WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARY: February 2020

SUNDAY, March 1st at 1:30pm: TEA TIME ~ Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile", Episode 5

“They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.”

~ Death on the Nile

First one murder, then the disappearance of priceless pearls, and now TWO MORE deaths as the Karnak cruises with all due speed back to home port at Shellal. Can Poirot solve the expanding mystery before more lives are lost?

Corwyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower presents Episode 5 of this six week series, live on stream from a specially designed reading set, high above Holly Kai Park.

Join us as we journey down the Nile.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

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!

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All times slt/Pacific Time.

Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

Willow Moonfire presents on 2-25-20

*SUNDAY - March 1st, at 1:30pm: TEA TIME Special - Death On the Nile. Corwyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower in Episode 5 of this series featuring Dame Agatha Christie's 1937 classic. live on stream.

*MONDAY - March 2nd, at 7pm: Isaac Asimov' THE UGLY LITTLE BOY begins with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, March 3rd, at 7pm: Ursula K. LeGuin's VERY FAR AWAY FROM ANYWHERE ELSE with Willow Moonfire, live on stream. (Part 1 of 2)

*WEDNESDAY, March 4th at 7pm: THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH begins with Finn Zeddmore.

*THURSDAY, March 5th, at 7pm: Laura DeLuca's STAG HUNT with Shandon Loring. (Also in Kitely! Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

Ktadhn Vesuvino presents "A Matter of Dreams" on 2-26-20

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

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All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY February 27th at 9pm: THE DAY OF THE BOOMER DUKES

"Take me to your Mafia"

THE DAY OF THE BOOMER DUKES

What happens when a bored criminal from the future returns to a more exciting time in the past? Foraminifera 9-Hart Bailey's Beam is about to find out. He's gathered a cache of high-tech weapons to take back in time with him, with the intention of teaming up with the legendary New York Mafia. Upon arriving in our time he meets a street gang named The Boomer Dukes and he asks them to "take me to your Mafia." From there nothing goes as planned.

Book: The Day of the Boomer Dukes Author: Frederik Pohl

Join us in Second Life & Kitely

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THURSDAY February 27th at 7pm: POCKETFUL OF CROWS pt4

"A Named Thing is a Tamed Thing"

POCKETFUL OF CROWS pt4

Only love could draw her into the world of named, tamed things. And it seems only revenge will be powerful enough to let her escape.

Book: Pocketful of Crows

Author: Joanne M. Harris

Join us in Second Life

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and Kitely

grid.kitely.com:8002:Seanchai or http://bit.ly/SeanchaiKitely

WEDNESDAY, February 26th at 7pm: A MATTER OF DREAMS

Ktadhn Vesuvino takes us on another journey from the works of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller with the short story A MATTER OF DREAMS.

The Liaden Universe beckons with this story featuring two young people and a dilapidated space ship, trying any way they can to maintain themselves.

Kt presents live on stream, with a bit of musical prelude, of course.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

TUESDAY, February 25th at 7pm: THE TRUTH IS A CAVE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAIN

Two men, bearing both guilt and secrets, and not really known to one another, set out on a journey to reach the Misty Isle where, it is said, there lies a cave filled with gold from which a many might take as much as he can carry.

One bears guilts he can both forgive and not forgive of himself, the other bearing his own secrets. The reasons for the guilt and the secrets gradually come to the fore as they travel across a landscape as bleak and as hard as their lives. Along the way, they encounter others, travelers, householders, and a ferryman. They are similarly hard and suspicious, and also reflect the Jacobite landscape of

Scotland

where they reside.

Over time, MacInnes, the taller of the two and the one that knows the way to the cave, reveals more of it to his smaller, guilt carrying companion, warning that the cave carries a particular price for those who seek it: It strips away a little bit of anyone who enters.

