The most common reaction to The Testament of Ann Lee is to note that you’ve never seen a movie like it. True enough! It’s ...

Shaker-music buffs – and history enthusiasts alike – have a chance to learn more about the genre in a new book, “A Shaker Musical Legacy,” by a couple in Hurley. Robert C. and Viola E. Woodruff Opdahl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer Daniel Blumberg, photographed in West Hollywood in November. (Ian Spanier / For The Times) If the Shakers have a lasting ...

This week, one of the last remaining members of the religious community known as the Shakers passed away in Maine. At its peak, the religious group — which championed ideas of gender equality, ...

If the Shakers have a lasting cultural legacy, it is their music — most famously “Simple Gifts,” the uplifting spiritual Aaron Copland immortalized in his ballet “Appalachian Spring.” It stands to ...