TUESDAY, July 12th: Music, Stories, and the Conclusion of an Adventure

Both of today's sessions are in The Glen

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@NOON: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in The Glen!

Join us for Russell's popular weekly performance in our beautiful Glen for an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell will be presenting original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected poems. Folk Baroque and Beyond. 

@7PM: THE ONE AND ONLY BOB - Concludes

Return with Caledonia to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob!

 Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

 Cale concludes author Katherine Applegate’s adventure in family and friendship.  Presented live on stream.

TUESDAY, July 5th: Music, Stories, and a Continuing Adventure

Both of today's sessions are in The Glen

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@NOON: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in The Glen!

Join us for Russell's popular weekly performance in our beautiful Glen for an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell will be presenting original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected poems. Folk Baroque and Beyond. 

@7PM: THE ONE AND ONLY BOB - begins

Return with Caledonia to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob!

 Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

 Cale continues author Katherine Applegate’s adventure in family and friendship.  Presented live on stream.

TUESDAY, June 28th: Music, Stories, & a Dog's Life

 Both of today's sessions are in The Glen

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@NOON: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in The Glen!

Join us for Russell's popular weekly performance in our beautiful Glen for an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell will be presenting original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected poems. Folk Baroque and Beyond. 

@7PM: THE ONE AND ONLY BOB - begins

Return with Caledonia to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob!

 Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

 Cale continues author Katherine Applegate’s adventure in family and friendship.  Presented live on stream.

TUESDAY, June 21st: Music, Stories, and a New Adventure in The Glen

Both of today's sessions are in The Glen

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/197/131/21

@NOON: RUSSELL EPONYM, Live in The Glen!

Join us for Russell's popular weekly performance in our beautiful Glen for an hour of 100% live and unplugged acoustic music and spoken word.  Russell will be presenting original and traditional songs, instrumental pieces and covers, together with some selected poems. Folk Baroque and Beyond. 

@7PM: THE ONE AND ONLY BOB - begins

Return with Caledonia to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob!

 Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

 Cale begins author Katherine Applegate’s adventure in family and friendship.  Presented live on stream.

TUESDAY, June 11th at 7pm: CRENSHAW Continues

What critics say about Katherine Applegate's Crenshaw: 

"... Applegate's prose is simple and poetic enough to appeal to literary adults, children who struggle with reading and just about everyone in between. And in “Crenshaw,” her human characters are everything the huge cat is not. Jackson is witty and wise and struggles against problems too big for him. His parents’ hardships are achingly real, but their love for Jackson is equally palpable. We love this intermittently homeless family — not because we pity them, but because we admire them.“Crenshaw” is not for every child. But if the reader can handle some tough facts of life, she will be richly rewarded. Not by the huge mammal. By the humans."

~ Adam Gidwitz, The New York Times

Caledonia continues Katherine Applegate's unforgettable and magical story about family, friendship, and resilience; proving in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary. Caledonia presents, live on stream.

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TUESDAY, June 4th at 7PM: CRENSHAW Continues

Caledonia continues Katherine Applegate's unforgettable and magical story about family, friendship, and resilience.

He Surfs!  
He takes Bubble Baths!  
He chases frogs! 
He is a great big HUGE cat.

Crenshaw is not only very large, he’s both outspoken and imaginary. He has come back into Jackson’s life to help him. But is an imaginary feline enough to save Jackson and his family from losing everything? In a time when down-to-earth-just-the-facts Jackson is desperate to understand what is really going on, maybe a little magic will help him understand.

Author Katherine Applegate proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary. Caledonia presents, live on stream.

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TUESDAY, May 28h at 7:00PM: CRENSHAW Begins

In her first novel after winning the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable and magical story about family, friendship, and resilience.

Jackson’s parents are in serious financial trouble; their stressful circumstances are taking a toll on Jackson. Mum and dad remain cheerful and upbeat, putting on a happy face for their kids, but Jackson is not fooled. He knows times are bad and, whether he likes it or not, Crenshaw the giant cat is here to help him through the worst of it.

