As Peggy Murphy was getting ready to leave home that summer morning in 1967, her dad begged her: “Don’t get involved.” When she came back hours later, in a homemade bikini and her torso covered in ...

The Summer of Love didn’t just happen in a vacuum nearly 60 years ago. It wasn’t a kind of spontaneous combustion that created the hippie movement and the peace and love ethos of the ‘60s generation. ...

The revival of “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” by an ensemble from Enlightened Theatrics got us thinking about the ’60s, perhaps the most over-discussed decade of them all. But with all ...

After the peace movement of the ’60s, hippies became a tarnished brand, even a scary one. The alternative lifestyle, to outsiders, could resemble a cult. But two new documentaries look back fondly to ...

You may know Miami as a tourist magnet. Or as a capital of Latin American business. Or even a growing tech nest. But parts of Miami in the 1960s just wanted to be groovy, man. This was no ...

If you're into counterculture kitsch, you might want to check out the nostalgia-themed resort hotel at Walt Disney World in Florida. It features a "Hippy Dippy" swimming pool, surrounded by ...

Orion Township — Charlize Brochu of Holly wore rings on every finger, a waist chain, a long skirt, a headpiece and more accessories to an event she's been eagerly waiting for: the Hippie Fest in the ...

Janis Joplin, right, performs with guitarist Jorma Kaukonen. (Photo by Marjorie Allette) Dennis McNally is the author of “The Last Great Dream.” (Photo by Susana Millman) Show Caption 1 of 3 From left ...