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be + ees 2 ee (Mount Clipping in Space Below) * —_ 1*f hy AN ie aie di i tt, Jabal. What ABOUT the Yippie Festi- val of Life scheduled for August 25-30 in Chicago? Who's going? Who isn't going? Who will be thera? Arceocriing ta a tainshann can. ACOCTUINE (OS itt pone Cons versciion T lad with Abbie Hoff- man who, with Jerry Rubin and ‘ochers on the East Coast first proposed the idea and are acting as coordinators, the plan is togo forward with the festivalas itwas | first announced, A transeript of my phone con- versation with Hoffman follow3; SCITEDULE OF EVENTS HOFPAIAN: I'll give you asche- cult of events; AUGUST 20th-24th there will training classes in karate, non-vidlont dissent, defense a- galnst macs, etc, There will be an information boot set up in Lincola Pari, Aimost all cur actlvitles are focused cn Lincota Park, AUGUST 21th Mayor Daley is golng to do fireworks on Lake Mienizan, AUGUST 25th afternoon: wel- eoming of the Democratic dele- tates in cowntown Lotels, Exact plans !o be anncunced, Tharcare theates skits planned and things ° like that, Augusi 234) o.11,; music festival, Lincoln Park, AUGUST 2cth a.m.: workshops in underground cc mmuuications, rug pProuicms, how to live free, | guerriliz theater, drait resis. ° tance, self-defense, how toset up communes, cte, Wort:shops ceal- fag with problems lat we face as an alloraative community, Work- shentcaders sheuldeali9 13-5285, There will alse be seentrig ses. ficas fo plan smail-gcroup acti- vities, LIPTON: Why do yeu call them sceniric sessions? Mt: We think Ja igrms of theater, Taector croups vill picn theater skills, Sore “with the Naticnal L: This is for street thétter?—- HY Yas, We have no Idea how many of those groups are coming in, We sot three thousand letters in July alene, at the New York office, And we eauldn’t coordinate all the studf, AUGUST 26th T)_ fra_* AUGUST 26th PM: party on the lake across from Lake Park, called North Avenue Beach: folk singing, barbeques, swimming, lovemaking, | AUGUST 27th dawn: poetry, mentras, religious ceremony led | by Alen Ginsberg. AUGUST 27th afternoon; Work- shops snd scenario sessions, Also film shovings and mixed medla event at the Coliseum, 1513 South Wabash Ave, August 27ih, evon- lng: berefiteoncert in conjunction Mobiizatica Commitica at the Coliseum; also Lincoln Park nomination and ral- ly for Pegasus, the pig, And LBJ birthday party, AUCUST 25th, dawn: poetry and fulk singing, beach area, Aug- ust 28th, afternoon: Yippte Olym- ples, Miss Yippie contest, Wa're boycotting the regular Olymp.cs and having cur own, Pin the tail _on the donkey, pin the tubver on the Popy, a joidt-roiling contest, a dirty done ceslars’ convention, We're going to try and get the dealers fogether and have the pric: lowered, Andother normal, healthy games, : AUGUST 26th, the night that Huinplrey gets nominated, plans wl be announced at a later date, Thera Is a mobilization rally scheculed for Grant Park at 4 p.m, a hes outside Inside? H: There {sa mareh scheduled at Convention Mail, Thesearcihe | moiutcation’s plans and there is | Go you intend lo do anything Convention Hall, or ‘alot of differezce of cpinion, Our facling is that people iiving in Lincoln Park will do lots of dil- “ferent things, Some people will stay In the park, some wii gwen the march, some will go cown- . | town, ON TE OT