Poetry and Performance Index
in Berkeley
  poetry
5th Berkeley Poetry Festival (2004) Community Fair was held at Civic Center Park.Open Mike, Poetry Slam, Youth Speaks from Berkeley High School. Viewed on cable access in Berkeley..
2nd Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival (1999) Two-hour poetry celebration in the University Museum garden courtyard. Features numerous poets and a poetry slam. Viewed on cable access in Berkeley
Oakland Crazy, Mark States(2004)... is among the first multiple-poem videos by one poet. Recorded on the streets in Oakland, these performance poems reflect life and culture in Oakland.
Touch of a Poet Cable TV Series (1997 - 1999) Fifty-four half-hour programs recorded at the University Art Museum, each with a featured reader and open mike time for local poets. Viewed on cable access in Berkeley.
April Evening with Four Great Poets: with Jane Hirshfield, Philip Levine, W. S. Mervin and Michael Ondaatje, reading, conversing and signing their new books. Event held at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School.

June JordanAffirmative Acts...a June Jordan tribute. Viewed on cable access in BerkeleyAffirmative Acts: The writing, teaching and activism of June Jordan
Recorded in early February 1999 at an event called "A celebration in poetry, prose, and performance of the most published African American author in history". Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Berkeley.

Robert BlyFor the Beloved, Robert Bly and Rumi Viewed on cable access in Berkeley
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