THURSDAY April 19th at 7pm: X-FILES: Paranormal Quest

"The truth is still out there"

X-FILES: Paranormal Quest

We all want to believe. The truth is still out there. The X-Files have been reopened. Join us tonight for all-new case files from the X-Files. Scully and Mulder continue their journey into darkness as they face aliens, monsters, shadow governments, and twisted conspiracies.

TONIGHT: Paranormal Quest
presented in duet by Caledonia and Shandon
At Fantasy Faire!
Death on a reality paranormal television show
needing the involvement of the F.B.I. to solve.

Book: X-Files: Trust No One

ISBN-13: 978-1631402784

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(Note: Second Life slurl for this session will not be available before Noon on 4.19)

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WEDNESDAY, April 18th at 7pm: MERLIN'S DRAGON Concludes

Faerie presents the exciting conclusion of on of T.A. Barron’s most thrilling adventures, featuring a new and unforgettable character in his earliest years, live in voice.

Long ago, at the dawn of Merlin’s world, a strange little creature named Basil appeared. Part lizard, part bat, his eyes glow with a mysterious light. When Basil discovers a threat to his world and to Merlin, he begins an epic journey that takes him from the Great Tree of Avalon to the outermost edges of the spirit realm. But his boldest journey will be to face his own deepest fears. And only if he survives can he save Merlin—and find his future.

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TUESDAY, April 17th at 7PM; DOON Continues

Corwyn continues this hilarious epic National Lampoon parody  of Frank Herbert's sci-fi adventure, Live in voice.

We must take care that we do not ascribe undue importance
to chance in the affairs of men. Just as the human mind is a kind  of cause-and -effect generator, so is the unterdeterminancy of action and reaction in a concomitant force tending away from predictibility. Hence the ramifications , the fundimental because consciousness is similar like a big box, so you've got , say, an animal in this box. 

Who wants another beer ?

from "Mauve'Bib: The Incoherent Ramblings,"
compiled by the Princess Serutan.

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MONDAY, April 16th at 7pm: FANTASY WARM-Up with Terry Pratchett

FANTASY WARM-UP: 

A Taste of Pratchett

- Open your eyes and then open your eyes again -

Caledonia prepares us for our sojourn to Fantasy Faire this year with selections from

"The Wee Free Men"

A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality. . . 

Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle—aka the Wee Free Men—a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.

Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself. . . .

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY CALEDONIA SKYTOWER
at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE
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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

All times Pacific Time, story events in Voice.

*SATURDAY, April 14th at 3pm: THE ORIGINS OF STORIES: Caledonia at the Kultivate Spring Art Show http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Water%20Haven/191/47/22

*MONDAY, April 16th at 7pm: FANTASY WARM-UP: A Wee Taste of Pratchett.  Caledonia prepares us for our sojourn to Fantasy Faire this year with selections from "The Wee Free Men"

*TUESDAY, April 17th at 7pm:  National Lampoon's DOON continues with Corwyn Allen

*WEDNESDAY, April 18th at 7pm:  MERLIN'S DRAGON Concludes with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*THURSDAY, April 19th The Halls of Story - Fantasy Faire 2018 **

 ~ 7pm : X-FILES: Paranormal Quest with Shandon Loring & Caledonia Skytower (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

 ~ 9pm : SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT: Contemporary Sci-Fi and Fantasy literature with Finn Zeddmore

WE'LL BE THERE AGAIN ...
Be ready to join us at LitFest - Fantasy Faire 2018

** Landmarks for the Faire Lands will become available when it emerges from the mists at Noon on Thursday, April 19th.  So be sure and check in-world notices and notecards for slurls, or IM Caledonia Skytower

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

                _____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in learning more about our current featured charity Project Children, growing peace in Northern Ireland one (or two) children at a time.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY April 12th at 7pm: HALFWAY-TO-HALLOWEEN

"Stay out of the woods after dark"

HALLOWEEN 1973

It's Halloween night 1973, when the ghosts and monsters come out to play, and a handful of kids who've gone out for a night of trick or treating have just discovered that the warnings their parents gave them, "Stay out of the woods after dark," have a very real reason for existing. Now all they have to do is live through the discovery.

Book: This Is Halloween
Author: Charles Rutledge

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WEDNESDAY, April 11th at 7PM: MERLIN'S DRAGON Continues

Faerie continues T.A. Barron’s most thrilling adventures, featuring a new and unforgettable character in his earliest years, live in voice.

Long ago, at the dawn of Merlin’s world, a strange little creature named Basil appeared. Part lizard, part bat, his eyes glow with a mysterious light. When Basil discovers a threat to his world and to Merlin, he begins an epic journey that takes him from the Great Tree of Avalon to the outermost edges of the spirit realm. But his boldest journey will be to face his own deepest fears. And only if he survives can he save Merlin—and find his future.

