On a muggy summer afternoon in 2023, I was standing beside a pond with five near-strangers in their 40s and 50s. Before I knew what was happening, they all gave each other a nod of agreement, stripped ...

BRATTLEBORO — "Far Out: Life On & After the Commune," an 85-minute documentary that tells the story of two local communal farms, will run at the Latchis from Sept. 6 to Sept. 12, with a special ...

When Nancy Cogen opened a batik store on Atlantic Avenue’s antique row in Boerum Hill 41 years ago, it was a neighborhood of run-down rooming houses and communes, where a brownstone cost $25,000. The ...

It can be argued that comedy's being taken seriously as a cinematic artform nowadays thanks in large part to the Judd Apatow-produced Bridesmaids. With the film's Oscar recognition, Academy voters and ...

In 1968, 18 children and 22 adults lived together as the first Bay Area hippie commune. Living on 760 acres, the historic site of Olompali state park in northern California was once the home of music ...