Love-in explained

A love-in is a peaceful public gathering focused on meditation, love, music, sex and/or use of recreational drugs. The term was coined by Los Angeles radio comedian Peter Bergman, creator of comedy group The Firesign Theater, who also hosted the first such event on Easter, 26 March 1967 in Elysian Park.[1]

The term

The term love-in has been interpreted in varying manners, but is often connected to protesting local, social or environmental issues.[2] [3] Such protests were often held in opposition to the Vietnam War.[4] As such, love-ins are largely considered a staple of the 1960s hippie counterculture.

More recently the term is occasionally used figuratively to describe a situation in which people shower praise on one another in excess.[5]

Background

The First Love-in was preceded by the Heavenly Happening, at midnight, on November 16, 1966, on the Sheep Meadow in Central Park, organized by New York Parks Commissioner, Thomas Hoving.[6]

January 1967 Human Be-In

The Human Be-In at the Polo Fields in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967.[7] [8] [9]

First Love-in on Easter in Elysian Park

The First Love-in started before dawn.[10] The Los Angeles Free Press promoted the event.[10] 15,000 people[11] crowded in a natural amphitheater in Elysian Park, and listened to the psychedelic rock bands Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Clear Light, and the Flamin' Groovies.[12] [13] [14]

1967 New York Easter Be-in

The New York Easter 1967[15] [16] be-in was organized by Jim Fouratt, an actor; Paul Williams, editor of Crawdaddy! magazine; Susan Hartnett, head of the Experiments in Art and Technology organization; and Chilean poet and playwright Claudio Badal.[17]

1967 Cambridge Common Concerts

Founded in 1967 at Harvard Square by J. Robert “Bob” Gordon, it recurred for nearly eight years, until 1975.[18] [19]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rare Elysian Park Love-In Poster. Lofty Marketplace.
  2. http://www.bookoflife.org/history/usa/GUS06.htm Book of Life
  3. A Houston-area "Love In " -- a flash mob gathering to save Love Elementary School from being shut down, in March 2011.
  4. Web site: Newsreel . History.sandiego.edu . 2010-09-01.
  5. Web site: Meaning of "love-in" in English . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge English Dictionary. September 10, 2019.
  6. Web site: Warsh . Marie . Happenings: Art, Play, and Urban Revitalization in 1960s Central Park . The Gotham Center for New York City History . 21 February 2019 . 7 December 2021.
  7. Web site: American Experience Summer of Love. PBS. 2017-08-31. 2015-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154214/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/program/love_02_wm_lo.html. live.
  8. Web site: Goldberg . Danny . All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance . . 12 January 2021 . 13 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Palmer . Steven . The Human Be-In Teach-In . Oral History Masters of Arts . Columbia University . 12 January 2021.
  10. Web site: The Elysian Park Love-In Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary This Sunday . . 7 December 2021 . en . 14 April 2017.
    • https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e7tQs0vAAu0
    • https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-e5iUK1tjP0
  12. Web site: Elysian Park Love-in, March 26, 1967 . am on the radio . 7 December 2021.
  13. Web site: Elysian Park Love-In Los Angeles 1967 Gary Grimshaw AOR 3.53 Event Poster . Concert Poster Auction . 7 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201023061810/https://concertposterauction.com/Listing/Details/429750/Elysian-Park-LoveIn-Los-Angeles-1967-Gary-Grimshaw-AOR-353-Event-Poster . October 23, 2020 . Original 1st printing 17&3/8 x 22&3/8" concert/event poster for the 3/26/1967 Easter Sunday Love-In, an all-day happening held at Elysian Park in Los Angeles, CA......... by Gary Grimshaw, image is featured in the Art of Rock book on page 270 (plate 3.53). . live.
  14. Web site: Magnuson . Sulfiati . This first Love-In for L.A. held in Griffith Park's Elysian Field on Easter Sunday, 1967 . Getty Images . 26 June 2019 . 7 December 2021 . en-us . It wasn't just self-identified hippies who attended, but bikers, the "straight" ones, the curious ones, singles and families, and self-proclaimed clans ("families" created by choice) flying home-made banners. And, yes, many were high, openly flaunting the laws. at the 1st Elysian Park Love-In on March 26, 1967 in Los Angeles, California.
  15. News: Holson . Laura M. . When a 'Be In' in Central Park Was Front-Page News . 7 December 2021 . The New York Times . 25 March 2019.
  16. Web site: BE-IN - 1967 - Central Park, New York - the Lost Ektachrome Footage - Easter Sunday . .
  17. Web site: Central Park Rite is Medieval Pageant . Don . McNeil . Village Voice . March 30, 1967.
  18. Web site: Cambridge Common Concerts . 29 July 2012 .
  19. Web site: 1967 Stoned Hippies Tell All to a Film Crew. Early Reality TV . .

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