The year was 1968. A time of change within American society was stirring. Anti-war demonstrations and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy triggered a movement in the nation’s youth toward peace and love. The music of the era was filled with protest and pleas for reform. Many of the musical stars of that generation will come together to celebrate and commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Summer of ‘68, when “Hippiefest” comes to the Special Events Center stage at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Saturday, July 19th, 2008 at 8pm.
The artists confirmed to perform at “Hippiefest” include Jack Bruce of Cream; The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie, Melanie, Badfinger featuring Joey Molland, and Jonathan Edwards.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
How was Hippiefest?
Friday, July 6, 2007
In My Opinion, Art Kunkin Is No Less Than A Folk Hero
Walter H. King:
The old Freep of the 1960s and 70s had both a social-cultural and a political program.
I think the political program mostly “lost out” but the social-cultural program was a huge success and is to a large extent part of the progressive legacy of the sixties and early seventies.
For those old enough to remember what our culture was like in the fifties and what it is today, we owe a large debt to publisher Art Kunkin and his Free Press.
Walter H. King is a retired attorney.
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