Chronology of Santa Cruz in the 1960s

This is a very rough guess, extracted from conversations with our contributors, by me (ralph abraham). To fix errors and add more info, please email me at abraham@vismath.org.

There is lots more to Hip Santa Cruz in the 1960s, but this is as far as i got so far (Feb. 2003).

1957

  • Leon moves to California, meets Neal Cassady

1961

  • Peter Demma returns to California, meets Ken Kesey

1963

  • Ron Boise's sculptures shown at the Sticky Wicket

1964

  • Peter Demma and Ron Bevirt open the Hip Pocket Bookstore
  • Ron Boise sculptures shown at St George Hotel and HPB

1965

  • Fall, UCSC opens
  • Leon Tabory moves to Los Gatos, opens an office in Santa Cruz
  • Via Neal Cassady, Leon meets Peter
  • Leon starts Free Speech Night at the HPB
  • Leon goes to the Barn to see Eric Noord

1966

  • HPB closes, Bookshop SC opened by Ron Lau
  • Leon begins activities at The Barn

1968

  • Spring: Ralph visits Santa Cruz, the Barn, meets Peter Demma
  • Fall: Ralph moves to SC, gets in trouble at UCSC

1969

  • The Barn closed
revised 18 feb 2003 by ralph