Free Speech Saturday!

Schedule

Sat Feb 14 2026 at 02:30 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Mad Monk Center for Anachronistic Media | Berkeley, CA

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Join us at the Mad Monk corner (Haste & Telegraph, Berkeley) for an open mic and community forum celebrating People’s Park’s radical free speech legacy. Art, music, and public dialogue flow together to honor resistance, joy, and direct action.
🎤 Open Mic • Art • Music • Dialogue • Direct Action
📍 Corner of Haste & Telegraph (Mad Monk’s Books)
🕛 Every 2nd Saturday | 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
🌻 All are welcome — bring your voice, instrument, or message.
Image Credit: AI-assisted illustration inspired by a photo by Aidan Hill. Likeness altered for privacy using ChatGPT-5 (OpenAI, 2025). See less
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Mad Monk Center for Anachronistic Media, 2454 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94612-2405, United States

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