On the opening day of the first Woodstock Festival – August 15 1969 – nearly half a million Americans descended on the dairy farm of Max Yasgur, in Bethel, New York. This three-day “Aquarian ...

How could the 1969 Woodstock festival still matter today? Life-and-death issues stare us in the face every day — from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine to the hate-fueled divisiveness right here at ...

About 450,000 people flocked to Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 15, 1969, to celebrate three days of peace, love and music at the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair, replete with ...

When indie filmmakers Meira Blaustein and Laurent Rejto launched the Woodstock Film Festival in 2000, they welcomed 2,500 attendees. This year they expect 15,000 at the eighth annual event. Despite ...

NEW YORK — Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died. Michael Pagnotta, a spokesperson for Lang’s ...

Film festival or not, Woodstock itself is a trip for the imagination and a unique cultural experience. During the Saturday and Sunday of the five-day Woodstock Film Festival (which ran from September ...