Book: ADVENTURES OF BATMAN
Editor: Martin Greenberg
Authors: Garfield Reeves-Stephens - Masks
William F. Nolan - Daddy's Girl
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Seanchai ("Storyteller" in Irish) Library celebrates the Celtic tradition of stories told around the hearth or in the pub to friends, family, and welcomed strangers. Seanchai Libraries bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
While the musical Guys & Dolls is based on the short story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown," it is common for derivative works based on an author's canon to pull from more than one piece even when the backbone of the plot is drawn from a single story. This is especially true of canons that are primarily short fiction, like Damon Runyon's. Both of today's stories contain lore and characters than were woven into the legendary musical production.
TODAY: Blood Pressure, and A Piece of Pie, live on stream at SL21B.
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Finn Zeddmore is all set to take us on another contemporary Science Fiction-Fantasy adventure, taken from a wide variety of short story sources. Where will she take us this time? Only one way to find out!
TONIGHT: "Annie Without Crow" by Michael Swanwick & "Our Father" by K. J. Khan.
Join us on Seanchai Library's Story Floor for this week's new journey, presented live in Voice.
Image: A wall made of books. Lots of old books in a bookstore or library. Photographer: Martin Vorel - https://martinvorel.com Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
@ 7pm: Caledonia concludes Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.
Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance.
But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.
Both Sessions are Live on Stream
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Author Damon Runyon's distinctive vernacular style is known as Runyonese: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in the present tense, and always devoid of contractions.
TODAY: Broadway Financier, and The Three Wise Guys, live on stream at SL21B.
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Join us for Russell's weekly performance. Enjoy an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word. Russell presents original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected stories and poems: Folk Baroque and Beyond.
@ 7pm: Caledonia continues Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.
Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance.
But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.
Both Sessions are Live on Stream
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26
Alfred Damon Runyon was an American journalist and short-story writer best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in
The adjective Runyonesque refers to this type of character and the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicts. He spun humorous and sentimental tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit", "Benny Southstreet", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charley", "Dave the Dude", or "The Seldom Seen Kid".
His distinctive vernacular style is known as Runyonese: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in the present tense, and always devoid of contractions.
In a special Sunday afternoon Tea Time series David Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell & Caledonia Skytower present stories from the Runyonesque Canon.
TODAY: The Bloodhounds of Broadway, and A Very Honorable Guy, live on stream in the Fireside Room.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26
Finn Zeddmore is all set to take us on another contemporary Science Fiction-Fantasy adventure, taken from a wide variety of short story sources. Where will she take us this time? Only one way to find out!
TONIGHT: "Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200" by R.S.A. Garcia from Uncanny (Jul/Aug 2023)
Join us on Seanchai Library's Story Floor for this week's new journey, presented live in Voice.
Image: A wall made of books. Lots of old books in a bookstore or library. Photographer: Martin Vorel - https://martinvorel.com Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
Join us for Russell's weekly performance. Enjoy an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word. Russell presents original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected stories and poems: Folk Baroque and Beyond.
@ 7pm: Caledonia continues Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.
Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance.
But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.
Both Sessions are Live on Stream
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26
Join us on Seanchai Library's Story Floor for this week's new journey, presented live in Voice.
Image: A wall made of books. Lots of old books in a bookstore or library. Photographer: Martin Vorel - https://martinvorel.com Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
@ 7pm: Caledonia continues this year's Newbery Medal-winner: Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.
Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance.
But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26
Join Caledonia Skytower in The Glen as she shares selections from Amanda Gorman's published collection: "bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity, grief, and memory, this lyric of hope and healing captures an important moment in the world’s consciousness while being utterly timeless."
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About the Poet: Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in
@ Noon: Russell Eponym, Live at The Glen!
Join us for Russell's weekly performance. Enjoy an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word. Russell presents original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected stories and poems: Folk Baroque and Beyond.
@ 7pm: June Story Month begins with Caledonia presenting this year's Newbery Medal-winner: Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.
Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance.
But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26
Russell Eponym, Live at The Glen
He's back! Join us for Russell's weekly performance. Enjoy an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word. Russell presents original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected stories and poems: Folk Baroque and Beyond.
In that mythical realm, the Real World, Caledonia coordinates a national poetry recitation program for her state arts organization. Every year, students across her state choose poems from a curated anthology from over 1100 classic and contemporary poems. Every year, she marvels at the works students connect with and choose.
This year's batch are more diverse than normal, and Cale will share selections tonight. Live in the main library story floor. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26
It's a time for traditions at Seanchai Library, and this is one of those.
Maurice Walsh's short story was an Irish novelist, now best known for his short story "The Quiet Man", later made into the Oscar-winning film The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. He was one of
Caledonia Skytower presents Maurice Walsh's short story of two people finding each other, and themselves, in the rural Ireland of the 1930s
Live at the Firecircle. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26
VOL XVII: Seanchai Library Celebrates 17 on the 17th!
Sunday, March 17th beginning at 1pm
It's incredible! Seanchai Library celebrates 17 years of stories and story experiences in Second Life this Sunday, March 17th in the Glen on Nowhereville.
Join us for music, stories, poetry and fun featuring Corwyn Allen, Shandon Loring, R. Dismantled, David Abbot, Aoife Lorefield, Finn Zeddmore, and Caledonia Skytower, Live.
Stories return to the Library in March!
120 years ago this month, and unique creative mind was born. While the world has changed since the first days that the man we knew as Dr. Seuss first penned his whimsical tales, much of his canon of work is part of many of our young lives. Somehow the world would not quite be as bright a place if a mysterious cat might not knock on our doors unexpectedly, bringing excitement and danger to a boring day with the assurance, "Your Mother will not mind if you do!"