WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARY

TUESDAY, June 25th at 7:00PM: More from THE CITY AND THE STARS

Gyro continues Alvin's journey on an Earth we hardly recognize in a future long ahead ... are these issues that are alien to us today? Gyro will share another episode tonight, and then be back in July to conclude the adventure live, in voice!

Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead in 1917. During the Second World War he served as a radar instructor for the RAF, rising to the rank of flight-lieutenant. After the war, he entered King’s college, London taking, in 1948, his Bsc in physics and mathematics with first class honours. One of the most respected of all science-fiction writers, he has won Kalinga Prize, the Aviation Space-Writers’ Prize and the Westinghouse Science Writing Prize. He also shared an Oscar nomination with Stanley Kubrick for the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was based on his story.

What do Sci-Fi Fiction Fans say about this classic novella by Arthur C. Clarke?

"This is speculative fiction at its finest, and my favorite Clark novel now."
"Clarke's story is complex and layered and he builds a future which captures the reader's interest."

MONDAY, June 24th at 7pm: More from A TRIO OF MY FATHER'S TALES

"It was a simple convoy trip over the mountains, if 'simple' can be considered an apt description for any military convoy. During wartime, convoys are well organized groups of ships or motor vehicles traveling together for mutual support, often with armed defense support from aircraft. There was a war being fought, but the convoy was stateside, not in Suwon or Wonju. The Korean War raged miles away across the Pacific Ocean, but the only adversary this convoy was trying to navigate around was civilian taxpayers."

Cale presents from her current work in progress ... two Korean War era stories stories of stateside adventures with an Army Sergeant and his Company Lieutenant, of whom it was said, "Militarily, he was the adversary within, and he was in charge."

Flying Down to Couer d'Alene and The Skunk War presented live in voice by Caledonia Skytower.

SUNDAY, June 23rd at 1:30pm: TEA TIME in Sherwood Forest!

Join Cale and Corwyn in the Meadow for their final in this series tale from Howard Pyle's THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD.

The tea is iced and there's lemonade and other treats. Come along and bring a friend, sit on a blanket and enjoy Tea Time al fresco!

THIS WEEK:We conclude the saga of Allan a Dale, as Robin meets the Curtal Friar or Fountain Abbey and gets new lessons in humility. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking as Allan's Ellen steps ever closer to the aisle and wedding ancient Sir Stephen.

Presented live in Voice.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Sunday, June 23rd at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Sherwood Forest with Caledonia Skytower & Corwyn Allen (in the upper meadow)

Monday, June 24th at 7 p.m. - More from A Trio of My Father's Tales with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, June 25th at 7 p.m. - The City and The Stars continues with Gyro Muggins

Wednesday, June 26th at 7 p.m. - The Tao of Pooh (Part 3) with Kayden Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, June 27th at 7 p.m. - Myths of the Cherokee with Shandon Loring

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

In May and June we'll be inviting library guests to join us in supporting our featured real world charity Heifer International ! Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY June 20th at 7pm: ZARG - Zombie Apocalypse Resistance Group

ZARG is offered as an audiobook narrated by your own Shandon Loring

available on Amazon, iTunes, and Audible.com

Tonight: Special Presentation of two stories from this book.

The ZARG Chronicles are real case histories collected by the Zombie Apocalypse Resistance Group (ZARG), led by a man named Devin Gorski, also known as General Serpo. These stories here will shock, scare, excite, and most importantly entertain you. If you are any kind of zombie fan at all you will love this!!

AND, by special arrangements your Seanchai tonight can offer you RL membership in the ZARG Militia!

(WORLD WAR Z OPENS TONIGHT!!!!)

WEDNESDAY, June 19th at 7PM: The TAO OF POOH Continues

Not a "Bother!"

Kayden and Cale continue with Benjamin Hoff's delightful exploration of the principles of "The Way" along with his friend Winnie-the-Pooh and various other friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.

The Tao of Pooh!?! In which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese--or a venerable philosopher--but is in fact none other than that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear. A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh! While Eeyore frets, and Piglet hesitates, and Rabbit calculates, and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is.

