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Woodstock at 40

Source: AARP Bulletin Today | August 10, 2009

MOVIES FOR GROWNUPS

Taking Woodstock
Bill Newcott on the new film directed by Academy Award winner Ang Lee.

ALSO: Check out the movie trailer.

DIVERSIONS

Woodstock Quiz: Think you're an expert? Take this interactive challenge.

Trivia Quiz Video:
How'd you do? We took to the streets to see what other people know (or think they know) about Woodstock.

What's Going On?: A list of concerts and exhibits across the nation pay homage to historic gathering.

Book Review: In the Road to Woodstock, festival mastermind Michael Lang describes how the seminal event for a generation came to be.

ALSO: A roundup of other new books on Woodstock.

From AARP the Magazine 1968: The Year That Rocked Our World

The Sounds, Man

Jimi Hendrix: "The Star Spangled Banner"

Santana: "Soul Sacrifice"

Joan Baez: "We Shall Overcome"

Grateful Dead: "Mama Tried"

The Who: Closing Woodstock

Woodstock - Musicians on stage (CREDIT: Photo by Elliot Landy/Magnum Photos)

Photo by Elliot Landy/Magnum Photos


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