WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARY: May 2013

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Sunday, June 2nd at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Sherwood Forest with Caledonia Skytower & Corwyn Allen (in the upper meadow)

Monday, June 3rd at 7 p.m. - The Twenty One Balloons (Part 1) with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, June 4th at 7 p.m. - Original Science Fiction with guest Jackson Arthur

Wednesday, June 5th at 7 p.m. - Ermengarde the Expansive (Selections) with guest Freda Frostbite

Thursday, June 6th at 7 p.m. - Poe's Lighthouse with Shandon Loring

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

In March and April we'll be inviting library guests to join us in supporting our featured real world charity Heifer International ! Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY May 30th at 7PM: VISIONS OF APOCALYPSE

Stories exploring different ends of the world. Can we save our world, or will we just wither away in the relentless winds of the apocalypse?

ASIN: B00AVNAWSG

WEDNESDAY, May 29th @ 7PM: MORE MICROFICTION!

He's baaaaaaack! Brokali returns to share more Microfiction: poignant, humorous, thoughtful. He quells rumors, creates them, and sets to rights the biggest rumor of all: is he publishing?

MicroFiction is loosely defined as anything that is 2000 words or less (not to be confused with Drabble which is 100 words). Brokali shares his delightful sense of humor and his dedication to this form with a buffet of micro gems, Presented Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, May 28th @ 7PM: THE CITY AND THE STARS (Part 2)

Gyro continues to share this classic bit of Science Fiction. A novella from legendary author Arthur C. Clarke - "The City and the Stars" takes place a billion years in the future, in the city of Diaspar. By this time, the Earth is so old that the oceans have gone and humanity has all but left. As far as the people of Diaspar know, they are the only city left on the planet. The city of Diaspar is completely enclosed. Nobody has come in or left the city for as long as anybody can remember, and everybody in Diaspar has an instinctive insular conservatism. The story behind this fear of venturing outside the city tells of a race of ruthless invaders which beat humanity back from the stars to Earth, and then made a deal that humanity could live - if they never left the planet.

Live in Voice.

MONDAY, May 27th @ 7PM: EXIT- The Endings That Set Us Free

Caledonia shares one more installment from Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lighfoot's book about the importance of endings in our lives. On this Memorial Day (in the U.S.), she shares some of the hardest endings of all, and how they can become celebrations and victories.

"Author, Scholar, and Sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is enthralled by exits: long farewells, quick goodbyes, sudden endings, the ordinary and the extraordinary. There’s a relationship, she attests, between small goodbyes and our ability 'to master and mark the larger farewells.'”

Presented Live in Voice.

DONATIONS AWAY to Project Children!

We are so pleased to be sending our modest contribution to Project Children once more. This wonderful, grass-roots charity goes way back to our own beginnings in (c) Second life as The West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center. Suffice it to say that we cannot ever give enough to support this effort so dear to our hearts: Peace being built one child at a time.

TEA TIME UPDATE!

Just one week, and TEA TIME IS BACK!

Cale and Corwyn are preparing, and TEA TIME will resume in June:

TEA TIME in Sherwood ~ June 2 - 23
Presenting adventures from Howard Pyle's ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, complete with songs by Corwyn! We'll sit in the Library's upper meadow "al fresco" to enjoy these adventures.

TEA TIME at Baker Street ~ returns June 30
Corwyn and Cale will present the third collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's adventures with his Great Detective: THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

We hope to see you then! We'll have a cuppa ready!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, May 27th at 7 p.m. - More from EXIT: The Endings That Set Us Free with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, May 28th at 7 p.m. - The City and The Stars (Concludes) with Gyro Muggins

Wednesday, May 29th at 7 p.m. - More Microfiction! with Brokali

Thursday, May 30th at 7 p.m. - The End: Visions of the Apocalypse with Shandon Loring

And Join Us for these Outreach events:

Sunday, May 26th at 6 p.m. - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: More original short stories with Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY May 23rd at 7pm: NEVADA - TRUE TALES FROM THE NEON WILDERNESS

Sensational images of casinos and bordellos contrast dramatically with the desolate desert. But scratch through the neon surface of Nevada, and discover a fascinating reality. There are people here. And where people go, stories spring up behind them like wildflowers after a rare desert rain.
These tales expose the verities in this state of contradiction as only true stories can. The unusual characters are real. The uncommon events happened as described. A book as unique as the places & people it describes.