Presented Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, June 18th at 7PM: More from THE CITY AND THE STARS

Gyro continues, picking up just as our hero Alvin makes his escape from , not looking back. Once out of Diaspar, Alvin finds that one other human habitation remains on Earth. In contrast to technological Diaspar, Lys is a vast green oasis shielded by mountains from the worldwide desert. Its people are not stored and recreated technologically, but naturally conceive, are born, age, and die.

A classic novella by one of the great names in Science Fiction.

Presented Live in voice.

MONDAY, June 17th at 7PM: The Conclusion of THE TWENTY ONE BALLOONS

We end our week-long intermission (only fifteen minutes in the book) as Professor William Waterman Sherman continues his saga of how he left San Francisco and sailed off over the Pacific Ocean in one balloon, and was subsequently found wrecked in the Atlantic with twenty. From the comfort of a bed on stage at the Western American Explorer's Club, the Professor continues his tale, bringing it to an explosive conclusion - literally!

This delightful novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948.

Caledonia Skytower, presenting live in voice.

SUNDAY, June 16th at 6PM - MAGICLAND STORYTIME

Cale shares selections from her newest short story collection:

"The Little Lord Fauntleroy Suit" follows young Kevin Cooney in 1898 Chicago, as his love for him mother causes him to endure the ridicule of his classmates as he wears a special suit that she created for him wit her own hands. Kevin discovers what he thinks will make everyone happy. Will he succeed?

Presented Live in Voice at Magicland Park.

SUNDAY, June 16th at 1:30PM: TEA TIME IN SHERWOOD FOREST!

Join Cale and Corwyn in the Meadow for another Saint-filled tale from Howard Pyle's THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD.

The tea is iced and there's lemonade and other treats. Come along and bring a friend, sit on a blanket and enjoy Tea Time al fresco!

THIS WEEK: We begin the saga of Allan-a-Dale, which starts with meeting the minstrel and learning of his troubles. As Robin befriends him, delighting in his sweet music, he starts a series of adventures that eventually lead to a church and to our old friend the Sheriff of Nottingham once more. I wonder who will read the minstrel's parts?

Presented live in Voice.

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library!

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, June 17th at 7 p.m. - The Twenty One Balloons (Conclusion) with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, June 18th at 7 p.m. - More from The City and The Stars with Gyro Muggins

Wednesday, June 19th at 7 p.m. - The Tao of Pooh Continues with Kayden Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, June 20th at 7 p.m. - Sirens, Daemons, and Other Lovers with Shandon Loring

And Join Us for these Outreach events:

Sunday, June 16th at 6 p.m. - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: More original short stories with Caledonia Skytower

THANKS Sent from Project Children!

We got this lovely letter from Project Children, thanking us for the $120 that we sent them from your tips during March and April. Virtual activity with real world benefits!

THURSDAY June 13th at 7pm: POE'S CHILDREN

From the incomparable master of horror and suspense comes an electrifying collection of contemporary literary horror, with stories from twenty-five writers representing today’s most talented voices in the genre.

Horror writing is usually associated with formulaic gore, but New Wave horror writers have more in common with the wildly inventive, evocative spookiness of Edgar Allan Poe than with the sometimes-predictable hallmarks of their peers. Showcasing this cutting-edge talent, Poe’s Children now brings the best of the genre’s stories to a wider audience. Featuring tales from such writers as Neil Gaiman and Jonathan Carroll, Poe’s Children is Peter Straub’s tribute to the imaginative power of storytelling. Each previously published story has been selected by Straub to represent what he thinks is the most interesting development in our literature during the last two decades.

Crossing boundaries and packed with imaginative chills, Poe’s Children bears all the telltale signs of fearless, addictive fiction.

ISBN-10: 0385522835

WEDNESDAY, June 12th at 7pm: Selections from A TRIO OF MY FATHER'S TALES

Cale shares selections from her newest short story collection:

"'A great storyteller' was not the first thought people had about my father. But he was an Irishman, so it was in his blood. There were stories he used to tell that we, as children, asked him to repeat over and over again at family meals.

