The Golden Age of Hollywood: July 12 - 19 *FINAL WEEK*

IT'S ALMOST TIME TO SAY GOODBYE to SL23B: but before we sail off into summer, we still have a few stories to share and journeys to take. Seanchai Library celebrates the original works of literature that inspired some of the best films of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This Week: July 12 - 19

Monday, July 13th @8pm: GENTLEMAN"S AGREEMENT (1947) - Selections with Finn Zeddmore

Tuesday, July14th @7pm: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956) - Continues with Caledonia Skytower

Wednesday, July 15th @ 7pm: Seanchai Flicks presents AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956) at the Seanchai Movie Night Theater

Thursday, July 16th @7pm: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956) - Concludes with Caledonia Skytower

Seanchai Library at Nowhereville

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

Seanchai Library's Community Exhibit at SL23B

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Blissful/184/217/21

~ Slainte'

The Golden Age of Hollywood Series: July 6 - 12

WE HAVE MORE STORIES TO SHARE! Seanchai's Golden Age of Hollywood Series, celebrating SL23B's theme for this year. Seanchai Library celebrates the original works of literature that inspired some of the best films of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This Week: July 6 - 12

Tuesday, July 7th @7pm: MRS. MINIVER (1942) - Selection with Finn Zeddmore

Wednesday, July 8th @ 7pm: Seanchai Flicks presents AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) at the Seanchai Movie Night Theater

Thursday, July 9th @7pm: THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) - Selection with Finn Zeddmore

Sunday, July 12th @ 2pm VCradio Presents "Award-Winning Songs of Hollywood's Golden Age" Part 2, Music with Caledonia Skytower at SL23B 

Seanchai Library at Nowhereville

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

Seanchai Library's Community Exhibit at SL23B

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Blissful/184/217/21

~ Slainte'

The Golden Age of Hollywood Series: June 29 - July 5

 

SEANCHAI LIBRARY'S Golden Age of Hollywood Series, celebrating SL23B's theme for this year. Seanchai Library celebrates the original works of literature that inspired some of the best films of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This Week: June 29-July 5

Tuesday, June 30th @7pm: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956) - Part 1 

Wednesday, July 1st @ 7pm: Seanchai Flicks presents GOING MY WAY (1944) at the Seanchai Movie Night Theater

Sunday, July 5th @ 2pm VCradio Presents FIRST SUNDAY "Award-Winning Songs of Hollywood's Golden Age" Part 1, Music with Caledonia Skytower at SL23B 

Seanchai Library at Nowhereville

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

Seanchai Library's Community Exhibit at SL23B

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Blissful/184/217/21

~ Slainte'

The Golden Age of Hollywood Series - June 22-28

 

SEANCHAI LIBRARY'S Golden Age of Hollywood Series, celebrating SL23B's theme for this year. Seanchai Library celebrates the original works of literature that inspired some of the best films of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This Week: June 21-28

Tuesday, June 23rd @7pm: REBECCA (1940) Selections  with Shandon at SL23B   

Wednesday, June 24th @ 7pm: Seanchai Flicks presents CASABLANCA (1943)  at the Seanchai Movie Night Theater

Thursday, June 25th  @ 7pm: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY  (1941) Selections with Caledonia at SL23B 

Sunday, June 28th  @ 2pm: VCradio Presents CLASSIC SOUNDTRACKS, Music with Elrik Merlin at SL23B 

Seanchai Library at Nowhereville

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

Seanchai Library's Community Exhibit at SL23B

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Blissful/184/217/21

~ Slainte'

Seanchai Library Update: Stories, Birthdays, & Stuff

 

It's March, and already we're back in the story-reading business after our Standard winter hiatus.

Shandon thrilled with a new story, The Seanchai's Shadow, and Caledonia has been charming with Allen Levi's Theo of Golden. 

THIS WEEK, Theo of Golden will continue on Tuesday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day!) at 7pm slt. Following immediately will be a Library tradition, the annual presentation of Irish author Maurice Walsh's short story The Quiet Man. Seanchai Flicks on Wednesday night March 18th will screen the Academy Award-winning 1951 film based on the short story at 7pm slt.

Seanchai Library's Birthday Celebration has been postponed (due to Rl doing that RL thing) till Sunday afternoon, April 12th. Mark your calendar and plan on joining us to celebrate stories in The Glen at 1pm that day.

~Slainte'

SEANCHAI Spring Sessions to Begin!

 

We're baaaaack!

