May 14, 2019: Taste of California: A Celebration of California’s Beauty

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This special evening will include:

• A buffet dinner and beverages of all kinds from some of Berkeley and the Bay Area’s best organic artisan purveyors, restaurants, and cafes.
  
• Visual artists in a number of media whose work will expand our capacity to see the world in new ways and world-famous authors including:

Jennifer Bates, Aya de Leon, Rose van Thater Imai,
Obi Kaufmann, Maxine Hong Kingston and Earl Kingston,
Reuben Margolin, Rina Margolin, Vijaya Nagarajan,
Wes “Scoop” Nisker, Jennifer Rain Crosby, Caryl Kientz,
Larry Reed & the Shadowlight Theater, Steve Wasserman,
The Campaign to Save the West Berkeley Shellmound, and more to come!

• Information on our 2019 programs:
  
  • Center for Berkeley Studies / The Berkeley Anthology
  • Re-Indigenizing California
  • Preserving California Indian Archives
  • Shellmound Book, telling the story of a 5,000-year old Ohlone Fishing Village on the Berkeley Shoreline
  • A Sixties Historical Society, Cultural Center, and Museum
  • California Indian Arts and Culture Festival
  • The 250th anniversary of the Portola Expedition (the first sighting of San Francisco Bay by Europeans)
  • Art and the Environment
    
• Introduction to colleagues and partnering organizations
  
• Great friends, new and old, and a good time
  
• Other surprises

For more information or to purchase tickets click here
or send a check by mail payable to:
Earth Island Institute/California I CAN
2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley, CA 94704.

For more information about sponsorships or about the event, please contact Patricia Wakida, patricia@californiaican.org or call (510) 859-9180.

If you are unable to attend but would like to support our work, any contribution would be most welcome. Donations are tax deductible.

With gratitude to our event sponsors:

Individual Sponsor: Sonia Tamez

With special thanks to our
“Taste of the Bay Area’s Bounty”
food and beverage donors:

In-Kind Donations:
Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, Raxakoul Cheese & Coffee, Visit Berkeley Association.