Open era or Open Era may refer to:
- Open Era (tennis), the period since 1968 where professionals can compete in Grand Slams
- Glasnost era, the increased openness in the Soviet Union from the mid-1980s
Open era or wide-open era, may also refer to:
- Open range era of the American Old West when cattle were allowed to roam freely in many states
- Early 20th century in many U.S. communities when gambling, prostitution, and/or other vices were tolerated by local governments. Among these communities were:
- Galveston, Texas
- Hot Springs, Arkansas
Famous quotes containing the words open and/or era:
“I rarely speak about God. To God, yes. I protest against Him. I shout at Him. But to open a discourse about the qualities of God, about the problems that God imposes, theodicy, no. And yet He is there, in silence, in filigree.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)
“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! The book exists for us, perchance, that will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)