SHAKER HEIGHTS Residents are invited to participate in the shooting of "Shaker Sings 'Simple Gifts,'" to serve as the finale to a 100th anniversary video tribute being produced by the 2012 Centennial ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The Shakers, an industrious and pious New England sect that rose to prominence in the 19th century but whose membership has now dwindled from thousands to three, have long had an ...

Simple Gifts: Shaker Chants and Spirituals. The Boston Camerata, the Schola Cantorum of Boston, Shakers of Sabbathday Lake; Joel Cohen, conductor. (Erato). Here is an offbeat but ideal disc for ...

The spirit of the Shakers infuses this musical journey into the heart of rural America. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center takes to the road, performing in one of the country’s most beautiful ...

A native New Englander, D. Cameron Lawrence now lives in Louisville, Ky. Her essays and features appear in several national publications. The Shakers did "sustainable" way before sustainable was cool.

This undated photo provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art shows the Revolving Chair; American, Shaker, 1840–70. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art via AP) This undated photo provided by The ...