Woodstock Mania (and I’m drinking Brown Acid Beer, Or So I Was Told)

Posted: August 13th, 2009 | Author: Araceli Cruz | Filed under: arts, galleries, new york | Tags: , , |

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What: Woodstock Photo Exhibition: Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock
When: August 13 through November
Where: Morrison Hotel Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York
Why: Because I wasn’t at Woodstock and they had free beer

We’re not sure if you noticed, but Woodstock is back (and not in the ‘99 revival sort of way). You didn’t hear about the Heroes of Woodstock concert at Madison Square Garden that went down last week, or Ang Lee’s new film, Taking Woodstock, that is scheduled to be released this year?

These happenings aren’t a coincidence but all in commemoration of the iconic musical concert, hippie-fest, will-never-be-replicated, 40th anniversary of Woodstock.

The Morrison Hotel Gallery is playing host to an exhibition featuring the photographs by Woodstock photographer Henry Diltz, among others. I encountered more than a few original hippies, along with Woodstock organizer Michael Lang while I drank something called Black Acid Beer. I didn’t ask questions, I just drank it.

(Witness magic below, at least through YouTube)

3 Comments on “Woodstock Mania (and I’m drinking Brown Acid Beer, Or So I Was Told)”

  1. 1 Brian said at 1:43 pm on August 14th, 2009:

    When does we get to celebrate Altamont!? Woodstock of the West!

  2. 2 chelipj said at 1:49 pm on August 14th, 2009:

    probably because (according to wiki (had to look it up): is best known for having been marred by considerable violence, including one homicide and three accidental deaths: two caused by a hit-and-run car accident and one by drowning in an irrigation canal. YIKES

  3. 3 Brian said at 11:15 pm on August 14th, 2009:

    Ha! I just find it interesting that less than a year after the “height” of hippie culture, Altamont was declared the “ending” of the hippie movement.

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