Starting Tuesday, May 20th at 7pm slt, Spring Stories will begin and continue through June.  Presenters will include Caledonia Skytower, Fayleen Belois, and Finn Zeddmore, plus it will mark the return (very soon) of Russell Eponym's weekly Tuesday Noon music-story sessions.

Caledonia kicks off the sessions with Jane Yolen's short verse novel Finding Baba Yaga, live in the Glen.  A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate—a theme that has never been more timely than it is now…

A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself.

All stories presented live in SL Voice, OR on Stream (occasionally both!)

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OPEN NOW: the 2024 Edition of The Bradbury Project

  It's back!

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. 

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

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, 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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SUNDAY March 17th - 1pm - 4pm St. Patrick's Day & Seanchai Library 17th Birthday!!

 VOL XVII: Seanchai Library Celebrates 17 on the 17th!

Sunday, March 17th beginning at 1pm

It's incredible! Seanchai Library celebrates 17 years of stories and story experiences in Second Life this Sunday, March 17th in the Glen on Nowhereville.

 Join us for music, stories, poetry and fun featuring Corwyn Allen, Shandon Loring, R. Dismantled, David Abbot, Aoife Lorefield, Finn Zeddmore, and Caledonia Skytower, Live.

Tentative Schedule (Subject to Change):

• 1:00pm – Corwyn Allen – Music and Poetry
• 1:20pm – Shandon Loring – “The Long and the Short of It”
• 1:40pm – R Dismantled –  Assorted in 100 words at a Time
• 2:00pm – David Abbot – Selection from the works of Damon Runyon
• 2:20(30)pm -Aoife  Lorefield - Selected Poetry
• 2:40(50)pm – Finn Zeddmore - "Murder or a Duck" by Beth Goder
• Last (whenever that is) – Caledonia – Selection from the works of Maeve Binchy

Ceiliuradh Glen at Seanchai Library in Second Life

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/44/27

TUESDAY, MARCH 5th at 7pm: CELEBRATING SEUSS!

 

Stories return to the Library in March!

120 years ago this month, and unique creative mind was born. While the world has changed since the first days that the man we knew as Dr. Seuss first penned his whimsical tales, much of his canon of work is part of many of our young lives. Somehow the world would not quite be as bright a place if a mysterious cat might not knock on our doors unexpectedly, bringing excitement and danger to a boring day with the assurance, "Your Mother will not mind if you do!" 

Caledonia Skytower, presents. on Stream.

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SUNDAY, October 15th @1:30pm: THE HALLOWEEN TREE ~ Part 1

Did you miss Tuesday evening's reading of Part 1?  No worries. Seanchai Library's presentation of this classic Ray Bradbury tale repeats today!

"The Halloween Tree" (1950) 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. 

TODAY with David Abbot, Gloriana Maertens, and Caledonia Skytower.

Presented live on Stream from The Bradbury Project in #SecondLife over three weeks in three hour long (approx) episodes.

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OPENING OCTOBER 6th: The Bradbury Project *NEW* from Seanchai Library

 
Seanchai Library is proud to announce the newest edition to its Special Projects Series. These literature-immersive experiences allow guests to walk in the footsteps of the characters that inhabit the world of a work of fiction: exploring environments inspired by the words of the story, and hearing those words presented live. The best known of these is the popular holiday tradition The Dickens Project. Inspired, in part, by Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella A Christmas Carol this project will return to Second Life ® for its 2023 Edition in December. The newest project is focused on the work of American author and screenwriter, Ray Bradbury, and features his short story “The Halloween Tree.” The Bradbury Project will open on October 6^th and remain open through November 16^th.

NOTE: This project features an experience-based teleport system introduced at The Dickens Project in 2022. Please accept the “Caledonian Studios” Experience when it is offered to you at the first teleportal outside of Seanchai Library’s main branch on Nowhereville. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nowhereville/204/43/26

"We are really excited about this one. It taps into an enthusiasm for Halloween that many of our regular community shares. The story addresses how we think about and deal with death in a way that is healthy, I believe," said Caledonia Skytower of Seanchai Library. "We get as immersed in creating our projects as we hope our guests do in experiencing them. But there is something special about this one. There is so much farther we could take it, and that is inspiring."  The Bradbury Project is patterned after the popular Dickens Project and follows the path of eight boys on an adventure to save the life of their friend on Halloween Night.

