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Tuesday, October 29, 2024 6pm
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3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202-8199
In her memoir, Barbara Rahder ’72 weaves together her experience as a young woman during a transformative time with unflinching observations on gender, race, and power. Sad, funny, painful, and always very real, Barbara’s story brings a new, critical perspective to the hippie era. And throughout it all ripples an undercurrent of disturbing family tensions. Things that are hidden “out of sight” are not easily confronted, but secrets have a way of surfacing.
"Reed changed my life. I'd dropped out of college after one year at San Francisco State (it was the year of the famous strike) and floundered from one hippie scene to another. After two years, I decided to reengage my brain. As I say in the book, 'In contrast to the sluggishness of hippie life, Reed was a curious, quick-witted, and smart-mouthed collection of godless skeptics who studied hard and partied hard.' I'd finally found the place where I fit in." — Barbara
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