"Here is a tribute to my father with three of those stories: The Little Lord Fauntleroy Suit, Flying Down to Cour D'Alene, and The Skunk War."

Presented Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, June 11th at 7pm: THE TAO of POOh Begins!

The how of Pooh?

The Tao of who?

The Tao of Pooh!?! In which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese--or a venerable philosopher--but is in fact none other than that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear. A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh!

While Eeyore frets, and Piglet hesitates, and Rabbit calculates, and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is.

And that's a clue to the secret wisdom of the Taoists. Kayden and Cale combine their Ch'i to present these delightful and thought provoking reflections, live in voice.

MONDAY, June 10th at 7pm: THE TWENTY ONE BALLONS ~ Part 2

William Pène du Bois' 1948 Newbery Award-winning adventure continues: the story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions. The events and ideas are based both on scientific fact and imagination.

THIS WEEK: Professor William Waterman Sherman has landed on a strange volcanic island after the unexpected destruction of his balloon the "Globe." Who does he meet? And what does he see and find?

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

SUNDAY, June 9th at 1:30pm: TEA TIME in Sherwood Forest

Come and join Caledonia and Corwyn in the Library Meadow for an alfresco TEA TIME.

More from from Howard Pyle's TALES OF ROBIN HOOD, complete with music, lemonade, and Iced Tea! Yoiks and Away! Huzzah! Have a merry old time with Cale and Corwyn, and perhaps play a handy round of "Name That Saint"!

THIS WEEK: Little John is featured! "How Little John Lived at the Sheriff's" and "Little John and the Tanner of Blyth"

Presented live in voice!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library!

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Sunday, June 9th at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Sherwood Forest with Caledonia Skytower & Corwyn Allen (in the upper meadow)

Monday, June 10th at 7 p.m. - Twenty One Balloons (Part 2) with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, June 11th at 7 p.m. - The Tao of Pooh (Part 1) with Kayden Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower

Wednesday, June 12th at 7 p.m. - A Trio of My Father's Tales (Selections from Cale's newest collection) with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, June 13th at 7 p.m. - Poe's Children with Shandon Loring

THURSDAY June 6th at 7PM: POE'S LIGHTHOUSE

ALL NEW STORIES BY LEGENDARY AUTHOR EDGAR ALLAN POE

The First in 162 Years!!

Impossible, you say? Think again! Admittedly, Mr. Poe is in no position to be writing much these days which is why he is getting a little help from his friends. All-New Collaborations with EDGAR ALLAN POE. These writers take a little-known, unfinished story fragment that Poe wrote near the end of his life and turn it into a complete story in any way they wish. The only rule is to use Poe s language, his images, his ideas: - the authors had to truly work together with the master. A posthumous collection for the ages...

Welcome to Poe s Lighthouse.

ISBN#9781936679034

WEDNESDAY, June 5th at 7:00PM: ERMENGARDE THE EXPANSIVE

Another night, another guest! Our friend Freda Frostbite (aka Stephanie Mesler) is back with her newest release.

A fire breathing dragon has entered your realm? No problem! A star falls from the sky? Catch it! Don't like the prince you are obligated to marry? Dump him! Your daddy's the king and he thinks you aren't worth his attention much less capable of ruling the realm? Prove him wrong!

Ermengarde the Expansive had a lot to overcome in spite if being born royal. Through strength and perseverance, she grew in power, stature, and, most importantly, self esteem. Ermengarde is the princess our daughters could and should aspire to emulate.

Meet the author and learn more about her at her blog!

Presented Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, June 4th at 7:00PM: ORIGINAL SCIENCE FICTION with JACKSON ARTHUR

We are happy to welcome another guest author to the Library. Second Life's Jackson Arthur will share selections from his published science fiction, and perhaps other tidbits of the genre!

Born in the US in New York, Jackson wrote his first successful story in third grade. He was awarded with an opportunity to read it over the school's public address system, creating a memory that has stayed with him for decades.