ISBN#0-87480-430-2

WEDNESDAY, May 22nd @7:00pm: CRAP IS BACK!

Long ago, he swore an oath to write a 100 word story every day until the day he died. He's not dead yet.

100w stories ("Drabble") are an incredible writing exercise in economy and precision. Like the poetic form haiku, it forces the writer to be very specific as each word, each syllable counts - literally and figuratively! Here is Crap's composition from Friday, May 17th (last week)

"Before I ever read Dickens’ Oliver Twist, I saw a tape of the 1969 musical.
I find musicals stupid. People burst into song over the strangest shit. Everybody dances and spins and laughs and leaps.
Did something get in the water supply? A gas leak making everybody loony?
A little chasing, a little murder, and we find Fagin fumbling his wealth into the muck.
Poor guy. Oh well.
Later on, I read the book.
They hanged him?
Dude. Harsh.
I put the book back on the shelf, sigh, and load up the DVD.
Perhaps musicals aren’t so stupid after all."

Sometimes looney, sometimes abrasive, sometime thoughtful, always delightful! Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, May 21st at 7:00pm: THE CITY AND THE STARS (Part 1)

A classic novella from legendary author Arthur C. Clarke - "The City and the Stars" takes place a billion years in the future, in the city of Diaspar. By this time, the Earth is so old that the oceans have gone and humanity has all but left. As far as the people of Diaspar know, they are the only city left on the planet. The city of Diaspar is completely enclosed. Nobody has come in or left the city for as long as anybody can remember, and everybody in Diaspar has an instinctive insular conservatism. The story behind this fear of venturing outside the city tells of a race of ruthless invaders which beat humanity back from the stars to Earth, and then made a deal that humanity could live - if they never left the planet.

Gyro Muggins, Live in Voice.

MONDAY, May 20th @ 7pm: More from "EXIT - The Endings That Set Us Free"

Caledonia continues with more selections from Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot's newest work - poignant, touching, soul-felt stories that touch who we are and how we bring a close to chapters large and small in our lives.

"Author, Scholar, and Sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is enthralled by exits: long farewells, quick goodbyes, sudden endings, the ordinary and the extraordinary. There’s a relationship, she attests, between small goodbyes and our ability 'to master and mark the larger farewells.'”

Presented Live in Voice.

SUNDAY, April 19th @ 10am: SHANDON ABOARD THE SS GALAXY

Shandon presents more tales of Sea and Surf at the Story Meadow of the SS Galaxy: The beach is a no-man's-land, the coastal zone a dynamic give and take of land and sea, swell and tide. The nomadic peoples indigenous to this fluid land scape belong to the global tribe of surfers. For surfers the swells, currents, and the curling folds of waves are elements of a natural language. Today: tales of truth, fiction, and fantasy - each a glimpse into life on this sweet and ragged edge of beauty.

Live in Voice

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THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library!

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, May 20th at 7 p.m. - Exit: The Endings That Set Us free - more selections with Caledonia Skytower
Tuesday, May 21st at 7 p.m. - The City and The Stars with Gyro Muggins

Wednesday, May 22nd at 7 p.m. - 100 Word Stories with Crap Mariner

Thursday, May 23rd at 7 p.m. - Nevada: True Tales from the Neon Wilderness with Shandon Loring

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Join us for these Outreach Story Sessions ~

Sunday, May 19th at 10 a.m. - More from the Lost Coast -tales of surf & the sea at the SS Galaxy with Shandon Loring

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

In March and April we'll be inviting library guests to join us in supporting our featured real world charity Heifer International ! Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY May 16th at 7pm: CELTIC MYTHS & LEGENDS

From the book Celtic Myths, Celtic Legends by R. J. Stewart

A wide-ranging collection of themes from Celtic myths and legends. Some are translated directly from the old language, some are written anew from ideas or older tales that embody Celtic myths.

