When I was a kid my siblings used to tease me about reading the encyclopedia.I didn’t read it so much as get engrossed in a few choice items. I would look up some topic, usually a Civil War general, ...

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 ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — India’s master of the sitar and worldwide cult hero of the hippies said more than a year ago that the hippie movement was dying in America. Now, Ravi Shankar says, it’s dead. "All ...

Counterculture is a term that rose to prominence during the 1960s, generally referring to the hippie movement and the rising popularity of recreational drugs. The counterculture movement evolved due ...

The University Center at the University of Montana will host a panel discussion on various aspects of the 1960s hippie movement and modern stereotypes from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in UC Room 330.

Hippie culture began in the 1960s as a social movement focused on peace, environmentalism, and simple communal living. While it has faded as a mainstream identity, its values of alternative lifestyles ...

There are no hippies on Haight Street anymore. Along the eponymous road in the storied San Francisco neighborhood, arguable birthplace of the counterculture movement, tourist shops hawk tie-dye ...

The hippie movement started towards the end of the 1960s, continuing on into the 1970s. It was a very vibrant, colorful and liberal era full of self expression through clothing that promoted peace, ...