Berkeley Partners for Parks

510arts.com, World Culture in the East Bay, launches their new web site featuring cultural activities focusing on the 510 area code.

Berkeley’s thriving cultural scene is home to more than 130 non-profit arts organizations and hundreds more artists and performers. It’s clear why Berkeley locals and visitors “Come for the Culture, Stay for the Food” – the arts hold equal pride of place with Berkeley’s international reputation as a center for culinary and educational excellence.

Berkeley offers a comprehensive array of year-round cultural attractions. The Downtown Berkeley Arts District is a nationally recognized model as an arts destination and “arts led” downtown revitalization. The Arts District is centered on Addison Street; once lined with auto body shops, Addison Street now “rolls” with live theatre, live music, and performing arts education space.

Creative spirit infuses Berkeley with everyday discoveries ranging from vibrant street art and public art galleries, to major events such as the Berkeley Artisan Holiday Open Studios, and the renowned exhibitions and permanent collections at UC Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive.

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October 13th, 2009 Web Weaver

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. Project”, along with your name, affiliation, and email address to:

For more information and an event flyer, please visit http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/UNBweb/diggingin.html.

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September 15th, 2009 Web Weaver

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

Featuring:

• 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)

Including:

• 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)
• 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.

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September 10th, 2009 Web Weaver

Solar Calendar
Cesar Chavez Park

Tuesday, September 22nd
6:15pm to 7:15 pm
Sunset @ 7 pm
Led by Rabbi David Cooper

Gathering includes:

• Mini-workshop on Astronomy & Season
• Celebrating the Chavez virtue:  Courage
• Culture & Season

Links:

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/

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September 3rd, 2009 Web Weaver

From Nina Davis, comes news of two Open Opera performances of The Marriage of Figaro on July 25 and 26 at John Hinkel Park, in North Berkeley. “Charming, lighthearted and endlessly enjoyable, The Marriage of Figaro is Mozart’s most popular opera. Vivid characters, glowing wit, dizzying ensembles, mistaken identities, and carefully constructed intrigue make for a miraculous marriage of music and drama in this sublime comedy of manners as touching as it is funny. Gourmet food, great setting and grand music at John Hinkel Park – be there!”

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July 12th, 2009 Web Weaver