COMING in October: the 2024 Edition of The Bradbury Project

 It's back, coming this October!

The newest Seanchai special project celebrates the work of American author Ray Bradbury. It follows the path of eight boys on an adventure to save the life of their friend on Halloween Night. Guided by the mysterious Mr. Moundshroud, they travel through time and space, learning about different cultures, and how each views and deals with death.

Thanks to continuing support from Linden Lab, this year's Bradbury Project will be on its own dedicated region, with content at terrain level and in skyboxes. 

Tentative opening day - Friday, October 4th.

Events and activities at The Bradbury Project include:

•      Presentation of stories from the canon of Ray Bradbury, including "The Halloween
  tree."
•      Dance Parties courtesy of eClipse Club & Resort
•      Plenty of photo ops and things to explore (clickies!)
•      Interactive Bradbury Library - Moundshroud's House
•      Other surprises that you can find when you explore.
•      Check out the Play Park

THURSDAY, August 29th @ 9pm: WEYR SEARCH Concludes

 

Weyr Search features a young woman named Lessa being recruited to establish a telepathic bond with a queen dragon at its hatching, thus becoming a dragonrider, and the leader of a Weyr community on the fictional planet Pern. Dragonrider features the growth of Lessa's queen dragon, Ramoth, and their training together.

Analog editor John W. Campbell asked “to see dragons fighting Thread,” Pern's menace from space, and he also suggested time travel. In response, McCaffrey wrote a third story titled “Crack Dust, Black Dust”, which was not published separately, but provided crucial material for the novel.

Finn Zeddmore concludes Anne McCaffrey's story tonight (we really mean it this time) as part of Seanchai Late Night - Live in Voice.

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TUESDAY, August 27th at 7pm: MARY POPPINS Concludes

It's been 60 years since Disney's industry changing motion picture was created. The Disney Company is celebrating, and so are we.  P.L. Travers' "practically perfect" nanny and her tales were first published in 1934. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. 

Caledonia presents the original Mary Poppins adventures from the eight book series, concluding tonight. Presented on Stream.

Tonight: 

• Full Moon
• Christmas Shopping
• West Wind

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THURSDAY, August 22nd @ 9pm: WEYR SEARCH Concludes

Weyr Search features a young woman named Lessa being recruited to establish a telepathic bond with a queen dragon at its hatching, thus becoming a dragonrider, and the leader of a Weyr community on the fictional planet Pern. Dragonrider features the growth of Lessa's queen dragon, Ramoth, and their training together.

Analog editor John W. Campbell asked “to see dragons fighting Thread,” Pern's menace from space, and he also suggested time travel. In response, McCaffrey wrote a third story titled “Crack Dust, Black Dust”, which was not published separately, but provided crucial material for the novel.

Finn Zeddmore concludes Anne McCaffrey's story tonight, as part of Seanchai Late Night - Live in Voice.

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Image from Andrea Stockel courtesy of publicdomainpictures.net

TUESDAY, August 20th at 7pm: MARY POPPINS Continues

P.L. Travers' "practically perfect" nanny and her tales were first published in 1934. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. The Disney Company is celebrating, and so are we. 

Caledonia presents the original Mary Poppins adventures from the eight book series through out the month of August, continuing tonight. Presented on Stream.

Tonight: 

• The Bird Woman
• Mrs. Corry
• John and Barbara's Story

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THURSDAY, August 15th at 9pm; WEYR SEARCH Begins!

Two components of Dragonflight were award-winning novellas published by Analog science fiction magazine. The first segment, Weyr Search, illustrated by John Schoenherr, had been the cover story for the October 1967 issue. The second segment, Dragonrider, appeared in two parts, beginning in December 1967.

Weyr Search features a young woman named Lessa being recruited to establish a telepathic bond with a queen dragon at its hatching, thus becoming a dragonrider, and the leader of a Weyr community on the fictional planet Pern. Dragonrider features the growth of Lessa's queen dragon, Ramoth, and their training together.

Analog editor John W. Campbell asked “to see dragons fighting Thread,” Pern's menace from space, and he also suggested time travel. In response, McCaffrey wrote a third story titled “Crack Dust, Black Dust”, which was not published separately, but provided crucial material for the novel.

Finn Zeddmore presents Anne McCaffrey's story in two parts, beginning tonight, as part of Seanchai Late Night - Live in Voice.

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TUESDAY, August 13th: Music! and Mary Continues . . .

 

@ Noon: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live at The Glen!

Join us today 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.  Presented on Stream.

@ 7PM: MARY POPPINS Continues

First published in 1934, from the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. The Disney Company is celebrating, and so are we. Caledonia presents the original Mary Poppins adventures from the eight book series through out the month of August, continuing tonight. Presented on Stream.

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TUESDAY, August 6th at 7pm: Mary Poppins at Seanchai Library

Fifty years ago The Walt Disney Company created a film that would be considered one of the master works of the films made during Disney's lifetime - full of technical innovation, scenic splendor, music, and soul. It won five Academy Awards.  

Sixteen years ago Caledonia Skytower read Mary Poppins as the second book series she presented at the then very young West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center - these many years and stories later, Seanchai Library.

First published in 1934, from the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed.

It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks house. She becomes a most unusual nanny to Jane, Michael, and the twins. Who else but Mary Poppins can slide up banisters, pull an entire armchair out of an empty carpetbag, and make a dose of medicine taste like delicious lime-juice cordial? A day with Mary Poppins is a day of magic and make-believe come to life!

The Disney Company is celebrating, and so are we. Caledonia presents the original Mary Poppins adventures from the eight book series through out the month of August, beginning tonight.

This week, presented in Voice.

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