Join us for an afternoon of beauty and contemplation as we mark the shortest day of the year. We’ll begin in the Sanctuary at 4:30 with Celtic music from Erin Hogan and Adam Hendey and passages from Nina MacLaughlin’s Winter Solstice, read by the author. Around 5:15, Abbots Bromley dancers will lead us outside, and we’ll gather around the fire for a brief solstice ritual to honor the dark. Arrive early to ensure a seat!

Nina MacLaughlin is the author of Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung (FSG Originals), as well as Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice (Black Sparrow), winner of the Massachusetts Book Award. Formerly an editor at the Boston Phoenix, she worked for nine years as a carpenter, and then as a books columnist for the Boston Globe, and her column on New England Literary News continues in newsletter form. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Erin Hogan and Adam Hendey
Boston-based vocalist Erin Shea Hogan possesses an angelic and soulful soprano suited to devotional music, ensemble singing, cross-genre collaboration, and folk song. She recently formed a duo with Celtic guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Adam Hendey.