Western Shaker Study Group meetings
at Phillippi Meeting Room, Otterbein-Lebanon,
Rt. 741 one mile north of Rt. 63
Shaker Music in the Digital Age
April 6
Lois Hamill, a librarian at Northern Kentucky University, will discuss how she digitized the George Amery hymnal from White Water Shaker Village. What are the challenges and rewards of using new technology to preserve historic documents and images?
Public History, Private Property
June 1
How can we preserve and study historic buildings and sites located on private property? Thomas Grooms of the Ohio Historical Society recently organized an exhibit about this hot topic, using the 2005 excavation of part of the North Family lot at Union Village as one example.
Shaker Artistry, Inside the Box
August 3
Craftsman and teacher John Kerns shares the secrets of constructing iconic Shaker boxes. Recently featured in Early American Life, John works out of his shop in Waynesville, Ohio. He'll bring some of his work to share.
Pleasant Hill Tales of the Spirit
October 5
WSSG's good friend Thomas Freese returns with a new batch of tales about spirits and mysterious happenings at Pleasant Hill Shaker Village and beyond. He'll bring copies of his latest books.
Western Shaker Singers
December 7
Welcome the holiday season with our traditional concert and a dessert buffet.
For details, contact Chery Bauer, (513) 868-9910, bauercheryl@yahoo. com
The meetings are free and open to the public.