Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival

17th annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival takes place on Saturday, September 29, noon-4:30 pm, at Civic Center Park, Martin Luther King Jr. Way, at Center Street, Berkeley, near Berkeley BART; in conjunction with 100 Thousand Poets for Change and Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers’ Market. Featured poets and writers include Robert Hass (US Poet Laureate Emeritus), Joy Harjo, Michael McClure, Brenda Hillman, Francisco X. Alarcón, Rebecca Foust, Maya Khosla, Mark Hertsgaard, Kim Shuck, Chris Olander, and more. K-12 student poets, jazz music by The Barry Finnerty Trio, “River Village” literary and environmental exhibits: books, literary magazines, DIY and alternative ’zines. Strawberry Creek Walk with poetry and commentary precedes the main event at 10:00 am, meet at Oxford and Center Streets, UC Berkeley. Admission is free. Wheelchair accessible. ASL interpreters with notice by Sept. 21. For further information, contact (510) 525-5476, mbb@poetryflash.org, or visit poetryflash.org.