Tag Archives: Hangout
Coffee House Rendezvous
April 18, 2012 — by
“We tend to attract a rather circumscribed clientele. There are a group of cool people on campus — not meaning it derogatorily — but just people who consider themselves swinging and if you consider yourself swinging, well, you just have to go to the coffee house. For one reason or another, it’s the place to be and the place to be seen.”
Coffee House Rendezvous came out in 1969, it’s a film about the role of the coffee house as a point of congregation and performance in 1960′s youth counter-culture. Plus, the whole film is on YouTube!
Ladies Have A Smoker
April 10, 2012 — by
Smoker – (n.) An informal social gathering for men only
Sick of letting the boys have all the fun, the Young Women’s Republican Club of Milford, Connecticut decided to have a “smoker” of their own. On the evening of May 20th, 1941, the girls drank, smoked pipes, wrestled, and had their very own strip-tease. Life Magazine’s Nina Leen documented the debauchery.
NYPL Picture Collection: Sleepovers
November 25, 2011 — by
The pictures collected here are from the New York Public Library’s Picture Collection, a room full of folders upon folders of pictures. The images are torn from books and magazines, mounted onto thick card stock and cataloged by subject. Amelia will now have a weekly feature sharing her vintage image finds from the Picture Collection—
What is it about all-girl sleepovers that adults find so fascinating?
Sure, it’s that juncture of innocence and awakening. Sure, it’s sugar highs and other highs, too. Sure, it’s secrets. But sleepovers also represent a unique and inimitable intimacy—the kind that few experience in quite the same way past mid or even early teens.
Come On Children
November 1, 2011 — by
Come On Children is a documentary film by Allan King. In the early 1970s, ten Toronto teenagers (five boys and five girls) leave behind parents, school, and all other authority figures to live on a farm for ten weeks. Young John Hamilton writes and sings the opening song, ‘A Farm Named Froo’, introducing each of teenagers who are building a life together on the farm. Lots of smoke & snow. Also, see teenage Alex Lifeson Živojinović (RUSH guitarist) cooking a pot of something for his farm fam.
Teen Magic
October 28, 2011 — by
The documentary “Make Believe” follows six of the world’s best teenager magicians as they compete for the title Teen World Champion. ‘I don’t have too much friends. My friend is magic.’
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