AUGUST POTPOURRI! Stories for Late Summer August 7-31

 

You didn't think we'd get through the summer without more stories, did you?  Silly! We have science fiction adventures, tales of compassion with humans and their furry & feathered friends, a saga steeped in the folklore of Old Russia  . . . they are all coming to Seanchai Library this August in a fragrant bouquet of storied journeys.

Works by: A.R. Moran, Clifford Simak, Harry Harrison, Arthur C. Clarke, James Herriot, Leigh Bardugo and more!

Presented by Fayleen Bellois, Finn Zeddmore, Gyro Muggins, Shandon Loring and Caledonia Skytower.

Schedule (always subject to change as life does that "happening" thing) all times slt:

Monday, August 7 @7pm : The Hemingway Kittens by A.R. Moran with Gyro Muggins

Tuesday, August 8 @7pm : More "Tails" from James Herriot  with Fayleen Bellois

Thursday, August 10 @7pm : Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo with Caledonia Skytower

                                       @9pm : Seanchai Late Night with Finn Zeddmore

Monday, August 14 @7pm : Desertion by Clifford Simak with Gyro Muggins

Tuesday, August 15 @7pm : Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, August 17 @7pm : Dark Blue by Alan Dean Foster & Clown Fish

                                                   by Matthew Baugh with Shandon Loring

                                       @9pm : Midnight Dreary by Owl Goingback with Shandon Loring

Monday, August 21 @7pm : One Step from Earth by Harry Harrison with Gyro Muggins

Tuesday, August 22 @7pm : More "Tails" from James Herriot  with Fayleen Bellois

Thursday, August 24 @7pm : Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo with Caledonia Skytower

                                       @9pm : Seanchai Late Night with Finn Zeddmore

Monday, August 28 @7pm : A Wind from The Sun by Arthur C. Clark with Gyro Muggins

Tuesday, August 29 @7pm : Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, August 31 @7pm : Finn Presents! :TBA with Finn Zeddmore

PLUS our regular weekly events: Russell Eponym , live in The Glen (Tuesdays @ Noon); Seanchai Flicks (Wednesdays at 7pm); and our guests - Tales With Friends (Wednesdays at 6pm)

Coming to Seanchai Library starting June 5th: JUNE SHORTS!

Yeah! It's time to dust off your sandals, flip-flops, and freshen up those shorts and sun-dresses for the imminent months of sunshine and warmth.

We've taken shorts on in a different way. We've combed through lists of "the best" or "the greatest" short stories in the English language (one list was 500 entries long!  Seriously!). We've created a list of our own, and included some short stories that are "our favorites". We'll be sharing them live at the various outdoor venues at our #SecondLife home on Nowhereville. 

We'll provide the lemonade and some "picnic-ables." Join us fireside!

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

SUNDAY, March 22nd beginning at 1pm: VOLUME 12 ~ Seanchai Library Celebrates 12 Years!

It's hard to imagine: 12 years! Thousands of stories told by dozens of presenters since March 20, 2008 when Shandon Loring read the very first story. It is really something to celebrate, and Seanchai Library fully intends to. 

@ 1pm ~ VOLUME 12: 

• Shandon Loring with The Leprechaun's Gold by Pamela Edwards 
• Elrik Merlin & David Abbot - Trouble in the Works by Harold Pinter
• Kayden Oconnell & Caledonia Skytower with The Seller of Dreams by Henry Beston
• Corwyn Allen with Dr. and Mrs. Watson at Home: a Comedy in One Unnatural Act  by Loren D. Estleman 
• Aoife Lorefield with Selected Poetry

From 2-5pm ~ RADIO RIEL DJ CHALLENGE #4: "Celtic":

Music & Dancing in Ceiliuradh Glen as three DJ's take three different views of the theme, broadcasting from The Glen on Radio Riel - @ 2pm: Elrik Merlin; @3pm: Ktadhn Vesuvino; @4pm: Gabrielle Riel, all live.

YOU ARE INVITED at Seanchai Library's Ceiliuradh Glen on Holly Kai Park.

Both events at ...

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/223/61/2966

SUNDAY, March 24th beginning at 12:30pm: AROUND THE WORLD with Seanchai Library & Radio Riel

Seanchai Library celebrates its 11th Anniversary with a trip around the world, in partnership with Radio Riel. Join us in Ceiliuradh Glen for an afternoon's journey of imagination and adventure.
(http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/219/63/2966)

12:30pm - Stories in Voice, with Shandon Loring, Seanchai Library Founder Derry McMahon, and Bear Silvershade.

