The trailer for the film "The Testament of Ann Lee" is riveting and unsettling — just as the celibate Shakers were to the ...

It is the second half of the 19th century, and there were great changes for the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. If you are not familiar with that name, you might be more ...

Members of the nation's last living Shaker community have arranged to forever protect their land and historic buildings through the sale of conservation and preservation easements to two New ...

Far more than a furniture style, Shakerism represented an all-consuming belief system rooted in celibacy, community, and ...

Brother Arnold Hadd, one of the last living Shakers, describes how the New Gloucester community preserves its old ways in the ...

PITTSFIELD — “Around the corner, the famed pie oven!” Cindy Dickinson called out with the fanfare and flair of a sports announcer. It’s a recent Wednesday morning at Hancock Shaker Village, and the ...

May 13—NEW GLOUCESTER — The soft whisk-whisk of straw brooms brushing across the walls and beams of the meetinghouse filled the room as three volunteers worked quietly. Undeterred by the gloom of a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Shaker Village is offering free admission for Jefferson County residents in the wake of shootings in Louisville. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, in Harrodsburg, spans for ...