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TUESDAY, April 10th at 7pm: DOON Continues

Corwyn continues this hilarious epic National Lampoon parody  of Frank Herbert's sci-fi adventure, Live in voice.

Lady Jazzica introduced Pall. The Revved-Up Mother eyed him sourly. 

Damn that Jazzica! she thought. If only she had obeyed our command! We send her out for a pound of butter and she comes back pregnant !

"So this is our candidate for Kumkwat Haagendasz," the Revved-Up Mother mused. " What's your age, lad?"

"Fifteen, Ma'am."

"Pall,"Jazzica reprimanded. "You should call her Revved-Uppedness...."

"Never mind." the old woman snapped. "He can call me anything he wants."

" So long as he doesn't call me late for dinner," Pall completed the catechism.

The old woman's eye glinted amusement.

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MONDAY April 9th at 7pm: THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME

THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME

- by John Brunner -

Far off in space is an alien race which is so much like us, yet so un-alike. From the birth of their earliest civilization through to their attainment of star flight as their star system passes through the galaxy, we follow their development through the ages.

Aquatic by nature, this race presents some significant challenges well outside the realms of anything encountered by humanity. But they are also driven by all too familiar hopes, fears, desires, needs, wants, prejudices, impact of religious ideologies, and the quest for knowledge we have experienced in the growth of our own civilization.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

Gyro continues the epic, aeon-spanning saga of "The Crucible of Time

All times Pacific Time, story events in Voice.

*SUNDAY, April 8th at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME:  Caledonia is back at the Golden Horseshoe continuing Betsy Byar's "The Not-Just-Anybody Family" http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY, April 9th at 7pm: THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME  Resumes with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, April 10th at 7pm:  National Lampoon's DOON continues with Corwyn Allen

*WEDNESDAY, April 11th at 7pm:  MERLIN'S DRAGON Resumes with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*THURSDAY, April 12th at 7pm: FROM THE SHADOWS: Halfway to Halloween with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

WE'LL BE THERE AGAIN ...
Be ready to join us at LitFest - Fantasy Faire 2018

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

                _____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents.  Guests at Second Life sessions are welcome to join us in learning more about our current featured charity Project Children, growing peace in Northern Ireland one (or two) children at a time.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY April 5th at 7pm: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - pt2

"A man and a woman mingled into one angel"

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

Paris, 1482. The gypsy Esmeralda captures the hearts of many men, including Quasimodo and his guardian Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust for Esmeralda and the rules of the Notre Dame Cathedral. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her...

Book: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Author: Victor Hugo

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AND DON'T FORGET!  @9PM - SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore!

WEDNESDAY, April 4th at 7PM: MERLIN'S DRAGON Resumes

Faerie continues T.A. Barron’s most thrilling adventures, featuring a new and unforgettable character in his earliest years, live in voice.

In the years after Fincayra disappears and Merlin has been sent wandering, a young lizard-like creature, with the wings of a bat and the magical power to produce any smell it encounters, is born into the new world of Avalon. The unlikely hero—Basil, he is called—cannot find a single creature like itself nor a person who can tell him what he is. But it is clear that Basil is much more than he seems when he stumbles into an encounter with the great Merlin, saving his child’s life, then uncovers a secret plot by the evil Rhita Gawr. It’s a race against time and across Avalon as Basil, with the help of the faithful wind sister Ailah, searches for the great wizard to warn him.

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TUESDAY, April 3rd at 7PM: National Lampoon's DOON Continues

Corwyn continues this hilarious epic National Lampoon parody  of Frank Herbert's sci-fi adventure, Live in voice.

Arruckus – men call it Doon, the dessert planet. It is a sugar covered wasteland entirely devoid of entrees, patrolled by a terrifying species of giant pretzel. This savage world is the setting for an apocalyptic drama between the evil Baron Hardchargin, and young Pall Agamemnides. These forces clash over Doon’s one precious resource, a substance found nowhere else in the Universe: the mind-altering liquid know as beer… 

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MONDAY April 2nd at 7pm: THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME

THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME

- by John Brunner -

Far off in space is an alien race which is so much like us, yet so un-alike. From the birth of their earliest civilization through to their attainment of star flight as their star system passes through the galaxy, we follow their development through the ages.

Aquatic by nature, this race presents some significant challenges well outside the realms of anything encountered by humanity. But they are also driven by all too familiar hopes, fears, desires, needs, wants, prejudices, impact of religious ideologies, and the quest for knowledge we have experienced in the growth of our own civilization.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bradley%20University/101/208/28

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Libraries

We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life
... and other virtual worlds
 CELEBRATING GREAT STORIES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS SINCE 2008!

