Almost every month, there’s at least one special interest group that is highlighted by Royal Edict. Our politicians decree we need to respect under-respected, under-donating groups.
Ann Lee religious leader who brought the Shaker sect from England to the American Colonies. Lee was the unlettered daughter of a blacksmith who was probably named Lees. In her youth she went to work in a textile mill. At the age of 22 she joined a sect known as the Shaking Quakers, or Shakers,
Shimmering video projections from artist Joe Wheaton are once again illuminating the buildings of Hancock Shaker Village. "Radiant Nights" runs 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 15-17, 22-23 and 26-31.