Oregon Country Fair 2007
Fair-ly Important Movers and Shakers in the Country Fair Family
A Decade of Peace and Community Chela Mela, Altared Space and Library celebrate the big 1-0
Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine Energy Park at the Country Fair
Growing Up at the Fair Advice from an expert
Living Large Walking on cloud nine … feet above the ground
Heart First, Music Second Folk musician Peter Thompson gives back through music
Spoken Word Program Wavy Gravy
SPOKEN WORD PROGRAM
WAVY GRAVY
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Wavy may be best known to millions as a cosmic cut-up and the inspiration for a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor – “I am an activist clown and former frozen dessert,” he says – but it is because of his good work on behalf of the planet and its least fortunate residents that Wavy Gravy has achieved his own brand of sainthood. His friend and satirist Paul Krassner has called him “the illegitimate son of Harpo Marx and Mother Teresa.” Wavy says, “Some people tell me I’m a saint, I tell them I’m Saint Misbehavin’.”
Mr. Gravy comes to the Fair as part of the Spoken Word program that features poets, musicians, cultural icons, activists and wordsmiths; seventy-two different speakers on 7 separate stages.
More information and a full schedule at: oregoncountryfair.org
A Note From the Publisher
Dear Readers,
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