MONDAY, April 1st @ 7pm: MISS SADIE'S CHOICE

Yes!  That great scion of fine literature will speak!  Well, she'll meow at least, perhaps purrr!  She will definitely make the furry choice for tonight's session.  Caledonia, the cat-owned, will place before Miss Sadie three choices for tonight, and the nose or paw will determine which she shares.  And NO TUNA RUBBING!

Come find out what furry classic Miss Sadie will choose.

Caledonia Skytower, Live in Voice.

SUNDAY, March 31st at 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Caledonia Skytower continues with the second of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story collections about the adventures of his famous detective and the doings generated from Baker Street: "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" ~ THE ADVENTURE OF THE GREEK INTERPRETER.

On a summer evening, while engaged in an aimless conversation that has come round to the topic of hereditary attributes, Doctor Watson learns that Sherlock Holmes, far from being a one-off in terms of his powers of observation and deductive reasoning, in fact has an elder brother whose skills, or so Holmes claims, outstrip even his own. As a consequence of this, Watson becomes acquainted with the Diogenes Club and his friend's brother, Mycroft.

Mycroft, as Watson learns, does not have the energy of his younger brother and as a consequence is incapable of using his great skills for detective work. In spite of his inertia, the elder Holmes has often delivered the correct answer to a problem that Sherlock has brought to him. On this occasion, however, it is Mycroft who has need to consult Sherlock. Mr. Melas, a Greek interpreter and neighbour of Mycroft, tells of a rather unnerving experience he has recently gone through.  Caledonia Skytower 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!

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

Sunday, March 31st at 1:30pm TEA TIME at Baker Street with Caledonia

 Monday, April 1st at 7 p.m. - Miss Sadie's Choice with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, April 2nd at 7 p.m. - Dark/TBA

Wednesday, April 3rd at 7 p.m. -  Spring Into Stories with Faerie &  Gina

Thursday,  April 4th at 7 p.m. - The Girl Who Married A Lion & Other Tales from Africa 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 Project Children! (See website at projectchildren.org) 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 MARCH 28th at 7PM: TIMEGATES: Dimension shattering tales of travel across time

To be able to step through a door, and to find yourself in another time, another place, another world...a dream that has haunted mankind through the ages.
Tonights tales take us from reality into the infinite vistas of time and space--as far as the mind can reach...
ISBN# 0-441-00428-8


WEDNESDAY, March 27th @ 7pm : More from A NEWBERY ZOO!

Gina Pralou-Maven brings us more from this delightful collection of animal-themed stories by Newbery Award-winning Authors.

Animals -- enter their magic kingdom. From cuddly puppies to ferocious lions and every beast in between, children are forever drawn to animals and to stories about their adventures. And who better to tell these stories than authors who have won the John Newbery Medal for distinguished contributions to literature for children.  Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, March 26th @ 7pm: FAIRIES! FAIRIES! FAIRIES with FAERIE!!!

Seanchai's own resident Fairy, she of Ms. Maven-Pralou, returns to flutters her wings and once more dig deep into various fairy lore: Fairies of the Sea, of Flowers, of Colors ... all by different authors and exploring paths that seem familiar BUT is a path ever really what it seems?  Especially when the fae folk are involved?  The only way to find out to to walk down them.

Join Faerie Maven-Pralou on this stroll through fairylands.  Live in Voice.

MONDAY, March 25th @ 7pm: "Reflections from The Golden Wheel"

Caledonia reads selections from her newest "about-to-be-released" collection ...

"This is a collection of stories that all begged to be written.  I am told those are the best ones to share, but I leave that for you to decide.  It is a mix of fictional fancies and non-fiction essays.  Sometimes “reality” and “fancy” are woven together into the same piece, while others define themselves clearly as one or the other.  Again, I happily yield to the reader to enjoy them and make their own judgments. I am not telling!"                  

Presented Live in Voice

STORYFEST 2013 Sunday, March 24th!

Storytellers, authors, and presenters gather together for a third year of celebrating the power of stories of all kinds to excite, reflect, and express our everyday lives beginning at 9am SLT Sunday March 24th at Bran in SL.