1:00pm - International Folktales on stream, and broadcast on Radio Riel Main Stream, with Da5id Abbot, Faerie Maven-Pralou, and Caledonia Skytower.

FOLLOWED from 2-5pm by: Around the World, a DJ Challenge, live from the Glen
2:00pm - Elrik Merlin
3:00pm - Ktadhn Vesuvino
4:00pm - Gabrielle Riel

Join us in The Glen, or tune in as we celebrate 11 years and over 2000 stories, presented live in virtual worlds.

WEDNESDAY, December 26th at The Dickens Project

Time for us to take a broader view, in this well of time between Christmas and New Years.  For the last five days of The Project, we'll be presenting a wide variety of things - not just Dickens!

So here we go, into the home stretch. Today we focus on the southern shore of LEA 7, and this year's Urchin experience:

• @ 11am: STORIES with a Lovecraftian Flair with Arik Metzger

• @ NOON: WALD SCHRIDDE live with Sea Shanties

• From 1-3pm: THE URCHIN EXTRAVAGANZA: music, dancing, parade, and frolic with Aoife Lorefield! All are welcome!

Look for the short cut teleport at the main landing point.

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA7/128/131/22

FINAL WEEKEND - VOLUME 10: Celebrating a Decade of Seanchai Library

As VOLUME 10 draws to its conclusion - full of great events, new friends made, old friends joyfully reunited - Seanchai Library invites you to two events for our finale weekend.

Saturday, March 24th
   @ 2pm: War of the Worlds at Holly Kai Park's Art Hill.
    The Martians have landed!  But no one believes the incredible, unbelievable truth - that there's life out there beyond our atmosphere, and that it might not be so very friendly.  Join Bear Silvershade, Caledonia Skytower, Derry McMahon, Aoife Lorefield, Zander Greene, Kayden Oconnell, and Shandon Loring for this Sci-Fi treat, first read by Seanchai Library in 2009.

Sunday, March 25th 
    @1pm: The Storyteller's Sandbox hosted by Dubhna Rhiadra, at Ceiliúradh Glen.
Seanchai Library has always been about more than just what happens on our home parcel.  Over our ten year history we have continually made connections, provided opportunities and resources to the greater spoken word community.  We've invited some of our friends from across the grid to join us for one final Volume 10 gathering around the fire, to share stories and poems.

Take a stroll through A Decade of Seanchai Library, a retrospective wander from our beginnings in the West of Ireland, through our years with the Community Virtual Library, our expansion to the Kitely Grid, to the present time.  Images, artifacts, media links all come together to share the story of telling stories.  This exhibit will remain open through the end of the month, so there's still time to walk through the caverns and tunnels of a decade.

AND the Volume 10 Quest will also stay up through the end of March.  There's still goodies to find and surprises to be found by exploring the clues of this light-hearted, fun adventure.  Find instructions at the Seanchai Library main landing point and let your quest begin.

PIRATE SUNDAY is HERE!

We are dusting off our cutlasses, refreshing our command of "The Code" and getting ready to celebrate an event that marks the beginning of the "High Story Season" at Seanchai Library: International Talk Like a Pirate Day.  

Today is Pirate Sunday! 

@ 1-2:30pm - PIRATE TALES 
At Seanchai Library's Special Pirate Cove.  Be transported from the Library's Story Floor directly to the Cove for this special session featuring selections from Treasure Island, Captain Blood, and more, live in voice.
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X Marks the Spot to the real treasure - STORIES

@ 2:30 -4:30pm - DANCE, YOU SCALLIWAGS! 
At the Holly Kai Pavilion featuring rocking piratical and nautical tunes from DJ Dano Bookmite.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Holly%20Kai%20Estates/47/147/23

Buckle on your swash, and your dress eye patch for dancing and delights!

Pirate Sunday benefits Feed a Smile, supporting a school in Kenya founded and run by Brique Topaz 16 years ago through her German-based Live and Learn in Kenya charity. 100 Lindens equals approximately 30 cents in real world currency, which pays for one child’s meal. One third of all money raised for each month's food budget is collected through donations in SL at The Lavender Fields where musicians perform in support of the children.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Bauer ("Ol' Chumbucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy"), of Albany, Oregon, U.S., who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. The holiday, and its observance, springs from a romanticized, and comic view of the Golden Age of Piracy.  According to Summers, the day is the only known holiday to come into being as a result of a sports injury. During a racquetball game between Summers and Bauer, one of them reacted to the pain with an outburst of "Aaarrr!", and the idea was born.