THURSDAY March 1st at 7pm: Monsters & Myths - SIRENS pt2

"a capricious goddess, a magical demigod, a brave youth"

THE SIRENS!

Sirens, half-women, half-birds, who, through enchanting song, call ships and sailors to their destruction. Perched atop sea rocks, the Sirens' seductive voices lure vessels onto the jagged reefs and send men overboard to their deaths.

Once sea-nymphs, the Sirens were cursed by the vengeful sorceress, Circe, whose jealousy was aroused by their youthful spirit and beauty.

Many fall victim to the alluring song of the Sirens. The heroic voyager, Ulysses, finds safe passage only by having himself lashed to the ship's mast and ordering his crew to plug their ears with wax.

This exciting tale draws us into many adventures and mythological encounters. The broad cast of characters includes a capricious goddess, a magical demigod, a brave youth, and the carefree nymphs of sea and glade - all magnified and illuminated within the turbulent world occupied by heroes, gods, and monster.

Book: SIRENS Author: Bernard Evslin

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WEDNESDAY, February 28th at 7pm: POETRY This Year

Every year, 9-12th grade students in the RL State where Caledonia lives choose poems to recite in the national poetry program that Cale coordinates.  20,000 students across 23 counties.  Classic poems, contemporary poems, poems of all kinds and forms.  She shares some of the poems students have selected this year.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

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TUESDAY, February 27th at 7pm: MERLIN'S DRAGON Continues

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.

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

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MONDAY February 26th at 7pm: SENTENCED TO PRISM

SENTENCED TO PRISM

- by Alan Dean Foster -

Evan Orgell is The Company's best troubleshooter.  Highly competent, cocky, absolutely sure of himself, he is completely unprepared for the world known as Prism.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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SCIENCE FICTION BY COMMAND!

. . . And Gyro Muggins needs your help.  Let your wishes be known!

You can cast YOUR vote from the "shorts list" at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/L6WBKF5

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!

_____________________________________

An Image from Seanchai Library's second year, 2010, back in the West of Ireland days

All times Pacific Time, story events in Voice.

*SUNDAY, February 25th:

   ~at 1:30pm: TEA TIME MYSTERIES: They're Baaaaack!  With Detective Nero Wolfe and his charming assistant Archie Goodwin with Part One of "In Bad Taste."

   ~at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME:  Caledonia is back at the Golden Horseshoe with Betsy Byar's "The Not-Just-Anybody Family" http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY, February 26th at 7pm: Alan Dean Foster's SENTENCED TO PRISM Continues with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, February 27th at 7pm: T. A. Barron's MERLIN'S DRAGON Continues with Faerie Maven-Pralou.

*WEDNESDAY, February 28th at 7pm:  POETRY THIS YEAR with Caledonia Skytower, as she shares the poems students have chosen for recitation in the program she coordinates in real life.

*THURSDAY, March 1st at 7pm: MONSTERS & MYTHS : Sirens concludes with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)


Mark Your Calendar - VOLUME 10: Celebrating a Decade of Seanchai Library is coming soon!

(right: the Library's original "poster" image from 2008, when we were still located and affiliated in the West of Ireland)

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 donating to our current featured charity Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit organization that gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY February 22nd at 7pm: Monsters & Myths - SIRENS pt1

"a capricious goddess, a magical demigod, a brave youth"

THE SIRENS!

Sirens, half-women, half-birds, who, through enchanting song, call ships and sailors to their destruction. Perched atop sea rocks, the Sirens' seductive voices lure vessels onto the jagged reefs and send men overboard to their deaths.

Once sea-nymphs, the Sirens were cursed by the vengeful sorceress, Circe, whose jealousy was aroused by their youthful spirit and beauty.

Many fall victim to the alluring song of the Sirens. The heroic voyager, Ulysses, finds safe passage only by having himself lashed to the ship's mast and ordering his crew to plug their ears with wax.

This exciting tale draws us into many adventures and mythological encounters. The broad cast of characters includes a capricious goddess, a magical demigod, a brave youth, and the carefree nymphs of sea and glade - all magnified and illuminated within the turbulent world occupied by heroes, gods, and monster.

Book: SIRENS Author: Bernard Evslin

Join us in Second Life & Kitely

                                                                    

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http://www.kitely.com/search?q=seanchai

WEDNESDAY, February 21st at 7pm: HOW TO LOOK GOOD AT FORTY...

This essay showed up online and deserves to be read aloud. So Aoife will.  

It is laugh-out-loud funny but also, we admit, just slightly angry. OK, possibly very angry, but in a funny way. You will like this essay if you, as a woman, or anyone who actually likes women, have no more f**ks to give. Aoife will be wearing a boilersuit.  

Aoife, live in voice.

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TUESDAY, February 20th at 7pm: MERLIN'S DRAGON Begins

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.

This is one of T.A. Barron’s most thrilling adventures and featuring an unforgettable character in his earliest years. 

Faerie Maven-Pralou begins the adventure tonight, live in voice.

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MONDAY February 19th at 7pm: SENTENCED TO PRISM

SENTENCED TO PRISM

- by Alan Dean Foster -

Evan Orgell is The Company's best troubleshooter.  Highly competent, cocky, absolutely sure of himself, he is completely unprepared for the world known as Prism.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

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.

*MONDAY, February 19th at 7pm: Alan Dean Foster's SENTENCED TO PRISM Continues with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, February 20th at 7pm: T. A. Barron's MERLIN'S DRAGON Begins with Faerie Maven-Pralou.

