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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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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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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TUESDAY, November 5th at 7pm: WHAT'S COOKIN'? - Favorite Food Stories & Recipe Exchange

We start this short celebration of food in literature with an eating contest, and one of the great American storytellers: Damon Runyon

"It is agreed that they must eat with knife, fork or spoon, but speed is not to count, and there is to be no time limit, except they cannot pause more than two consecutive minutes at any stage, except in case of hiccoughs. They can drink anything, and as much as they please, but liquids are not to count in the scoring . . . The losing side is to pay for the food, and in case of a tie they are to eat it off immediately on ham and eggs only.

~ from Damon Runyon's short story "A Piece of Pie"

Caledonia presents Runyon's "consuming" tale and more,  live on Stream.  Bring your favorite recipes to share, on note card! 

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WEDNESDAY, July 11th at 11am: FIRESIDE TALES - Damon Runyon

VT and Cale kick off the brand new weekday series at Seanchai Library. This first session will feature two stories by American author Damon Runyon: The Old Doll House" & "A Piece of Pie."

Runyon was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted. 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 present tense, and always devoid of contractions. He is credited with coining the phrase "Hooray Henry", a term now used in British English to describe an upper-class, loud-mouthed, arrogant twit.

that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the

Live in voice.

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