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‘ SO ET TT EEN wean: LAWRENCE LIPTON What ABOUT the Yippie Festi- val of Life scheduled for August 23-30 ia Chicago? Who's going? Who isn’t going? Who will be here? aAcecruing to a telephone con- versciion I had with Abbie Hoff- man who, with Jerry Rubin and ‘ouhers on the East Coast first proposed the itica and are acting as coorcinators, the plan is togo forward with the festivalas itwas . first announced, A transcript of my phone con- versation with Hoifman follows; SCHEDULE OF EVENTS HOFFMAN: Pll give you asche- cule of events; AUGUST @0th-2ath there will _be training ciasses in karate, non-violent dissent, defense a- galast macs, ete, There will be an information Ucoi set up In Lincola Far, Aimost all cur activitles are focused cn Lincola Park, AUGUST 2ith Mayor Daley Is golng to do fireworks on Lake Milehizvan, AUGUST 25th afternoon: wel- coming of the Democratic dele- gates in cowntown Lotcis, Exact pians to be anneunced, Thercare theater skits planned and things like that, Augusi 23th pat; nusic | fesfivul, L incon ? art, AUGUST 2cth a.m; workshops in underground communications, tug proulems, how to live free, : guerrillas theater, tance, Self-deferse, how toset up communes, ete, Workshops ccal- fag with promoms lat we faceas an alternative communtty, Work- shentcaders sheuld fooli9 13-5285, There will also be scent rio ses- sieas to plan smatl-croup acti- vitivs, LIPTON: Why do you call them scenuric sessions? HM: We think Ja terms of theater, Taecter creups vill pien theater drait rpsis. ° - He “with the Naticnal por WJ i il . . This ts for street theater?— Yes, We have no idea how many of those groups ar 2coming in, We cot three thousand letters in July alene, at the New York office, Andwe couldn't coordinate all the stuff, AUGUST 26th p.m.: Beach party on the lake across from Lake Park, called North Avenue Beach: folk Singing, barbeques, swimasing, lovemaking, | AUGUST 27th dawn: poetry, mantras, religious ceremony led | by AHen Glasberg, AUGUST 27thafternoon; Work- shops ond scenario sessions, Also film showings and mixed media event at the Coliseum, 1513 South Wabash Ave, August 27th, even- lag: berefitconcertin conjunction Mobiizatica Commitice at the Coliseum; also Lincotn Park, nomination and ral- ly for Pegasus, the pig, And LBJ irtiday party, AUCUST 28th, dawn: poetry and fulk singing, beach area, Aug ust 28th, afternoon: Yippte Olym- pies, Mi iss Yippic contest, W2're boycotting the regular Olymj.cs and having cur own, Pia the tail on the donkey, pin the rubver on the Pope, a joidt-roiling contest, a dirty done ccalars’ convention, We're going to try and get the dealers fogether aad have the prica jowered, Andother normal, healthy games, : AUGUST 26th, the night that Huinplrey gets nomingled, plans wlll be annomreced at a later date, There is a mobilization rally scheculed for Grant Park at 4 p.m, en 2 Do you intend to do anything outside Convention Hall, or Inside? H: There {sa march scheduled 2t Convention Mail, Theseare the Moiartcation’s plans and there Is alot of difference ofepinion, Our fecling is that people iiving in Lincoln Park will do lors of dil- ‘ferent things, Some people will stay In the park, some wii gorene SKIS, —~ the march, some will zo down. town, ‘ = ., a _ cen IRIE AR ve