Willow Moonfire presents Neil Gaiman's dark, exquisite tale - live on stream.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

MONDAY February 24th at 7pm: OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET by C. S. Lewis

- by C. S. Lewis -

OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET

A university don on holiday is shanghaied to an expedition to Mars. His concepts of both science and religion are turned on their heads as he flees what he thinks is certain death from "Martian monsters."

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS
at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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

SUNDAY, February 23rd at 1:30pm: TEA TIME~ Death on the Nile, Episode 4

“Oh, I'm not afraid of death! What have I got to live for after all? I suppose you believe it's very wrong to kill a person who has injured you-even if they've taken away everything you had in the world.”

~ Death on the Nile

GASP! A murder! But Poirot's path to solving this evident crime is increasingly murky. He has so many suspects, and then none at all. And now, there are priceless missing pearls as well!

Corwyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower presents Episode 4 of this six week series, live on stream from a specially designed reading set, high above Holly Kai Park.

Join us as we journey down the Nile.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

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 slt/Pacific Time.

Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

Caledonia presents her annual "Poetry This Year" program

*SUNDAY - February 23rd:

~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME Special - Death On the Nile. Corwyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower in Episode 4 of this series featuring Dame Agatha Christie's 1937 classic. live on stream.

~ at 6:30pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: "The Secret Garden" Continues. Caledonia Skytower, live on stream at The Golden Horseshoe at Magicland Park.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY - February 24th, at 7pm: C. S. Lewis' OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET continues with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, February 25th, at 7pm: Neil Gaiman's TRUTH IS A CAVE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS with Willow Moonfire, live on stream.

*WEDNESDAY, February 26th at 7pm: A MATTER OF DREAMS from the Liaden Universe with Ktadhn Vesuvino, on Stream

*THURSDAY, February 27th:
~ at 7pm: A POCKETFUL OF CROWS Concludes, with Shandon Loring. (Also in Kitely! Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

~ at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, a special session this week with Shandon presenting Frederick Pohl's THE DAY OF THE BOOMER DUKES.

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

_____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

THURSDAY February 20th at 7pm: POCKETFUL OF CROWS pt3

"A Named Thing is a Tamed Thing"

POCKETFUL OF CROWS pt3

A beautiful tale of love, loss and revenge, A Pocketful of Crows balances youth and age, wisdom and passion and draws on nature and folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless wild girl. Only love could draw her into the world of named, tamed things. And it seems only revenge will be powerful enough to let her escape.

Book: Pocketful of Crows Author: Joanne M. Harris

Join us in Second Life & Kitely

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

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

WEDNESDAY, February 19th at 7:00pm: POETRY THIS YEAR

Caledonia shares selections from the poems selected by students participating in the program she coordinates for her State's Arts Commission: Poetry Out Loud.

The program's intention is to get words and language up off the paper and, literally, on its feet. It is a dynamic, memorable means of connecting young people with the power of literature. The poems Cale will share tonight were chosen by the students from an anthology of over 1000 classic and contemporary poems.

Live on stream.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

TUESDAY, February 18th at 7PM: Selection from AT THE GATES OF DAWN

At The Gates of Dawn is an anthology of Ella Young’s work, featuring her poems, prose and mythical storytelling, and will be read by Willow Moonfire.

Born in Ireland in 1867, Ella Young was educated in Dublin, obtaining a master’s degree in Celtic mythology. She published her first book of poems in 1906, and her first work of Irish folklore, The Coming of Lugh, in 1909, and followed in 1910 by Celtic Wonder-Tales.

She first travelled to the United States in the early 1920s, and in 1924 she was hired by the University of California, Berkeley to replace William Whittingham Lyman Jr., who had vacated his post as “Instructor in Celtic”. Re-entering the United States in 1925, she was allegedly briefly detained at Ellis Island as a probable mental case on the grounds of her apparent belief in the existence of “fairies, elves, and pixies”.

As a lecturer, Young was known for her colourful and lively persona, often addressing her audiences whilst wearing the purple robes of a Druid and expounding on legendary creatures such as fairies and elves, and praising the benefits of talking to trees.

