From the last refuge of an aging religious sect, to the childhood home of a great American author, to a museum dedicated to the ‘Yankee Da Vinci,’ the Lakes Region has so much hidden history.
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Posted inMaine, News
Shaker Village hosts course on Ukrainian egg painting
Ahead of Easter, Tanya Zivkovic taught the basics while celebrating the perseverance of Ukrainian culture.
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Posted inMaine, News, Religion and Values
Shaker Village carries on with Christmas traditions
Brother Arnold Hadd, one of the last living Shakers, describes how the New Gloucester community preserves its old ways in the modern day.
Posted inLeslie Bridgers, Life & Culture, Maine
Could you make it as a Shaker? What life at the Maine village is really like | Column
Living on a scenic farm in New Gloucester might sound idyllic, but there are other considerations to take into account.
Posted inMaine, News
How a third Shaker came to join the religious group’s only active community
Sister April Baxter moved to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village this spring and is optimistic the community in New Gloucester — the home of the small religious denomination’s 3 members — will continue to grow.
Posted inMaine
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester prepares for Wabanaki Arts Market
The annual market on Saturday features artists and musicians from Maine’s Indigenous Wabanaki Confederacy.
Posted inMaine
Maine Shaker Village staff brace for funding cuts, prepare for summer
At a moment of uncertainty, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village looked forward to a summer full of community events.
Posted inMaine, News
In wake of ‘devastating’ cuts, volunteers step up to ready Shakers for the season
Friends of the Shakers gather from around the country to prepare for spring at Sabbathday Lake, the only still-active community of its kind in the world.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Local band performs for fundraiser at Shaker Village
Yard Sauce, a folk-fusion group, performed at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village to help raise money for the long-gestating herb house project.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Grant freeze causes major setbacks for Shaker herb house project
The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village’s herb house revitalization project faces uncertainty in the wake of the federal grant freeze.