Free Admission and Family Programming at the Museum on Monday CINCINNATI, OH – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will celebrate the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 16, beginning [Read More]
Daily Archives: January 12, 2017
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Andrei Tarkovsky’s epic masterpiece is a sweeping medieval tale of Russia’s greatest icon painter, who became known as the father of modern iconography. Discussion to follow. Saturday, February 18, 12:00–5:00PM Members $15, Nonmembers $20. Advance [Read More]
Three scholars will speak about views of Mary’s life in different cultures. Reverend Chris Visminis will address Dormition and Assumption: Meanings for the End of Mary’s Life. The Eastern and Western view of the end [Read More]
“Holy Fools” practiced the most extreme form of asceticism: purifying the soul through self-denial and a rejection of worldly comforts. Museum Curator and CEO Kent Russell traces the origins of the Holy Fool from the [Read More]
Just in time for Easter, explore the art, symbolism and joy in creating pysanky, traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs. Experienced instructors Karen Brouillette and Susan Dow have taught many pysanky workshops together throughout New England. All [Read More]
Laura Garrity-Arquitt, Museum Registrar and organizer of Holy Fools to Wonderworkers, leads a tour of the exhibit, explaining the distinctions between martyrs, stylites, prophets, ascetics and other types of Orthodox saints, and how they are [Read More]
This award-winning film depicts a modern-day “holy fool” in a powerful story of faith and salvation. In a small monastery in Northern Russia lives an unusual man whose bizarre behavior confuses his fellow monks, while [Read More]
Pushkin Hills is the story of an unsuccessful writer and inveterate alcoholic who takes a summer job at the Pushkin Hills Preserve in hopes of regaining some balance in his life, only to experience a [Read More]
Having turned 100 years old, the National Park Service inaugurates its second century with a fine art photographic exhibit at Harvard’s Fruitlands Museum titled “Find Your Park: National Parks in New England,” which includes several [Read More]