Stories help us feel connect and unique all at the same time.  They can provide both the questions you want, and the answers you seek.  At their very core, they delight and inspire.  There's a mushroom or a rustic bench waiting for you!  See the schedule at StoryFest SL Events online - All times SLT, and all but one session will be held at the StoryCircle.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bran/78/141/24

This StoryFest benefits War Child North America, and is produced in partnership between Stories Unlimited! and Branwen Arts.  StoryFest Events produces four annual festival events on the Second Life (c) grid: StoryFest (March), Bard on the Virtual Beach (August), BOOFest (October), and recently debuted  The Dickens Project (December) in the hopes of making it an annual event.

ALL Presentations are Live in Voice, unless otherwise noted.

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!

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

Sunday, March 24th from 9am to 5pm - STORYFEST 2013

 Monday, March 25th at 7 p.m. - Reflections from The Golden Wheel with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, March 25th at 7 p.m. - Fairies! Fairies! Fairies with Faerie!!!  withFaerie Maven-Pralou

Wednesday, March 26th at 7 p.m. -  More from A Newbery Zoo! with Gina Pralou-Maven

Thursday,  March 27th at 7 p.m. - Timegates 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 Project Children! (See website at projectchildren.org) 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 MARCH 21st at 7PM: HILO LEGENDS


On the eastern side of the Island of Hawaii there is a crescent shaped bay where the old town of Hilo snuggles closely against the sloping hills. Polynesian peoples worked and played here for a thousand years before James Cook came in 1778. On rainshrouded days, when the hills and mountains are buried in mist and the Wailuku River roars to the sea, one senses that ghosts of the ancients still watch over old Hilo town. These are the very localized tales of this tiny spot in paradise.

ISBN# 912180-45-5

WEDNESDAY, March 20th @ 7pm: A Selection from A NEWBERY ZOO

From the NEWBERY ZOO Collected stories: "Mr. Wilmer's Strange Saturday" by Robert Lawson in 1945.

William Wilbur leads a very structured and plain existence. One early Spring day, on his 29th birthday, one event after another disrupts Mr. Wilbur's highly predictable daily routine and, he learns for the first time that he is able to talk with animals. The discovery is unexpected and humorous, but ultimately serves to save the day for a local zoo animal in pain - and Mr. Wilbur the previous wallflower, becomes very well known and finds his life anything but plain!

Gina Pralou-Maven live, in Voice.

TUESDAY, March 19th @ 7pm: MORE ISLAND TALES!

Lani (Kaikilani) returns presenting stories/chant/poetry which will include legends of her native Hawaii, with stories written by others and herself. Her rich voice adds depth and vibrancy to tales rich in her culture's heritage and traditions.  She has traveled widely, bringing Stories to many countries. There is always something new to discover with one of Lani's stories ... they find their way to your soul.

Presented live, in Voice at the Firecircle.

MONDAY, March 18th @ 7pm: THE CELTIC TWILIGHT

"I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy world, and to show in a vision something of the face of Ireland to any of my own people who would look where I bid them. I have therefore written down accurately and candidly much that I have heard and seen, and, except by way of commentary, nothing that I have merely imagined.”

― W.B. Yeats, The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore
Caledonia Skytower presents live, in Voice.

SUNDAY, March 17th @ 6PM: MAGICLAND STORYTIME!

Happy St Patrick's Day!  More Luck of the Irish with some wonderful tales from the Emerald Isles and that "knowledgeable man" Darby O'Gill.  Caledonia brings tales from others and of her very own to share for this greenest of months!  Come and find out what adventure she selects to share
Presented live in Voice.

SUNDAY, March 17th @ Noon: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Seanchai Library!

It has been an amazing journey of 5 years since Derry McMahon opened the West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center, and Shandon Loring told the very first story.  Here we are, five years later with hundreds of stories told by dozens of storytellers, and thousands of dollars raised for worthy charities all over the world!  What a wild ride!

Come join Shandon and Derry, along with Caledonia Skytower, Dubhna Rhiadra, and Crap Mariner as we celebrate five wonderful years of brings stories to life in Second Life!
Presented Live in Voice!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library: "SO GLAD WE'RE FIVE!"

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.

 CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS THIS WEEK!