_____________________________________

Corwyn rides the Wild Arruckus Pretzel as he presents "DOON"

All times Pacific Time, story events in Voice.

*MONDAY, April 2nd at 7pm: THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME  Resumes with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, April 3rd at 7pm:  National Lampoon's DOON continues with Corwyn Allen

*WEDNESDAY, April 4th at 7pm:  MERLIN'S DRAGON Resumes with Faerie Maven-Pralou

*THURSDAY, April 5th at 

       ~ 7pm: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME ~Concludes with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

       ~ 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT: Contemporary Sci-Fi with Finn Zeddmore

We had an outstanding Volume 10 celebration.   Mostly it is because we have a great community - good folks who care about stories and value what we have shared over the last decade.  Thank you one and all,  It would not have been near as much fun without you, any of it.

Special thanks goes to Aoife Lorefield for her support and wonderful Quest.  Dagmar Kohime for the way-super-cool jackets and T-shirts.  Inara Pey for generally letting us do our thing.  Corwyn Allen & Wald Schridde for their delightful music.  Our friends at Radio Riel & Fantasy Faire Radio: Gabi, Elrik, Zander, and friend Ktahdn for joining in. Thank you Dubhna Rhiadra for hosting the final sandbox gathering - such fun!

 Images above from Volume 10 provided by Caledonia Skytower, R. Crap Mariner, and Bear Silvershade.

From top to bottom: The Architect of Newgrange with Shandon; Celtic Music with Corwyn Allen & Wald Schridde; BEYOND LOUD: A Bagpipe Challenge with our friends from Radio Riel; Sci-Fi by Command: "The Bulkhead" with Gyro; Stories Go Round with the Seanchai Staff; Dracula!; War of the Worlds, and Storytellers' Sandbox.

All sessions held at the Seanchai Library in Second Life unless otherwise indicated. Stories in voice. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life rolls sometimes.  

                _____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library (SL) are offered free to all Residents. 

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY March 29th at 7pm: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - pt1

"The blinder love is, the more tenacious it is"

HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

Paris, 1482. The gypsy Esmeralda captures the hearts of many men, including Quasimodo and his guardian Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust for Esmeralda and the rules of the Notre Dame Cathedral. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her...

Book: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Author: Victor Hugo

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CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND ...

Cale's kittens "Fade" and Cue Sheet" explore the "Decade..." exhibit. 
And you can join them!

The Seanchai Library's Volume 10 events have concluded, but the anniversary still continues through the weekend with the Quest, and Historical Wander remaining open through April 1st.

Find teleports and information on the lawn by the landing point.

Come seek out your own cool jacket and other fun, light-hearted surprises, and enjoy a bit of nostalgia in the 2008-2018: A Decade of Seanchai Library exhibit, also known as "the Caverns of Memory."

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~ Slainte'

TUESDAY, March 27th at 7 PM: DOON Begins!

Arruckus – men call it Doon, the dessert planet. It is a sugar covered wasteland entirely devoid of entrees, patrolled by a terrifying species of giant pretzel. This savage world is the setting for an apocalyptic drama between the evil Baron Hardchargin, and young Pall Agamemnides. These forces clash over Doon’s one precious resource, a substance found nowhere else in the Universe: the mind-altering liquid know as beer… 

Corwyn guides us through this hilarious epic National Lampoon parody  of Frank Herbert's sci-fi adventure, Live in voice.

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MONDAY, March 26th at 7PM: FROST & FIRE

The runner up in the recent poll nominating "Science Fiction By Command" for the just completed Volume 10 celebration, Gyro presents Ray Bradbury's 1946 classic.

Placed there by a past rocket ship that crashed, the people of the storied land are within sight of another rocket ship on a distant mountain plateau. The plot follows Sim, the protagonist of this story, and his apparently short life on a planet where people are cursed by radiation to live only eight days.

The people of this planet are also gifted with racial memory (they remember their ancestors' memories). However, they do not attempt to reach the sole remaining rocket ship due to the futility of attempting to reach it in one hour, which is the longest length of time between day and night (both deadly).

Sim is then moved by the memory of his ancestors to find and meet with scientists who make halting progress towards the goal of lengthening the world's decreased life span. Sim, motivated by his dwindling days, makes it his goal to extend his life and reach the distant rocket, despite the protests of his sister and other cave-dwellers.

