SUNDAY, December 29th, at The Dickens Project

@ NOON: MUSIC at the Opera House
DJ Dano Bookmite presents 105 minutes of music and dancing in the opulent Dickens project Opera House.

@2pm: THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL & MR HYDE
Fantasy Faire Radio and Seanchai Library present an encore performance of their October co-production, featuring Da5id Abbot, Corwyn Allen, Zander Greene, Elrik Merlin, Kayden Oconnell, VT Torvalar, and Caledonia Skytower.

"Wait a darn minute!  That's not Dickens!"  No it's not.  Robert Louis Stevenson was a good 40 years Dickens' junior, and lived 20 years beyond.  Yet among other things, they have this one thing in common: despite all the lengthy and popular works of fiction that both men authored, the one that was their best seller, the one known all around the world, the one that has embedded itself into western culture, was not one of the big works.  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (published in 1886 at 27,622 words) was Stevenson's big hit!  Not unlike how A Christmas Carol (published n 1843 at 28,944 words) was Dickens'.

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Both events today will take place at The Opera House.  Teleport directly, or from the Main Dickens Square Landing Point.
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For additional events at The Dickens Project check out the Dickens Calendar & Events Page

TODAY, December 16th, at The Dickens Project

"Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail."

Walk in the steps of Ebenezer Scrooge all this week, as twice-daily readings of A Christmas Carol guide you through Dickens ghostly carol, and all the sites his words inspired throughout The Dickens Project.

Tours begin in Dickens Square, near the main landing point.

Monday, December 16th: Stave One - Marley's Ghost

•  @ 2pm: VT Torvalar, Da5id Abbot, and Caledonia Skytower
• @ 7pm: Aoife Lorefield, Corwyn Allen, and Kayden Oconnell

Presented live on Stream.

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TODAY, December 15th at The Dickens Project

Sunday, December 15th
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@ 11:30am slt: WALD SCHRIDDE, Live from Dickens Square!
He's become part of out Dickens Family - Wald plays a wide selections of acoustic instruments. Today he's be playing folks songs and music from the British Isles that could have been familiar to those in Dickens' time. Join us in Dickens Square for a delightful hour of music.

@ 1pm slt: Tea Time with Charles Dickens
VT Torvalar, Da5id Abbot, and Caledonia Skytower present selections from Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist and the short story The Poor Relation on stream in Dickens Square.


@2-4pm Fantasy Faire Radio Presents: Rock from Dickens Square
DJ Elrik Merlin spins classic rock-n-roll from both sides of the Atlantic in  Dickens Square and broadcasting on Fantasy Faire Radio.

FOR MORE on upcoming events at THE DICKENS PROJECT, visit the Events & Calendar page.

SUNDAY, October 20th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME HAUNTS Final Episode

THIS WEEK: a 90 minute cavalcade!

Load up your refreshment plate with chocolate spiders and plenty of green frosted monster cake! Have a full cuppa, and be ready. Kayden Oconnell, Elrik Merlin, Da5id Abbot, Caledonia Skytower and VT Torvalar will share these adventures:

Waiting for Mr. Mershing, by Kevin Kling

The Man With The Dagger, by Russell Hoban

Don't Ask Jack, and The Sea Change, by Neil Gaiman

Turntables of the Night, by Terry Pratchett

LIVE on stream in the Fireside Room, Downstairs. 
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SATURDAY, December 29th, 2pm at The Dickens Project: EVEN MORE GHOST STORIES!

Our final installment of 'tween the holidays ghostly tales takes us into broad territory, spanning two centuries

VT Torvalar and Kayden Oconnell share an assortment of tales from a variety of sources:

My Own True Ghost Story by Rudyard Kipling

Staying the night in a rather sinister old dâk-bungalow, a man hears the 'unmistakable' sound of a game of billiards being played in the non-existent room next door - a strange game in India at the time of the Empire.  

The Ghost by Guy de Maupassant

A man does his friend a favor, and comes to regret it.

Between the Lights by E.F. Benson

An unusual gothic horror story, written in 1912 and set in the sunlight rather than the dark and taking place on the day before Christmas. A tale of looking back and the healing power of Christmas. A prime example of the British tradition of Christmas ghost stories.

Mrs. Davenport's Ghost by Frederick P Schrader 

A medium gets more than he bargained for.

Presented live in voice, in Dickens Square.

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SUNDAY, December 23rd: The Climax of Carol Week - THE BIG READ

It's BIG READ Day at The Dickens Project!

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"I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it." 

Their faithful Friend and Servant,    --C. D.

@11 AM - WALD SCHRIDDE Live in Dickens Square! Delightful 19th C instrumental selections perfect for the season.