Now enjoying an early retirement and living in Arizona, Jackson has moved his writing career from making memories to making eBooks. Finding it hard to leave technology behind, Jackson has also has become a virtual author, with an avatar and office in the virtual world called Second Life. He invites everyone to stop in and say hello in voice or text. Visit his Blog to learn more about him!

Presented Live in Voice.

MONDAY, June 3rd at 7PM: THE TWENTY ONE BALLOONS! (Part 1)

This delightful novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948. The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions. The events and ideas are based both on scientific fact and imagination.

THIS WEEK: Professor William Waterman Sherman has a secret, when he turns up in the Atlantic in the wreckage of a mass of hot air balloons. But he'll not divulge a single detail until he reaches the Western American Explorer's Club in San Francisco! He'll not even tell the President of the United States! So, the adventure begins.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

SUNDAY, June 2 at 1:30pm: TEA TIME in Sherwood Forest

Come and join Caledonia and Corwyn for a slightly different kind of TEA TIME.

We'll be in the Library Meadow for the month of June with Selections from Howard Pyle's TALES OF ROBIN HOOD, complete with music, lemonade, and Iced Tea! Help us celebrate the coming of glorious summer with this special series and tea time al fresco!

THIS WEEK: "How Robin Hood Became an Outlaw" and "Robin Hood and the Tinker"

Presented live in voice!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Sunday, June 2nd at 1:30 p.m. - TEA TIME at Sherwood Forest with Caledonia Skytower & Corwyn Allen (in the upper meadow)

Monday, June 3rd at 7 p.m. - The Twenty One Balloons (Part 1) with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, June 4th at 7 p.m. - Original Science Fiction with guest Jackson Arthur

Wednesday, June 5th at 7 p.m. - Ermengarde the Expansive (Selections) with guest Freda Frostbite

Thursday, June 6th at 7 p.m. - Poe's Lighthouse with Shandon Loring

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

In March and April we'll be inviting library guests to join us in supporting our featured real world charity Heifer International ! Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY May 30th at 7PM: VISIONS OF APOCALYPSE

Stories exploring different ends of the world. Can we save our world, or will we just wither away in the relentless winds of the apocalypse?

ASIN: B00AVNAWSG

WEDNESDAY, May 29th @ 7PM: MORE MICROFICTION!

He's baaaaaaack! Brokali returns to share more Microfiction: poignant, humorous, thoughtful. He quells rumors, creates them, and sets to rights the biggest rumor of all: is he publishing?

MicroFiction is loosely defined as anything that is 2000 words or less (not to be confused with Drabble which is 100 words). Brokali shares his delightful sense of humor and his dedication to this form with a buffet of micro gems, Presented Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, May 28th @ 7PM: THE CITY AND THE STARS (Part 2)

Gyro continues to share this classic bit of Science Fiction. A novella from legendary author Arthur C. Clarke - "The City and the Stars" takes place a billion years in the future, in the city of Diaspar. By this time, the Earth is so old that the oceans have gone and humanity has all but left. As far as the people of Diaspar know, they are the only city left on the planet. The city of Diaspar is completely enclosed. Nobody has come in or left the city for as long as anybody can remember, and everybody in Diaspar has an instinctive insular conservatism. The story behind this fear of venturing outside the city tells of a race of ruthless invaders which beat humanity back from the stars to Earth, and then made a deal that humanity could live - if they never left the planet.

Live in Voice.

MONDAY, May 27th @ 7PM: EXIT- The Endings That Set Us Free

Caledonia shares one more installment from Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lighfoot's book about the importance of endings in our lives. On this Memorial Day (in the U.S.), she shares some of the hardest endings of all, and how they can become celebrations and victories.

"Author, Scholar, and Sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is enthralled by exits: long farewells, quick goodbyes, sudden endings, the ordinary and the extraordinary. There’s a relationship, she attests, between small goodbyes and our ability 'to master and mark the larger farewells.'”

Presented Live in Voice.

DONATIONS AWAY to Project Children!

