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2007 Portland VegFest:
A Compassionate Living Fair
Friday, May 11, 7:00pm; May 12, 10:00am-6:00pm
Benson High School, 546 NE 12th Ave.
Speaker Dr. T. Colin Campbell
Sponsors: Blossoming Lotus Café, Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, VegNews Magazine, and more!
May 11 has Campbell, best-selling author of The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health. Musical entertainment provided by Anima Bhakti, a Portland-based instrumental duo known for their eclectic blend of world music.
May 12 has a festival with speakers, chef demos, exhibitors and free food samples. Featured speakers include John Robbins, author of Diet For A New America, The Food Revolution, and his newest book, Healthy At 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples; Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease; and Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and author of Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good. Chefs include Bo Rinaldi and the Chefs of award-winning Blossoming Lotus Café; Vegan Culinary Educator and Consultant, Chef Al Chase; and chefs and authors Julie Hasson and Bryanna Clark Grogan. |
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Launch Party for Sisters' book
Thursday, May 24, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Mezzanine of the Portland Armory at 128 NW Eleventh Ave., cross street Davis
Launch Party for Sisters' book, Voices from the Street: Truths about Homelessness from Sisters Of The Road!
Chat with publishers Gray Sunshine, author Jessica P. Morrell, and foreword author and Sisters' cofounder Genny Nelson, and get your copy of the long-awaited book based on 515 interviews with people who have experienced homelessness.
Then, at 7:30 walk up the street to Powell's Books at 1005 W. Burnside for a book signing and presentation. To buy an advance copy of the book securely online, click here. Prices: Hardcover, $44.95; Trade Softcover, $24.95
To learn more the data the book was based on and to learn how to request pieces of it for your own project, visit
http://www.sistersoftheroad.org/wa/sisters/of_the_road/C34 |
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