We Lite Candles for Richard
Tributes and Remembrances
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By Sean Bergin
By Sean Bergin
Reverend Richard Emmanuel
And The Church on East Main Street
— Bing McGilvary
Originally published March 5, 2025 on CapeAnnCosmos.com
In 1968, at age 20, when Richard Emmanuel first opened the doors to The Church, his center for the exploration and discussion of all things theological, diagonally across E. Main sat poet Vincent Ferrini in his famed Frame Shop, a scene for all sorts of philosophical intercourse, literally and literary. These two vibrant portals of alternative religion and avant-garde art became inextricably intertwined in the decades to follow and continue to this day…