We are so pleased to be sending our modest contribution to Project Children once more. This wonderful, grass-roots charity goes way back to our own beginnings in (c) Second life as The West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center. Suffice it to say that we cannot ever give enough to support this effort so dear to our hearts: Peace being built one child at a time.

TEA TIME UPDATE!

Just one week, and TEA TIME IS BACK!

Cale and Corwyn are preparing, and TEA TIME will resume in June:

TEA TIME in Sherwood ~ June 2 - 23
Presenting adventures from Howard Pyle's ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, complete with songs by Corwyn! We'll sit in the Library's upper meadow "al fresco" to enjoy these adventures.

TEA TIME at Baker Street ~ returns June 30
Corwyn and Cale will present the third collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's adventures with his Great Detective: THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

We hope to see you then! We'll have a cuppa ready!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, May 27th at 7 p.m. - More from EXIT: The Endings That Set Us Free with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, May 28th at 7 p.m. - The City and The Stars (Concludes) with Gyro Muggins

Wednesday, May 29th at 7 p.m. - More Microfiction! with Brokali

Thursday, May 30th at 7 p.m. - The End: Visions of the Apocalypse with Shandon Loring

And Join Us for these Outreach events:

Sunday, May 26th at 6 p.m. - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: More original short stories with Caledonia Skytower

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

In March and April we'll be inviting library guests to join us in supporting our featured real world charity Heifer International ! Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY May 23rd at 7pm: NEVADA - TRUE TALES FROM THE NEON WILDERNESS

Sensational images of casinos and bordellos contrast dramatically with the desolate desert. But scratch through the neon surface of Nevada, and discover a fascinating reality. There are people here. And where people go, stories spring up behind them like wildflowers after a rare desert rain.
These tales expose the verities in this state of contradiction as only true stories can. The unusual characters are real. The uncommon events happened as described. A book as unique as the places & people it describes.

ISBN#0-87480-430-2

WEDNESDAY, May 22nd @7:00pm: CRAP IS BACK!

Long ago, he swore an oath to write a 100 word story every day until the day he died. He's not dead yet.

100w stories ("Drabble") are an incredible writing exercise in economy and precision. Like the poetic form haiku, it forces the writer to be very specific as each word, each syllable counts - literally and figuratively! Here is Crap's composition from Friday, May 17th (last week)

"Before I ever read Dickens’ Oliver Twist, I saw a tape of the 1969 musical.
I find musicals stupid. People burst into song over the strangest shit. Everybody dances and spins and laughs and leaps.
Did something get in the water supply? A gas leak making everybody loony?
A little chasing, a little murder, and we find Fagin fumbling his wealth into the muck.
Poor guy. Oh well.
Later on, I read the book.
They hanged him?
Dude. Harsh.
I put the book back on the shelf, sigh, and load up the DVD.
Perhaps musicals aren’t so stupid after all."

Sometimes looney, sometimes abrasive, sometime thoughtful, always delightful! Live in Voice.

TUESDAY, May 21st at 7:00pm: THE CITY AND THE STARS (Part 1)

A classic novella from legendary author Arthur C. Clarke - "The City and the Stars" takes place a billion years in the future, in the city of Diaspar. By this time, the Earth is so old that the oceans have gone and humanity has all but left. As far as the people of Diaspar know, they are the only city left on the planet. The city of Diaspar is completely enclosed. Nobody has come in or left the city for as long as anybody can remember, and everybody in Diaspar has an instinctive insular conservatism. The story behind this fear of venturing outside the city tells of a race of ruthless invaders which beat humanity back from the stars to Earth, and then made a deal that humanity could live - if they never left the planet.

Gyro Muggins, Live in Voice.

MONDAY, May 20th @ 7pm: More from "EXIT - The Endings That Set Us Free"

Caledonia continues with more selections from Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot's newest work - poignant, touching, soul-felt stories that touch who we are and how we bring a close to chapters large and small in our lives.