Crenshaw is not only very large, he’s both outspoken and imaginary. He has come back into Jackson’s life to help him. But is an imaginary feline enough to save Jackson and his family from losing everything?

Author Katherine Applegate proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary. Caledonia presents, live on stream.

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TUESDAY, September 18th at 7pm: WISHTREE Continues

Red the tree was a community of her own, a fixture in the neighborhood.  Working with both a shy girl, and a naive young boy, Red endeavours to connect where other forces would rend apart, all the while with Red's own existence hanging perilously on the line.

Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best—writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view.

Faerie Maven-Pralou presents, live in voice.

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TUESDAY, September 11th at 7pm: WISHTREE Continues

"Applegate has a quirky imagination and a deft touch. She has created believable nonhuman characters before, most memorably in “The One and Only Ivan,” her Newbery Medal-winning novel narrated by an artistic animal who spends 27 years in captivity in a shopping mall. (That book opens winningly with the lines, “Hello. I am Ivan. I am a gorilla. It’s not as easy as it looks.”) Red, for her part, has a sly wit, aware that a human might be hugging her one minute, and the next, sending her to become tongue depressors. 

"Living in a neighborhood that has seen Italian, Chinese, Spanish and Nigerian families come and go, Red now throws her shade over the home of a Muslim family that includes a shy, gentle 10-year-old girl, Samar, who sneaks into her yard every night to visit Red and is soon accepted by the tree creatures. Bongo gives Samar gifts from her hoard of trinkets. But something has changed: Samar’s family is not welcomed by the neighborhood. Angry men yell out insults as they drive by. They throw eggs at the house. And one horrible morning, a boy attacks her bark with a screwdriver. Red can tell “from the determined way he moved that it was meant to hurt.” What he writes is aimed at the hearts of the Muslim family: LEAVE."  ~ Dominique Browning, New York Times, Review

Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best—writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view.

Faerie Maven-Pralou presents, live in voice.

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TUESDAY, September 4th at 7pm: WISHTREE Begins

Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . .

Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"—people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with her crow friend Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this "wishtree" watches over the neighborhood.

You might say Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experiences as a wishtree are more important than ever.

Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best—writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view.

Faerie Maven-Pralou presents, live in voice.

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WEDNESDAY, May 15th @ 7PM: THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN Concludes

Ivan has a plan to save Ruby from a life alone in a cage.  Join Caledonia as she concludes presenting this year's Newbery Medal winner. It's no secret why this book won the medal!

"How Ivan confronts his harrowing past yet stays true to his nature exemplifies everything youngsters need to know about courage. … Utterly believable, this bittersweet story, complete with an author's note identifying the real Ivan, will inspire a new generation of advocates."

- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"This book will break your heart—and then, against all odds, mend it again. Such a gentle fantasy is rare; such an evocation of our need to grow, to be free, to become our best selves, is rarer still. In cheering for Ivan and his friends, we cheer for our own humanity and our own possibilities. Read this."

- Gary D. Schmidt, National Book Award finalist, Okay for Now

"Kindness and its ability to change lives shines through on every single page of this book. … Katherine Applegate's beautiful, life-affirming story will soar directly from Ivan's heart into your own."

- Kathi Appelt, Newbery Honor author of The Underneath

"A beautifully written, intelligent, and brave book. You will never look at the relationship of humans and animals in the same way again. Quite simply, this story is life-changing."

- Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Medalist for Sarah, Plain and Tall

Learn more about Ivan and the Book at theoneandonlyivan.com

WEDNESDAY, May 8th at 7PM: THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN ~ Part 2

Ruby has come to the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Ivan is fascinated by this new arrival, though she is relentlessly curious, and pummels him with questions constantly.  What is certain, as the Mall continues to struggle, is that the breeze is potent with change.  If Ivan only knew what!

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice, with this year's Newbery Medal winner by Author Katherine Applegate, inspired by the real Ivan the Gorilla and events in Cale's home town!

WEDNESDAY, May 1 at 7:00pm: THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN (Part 1)

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all.

Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice, with one of this year's Newbery Medal winners, inspired by events in Cale's RL home town!