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

Sunday, March 17th at NOON. - HAPPY FIFTH BIRTHDAY Seanchai Library! - with Shandon Loring, Derry McMahon, Caledonia Skytower, Dubhna Rhiadra, and Crap Mariner!

 Monday, March 18th at 7 p.m. - The Celtic Twilight (W.B. Yeats) with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, March 19th at 7 p.m. - Island Tales  with Kaikalani ("Lani") at the Firecircle

Wednesday, March 20th at 7 p.m. -  A Newbery Zoo! with Gina Pralou-Maven

Thursday,  March 21th at 7 p.m. - Hilo Legends with Shandon Loring

 Join us for these off-campus events

Sunday, March 17th at 6:00 p.m. - MAGICLAND STORYTIME More Irish Tales with Caledonia Skytower

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 Project Children! (See website at projectchildren.org) 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 MARCH 14th at 7PM: St. Patrick's Day Tales of Irish Earth Folk

From the book IRISH EARTH FOLKby Diarmuid Mac Manus
There is an ancient and continuing spirit life in the countryside. There are also silly people who gibe and jeer at the whole subject. This book brings this matter to the realm of logic, to be examined coolly and sympathetically. By reviewing the traditional background, as well as given accounts of curious happenings, this book will help listeners to start thinking out these matters for themselves.

LCCN: 59-13563

WEDNESDAY, March 13th @ 7PM: SEE SAW GIRL Concludes

The exciting conclusion of this lovely tale by award-winning author, Linda Sue Park.

Impatient with the constraints put on her as an aristocratic girl living in 17th-century Korea, 12-year-old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond her small world.

Jade longs to take trips to the mountains and the marketplace. If only she could read and paint, but these are things only boys can do. Jade won’t stop thinking about the world beyond the high walls of her home. Then one day she secretly sets off to do what no other girl her age has ever done before.

Gina Pralou-Maven live, in Voice.

TUESDAY, March 12th @ 7pm: ISLAND TALES!

Lani (Kaikilani) is a native Hawaiian Writer and Storyteller and among the very the first live presenters of stories in Second Life in her first avi, Lehua Lamington. She will present stories/chant/poetry which will include her native legends, and stories written by others and herself. Her rich voice adds depth and vibrancy to tales rich in her culture's heritage and traditions.  She has traveled widely, bringing Stories to many countries. There is always something new to discover with one of Lani's stories ... they find their way to your soul.

Presented live, in Voice.

MONDAY, March 11th @ 7PM: THE QUIET MAN

This classic short story by Maurice Walsh, which was made into a much beloved and award-winning motion picture in 1952, is a personal favorite of Caledonia's - a yearly tradition!

"Shawn Kelvin, a blithe young lad of 20, went to the States to seek his fortune. And 15 years thereafter he returned to his native Kerry, his blitheness sobered and his youth dried to the core, and whether he had made his fortune or whether he had not no one could be knowing for certain. For he was a quiet man, not given to talking about himself and the things he had done..."

Come and share Sean Kelvin's homecoming to Ireland, and the circumstances that bring this quiet man to speak out for himself and for those he cares about.  Caledonia Skytower live, in Voice.

SUNDAY, March 10th @ 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME

IRISH TALES!

It's time to celebrate the Luck of the Irish with some wonderful tales from the Emerald Isles.  Caledonia brings tales from others and of her very own to share for this greenest of months!  Come and find out what adventure she selects to share - perhaps a bit of Darby O'Gill!

Presented live in Voice.

SUNDAY, March 10th @ 1:30pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Caledonia continues with the second of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story collections about the adventures of his famous detective and the doings generated from Baker Street: "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes."  This week:  THE ADVENTURE OF THE RESIDENT PATIENT.

Doctor Percy Trevelyan brings Holmes an unusual problem. Having been a brilliant student but a poor man, Dr. Trevelyan has found himself a participant in an unusual business arrangement. A man named Blessington, claiming to have some money to invest, has set Dr. Trevelyan up in premises with a prestigious address and paid all his expenses. In return, he demands three-fourths of all the money that the doctor’s practice earns, which he collects every evening, going over the books thoroughly and leaving the doctor five shillings and threepence from the day’s takings. Blessington is himself infirm, it turns out, and likes this arrangement because he can always have a doctor nearby.