"Author, Scholar, and Sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is enthralled by exits: long farewells, quick goodbyes, sudden endings, the ordinary and the extraordinary. There’s a relationship, she attests, between small goodbyes and our ability 'to master and mark the larger farewells.'”

Presented Live in Voice.

SUNDAY, April 19th @ 10am: SHANDON ABOARD THE SS GALAXY

Shandon presents more tales of Sea and Surf at the Story Meadow of the SS Galaxy: The beach is a no-man's-land, the coastal zone a dynamic give and take of land and sea, swell and tide. The nomadic peoples indigenous to this fluid land scape belong to the global tribe of surfers. For surfers the swells, currents, and the curling folds of waves are elements of a natural language. Today: tales of truth, fiction, and fantasy - each a glimpse into life on this sweet and ragged edge of beauty.

Live in Voice

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Galaxy%20MID/125/67/26

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library!

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, May 20th at 7 p.m. - Exit: The Endings That Set Us free - more selections with Caledonia Skytower
Tuesday, May 21st at 7 p.m. - The City and The Stars with Gyro Muggins

Wednesday, May 22nd at 7 p.m. - 100 Word Stories with Crap Mariner

Thursday, May 23rd at 7 p.m. - Nevada: True Tales from the Neon Wilderness with Shandon Loring

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Join us for these Outreach Story Sessions ~

Sunday, May 19th at 10 a.m. - More from the Lost Coast -tales of surf & the sea at the SS Galaxy with Shandon Loring

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

In March and April we'll be inviting library guests to join us in supporting our featured real world charity Heifer International ! Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY May 16th at 7pm: CELTIC MYTHS & LEGENDS

From the book Celtic Myths, Celtic Legends by R. J. Stewart

A wide-ranging collection of themes from Celtic myths and legends. Some are translated directly from the old language, some are written anew from ideas or older tales that embody Celtic myths.

ISBN#: 0-7137-2621-0

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

TUESDAY, May 14th @ 7pm: DREAMS AND SNIPPETS

Under his RL name, Iain McCracken, Avatar Repertory Theater Co-Founder Sodovan Torok has published a collection of musings which Kayden and Cale share with you tonight:

Part Henry James, part Twilight Zone, Mr. McCracken shares his dreams skewed in the best traditions of Science Fiction. TONIGHT: Throw Back the Rocket Man - Like the past, this futuristic present is rife with zealousness, radical ideas, and a failure to communicate. Is tolerance and understanding possible?

Presented Live in Voice.

MONDAY, May 13th @ 7pm: EXIT: The Endings that Set Us Free

Caledonia reads from Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot's newest work.

Author, Scholar, and Sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is enthralled by exits: long farewells, quick goodbyes, sudden endings, the ordinary and the extraordinary. There’s a relationship, she attests, between small goodbyes and our ability “to master and mark the larger farewells.”

In EXIT, her tenth book, she explores the ways we leave one thing and move on to the next; how we anticipate, define, and reflect on our departures; our epiphanies that something is over and done with.

Caledonia shares selections, live in voice.

TEA TIME NEWS!!!!

Hey There TEA TIME Fans!

Good News! Cale and Corwyn are pleased to announce that we have a plan, and TEA TIME will resume in June with a limited series:

"TEA TIME in Sherwood" June 2 - 23
Presenting adventures from Howard Pyle's ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, complete with songs and original accompaniment by Corwyn!

"TEA TIME at Baker Street" beginning June 30
Corwyn and Cale will present the third collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's adventures with his Great Detective: THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

We hope to see you then! We'll have a cuppa ready!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, May 13th at 7 p.m. - EXIT: The Endings That Set Us Free (Selections) with Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, May 14th at 7 p.m. - Dreams and Snippets by Sodovan Torok with Caledonia Skytower & Kayden Oconnell

Wednesday, May 15th at 7 p.m. - The One and Only Ivan (The Conclusion) with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, May 16th at 7 p.m. - Celtic Myths and Legends with Shandon Loring

And Join Us for these Outreach events:

Sunday, May 12th at 6 p.m. - MAGICLAND STORYTIME: More original short stories with Caledonia Skytower

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

In March and April we'll be inviting library guests to join us in supporting our featured real world charity Heifer International ! Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.