ISBN#: 0-7137-2621-0

WEDNESDAY, May 15th @ 7PM: THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN Concludes

Ivan has a plan to save Ruby from a life alone in a cage. Join Caledonia as she concludes presenting this year's Newbery Medal winner. It's no secret why this book won the medal!

"How Ivan confronts his harrowing past yet stays true to his nature exemplifies everything youngsters need to know about courage. … Utterly believable, this bittersweet story, complete with an author's note identifying the real Ivan, will inspire a new generation of advocates."

- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"This book will break your heart—and then, against all odds, mend it again. Such a gentle fantasy is rare; such an evocation of our need to grow, to be free, to become our best selves, is rarer still. In cheering for Ivan and his friends, we cheer for our own humanity and our own possibilities. Read this."

- Gary D. Schmidt, National Book Award finalist, Okay for Now

"Kindness and its ability to change lives shines through on every single page of this book. … Katherine Applegate's beautiful, life-affirming story will soar directly from Ivan's heart into your own."

- Kathi Appelt, Newbery Honor author of The Underneath

"A beautifully written, intelligent, and brave book. You will never look at the relationship of humans and animals in the same way again. Quite simply, this story is life-changing."

- Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Medalist for Sarah, Plain and Tall

Learn more about Ivan and the Book at theoneandonlyivan.com

TUESDAY, May 14th @ 7pm: DREAMS AND SNIPPETS

Under his RL name, Iain McCracken, Avatar Repertory Theater Co-Founder Sodovan Torok has published a collection of musings which Kayden and Cale share with you tonight:

Part Henry James, part Twilight Zone, Mr. McCracken shares his dreams skewed in the best traditions of Science Fiction. TONIGHT: Throw Back the Rocket Man - Like the past, this futuristic present is rife with zealousness, radical ideas, and a failure to communicate. Is tolerance and understanding possible?

Presented Live in Voice.

MONDAY, May 13th @ 7pm: EXIT: The Endings that Set Us Free

Caledonia reads from Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot's newest work.

Author, Scholar, and Sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is enthralled by exits: long farewells, quick goodbyes, sudden endings, the ordinary and the extraordinary. There’s a relationship, she attests, between small goodbyes and our ability “to master and mark the larger farewells.”

In EXIT, her tenth book, she explores the ways we leave one thing and move on to the next; how we anticipate, define, and reflect on our departures; our epiphanies that something is over and done with.

Caledonia shares selections, live in voice.

TEA TIME NEWS!!!!

Hey There TEA TIME Fans!

Good News! Cale and Corwyn are pleased to announce that we have a plan, and TEA TIME will resume in June with a limited series:

"TEA TIME in Sherwood" June 2 - 23
Presenting adventures from Howard Pyle's ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, complete with songs and original accompaniment by Corwyn!

"TEA TIME at Baker Street" beginning June 30
Corwyn and Cale will present the third collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's adventures with his Great Detective: THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

We hope to see you then! We'll have a cuppa ready!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, May 13th at 7 p.m. - EXIT: The Endings That Set Us Free (Selections) with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, May 14th at 7 p.m. - Dreams and Snippets by Sodovan Torok with Caledonia Skytower & Kayden Oconnell

Wednesday, May 15th at 7 p.m. - The One and Only Ivan (The Conclusion) with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, May 16th at 7 p.m. - Celtic Myths and Legends with Shandon Loring

And Join Us for these Outreach events:

Sunday, May 12th at 6 p.m. - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: More original short stories with Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY, May 9th at 7pm: The Boyhood of William Wallace

THE BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM WALLACE

aka Braveheart

It was once said... "Of course it doesn't have a happy ending, it's an Irish Fairytale". Well the real life legends of Scotland may be much the same. Tonight, a recount of the boyhood of William Wallace (aka Braveheart), and the events that set him on the path to historical and legendary fame.

