Harvesting the Communes

by | Jul 14, 2008 | The Public Humanist

From the Shakers to Transcendentalists and hippies, communes spring up in the fields of Massachusetts history like so many unkempt weeds, and like weeds, they have an extraordinary ability to flourish in the most unexpected ways. While many of these communes might be...

“For heaven and the future's sake”

by | Jul 28, 2008 | The Public Humanist

The starting point of the Lasting Legacies exhibition at the Lawrence Library opening October 25, 2008, will be two remarkable Williams and their wills: William Wolcott, whose last will and testament bequeathed a collection of impressionist paintings to the people of...

Fact, Fiction, Chaos and Control

by | Jul 31, 2008 | The Public Humanist

I have some very close friends who annoy me no end with questions such as, "When are you going to make a real movie." "What do you mean," I ask. "Aren’t documentaries real enough for you?" "Well, documentaries are OK, but why...