Troy Record

African American Shakers highlighted in lecture

COLONIE–Think about the Shakers and three things are likely to come to mind: chairs, boxes and white women. If that is the case, this week offers you the opportunity to dig deeper into the history of ...
Houston Chronicle

The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America

(THE CONVERSATION) Director Mona Fastvold’s new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” features actor Amanda Seyfried in the titular role: the English spiritual seeker who brought the Shaker movement to ...
The Economist

The dying out of the sect’s last members may not mean the end for the Shakers

“I’M GLAD I am a Shaker”, sang some 300 people in the chapel of the dwelling house of the last active Shaker settlement in the world. They clapped and stamped their feet on the wooden floors during ...
wallpaper

How did the Shakers influence modern design? A new exhibition considers the progressive philosophy of the free church

One of the exhibition’s four sections, titled ‘I Don’t Want to be Remembered as a Chair’, argues that Shaker design should not be appreciated purely for its aesthetics but through the lens of the ...
Times Union

The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Christian Goodwillie, Hamilton College (THE CONVERSATION) Director Mona Fastvold ...
National Catholic Reporter

The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society — 250 years later, they're part of the sound of America

Director Mona Fastvold's new film, "The Testament of Ann Lee," features actor Amanda Seyfried in the titular role: the English spiritual seeker who brought the Shaker movement to America. The trailer ...
The Conversation

The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America

Christian Goodwillie is the Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. He was Curator of Collections at Hancock Shaker Village from 2001-2009, where ...