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September 20th, 2025—6th Annual California Native Ways Festival
PLEASE JOIN US! Saturday, September 20, 2025 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM LIVE OAK PARKon Shattuck between Rose and Eunice, Berkeley, CA A free community event featuring traditional California Indian Arts & Culture 10:30 AM — Official Welcome 11:00 AM–5:00 PM — Cultural Demonstrations & Artisan Vendors 1:00 PM — Special Performance by Robert Geary and the Elem Pomo Dance Group 11:00 AM–5:00 PMTule Boat Construction DemonstrationInteractive California Indian Games and Occasional Storytelling We will have a tribute table in honor of our Festival’s co-founder, Malcolm Margolin (1940–2025) whose loss to us last month we are deeply grieving. We will offer paper, pens and colored markers for you to write a note, draw a picture,…
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June 22, 2024—5th Annual California Native Ways Festival
Saturday, June 22nd, 10:30 AM – 5:00 PMOhlone Park, Berkeley (between McGee and Grant) A California Indian Arts & Culture Festival Our 2024 festival is curated once again by Northern Sierra Mewuk basketweaver Jennifer Bates and is a rare opportunity to meet and interact with highly-skilled California Indian Artisans from across the state. Our honored presenters will be demonstrating their traditional crafts including basketweaving, bead and jewelry making, boat building, clapperstick carving, cordage making, acorn cooking, storytelling, interactive field games and more. 10:30 AM — Official Welcome, Festival Opening 11 AM to 5 PM — Cultural Demonstrations, Artisan Vendors & Information Tables 2 PM — Special Panel on the Successful…
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October 15, 2023—3rd Annual Berkeley Bird Festival
SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, October 15, 2023 Program and schedule information Please join our California I CAN mailing list to receive program and schedule updates and information.
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June 10, 2023—4th Annual California Native Ways Festival
Please join us on Saturday, 10 June 2023, 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM Ohlone Park, Berkeley, California between Mc Gee and Grant Streets (easy access from BART – North Berkeley Station and AC Transit Bus Line 51B and 88). Curated by Northern Sierra Mewuk basketweaver Jennifer Bates and featuring: 10:30 am — Official Welcome, Festival Opening 11:00 to 5:00 pm — Cultural Demonstrations & Artisan Vendors 2:00 pm — Special Panel: Restoring California Indian Place Names 3:00 pm & 4:00 pm — Storytelling for all ages Interactive Traditional California Indian Games throughout the day Download printable PDF flyer Featured Traditional Boat-builders (learn how they make their boats!) L. Frank Manriquez…
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October 16, 2022 – 2nd Annual Berkeley Bird Festival
Save the Date! Sunday 16 October 2022 2nd Annual Berkeley Bird Festival Please join our mailing list to receive program and schedule updates and information.
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June 6, 2022—Deep Hanging Out with Malcolm Margolin and friends
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June 11, 2022—3rd Annual California Indian Arts & Culture Festival
You are invited to come to Ohlone Park in Berkeley for a very special event: California I CAN’s 3rd Annual California Indian Arts & Culture Festival CALIFORNIA NATIVE WAYS Saturday, June 11th, 2022 10:30 AM – Official Welcome, Festival Opening11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Festival2:00 PM – Special dance performance by the Elem Pomo Dance Group Ohlone Park (between Mc Gee and Grant Streets) Berkeley, California(easy access from BART – North Berkeley Station and AC Transit Bus Line 51B and 88). This year’s festival, curated by Northern Sierra Mewuk Basketweaver Jennifer Bates, is a rare opportunity to meet and interact with highly skilled California Indian Artisans from across the state…
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May 12, 2022—Greg Sarris, Becoming Story, at the Mechanics’ Institute
Thursday, May 12 | 6:00 pmAuthor Greg Sarris in conversation with writer and literary critic Jane Ciabattari at Mechanics’ Institute in SF (in-person event), Becoming Story: A Journey among Seasons, Places, Trees, and Ancestors, co-sponsored by Mechanics’ Institute, California Institute for Community, Art & Nature, and Heyday. More information Please note: event is free to folks on California I CAN’s mailing list
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May 5, 2022—Obi Kaufmann, The Coasts of California, at the Mechanics’ Institute
Thursday, May 5, 6:00 pm Join Obi Kaufmann at the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco (in-person event) in celebration of his latest book, The Coasts of California, event co-sponsored by Heyday and California Institute for Community, Art & Nature. More information Please note: event is free to folks on California I CAN’s mailing list
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October 17, 2021: 1st Annual Berkeley Bird Festival
Birds on the wing, birds in art, birds in the imagination, birds in history.… We’re collaborating with the Golden Gate Audubon Society, UC Berkeley and many others to plan and create what we hope will become an annual festival to celebrate the magical presence of birds in our lives. This project recently received financial support from the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund. We are planning the inaugural event for Sunday, October 17, 2021. Our team has brainstormed dozens of inspired online programs as well as Covid-safe individual, classroom and community activities. We envision the Berkeley Bird Festival as a new, exciting, one day “All Berkeley” event with diverse activities…
