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sfpl.org/summeroflove EXHIBITIONS Summer of Love and Haight uring the summer of 1967, young people from throughout the country flocked to San Francisco for the promise of a cultural, political and social revolution. The epicenter Dfor this experience was the previously unnoticed, suddenly notorious, Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. This exhibit showcases period photographs and films, rock posters, grass roots newspapers and flyers, record albums and manuscript materials from community groups and local government collections, all document- ing the upheaval of the Summer of Love of 1967. July 15–Oct. 29, 2017, Main Library, Jewett Gallery Opening Event: Revolution – Film and discussion. The Oracle, cover by Rick Griffin. Golden Gate Park, 1967, photo: Patrick Lofthouse July 16, 1 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium Courtesy of SF History Center

Sex, Drugs and Runaways Haight-Ashbury’s Summer of Love: Few observers will deny the impact, for National and Local Media Coverage better or worse, that the summer of 1967 This small display shows the national coverage of the had on the Haight-Ashbury district of “Hashbury” through magazine and newspaper articles that San Francisco. On January 14, the focused on the Summer of Love. Many stories from the Human Be-In at the Polo Fields in San Francisco Chronicle will be featured. See what people Golden Gate Park drew between thought about the Summer of Love 40 years ago. 15,000–50,000 people to the area. Some Be-In participants remained June 15–Sept. 15, 2017, Main Library, 5th Floor Magazines in the neighborhood. Those who and Newspapers Center resided in the Haight-Ashbury found themselves at the center of increas- The Seen: What you ing drug use (LSD and marijuana), would have seen on rising crime rates, acceleration of Haight Street in 1967 sexually transmitted diseases, and an Drug brochures published by Federal and State agencies upturn in runaway youth. By the end This exhibit highlights the Haight- of the summer of 1967, the issues facing the Haight-Ashbury Ashbury scene in 1967. It’s a walk were problems that the state of California and the nation down memory lane—featuring fashion, as a whole had to confront: sex, drugs, and runaways. This posters, handbills and photographs of exhibit presents the Summer of Love as seen through the Haight Street businesses and people. eyes of three government entities: local, state and federal. Plus, there’s a special section of then- and-now photographs. June 24–Oct. 19, Main Library, 5th Floor Government Haight-Ashbury, 1967. Information Center Courtesy of SF History Center Aug. 5–Dec. 7, Park Branch Library PROGRAMS

The Grateful Dead: Hippie Food: How Back to the Land- Before, During & ers, Longhairs and Revolutionaries After the Summer Changed the Way We Eat of Love Author talk with Jonathan Kauffman. Author Rosie McGee. Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m., Aug. 2, 6:30 p.m., Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room Main Library, Learning Studio FILMS Thursday At Noon Jefferson Airplane: A Deep Dive Films presents Speaker Rodney Paul discusses Summer of Love: the rock group Jefferson Airplane. Films made in ART, CRAFT & FASHION Aug. 22, 6 p.m., 1967 Main Library, Koret Auditorium Let’s Dye! July 6: The Graduate July 12, 7 p.m., Park Branch July 13: Cool Hand Luke The Gender Revolution July 20: Bonnie and Clyde Macramé Plant Holders Four panel discussions feature Bay Area July 27: In the Heat of the Night women who were pivotal in the revolu- July 19, 6 p.m., Park Branch tion for women’s rights in the 1960s. Thursdays, 12 p.m., 1960s Fashion Show Speakers include Judy Gumbo, Alta, Main Library, Koret Auditorium Anne Weills, Jane Scherr, Ruth Rosen, Aug. 5, 3 p.m., Park Branch Revolution Black Panther Judy Juanita, Alexandra The counter culture revolution of the Tie Dye for All Ages Hart, Denise Kaufman and others. hippies during the Summer of Love. Dis- Sept. 7, 3:30 p.m., Aug. 26, 3 p.m., Park Branch cussion follows the film. July 16, 1 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium Main Library, Koret Auditorium Summer of Love Riot on Sunset Strip Experience: July 26, 6:30 p.m., Park Branch Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll Les Diggers de San Francisco Join the DeYoung in an interactive art Discussion with Digger Judy Goldhaft activity inspired by de Young Museum follows the film. Aug. 5, 2 p.m., exhibition on the Summer of Love. For Main Library, Koret Auditorium ages 6-12 years old and their caregivers. Limited to 30 participants. How I Won the War July 13: 10 a.m., Portola Branch Irwin Klein and the New Settlers Aug. 16, 6:30 p.m., July 14: 1 p.m., Richmond Branch Lecture and discussion about Bay Park Branch July 20: 11 a.m., Potrero Branch Area hippies who went to New Mexico July 21: 1 p.m., Bayview Branch during the Summer of Love. Richie Unterberger Presents: July 27: 1 p.m., Main Children’s Center Sept.12, 6:30 p.m., The Summer of Love in Cinema July 28: 1 p.m., North Beach Branch Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Room Sept. 13, 6:30 p.m., Park Branch Aug. 1: 1 p.m., Park Branch Summer of Love, San Francisco, 1967, photo: Dennis L. Maness, courtesy of San Francisco History Center. Front cover: Lettering art by Patrick Lofthouse.