shaker
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Made in collaboration with Aitor Mendilibar, the fascinating video imagines what black Shaker worship could be.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
The simplicity of the Shaker objects exerts a power that is, at best, difficult to discern in the self-consciousness of most of the show’s recent pieces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Skeptics could argue that there’s one sure piece of evidence that God doesn’t exist: Amanda Seyfried getting snubbed for her rapturous turn as 18th century Shaker leader Ann Lee.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Each song in “The Testament of Ann Lee” is infused with stirring resonance, courtesy of Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg, who worked with music partially adapted from traditional Shaker hymns.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
Everyone knew them; they were a dynasty in Shaker Heights, a huge and boisterous and exceedingly handsome clan that always seemed to be suntanned and windswept, like the Kennedys.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