@ NOON - THE BIG READ: A Christmas Carol.
The whole thing, soup to nuts, in one tag-team-relay story session.  We begin at the beginning and when we get to the end, we stop!

Featuring, live in voice:

Aoife Lorefield, Bryn Taleweaver, Caledonia Skytower, Da5id Abbot, 

Gyro Muggins, Kayden Oconnell, & VT Torvalar

MONDAY, December 17th: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Stave One - Marley's Ghost

"Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change for anything he chose to put his hand to. Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." 

~ Stave One, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Carol Week commences at The Dickens Project with the beginning words of Dickens' great Christmas ghost story.  These readings will be presented as Story Tours, visiting the locations on LEA 7 that have been created from the novella's inspiration.

Two readings at two different times, live in voice, all times slt.

                     ~ 2pm -  with VT Torvalar

                     ~ 7pm - with Aoife Lorefield, Gyro Muggins, and Cybele Moon

Look for the big red carpet in Dickens Square for the starting point of the session.
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Do you sometimes find words and phrases in "A Christmas Carol" that you don't quite understand? Visit "Professor Magwitch - Elocution & Lexology" near the Market Alley on the West side, where a glossary of words and terms is literally written on the walls.

Bless Us, Everyone!

SUNDAY December 9th at THE DICKENS PROJECT

Two great events back-to-back today, both in Dickens Square:

@ 1pm - Tea Time with Charles Dickens
Join Aoife Lorefield, Da5id Abbot, Kayden Oconnell, VT Torvalar, and Caledonia Skytower for a wide selection from the works of Charles Dickens, including: David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, and Oliver Twist, live in Voice.

@ 2:30pm - Music with DJ Elrik Merlin
Whether classic rock, celtic flavorings, classical compositions, or even bagpipes, DJ Elrik Merlin always delivers a set that is packed with fun and interest, adding his great knowledge of music and recording histories to the brew.  Come dance and enjoy today's journey in Dickens Square, live on stream.

Then take a turn around the region on Bay Rum Royal, explore the shadowy corners of the Merchants Alley, or sink your toes into the ooze at the southern shore. Plenty to see and discover!
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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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MONDAY, December 11th ~ CAROL WEEK: "A Christmas Carol" - Stave One: Marley's Ghost

Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL Begins!

 “I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.”  

~ Charles Dickens, 1843

@ 1:45pm - The Raglan Shire Tiny Carolers!  Wootmas!

@ 2pm - Stave One: Marley's Ghost - Story Tour with VT Torvalar 2pm

@ 7pm - Stave One: Marley's Ghost - Story Tour with Aoife Lorefield

All Story Tours presented live, in voice.

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MONDAY, December 12th at 1pm & 7pm: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, "Marley's Ghost"

Thus we commence our week with "The Carol", Charles Dickens' "ghostly little book" written in 1843 that has never been out of print.

Each day this week, we  will present a different stave (chapter) of this work at this year's Dickens Project SL.  Today we begin at the beginning with Stave One: Marley's Ghost.

"... it came on through the heavy door and passed into the room before his eyes.  Upon its coming in, the dying flame pealed up, as if it cried, 'I know him! Marley's Ghost!' and fell again."

Two opportunities to hear these classic words:

• @ 1pm slt - VT Torvalar presents
• @ 7pm slt - Kayden Oconnell presents

Live in voice at The Dickens Project SL
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SUNDAY, October 16th: Hauntings Tales and Artful Stories

@ 1:00 pm - SPOOKY STORIES AT "SCARE ME SILLY" FEST 
As guests of Kultivate Magazine, Seanchai Library and friends presents an hour of thrilling tales in haunted ballroom/pavillion:

   ~ "Things That Go Bump in the Night" an Original Tale by Hana Hoo

   ~ Jacob Peyton's "Guilt" presented by Vortran Torvalar

   ~ Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" in a unique trio presentation by Derry McMahon, Aoife Lorefield, & Caledonia Skytower

   

~ R. Crap Mariner adds Haunted One Hundred Words Stories to the mixture

The event is sponsored by Team Diabetes in SL, and comes complete with shopping, music and other delights of the season.  CLICK HERE for slurl

Ghoulish guests have arrived early.  They are dying for some scary adventures!

@ 3 pm - STORIES AT THE PARK 
Join Caledonia Skytower, Trolley Trollop, and R. Crap Mariner for an hour of original short stories and poetry written specifically for the current Art at the Park exhibition at Holly Kai Park.

This is the third installment, in a partnershipwith the Holly Kai Estate and Art at the Park.  Come and enjoy the word compositions and the artworks that inspired them.  The current art show ends October 23rd.  CLICK HERE for slurl

Holly Kai's  Outdoor Art at the Park has recently been re-imagined by curator Inara Pey
It is a wonderful transformation.