The 1960s Fashion Show during the Butler Art Center's Age of Aquarius Festival will feature the work of five designers, including iroNiece Designs by Kari Kramer. Click photo for larger image. Age of Aquarius Festival Where: The Art Center, 344 South Main St., Butler. Friday: Opening of Art Show with juried awards announced (5:30 p.m.); Karmacoustic, The Return of Washboard Tony & Frank Ranelli (6 p.m.); Spirit Cafe, an open forum for music, poetry and writings (8 p.m.-midnight). Saturday: "Meet and Greet Andy's Kin" -- Andy Warhol's first cousins, Amy Zavacky Passarelli and Christina Zavacky Soley (1-3 p.m.); 1960s Fashion Show (8 p.m.) with appetizer and wine tasting reception with music by DJ Chaos ($15 advance; $20 at the door; limited space; 724-283-6922). Sunday: All-ages Tie-Dye Workshop by David Garlick, bring your own T-shirt or other clothing (1-3 p.m.; $5); folk singer Joseph Conrad Lioi (1-2 p.m.). Feb. 2: Peoples Choice Awards announced (5:30 p.m.); The Flying Mangini Brothers (6-8 p.m.); "Spirit Cafe" (8 p.m. to midnight). Feb. 3: World of Children, performing "Signs of Peace," songs that promote the message of peace, hope, acceptance, and love (1 p.m.); Tie-Dye Workshop (1-3 p.m.). Feb. 4: Nadina, Heather Harp performer (1-2 p.m.); Marc Lang (2-3 p.m.); Aedan's Gunn, performing Bob Dylan, the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin (3-4 p.m.). Information: For details, go to myspace.com/butlerartcenter or butlerartcenter.net.

While most of us will be spending our weekend in the modern age -- complete with its troop surges, iPods and YouTube -- the folks in Butler will flash back to the 1960s, a simpler and more colorful but certainly no less contentious era.

The third annual Age of Aquarius Festival, presented by the Associated Artists of Butler County, celebrates the hazy days of hippiedom with two weekends of juried art shows, 1960s Fashion Show and live music with a theme of "follow the dove to the winter of love."

It begins Friday at The Art Center with a display of 1960s genre art, featuring more than 200 entries from national and regional artists working in various media from watercolor to photography to craft/sculpture. The art is accompanied in the Members Gallery by the "Wall of Butler," an exhibit of archive photographs of the '60s and early '70s from The Butler Eagle.

"It was an era with a lot of revolution and change," says Rebecca Novak, an organizer, who, at 26, wasn't there for the experience. "This is a chance for people to go back and remember it, and for people now to do their own interpretations."

Miniskirts and big polka dots will come into play on Saturday for the 1960s Fashion Show at The Art Center. Along with retro style, the organizers promise "raw freshness" from five designers: iroNiece Designs by Kari Kramer, Anne Joseph, Amber Thompson, Meagan Greynolds and D. Zoe Shutka.

"One of the designers is doing an outfit called 'The Jane Jetson,' so it's more avant-garde fashion," Novak says.

Last year, the festival enlisted stoner-rock band Iron Butterfly of "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" fame, but this time around they decided for forego the national talent and focus on the local.

Novak says, "We get a big response from artists but an overwhelming response from musicians. We're having the Spirit Cafe, an open stage for poets, musicians and comedians. If you want to express yourself, there's a playground for you."