Her sheer enthusiasm for, and depth of knowledge of, Celtic mythology attracted and influenced many of her friends and won her a wide audience among writers and artists in California, including poet Robinson Jeffers, philosopher Alan Watts, photographer Ansel Adams, and composer Harry Partch, who set several of her poems to music.

Willow Moonfire presents, live on stream.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

MONDAY February 17th at 7pm: OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET by C. S. Lewis

- by C. S. Lewis -

OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS
at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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

SUNDAY, February 16th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME, "Death on the Nile" Episode 3

“Mademoiselle, I speak as a friend. Bury your dead! ... Give up the past! Turn to the future! What is done is done. Bitterness will not undo it.'”

~ Death on the Nile

Here we are, half way through the series and no one is dead yet! Oh, but not for long. This week love, cunning, and revenge finally emerges among the tourists on the Egyptian riverboat Karnak.

Corwyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower presents Episode3 of this six week series, live on stream from a specially designed reading set, high above Holly Kai Park.

Join us as we journey down the Nile.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

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 slt/Pacific Time.

Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY - February 16th, at 1:30pm: TEA TIME Special - Death On the Nile. Corwyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, Kayden Oconnell, and Caledonia Skytower in Episode 3 of this series featuring Dame Agatha Christie's 1937 classic. This week - MURDER! live on stream.

*MONDAY - February 17th, at 7pm: C. S. Lewis' OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET continues with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, February 18th, at 7pm: A Selection from Ella Young's AT THE GATES OF DAWN with Willow Moonfire, live on stream.

*WEDNESDAY, February 19th at 7pm: POETRY THIS YEAR. Caledonia reads from the poems selected for recitation by the students in the program she coordinates in her state, live on stream.

*THURSDAY, February 20th, at 7pm: A POCKETFUL OF CROWS Continues, with Shandon Loring. (Also in Kitely! Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

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

_____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

SATURDAY, February 15th at 7pm: LOVE in Music & Poetry

Caledonia Skytower and Ktahdn Vesuvino present "Love in words and music." It's a program they developed last year. Since then it has been extended, rebuilt, and re-imagined.

It's a braided tapestry of spoken words (Cale) and music (Ktahdn), alternating, weaving, wandering within the theme. Love is a large idea with many facets - it's not all hearts and flowers (only sometimes). The 2020 Edition of "The Love Show" reinforces and reflects the fascinating depths beneath love's surface.

I BRING you with reverent hands

The books of my numberless dreams,

White woman that passion has worn

As the tide wears the dove-grey sands,

And with heart more old than the horn

That is brimmed from the pale fire of time:

White woman with numberless dreams,

I bring you my passionate rhyme.

~ A Poet to His Beloved

by William Butler Yeats

Live on Stream, and in Voice.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Froog/45/57/252

FRIDAY, February 14th at 3pm slt: Seanchai Library at ONE BILLION RISING

One Billion Rising is a global campaign to end rape and sexual violence against women. It was started in 2012 as part of the V-Day movement. The "billion" refers to the UN statistic that one in three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime, or about one billion.

Aoife Lorefield leads Dubhna Rhiadra, Willow Moonlight, and Caledonia Skytower presenting poetry and stories celebrating the power of women, in support of this global initiative.
#onebillionrising #endtheviolence

Join us at the Poetry & Prose Stage on "Resist" for an hour of inspiration, live in Voice.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/OBR%20Resist/147/184/21

THURSDAY February 13th at 7pm: POCKETFUL OF CROWS pt2

"A Named Thing is a Tamed Thing"

POCKETFUL OF CROWS pt2

Join us in Second Life & Kitely

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

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

WEDNESDAY, February 12th at 7:00pm: Selections from THE STARLESS SEA

A timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.

Is Cale going to wrap up the story? No Way! This is a book you need to wade into and thoroughly enjoy for yourself!

