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Thu, Oct 23
|Book Society
[SOLD OUT] Urban & Wild: A Conversation on California’s Landscape
Join urban design critic John King and naturalist-artist Obi Kaufmann for an unforgettable conversation on how California’s cities and wildlands shape each other, exploring the intersections of ecology, design, and our evolving relationship to place. [WAIT LIST AVAILABLE]
Time & Location
Oct 23, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Society, 2945 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705, USA
About the event
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Prepare for an evening that will transcend the divide between built and wild. Two of California’s most distinctive voices—John King and Obi Kaufmann—will join us for a conversation exploring the layered meanings of place, particularly through the lens of the Bay Area.
John King, longtime San Francisco Chronicle urban design critic and author of Portal: San Francisco’s Ferry Building + the Reinvention of American Cities, brings a sharp and deeply informed perspective on how cities evolve, and how public spaces like the Ferry Building reflect broader currents of civic identity, design, and resilience.
Obi Kaufmann, award-winning author and ecological philosopher, is best known for The California Field Atlas, a genre-defying work now in its seventh printing that reimagines the Golden State as a living, breathing super-organism. His subsequent titles, including…