Several Northside Friends are going to see “The Testament of Ann Lee,” a film about the original Shakers. We're thinking this would be a good opportunity to gather a group and socialize! Check out some previews to make sure this dramatic period musical is to your taste and join us if interested. We've gotten our tickets to see it at the Davis theater, Saturday, January 24th at 6:45pm. You'll find the Esler/Burbanks in row J near the center, with other Quakers sprinkled around. Come join us!

From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker’s irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers.

The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).