AND . . . Cale will share more of the intriguing stories-in-between, including the The Ballad of Simon and Eleanor, from Erin Morgentstern's newest adventure.

"From the author of The Night Circus comes a wildly fanciful lark that has all the hits: mystery, love, libraries, Harry Potter references, and pirates. It's a complex, darkly beautiful story with some of the most inventive storytelling we've read all year.”—Good Housekeeping, Best Book of 2019

Caledonia presents, live on stream.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

TUESDAY, February 11th at 7pm: THIS HOUSE with Ktahdn Vesuvino

Ktadhn Vesuvino takes us on another journey to the Liaden Universe of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller with the short story THIS HOUSE.

A house with a big garden? Sounds pretty normal. Houses built on older houses - not that uncommon, is it? Yet, what could possibly happen?

Kt presents live on stream, with a bit of musical prelude, of course.
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

MONDAY February 10th at 7pm: OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET by C. S. Lewis

- by C. S. Lewis -

OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET

PRESENTED IN LIVING VOICE BY GYRO MUGGINS
at SEANCHAI LIBRARY in SECOND LIFE

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

SUNDAY, February 9th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME, "Death on the Nile" Episode 2

"“There's no reason why women shouldn't behave like rational beings," Simon asserted stolidly.
Poirot said drily: "Quite frequently they do. That is even more upsetting!”"

~ Death on the Nile

The riverboat Karnak has left port, and the journey has begun. With the arrival of Jacqueline de Bellefort, our cast of dubious characters is complete? Perhaps not. Our final key character arrives this week, and one of our guests has a close call at Abu Simbel.

Corwyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, and Caledonia Skytower presents Episode 2 of this six week series, live on stream from a specially designed reading set, high above Holly Kai Park.

Join us as we journey down the Nile.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/215/44/27

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 slt/Pacific Time.

Story events in Voice unless otherwise noted.

*SUNDAY - February 9th:

~ at 1:30pm: TEA TIME Special - Death On the Nile. Corwyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, and Caledonia Skytower in Episode 2 of this series featuring Dame Agatha Christie's 1937 classic. live on stream.

~ at 6:30pm: MAGICLAND STORYTIME: "The Secret Garden" Continues. Caledonia Skytower, live on stream at The Golden Horseshoe at Magicland Park.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bracket/180/56/31

*MONDAY - February 10th, at 7pm: C. S. Lewis' OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET continues with Gyro Muggins.

*TUESDAY, February 11th, at 7pm: More from the Liaden Universe - THE HOUSE with Ktadhn Vesuvino, live on stream.

*WEDNESDAY, February 12th at 7pm: Erin Morgenstern's THE STARLESS SEA. Caledonia Shares more selections, live on stream.

*THURSDAY, February 13th:
~ at 7pm: A POCKETFUL OF CROWS Continues, with Shandon Loring. (Also in Kitely! Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

~ at 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT, Contemporary Sci-Fi-Fantasy with Finn Zeddmore featuring sotries from sources including Escape Pod, Light Speed, and Clarkesworld online magazines.

*FRIDAY, February 14th at 3pm: Seanchai Library at ONE BILLION RISING SL. Aoife Lorefield, Dubhna Rhiadra, Willow Moonlight, and Caledonia Skytower share an hour of stories and poems in support of this movements annual global statement to end violence against women. (SLURL available in posts and notices on the day of the event)

*SATURDAY, February 15th at 3pm: Seanchai Library at Lanagan Park, with LOVE: in Words and Music. Ktadhn Vesuvino and Caledonia Skytower reprise their creative exploration of love in its many iterations through poetry and songs - it's not all hearts and flowers! Some new selections added this year. Live on stream.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Froog/29/46/252

LOVE: In Words and Music - the 2019 Edition

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

_____________________________________________________

All sessions at the Seanchai Library are offered free to all Residents. Have questions? Send a notecard to Caledonia Skytower

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