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In 1968, Newsweek reported an imminent threat of twenty thousand hippies descending on Portland, Oregon. Although the numbers were exaggerated, Portland did boast a vibrant 1960s culture of disenchanted and disenfranchised individuals seeking social and political revolution. Barefoot and bell-bottomed,
… More »In 1968, Newsweek reported an imminent threat of twenty thousand hippies descending on Portland, Oregon. Although the numbers were exaggerated, Portland did boast a vibrant 1960s culture of disenchanted and disenfranchised individuals seeking social and political revolution. Barefoot and bell-bottomed, they hung out in Portland's bohemian underground and devised a better world. What began in coffee shop conversations found its voice in the Willamette Bridge newspaper, KBOO radio station and the Portland State University student strike, resulting in social, artistic and political change in the Rose City. Through these stories from the counterculture, author Polina Olsen brings to life the beat-snapping Caffe Espresso, the incense and black light posters of the Psychedelic Supermarket and the spontaneous concerts and communal soups in Lair Park.
« LessPart I. Retrospective: From beat to hip
Darcelle Looks Back at the Caffe Espresso
The Village
The Thirteenth Avenue Gallery Goes Dada
Days and Nights Bookstore
A Way Out Café
Franz Schneider Remembers the Music
Allen Ginsberg Comes to Town
Henk Pander in America
The Portland Zoo
A Storefront Theatre
Part II. Counter Institutions
Emery Ingham and the Psychedelic Supermarket
Phastasmagoria
The Willamette Learning Center Gives Dropouts a Chance
Outside In from the Ground Up
Fitting It into the Gospel, Harper Richardson and the Centenary Wilbur Church
KBOO, On the Air
The Willamette Bridge
Part III. Action
The Life and Death of the Portland Reporter
Peace Now!
The Portland State Student Strike
A People's Army Jamboree
The Black Panther Party Serves Breakfast
George Oberg Leads the Second Foundation
Donald Dwayne Downing Has a Spiritual Experience
Letters to the Fountain
Beginning with Red Emma
Appendix: 1960s Timeline
Setting the Scene : Remembering Lair Hill Park -- Part I. Retrospective: From beat to hip -- Darcelle Looks Back at the Caffe Espresso -- The Village -- The Thirteenth Avenue Gallery Goes Dada -- Days and Nights Bookstore -- A Way Out Café -- Franz Schneider Remembers the Music -- Allen Ginsberg Comes to Town -- Henk Pander in America -- The Portland Zoo -- A Storefront Theatre -- Part II. Counter Institutions -- Emery Ingham and the Psychedelic Supermarket -- Phastasmagoria -- The Willamette Learning Center Gives Dropouts a Chance -- Outside In from the Ground Up -- Fitting It into the Gospel, Harper Richardson and the Centenary Wilbur Church -- KBOO, On the Air -- The Willamette Bridge -- Part III. Action -- The Life and Death of the Portland Reporter -- Peace Now! -- The Portland State Student Strike -- A People's Army Jamboree -- The Black Panther Party Serves Breakfast -- George Oberg Leads the Second Foundation -- Donald Dwayne Downing Has a Spiritual Experience -- Letters to the Fountain -- Beginning with Red Emma -- Appendix: 1960s Timeline
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