As blue jeans, beards, body adornments, natural foods, legal marijuana, gay marriage, and single parenthood have gained acceptance in mainstream American society in recent years, it is now clear that ...

It is one of the great contradictions of the American psyche that we embrace nostalgia but shun history. The 1960s are the perfect example of that paradox. We have learned all the easy lessons of that ...

For the Stage Right Theatre Company, the rock musical “Hair” isn’t just an anachronistic snapshot of the peace and love era of the 1960s. Cast members in their 20s and 30s are finding parallels ...

BEN LOMOND >> If you’re wondering what it was like to live in a hippie commune in the 1960s, northern California graphic artist Holly Harman wants to tell you about a local one. Harman has written a ...

For some, the Summer of Love is merely a slogan on souvenir tie-dye in the Haight. Related Articles The home of the ‘Mona Lisa’ has a new boss to steer the Louvre out of crisis after jewel heist With ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the late 1960s, long-haired, beaded and tie-dyed flower children brought their drugs, incense, guitars and peace symbols to ...

Unlike many things from the 1967 "Summer of Love," the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic survived. The clinic, now part of a larger network, still operates out of a second-floor office overlooking Haight ...

In the late 1960s, long-haired, beaded and tie-dyed flower children brought their drugs, incense, guitars and peace symbols to South Florida. Hippies had finally reached Miami. Coconut Grove, known ...

With relocation funding in question, future uncertain for historic East Bay ship Oakland’s White Elephant sale is back, with tons of art and antiques Longtime director leaving Children’s Discovery ...

Unlike many things from the 1967 "Summer of Love," the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic survived. The clinic, now part of a larger network, still operates out of a second-floor office overlooking Haight ...