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Portland in the 1960s: Stories from the Counterculture by Polina Olsen

Portland in the 1960s: Stories from the Counterculture by Polina Olsen

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Contents

Foreword, by Joe Uris
Acknowledgements
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
Phantasmagoria
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
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 2012-08-28
Pages: 160
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781609494711-LN
Dimensions: 228.0 x 152.0 x 7.0 mm
Weight: 0.272 kg View full details