Summer of Love, 40 years ago
Wed Jun 13, 1:05 PM ET
Young people from around the country - from college students to teen runaways - flocked to the area in 1967. Psychedelic styles, rock music, free love and drug use were all hallmarks of the time and place. Those alternative values played out amid the social and political unrest of the late 1960s, which included serious issues such as the Vietnam War and civil rights activism.
Several tours and museum exhibits are marking the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love.
Those who care to retrace the footsteps of the hippies of yesteryear can take San Francisco's "Haight Ashbury Flower Power Walking Tour," which promises a walk "along the same streets that Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell and countless others" once frequented. The tour is offered Tuesdays and Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Fridays at 11 a.m., at $20 a person (children 9 and under free). Details at http://www.haightashburytour.com or 800-979-3370.
A "Summer of Love Treasure Hunt" sponsored by San Francisco City Guides is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 30, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Participants will solve a series of puzzles about people and places from the era, complete with appearances by costumed characters. Assemble your own team of up to six people or be placed in a team the day of the event.
Tickets are $35 through July 31, $40 after that and $45 the day of the event. Fees from the treasure hunt will benefit San Francisco City Guides, a project of the local public library that leads free walking tours around the city. Details at http://www.sfcityguides.org/ or 415-557-4266.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland has six exhibits that touch on "Summer of Love" themes, including shows about The Doors, the Beach Boys, the "San Francisco City Scene," Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix and the Monterey Pop music festival, which in 1967 launched Janis Joplin's career and also featured Jimi Hendrix. Details at http://www.rockhall.com/.
New York's Whitney Museum of American Art is showing "Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era," through Sept. 16. The show looks at the impact that the social unrest and change of the 1960s and early 1970s had on art, music, film and other fields.
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