SUNDAY, June 30th @1:30pm: Even More SUNDAY with DAMON RUNYON

We conclude this special Sunday afternoon Tea Time series David Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell & Caledonia Skytower presenting stories from the Runyonesque Canon at "Get Lost In Stories" - Seanchai Library's showcase contribution at SL21B.

While the musical Guys & Dolls is based on the short story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown," it is common for derivative works based on an author's canon to pull from more than one piece even when the backbone of the plot is drawn from a single story. This is especially true of canons that are primarily short fiction, like Damon Runyon's. Both of today's stories contain lore and characters than were woven into the legendary musical production.

TODAY: Blood Pressure, and A Piece of Pie, live on stream at SL21B. 

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THURSDAY, June 27th at 7pm: CONTEMPORARY SCI-FI with Finn!

Finn Zeddmore is all set to take us on another contemporary Science Fiction-Fantasy adventure, taken from a wide variety of short story sources.  Where will she take us this time?  Only one way to find out!

TONIGHT: "Annie Without Crow" by Michael Swanwick & "Our Father" by K. J. Khan.

Join us on Seanchai Library's Story Floor for this week's new journey, presented live in Voice.

Image: A wall made of books. Lots of old books in a bookstore or library. Photographer: Martin Vorel - https://martinvorel.com   Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

TUESDAY, June 25th @ 7pm: Our Newbery Adventure Concludes

@ 7pm: Caledonia concludes Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance. 

But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.

Both Sessions are Live on Stream

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SUNDAY, June 23rd at 1:30pm: MORE "Sunday with Damon Runyon:

We continue this special Sunday afternoon Tea Time series David Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell & Caledonia Skytower present stories from the Runyonesque Canon . . . this time at SLB!

Author Damon Runyon's distinctive vernacular style is known as Runyonese: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in the present tense, and always devoid of contractions.

TODAY: Broadway Financier, and The Three Wise Guys, live on stream at SL21B. 

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THURSDAY, June 20th at 7pm: WTCALE?: Stories By Request

Caledonia has been reading stories live in SL for 16 years, mostly at Seanchai Library. Tonight she presents some stories as requested by those attending story sessions in the last week. What will she read?  From a popular author like Neil Gaiman? Or a classic author like Nathaniel Hawthorne? Or maybe someone entirely new?  Only one way to find out!

Presented live in Stream.
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TUESDAY, June 18th: Music and an Award-Winning Story

@ Noon: Russell Eponym, Live at The Glen!

Join us for Russell's weekly performance.  Enjoy an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell presents original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected stories and poems: Folk Baroque and Beyond. 

@ 7pm: Caledonia continues Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance. 

But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.

Both Sessions are Live on Stream

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26

SUNDAY, June 16th @ 1:30pm: Sunday with Damon Runyon

Alfred Damon Runyon was an American journalist and short-story writer best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from Brooklyn or Midtown Manhattan.

The adjective Runyonesque refers to this type of character and the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicts. He spun humorous and sentimental tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit", "Benny Southstreet", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charley", "Dave the Dude", or "The Seldom Seen Kid".

His distinctive vernacular style is known as Runyonese: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in the present tense, and always devoid of contractions.

In a special Sunday afternoon Tea Time series David Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell & Caledonia Skytower present stories from the Runyonesque Canon.

TODAY: The Bloodhounds of Broadway, and A Very Honorable Guy, live on stream in the Fireside Room.

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MONDAY June 17th at 7pm: SciFi Adventure - BORN CHARMER by Edward P Hughes

   

- From Gyro Muggins Cavernous SciFi Library -

BORN CHARMER

In a world where people with true magic are feared and persecuted a shepherd's son deals with the fact that he can work real spells

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

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from the anthology," Magical Wishes # 7

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THURSDAY, June 13th at 7pm: Contemporary Sci-Fi with Finn

Finn Zeddmore is all set to take us on another contemporary Science Fiction-Fantasy adventure, taken from a wide variety of short story sources.  Where will she take us this time?  Only one way to find out!

TONIGHT: "Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200" by R.S.A. Garcia from Uncanny (Jul/Aug 2023)

Join us on Seanchai Library's Story Floor for this week's new journey, presented live in Voice.

Image: A wall made of books. Lots of old books in a bookstore or library. Photographer: Martin Vorel - https://martinvorel.com   Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

TUESDAY, June 11th: Russell Eponym at The Glen, and This Year's Newbery Medal Winner Continues

@ Noon: Russell Eponym, Live at The Glen!

Join us for Russell's weekly performance.  Enjoy an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell presents original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected stories and poems: Folk Baroque and Beyond. 

@ 7pm: Caledonia continues Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance. 

But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.

Both Sessions are Live on Stream

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26

MONDAY June 10th at 7pm: SciFi Adventure - WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CORPORAL CUCKOO? by Gerald Keith

      

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO

CORPORAL CUCKOO?

- From Gyro Muggins Cavernous SciFi Library -

A civilian meets an ex-Army man who looks to be in his 30s but amazingly recovered from some hideous accident.  The Corporal's story is as bizarre as his appearance

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

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from the anthology, Star science Fiction No. 3

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THURSDAY, June 6th @ 7pm: Contemporary Sci-Fi with Finn!

Finn Zeddmore is all set to take us on another contemporary Science Fiction-Fantasy adventure, taken from a wide variety of short story sources.  Where will she take us this time?  Only one way to find out!

Join us on Seanchai Library's Story Floor for this week's new journey, presented live in Voice.

Image: A wall made of books. Lots of old books in a bookstore or library. Photographer: Martin Vorel - https://martinvorel.com   Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0

TUESDAY, June 4th : The Story Continues!

 

@ 7pm: Caledonia continues this year's Newbery Medal-winner: Dave Eggers' The Eyes & The Impossible.

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance. 

But changes are afoot. More humans, including Trouble Travelers, arrive in the park. A new building, containing mysterious and hypnotic rectangles, goes up. And then there are the goats—an actual boatload of goats—who appear, along with a shocking revelation that changes Johannes’s view of the world.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26

MONDAY, June 3rd at 7pm: Selections from "Call Us What What We Carry"

 

Join Caledonia Skytower in The Glen as she shares selections from Amanda Gorman's published collection: "bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity, grief, and memory, this lyric of hope and healing captures an important moment in the world’s consciousness while being utterly timeless."

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About the Poet: Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University, where she studied Sociology. She has written for the New York Times and has three books forthcoming with Penguin Random House. Learn more at https://www.theamandagorman.com/