Want to get schedule information and reminders in-world? Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribers. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them.

THURSDAY, May 9th at 7pm: The Boyhood of William Wallace

THE BOYHOOD OF WILLIAM WALLACE

aka Braveheart

It was once said... "Of course it doesn't have a happy ending, it's an Irish Fairytale". Well the real life legends of Scotland may be much the same. Tonight, a recount of the boyhood of William Wallace (aka Braveheart), and the events that set him on the path to historical and legendary fame.

TONIGHT:
In the 13th century, after several years of political unrest, Scotland is invaded and conquered by King Edward I of England (called "Longshanks").
Young William Wallace witnesses the treachery of Longshanks, survives the death of his father and brother, and is taken abroad by his uncle where he is educated.

THE REST OF THE STORY:
Years later, when he returns home, Wallace falls in love with his childhood sweetheart, Murron MacClannough, and they marry in secret so that she does not have to spend a night in the bed of the English lord, per the rite of Primae Noctis. When an English soldier tries to rape Murron, Wallace fights off several soldiers and the two attempt to flee. But Murron is captured and publicly executed by the sheriff, who proclaims "an assault on the King's soldiers is the same as an assault on the King himself." In retribution, Wallace begins on his crusade to win Scotland its' freedom from the English.

ISBN#0671522817

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!

TUESDAY, May 7th at 7PM: MORE STORY ADVENTURES with SINGH ALBATROS

Singh is back with more original stories from around the world. We had such a great time last week, this week is sure to be filled with more delights, possibly including the entire "Pick Two" suite!

Some titles include: "The Upside Down Cartographer", "Tea Cup", "Loving the Mustard Goddess", "Welcome to Geekosity", "Dinner Party Wars", "Wordscape with Ganja", "Heard it Through the Pumpkinvine", "Singing the Black Dog". Singh reads, sings, plays music and adds effects to lend more ambience to each unique tale. The author, live in Voice.

MONDAY, May 6th at 7PM: Selections from A TRIO OF CAT TALES

Cale has done it again! Tonight she shares selections from her newest series of short stories: the personal views and adventures of a superior feline known mysteriously as "S". Meet S and learn of her adventures in the theater, torturing cat-haters, traveling cross country, and teaching manners to ignorant humans.

Cale may also drop in a few bonus nuggets of other works just for fun! Presented live in voice!

THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

WELCOME TO THE SEANCHAI LIBRARY ON IMAGINATION ISLAND!
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF GREAT STORIES!

Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:

Monday, May 6th at 7 p.m. - A Trio of Cat Tales and more original stories from Caledonia Skytower

Tuesday, May 7th at 7 p.m. - More Story Adventures with author Singh Albatros

Wednesday, May 8th at 7 p.m. - The One and Only Ivan (Part 2) with Caledonia Skytower

Thursday, May 9th at 7 p.m. - The Boyhood Tales of William Wallace (aka "Braveheart") with Shandon Loring

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Also, please join us for these OutReach events across the grid:

Sunday, May 5th at 10 a.m. - Tales of the Surf at the SS Galaxy with Shandon Loring
(*Landmark available from inworld notices, or from the Weekly notecard in the Green book at the Library)

All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. Schedule subject to change, because that is just how life is sometimes.

THURSDAY, MAY 2nd at 7:00pm: UPPITY WOMEN OF ANCIENT TIMES0

UPPITY WOMEN OF ANCIENT TIMES

PIRATES, PYRAMID BUILDERS, POETS, POISONERS, PANDERERS, POWER BROKERS, AND PRINCESSES
These women's stories have been winkled out of a vast array of historical and literary sources, often contradictory, hostile, inaccurate, or incomplete. Thankfully a huge body of non-literary evidence exists in letters, court cases, artwork, coins, memos, and more. Slowly, women became 'people whose consent mattered'. These stories distill what women of long ago fought for, and today's women continue to claim.

ISBN# 978-1567312492

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