Presented Live in voice.
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FINAL WEEKEND - VOLUME 10: Celebrating a Decade of Seanchai Library

As VOLUME 10 draws to its conclusion - full of great events, new friends made, old friends joyfully reunited - Seanchai Library invites you to two events for our finale weekend.

Saturday, March 24th
   @ 2pm: War of the Worlds at Holly Kai Park's Art Hill.
    The Martians have landed!  But no one believes the incredible, unbelievable truth - that there's life out there beyond our atmosphere, and that it might not be so very friendly.  Join Bear Silvershade, Caledonia Skytower, Derry McMahon, Aoife Lorefield, Zander Greene, Kayden Oconnell, and Shandon Loring for this Sci-Fi treat, first read by Seanchai Library in 2009.

Sunday, March 25th 
    @1pm: The Storyteller's Sandbox hosted by Dubhna Rhiadra, at Ceiliúradh Glen.
Seanchai Library has always been about more than just what happens on our home parcel.  Over our ten year history we have continually made connections, provided opportunities and resources to the greater spoken word community.  We've invited some of our friends from across the grid to join us for one final Volume 10 gathering around the fire, to share stories and poems.

Take a stroll through A Decade of Seanchai Library, a retrospective wander from our beginnings in the West of Ireland, through our years with the Community Virtual Library, our expansion to the Kitely Grid, to the present time.  Images, artifacts, media links all come together to share the story of telling stories.  This exhibit will remain open through the end of the month, so there's still time to walk through the caverns and tunnels of a decade.

AND the Volume 10 Quest will also stay up through the end of March.  There's still goodies to find and surprises to be found by exploring the clues of this light-hearted, fun adventure.  Find instructions at the Seanchai Library main landing point and let your quest begin.

THURSDAY March 22nd at 7pm: THE ARCHITECT OF NEWGRANGE - pt2

"Before Stonehenge. Before the Pyramids."

NEWGRANGE

In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside with a tale of the most brilliant Irishman of all time. He was the architect of Newgrange—but, as all stories should, this one begins before its own beginning. And that was a long, long time ago, before there was ever a place called Newgrange, before there was ever an architect to build its famous work, even before there was a country called Ireland...

Book: Ireland: A Novel Author: Frank Delaney

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WEDNESDAY, March 21st at 6:30pm: Dracula!

Seanchai Library reprises it's popular presentation of DRACULA (2008 & 2010), adapted from Bram Stoker's classic novel, granting generous permission to the Library for its anniversary celebration.

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy.  The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

Shandon Loring, Derry McMahon, Bear Silvershade, Corwyn Allen, Marian Dragovar, Aoife Lorefield, Faerie Maven-Pralou, Kayden Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

NOTE THE TIME... 6:30 PM SLT

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Tuesday, March 20th at 7pm: VOLUME 10: Stories-Go-Round

Grab a brass ring and hang on as the Seanchai staff take you on a whirling ride through tales of
various kinds, stopping in with a certain Pirate named "George."

This is our traditional-style celebration, five storytellers, no waiting.  Well, maybe a little waiting, but PLENTY of popcorn.  Come along for the ride! Kayden Oconnell, Corwyn Allen, Derry McMahon, R. Crap Mariner, and Faerie Maven-Pralou,  live in voice.

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MONDAY March 19th at 7pm: VOLUME 10: Sci-Fi By Command with Gyro Muggins

Sci-Fi By Command

- with Gyro Muggins -

What Story will the audience choose??
Cabin Boy
Stranger Station
Bulkhead
The Skills of Xanadu
Frost and Fire
The Man Who Would Be Kzin
The Machine Stops
A Martian Odyssey
Call Me Joe
The Thing in the Attic
Operation Desert Fox

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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VOLUME 10 THIS WEEKEND: Let There be Music!

Saturday, March 17th 
    
 @11:30 am: Corwyn Allen & Wald Schridde Play Celtic Music, Live! at  Ceiliúradh Glen on Holly Kai  (in homage to Glens na hEirean in the old West of Ireland Estate)


Followed at 1pm by . . .
    @The Storyteller's Path with Caledonia Skytower at  Ceiliúradh Glen broadcast on Fantasy Faire Radio

NOTE: The broadcast of the story on Fantasy Faire Radio will be followed by an interview with Zander Greene and Caledonia Skytower.  Hang out at the Glen to hear it on the stream, or tune in on your browser.

Sunday, March 18th 

     @12:30 pm: Prelude to A Bagpipe Challenge with Caledonia Skytower at  Ceiliúradh Glen 

Followed from 1-4pm by . . .

    @ BEYOND LOUD: A Bagpipe Challenge - music with Elrik Merlin, Gabrielle Riel, and Ktahdn Vesivino at  Ceiliúradh Glen broadcast on Radio Riel Main Stream