*WEDNESDAY, February 21st at 7pm:  An Essay - HOW TO LOOK GOOD AT FORTY & OVERTHROW YOUR GOVERNMENT with Aoife Lorefield 

*THURSDAY, February 22nd: 
~ at 7pm: MONSTERS & MYTHS : Sirens with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)
~ at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT - Contemporary sci-fi with Finn Zeddmore

Mark Your Calendar - VOLUME 10: Celebrating a Decade of Seanchai Library is coming in March!

The Forest Glen Special Event Venue for VOLUME 10

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 donating to our current featured charity Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit organization that gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY February 15th at 7pm: FROM THE SHADOWS - Phantom Lovers

"Bare footsteps in the dust"

PHANTOM LOVERS

A German officer loses his mind after an intimate romantic encounter
with the ghost of woman murdered many years before in the war.

A woman fed up with her husband's ghostly lover, gets one of her own!

Book: The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories Editor: Peter Haining

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WEDNESDAY, February 14th at 7pm: Selections from NIGHT CIRCUS

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors.

Caledonia presents selections from Celia and Marco's journey today, from Erin Morgenstern's best-selling NIGHT CIRCUS. This is a teaser for Seanchai's collaborative contribution to the Guerilla Burlesque's Le Cirque Nuit production later this Spring.

Presented live in voice.
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TUESDAY, February 13th AT 7pm: The Explosive Conclusion of THE TWENTY-ONE BALOONS

Professor William Waterman Sherman had better beware.  Things are heating up on the island, and
very soon the situation will become explosive - quite literally!
If you have been wondering where the 21 baloons have been all this time, now you shall find out!

Faerie Maven-Pralou concludes William Pene' duBois' Newbery Award-winning classic, with some additional bonus stories, live in voice.

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MONDAY February 12th at 7pm: SENTENCED TO PRISM

SENTENCED TO PRISM

- by Alan Dean Foster -

Evan Orgell is The Company's best troubleshooter.  Highly competent, cocky, absolutely sure of himself, he is completely unprepared for the world known as Prism.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

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

_____________________________________

Last week's exciting conclusion of "The Force Awakens" -
What will Shandon do this week?

All times Pacific Time, story events in Voice.

Gyro Muggins presents "Sentenced to Prism"

*SUNDAY, February 11th at 6pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME:  Caledonia is back at the Golden Horseshoe with Betsy Byar's "The Not-Just-Anybody Family" http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY, February 12th at 7pm: Alan Dean Foster's SENTENCED TO PRISM Continues with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, February 13th at 7pm: William Pene du Bois' TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS Concludes with Faerie Maven-Pralou, plus bonus material!

*WEDNESDAY, February 14th at 7pm:  Selections from Erin Morgenstern's NIGHT CIRCUS  with Caledonia Skytower 

*THURSDAY, February 15th at 7pm: FROM THE SHADOWS: Phantom Lovers with Shandon Loring (also presented in Kitelyhop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Seanchai/144/129/29)

Corwyn exposes his inner simian, monkeying around with unexpected poetry

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 donating to our current featured charity Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit organization that gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY February 8th at 7pm: STAR WARS - The Force Awakens pt.4

"A New Threat Arises"

STAR WARS - The Force Awakens!

Many years have passed since the Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance were victorious over the evil Empire, and the galaxy has been at peace. But now a new darkness is rising. The brave men and women of the Resistance must stand against Kylo Ren and the villainous First Order... Relive the excitement of STAR WARS-THE FORCE AWAKENS! with this special action-packed retelling presented by Shandon Loring and The Seanchai Library

Book: Star Wars - The Force Awakens Author: Michael Kogge

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WEDNESDAY, February 7th at 7pm: CORWYN PRESENTS, or Else!

It sounds like a threat, but it isn't really, . . . not much anyway.

It's going to be fun!  More fun than a barrel full of monkeys ... or "minkeys." Or maybe just one macaque, peeping uncertainly.

Corwyn Allen presents unexpected and absurd poetry.  Dust off your funny bone and be prepared to enjoy.

Live in voice.
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TUESDAY, February 6th at 7pm: More from TWENTY ONE BALLOONS

Who would have thought it?  A "Restaurant Government" on the island of Krakatoa. It is so international, so alphabetical, and so egalitarian.  Almost too good to be true.

Well, you about things that seem too good to be true, especially things in books?  Professor William Waterman Sherman had better beware.  Things might just be heating up on the island, very soon!

Faerie Maven-Pralou continues William Pene' duBois' Newbery Award-winning classic, live in voice.

MONDAY February 5th at 7pm: SENTENCED TO PRISM

SENTENCED TO PRISM

- by Alan Dean Foster -

Evan Orgell is The Company's best troubleshooter.  Highly competent, cocky, absolutely sure of himself, he is completely unprepared for the world known as Prism.

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS

at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/213/43/27

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.

*MONDAY, February 5th at 7pm: Alan Dean Foster's SENTENCED TO PRISM Begins with Gyro Muggins

*TUESDAY, February 6th at 7pm: William Pene du Bois' TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS Continues with Faerie Maven-Pralou.

*WEDNESDAY, February 7th at 7pm:  CORWYN PRESENTS, or Else!, unexpected poetry with Corwyn Allen 

*THURSDAY, February 8th: 

~ at 7pm: STAR WARS: The Force Awakens 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

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 donating to our current featured charity Reach Out and Read, a nonprofit organization that gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower