Photo gallery: River City Reunion

Plans for a new book remembering the 1987 gathering of legendary counter-culture figures are in the works. The retrospective includes photos of luminaries like Allen Ginsburg and William S. Burroughs.

The program cover for River City Reunion Week

photo by: Courtesy of Rosemary Marchetta

Artist and social activist Keith Haring draws on the sidewalk of Seventh Street in downtown Lawrence during the River City Reunion, which took place Sept. 7-13, 1987. The event brought together beat generation writers, punk bands and social activists.

photo by: Courtesy of Rosemary Marchetta

Writer Timothy Leary attends a book signing at the Oread Book Shop, now Jayhawk Ink, on the Kansas University Campus during River City Reunion week in 1987.

photo by: Courtesy of Rosemary Marchetta

Author William Burroughs and Leonard Magruder stand in the lobby of Liberty Hall during River City Reunion week. Burroughs’ personal secretary, James Grauerholz, and poet Allen Ginsberg organized the event.