Mennonite

Off the grid in Amish country

2011-05-15 00:00:00

I scrambled out of bed at dawn's first light, dashed to the barn to milk a cow, stopped by the chicken coop to collect fresh-from-the-hen eggs, then doubled back to the farmhouse for breakfast. Six of us gathered around the table at Verdant View Farm B&B,...

Thanksgiving, an American meal

2009-11-18 00:00:00

When Thanksgiving spread around the country in the mid-19th century, it was in the hope that holiday good feelings would heal the rift between North and South. So, the Thanksgiving menu had a certain amount of can't-we-all-get-together culinary...

Paul Soldner dies at 89; ceramicist known for American raku

2011-01-04 00:00:00

Paul Soldner, a ceramicist and longtime Scripps College teacher who introduced a pottery technique called American raku, died Monday at his home in Claremont after a period of declining health. He was 89. "He was one of the greats in California...

The Actress: Sherie Rene Scott on truth and artifice in 'Everyday Rapture'

2010-06-13 00:00:00

NEW YORK — Just before Sherie Rene Scott debuted in "Everyday Rapture" at off-Broadway's Second Stage last spring, she panicked. "I thought to myself, 'Oh, God, this could go really, really badly,' " the 43-year-old actress recalls about a...

The spin on Levi Leipheimer, an American cyclist you oughta know

2009-09-18 16:33:58

Hopis Expel Mennonite Missionaries

2009-11-19 04:32:45

'Mennonite in a Little Black Dress' by Rhoda Janzen

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Rhoda Janzen begins "Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home" with a trifecta of midlevel tragedies: a hysterectomy, an automobile accident and a failed marriage. None is quite epic enough on its own to derail her, but together they...

Carlos Reygadas' films search for authenticity beyond reality

2009-04-24 00:00:00

Two or three years ago, if you asked the so-called Three Amigos -- Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuar�n and Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu -- to name the most promising young contemporary Mexican director, their voices would unite in praise of Carlos Reygadas....

Loving the big empty of Manitoba

2005-08-28 00:00:00

EVEN though we had called ahead, they just weren't expecting us in Winnipeg. At the airport, the Canadian customs officer couldn't believe the city was our destination. "Oh, right," she said in a can't-fool-me tone, "You're just going to hang around...

Fertile imagination in Iowa

2004-09-12 00:00:00

On a sunny Sunday in June, I found myself at the Field of Dreams, watching as the pinstripe-clad Ghost Players baseball team appeared out of a cornfield. Wearing 1919 Chicago White Sox uniforms, they emerged from the corn just as the ghost team did in...

Mark Eldon Moyer, 92, Davidsville

2013-05-20 19:31:00

Mark Eldon Moyer, 92, Davidsville, went home to the Lord May 18, 2013, at� his home. Born May 26, 1920, in Grantsville, Md., the son of William H. and Mary Jaunita (Beachy) Moyer. Preceded in death by parents, sons, Timothy, William, and Stephen Arthur,...

Christian, Muslim leaders have friendly disagreement

2013-05-19 04:44:02

They came from two seemingly opposite ends of the spectrum. Muslims and Mennonites. But in the gymnasium at Fairview Christian School on Saturday night, they were just there to hear each other out. Representatives from Berks' Christian and Muslim...

Mennonite girls stand outside their school in the Valley of Juarez May 18, 2011. Over 80,000 Mennonites live in Mexico after establishing themselves in the 1920s.

2011-12-05 14:11:18

Pictures - Mennonites Berks barn raising

2010-12-02 21:00:00

LANCASTER COUNTY - A horse-drawn buggy travels a rural road in Lancaster County, a popular destination for tourists seeking a slower pace and a simpler life. The Amish and Mennonite residents contribute to its character and have become increasingly dependent on the tourist trade.

2006-04-24 06:52:08