The complete online text of At Sundown by John Greenleaf Whittier.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an American poet whose humanitarianism and great popular appeal established him as an important 19th-century figure. John Greenleaf Whittier was born on a farm near Haverhill, Mass., on Dec. 17, 1807, of poor Quake...

John Greenleaf Whittier's importance to America's cultural life, and the claim he makes on our remembrance, is at least twofold. In the first place his life was and remains a model of dedication to the twin principles of freedom and tolerance. In the lon...

Although John Greenleaf Whittier's reputation as a poet declined drastically in the twentieth century, his career is of continuing interest as an example of the writer functioning as a deeply committed reform activist. In the thirty-year struggle to abol...

Issue Project Room (Closed) Framing Sevens Yoshiko Chuma leads us to art and architecture Nature and culture battled for viewers at Brooklyn's Issue Project Room, where Yoshiko Chuma marshaled seven dancers, seven trombonists, and other collaborators for Sundown, a meditative seven-hour...

SLICING THROUGH the afternoon Los Angeles traffic, I head into the neat suburban sprawl that makes up Fullerton, CA. Straight to the local venue where it's easy to observe the telltale signs of a lackluster show. A sparsely packed club, no beer, and...

Israel came to a virtual standstill at sundown Friday as Jews across the country began observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day of their calendar.Stores closed early and the airwaves were filled with liturgical Hebrew music leading up to the contemplative Day of Atonement, when tradition...

All nine Christmas trees have been removed from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport instead of adding a giant Jewish menorah to the holiday display as a rabbi had requested.Maintenance workers boxed up the trees during the graveyard shift early Saturday, when airport bosses believed few people...