 block west of downtown Berkeley BART
PLUS: • STRAWBERRY CREEK WALK, 10:00 AM, Oxford & Center Streets, UC Berkeley campus
• RIVER VILLAGE literary and environmental exhibits
• WE ARE NATURE OPEN MIC (sign up at Festival Info Booth by Noon)
WHO:Â Robert Hass (former U.S. Poet Laureate), acclaimed author and California farmer
David Mas Masumoto (Wisdom of the Last Farmer: Harvesting Legacies from the Land), New
Mexico poets Arthur Sze (The Ginkgo Light) and Carol Moldaw (The Widening), poet and
novelist Kim Addonizio (Lucifer at the Starlight (poems) and Ordinary Genius: A Guide for
the Poet Within), Joseph Stroud (Of This World: New & Selected Poems), poet and novelist
Marilyn Chin (Rhapsody in Plain Yellow (poems) and Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen
(novel)), poet/eco-educator Chris Olander (Mallard), and student and youth poets from
River of Words, California Poets in the Schools, and Poetry Inside Out will all be
presented onstage by Bay Area poet/emcee Richard Silberg, an editor of Poetry Flash.
Patricia Bulitt, dancer and performance artist, will perform “The Cloud Maiden,” a site
specific and interactive performance with music, storytelling, and movement.
Environmental updates will be provided by Kirstin Miller of EcoCity Builders, Kirk
Lumpkin of the Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers’ Market.
PUBLIC INFO: (510) 526-9105; www.poetryflash.org
ACCESSABILITY: Convenient public transportation, near downtown Berkeley BART and buses on
MLK and Shattuck / street and lot parking / wheelchair access.
Solar Calendar
Cesar Chavez Park
Tuesday, September 22nd
6:15pm to 7:15 pm
Sunset @ 7 pm
Led by Rabbi David Cooper
http://www.solarcalendar.org
http://www.ecologycenter.org/chavez (Cesar Chavez Commemorative Activities)
http://solarcalendar.blogspot.com (Evolution of the site)
Dress warmly  The weather is part of the experience.
NOTE
Thank you to all the dog walkers who have been helping by keeping their dogs on a leash.  This is particularly important when there are a lot of people, dogs and excitement in the center circle. It makes for a more orderly and enjoyable experience for all in attendance. You are some of our biggest supporters.
Those of you who have been there in the past know that we regularly review four virtues of Cesar Chavez which are metaphorically associated with the four cardinal directions. Tolerance is also one of those virtues. And it is a good one to be reminded of as we learn to be with one another harmoniously in a special space and moment.
Thanks again to Lee Trampleasure for his photos of our gatherings, these from the June Solstice. http://www.bpfp.org/gallery/v/album_001/album/
Tuesday, September 15
Berkeley Path Wanderers: Marin Circle Neighborhood Walk, 10 a.m.
Dale Miller and his mutt Giorgio, who live in this neighborhood, will combine a couple of their regular walks and share local knowledge and gossip. Well behaved dogs on a leash are welcome. Meet: Marin Circle at Fountain Walk.
Info: 510 524-4758, www.berkeleypaths.org