TONIGHT:
In the 13th century, after several years of political unrest, Scotland is invaded and conquered by King Edward I of England (called "Longshanks").
Young William Wallace witnesses the treachery of Longshanks, survives the death of his father and brother, and is taken abroad by his uncle where he is educated.

THE REST OF THE STORY:
Years later, when he returns home, Wallace falls in love with his childhood sweetheart, Murron MacClannough, and they marry in secret so that she does not have to spend a night in the bed of the English lord, per the rite of Primae Noctis. When an English soldier tries to rape Murron, Wallace fights off several soldiers and the two attempt to flee. But Murron is captured and publicly executed by the sheriff, who proclaims "an assault on the King's soldiers is the same as an assault on the King himself." In retribution, Wallace begins on his crusade to win Scotland its' freedom from the English.

ISBN#0671522817

WEDNESDAY, May 8th at 7PM: THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN ~ Part 2

Ruby has come to the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Ivan is fascinated by this new arrival, though she is relentlessly curious, and pummels him with questions constantly. What is certain, as the Mall continues to struggle, is that the breeze is potent with change. If Ivan only knew what!

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice, with this year's Newbery Medal winner by Author Katherine Applegate, inspired by the real Ivan the Gorilla and events in Cale's home town!

TUESDAY, May 7th at 7PM: MORE STORY ADVENTURES with SINGH ALBATROS

Singh is back with more original stories from around the world. We had such a great time last week, this week is sure to be filled with more delights, possibly including the entire "Pick Two" suite!

Some titles include: "The Upside Down Cartographer", "Tea Cup", "Loving the Mustard Goddess", "Welcome to Geekosity", "Dinner Party Wars", "Wordscape with Ganja", "Heard it Through the Pumpkinvine", "Singing the Black Dog". Singh reads, sings, plays music and adds effects to lend more ambience to each unique tale. The author, live in Voice.

MONDAY, May 6th at 7PM: Selections from A TRIO OF CAT TALES

Cale has done it again! Tonight she shares selections from her newest series of short stories: the personal views and adventures of a superior feline known mysteriously as "S". Meet S and learn of her adventures in the theater, torturing cat-haters, traveling cross country, and teaching manners to ignorant humans.

Cale may also drop in a few bonus nuggets of other works just for fun! Presented live in voice!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, May 6th at 7 p.m. - A Trio of Cat Tales and more original stories from Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, May 7th at 7 p.m. - More Story Adventures with author Singh Albatros

Wednesday, May 8th at 7 p.m. - The One and Only Ivan (Part 2) with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, May 9th at 7 p.m. - The Boyhood Tales of William Wallace (aka "Braveheart") with Shandon Loring

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Also, please join us for these OutReach events across the grid:

Sunday, May 5th at 10 a.m. - Tales of the Surf at the SS Galaxy with Shandon Loring
(*Landmark available from inworld notices, or from the Weekly notecard in the Green book at the Library)

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

THURSDAY, MAY 2nd at 7:00pm: UPPITY WOMEN OF ANCIENT TIMES0

UPPITY WOMEN OF ANCIENT TIMES

PIRATES, PYRAMID BUILDERS, POETS, POISONERS, PANDERERS, POWER BROKERS, AND PRINCESSES
These women's stories have been winkled out of a vast array of historical and literary sources, often contradictory, hostile, inaccurate, or incomplete. Thankfully a huge body of non-literary evidence exists in letters, court cases, artwork, coins, memos, and more. Slowly, women became 'people whose consent mattered'. These stories distill what women of long ago fought for, and today's women continue to claim.

ISBN# 978-1567312492

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