Everything has gone fairly well for the doctor since the arrangement began. Now, however, something has happened to Mr. Blessington. He has become excitable and agitated, this after he said that he had read about a burglary somewhere in the city.

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."



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

Sunday, March 10th at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower & Corwyn Allen
 

 Monday, March 11th at 7 p.m. - The Quiet Man with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, March 12th at 7 p.m. - Island Tales  with Kaikalani ("Lani")

Wednesday, March 13th at 7 p.m. -  The See Saw Girl (Part 2) with Gina Pralou-Maven

Thursday,  March 14th at 7 p.m. - St Patrick's Day ~ Irish Earth Folk with Shandon Loring

 Join us for these off-campus events

Sunday, March 10th at 6:00 p.m. - MAGICLAND STORYTIME with Caledonia Skytower

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 Project Children! (See website at projectchildren.org) 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 MARCH 7th at 7PM: Island Treasure


ISLAND TREASURE

THE FASCINATING WORLD OF PIRATES, BURIED TREASURES, AND FORTUNE HUNTERS
Each of these islands holds a tale of lost or hidden treasure; the sagas of people going after the riches. Greed, thrill of adventure, addiction, curiosity about the past and intellectual ego drive these seekers to take on the risky lifestyle of treasure hunter. From the treacherous pirating days of old to the sophisticated corporations formed in modern times, each story is filled with flamboyant characters. Some of these island's mysteries have yet to be unraveled, as unfound riches still lie in the depths of the sea or hidden on a remote island.
ISBN# 9781555911904

WEDNESDAY, March 6th @ 7PM: SEE SAW GIRL (Part 1)

Impatient with the constraints put on her as an aristocratic girl living in 17th-century Korea, 12-year-old Jade Blossom determines to see beyond her small world.

Jade longs to take trips to the mountains and the marketplace. If only she could read and paint, but these are things only boys can do. Jade won’t stop thinking about the world beyond the high walls of her home. Then one day she secretly sets off to do what no other girl her age has ever done before.

Another lovely adventure from Author Linda Sue Park. Gina Pralou-Maven live, in Voice.

TUESDAY, March 5th @ 7PM: Fairies! Fairies! Fairies with Faerie!!!

Seanchai's own resident Fairy, she of Ms. Maven-Pralou, flutters her wings and digs deep into various fairy lore: Fairies of the Sea, of Flowers, of Colors ... all by different authors and exploring paths that seem familiar BUT is a path ever really what it seems?  Especially when the fae folk are involved?  The only way to find out to to walk down them.

Join Faerie Maven-Pralou on this stroll through fairylands.  Live in Voice.

MONDAY, March 4th at 7:00PM: CINDERELLIS and the Glass Hill!

You thought you knew your favorite fairy tales ... Caledonia brings back more from author Gail Carson Levine ("Ella Enchanted") who casts a new spell on them.  The road to happily-ever-after is never easy. but the masterful tough of Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine will keep readers laughing their way through these fresh re-tellings of popular fairy tales.

TONIGHT: "What if" the Cinder maiden was a Cinder dude?.

Live in voice.

SUNDAY, March 3rd @ 1:30PM: TEA TIME at Baker Street!

Caledonia Skytower and Corwyn Allen continue with the second of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story collections about the adventures of his famous detective and the doings generated from Baker Street: "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes." This week: THE ADVENTURE OF THE CROOKED MAN. 

Holmes calls on Watson late one evening to tell him about a case that he has been working on, and also to invite him to be a witness to the final stage of the investigation. Colonel James Barclay, of The Royal Mallows based at Aldershot Camp, is dead, apparently by violence, and his wife Nancy is the prime suspect.

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."



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

Sunday, March 3rd at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower & Corwyn Allen
 

 Monday, March 4th at 7 p.m. - Cinderellis & The Glass Hill with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, March 5th at 7 p.m. - Fairies! Fairies! Fairies with Faerie!!!  with Faerie Maven-Pralou

Wednesday, March 6th at 7 p.m. -  The See Saw Girl (Part 1) with Gina Pralou-Maven

Thursday,  March 7th at 7 p.m. - Island Treasures 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 Project Children! (See website at projectchildren.org) 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.