All photos by Steve Schapiro, from ‘Bliss: Transformational Festivals and the Neo-Hippie’ (all images courtesy Powerhouse Books) In 1967, Chicago-based photojournalist Steve Schapiro became famous for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Sue Thatcher at Shutterstock. If the 1960s had an emblem, it would, of course, be the hippies. The hippie movement ...

People left mainstream culture in the 1960s and 70s for numerous reasons. For many, it came from restlessness, curiosity, or frustration with the limits of the status quo. Hippie culture encouraged ...

The 1960s were a time of change, creativity, and a little rebellion. Hippies wanted to live differently, embracing peace, love, and freedom in everyday life. From music and fashion to food and travel, ...

There’s something electric about stepping into a world where peace, love, and music reign supreme. In our fast-paced digital age, hippie festivals offer a rare escape, a chance to reconnect with ...

FOR a suitable representation of I hippie culture, we decided to turn to hippie artists. This week’s cover is the work of a kind of artistic co operative called the Group Image—about 30 people who ...

When the free love movement blossomed in America in the 1960s, many folks started to look at relationship dynamics in more nuanced ways. It went hand in hand with the counterculture hijinks of the ...

The artist Bruce Liddil said last Thursday he thought his photography career commenced in fifth grade. “I had a teacher named Mr. Wall; he was a photographer from New York City,” began Liddil, who was ...

Promoter Michael Lang’s Woodstock 50 festival didn’t pan out, and maybe that’s just as well. “Civil War re-enactors in everything but name” was one Facebook wag’s joke about its prospective attendees ...

We talk about the hippie culture of the 1960s and 1970s and ask what happened to hippie ideals. Guest host Patt Morrison speaks with John McCleary, author of The Hippie Dictionary: A Cultural ...

The Nike Outdoor Nationals and the USATF U20 Championships culminated last weekend at Hayward Field. The five-day event spanned from Thursday... Drum circles on campus lawns, hookahs in residence ...