Modern Times - An "Infamous" Utopia

In the mid-19th century, for more than a decade, Long Island was home to a community of radicals. The experimental village of Modern Times, known today as Brentwood, attracted all sorts of nonconformists including spiritualists, suffragettes, dress-reformers, and proponents of the era’s most dangerous idea, free-love.  Peter Ward, local history librarian and historian will share the shocking history of this unconventional place, the front-page controversies caused by its residents, and the unexpected influence that these local reformers have had on the way we live today.