The digitally woven surface is a collage of colonial icons; Maroon leaders, angels, Inca royalty, military troops, brides, and priests swirl across a barren pink and blue landscape.

The Colonial was built to support Broadway productions. However, since 2006, that market has deteriorated significantly.

Gabriel Norwood, the museum director at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, will be giving his presentation, “In Conflict and Alliance,” on August 10.

Drive down almost any old Tidewater road and — sooner or later — you’ll feel the mysterious pull of a big brick church that dates to the colonial era. For more than a century, the… ...