Seanchai ("Storyteller" in Irish) Library celebrates the Celtic tradition of stories told around the hearth or in the pub to friends, family, and welcomed strangers. Seanchai Libraries bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life.
MONDAY, October 1 at 7:00pm: "A Night In The Lonesome October" Part 1
SUNDAY, September 30th at 2:00pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!
More adventures with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Master Detective, Sherlock Holmes. THIS WEEK: "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor." Grab a cuppa and a smackerel of something and join Caledonia in the lower level of the library for mystery and intrigue! SUNDAY 30 Sept at 11:30 a.m.: Tales with the Tinies with Bear and Derry
Join us for tales at the Haunted Library in Raglan Shire. Bear bring "The Ghost Story" by Mark Twain. Derry offers a story for all the ceiling cats: "The Little White Cat". Then Bear will preview Shocktober month with some more spooky tales! Biggies and tinies are welcome! Come wander thru the haunted house...OooOOoOOo!!
This Week at Seanchai Library: Sept. 30 to Oct. 7
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Sunday, September 30 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time on Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, October 1 at 7 p.m. - A Night in the Lonesome October selections with Caledonia, Gyro, Shandon and more
Tuesday, October 2 at 7 p.m. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with Derry McMahon and Bear Silvershade
Wednesday, October 3 at 7 p.m. - Petty Magic with Caledonia Skytower
Thursday, October 4 at 7 p.m. - Nocturnes from Ireland with Shandon Loring
Sunday, October 7 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time on Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
And join us for this off-campus event too!
Sunday, September 30 at 6 p.m. – Stories with Bear and Derry with the tinies at Magicland the Haunted Library in Raglan Shire
Sunday, September 30 at 6 p.m. – Ghosthunters & The Incredibly Revolting Ghost at Magicland with Caledonia
Sunday, October 7 at 10 a.m. – The Spectre Bridegroom and more spooky stories with Derry and Bear at Haunted Fruit Islands
All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. In July and August we'll be asking for donations toward the real world charity BreastCancer.org Have questions? IM or notecard Derry McMahon, Librarian.
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
SEANCHAI LIBRARY'S Top 22 "Scary Stuff" Survival Strategies
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| LOTR makeup room photo of Ian Holm & Scary Bilbo Puppet |
#1 - Stay away from the water
#2 - Stay away from the woods (that includes “beware of the moors...”)
#3 - Never split up
#4 - Remember where we parked
#5 - If the door is stuck, leave it stuck
#6 - When it seems that you've killed the monster, never check to see if it's really dead. It may not be quite dead. It could pull through.
#7 - Do not search the basement, especially when the power has just gone out.
# 8 - If you wake up and hear strange noises downstairs, DO NOT go check to see what it is!
#9 - Take a real weapon into the dark building.
#10 - If your car runs out of gas at night, do not go to the nearby deserted-looking house to phone for help.
#11 - Look for a hotel. There might be a light in the distance
#12 - If you're a male, get out of there as fast as possible! The only one who ever survives is the female.
#13 - If you here banjos ---- MORPH!!!
#14 - ABSOLUTELY NO sex breaks while being chased by the monster.
#15 - On no account do ANYTHING because someone dares you to.
#16 - Don't forget your flashlight.
#17 - You don't need to out run the monster, you only need to out run you friends.
#17.5 - Someone always trips when a group runs from a monster. Don't let it be You.
#17.75 - Be the tripper, not the tripped.
#18 - Don't look in magic mirrors, you fool!
#19 - Never trust anything in a web, no matter what "it" says or who sent you. In fact, if it SAYS anything, trust it even less!
#20 - Don't be the trampy girl. She always gets it first
#21 - Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are listed here: Amityville, Elm Street, Transylvania, Nilbog (God help you if you recognize this one), the Bermuda Triangle, or any small town in Maine or Massachusetts.
#22 - Puppets! Puppets! NO PUPPETS! ... Noooooooooooooo! THEY ARE WORSE THAN CLOWNS!!!!
Mille Gracie to Tabitha, Herndon, Dagmar, Blythe, kram, Rick, Stranger, Blythe, Gyro and everyone else for this mass of IMPORTANT SAFETY TIPS! ... Did everyone remember to lock all the doors and windows last night?
THURSDAY, September 27th at 7pm: "NOCTURNES"
Tonight:
Deep, Dark Green
Nocturne
The Erlking
WEDNESDAY, September 26th at 7:00PM: Selections from GHOSTS ON A BUMBOAT
When Ralph Drummond steps on a curbside Hungry Ghost Month offering he collapses into a coma. Will he survive the psychic battle when the Gates of Hell open? Can his wife Winnie and their new Singapore friends Alvin and Fay save him? What is the Water Clan and who is the Geomancer?
Narrated by a golden carp, this magic realist novel draws on Chinese, Malay and Indian traditions in the South-East Asian megalopolis where ghost tales are still the powerful underbelly of the popular imagination. Presented in live voice.
SINGH ALBATROS (Is the Co-Founder of the CREATIVE ARTS VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND WORLD MUSIC TEMPLE in SL)
TUESDAY 25 Sept at 7pm: Scary Ghosty Dolly Stories
What do you do when the dolls are more scary than the people? Join Derry McMahon for "The Doll's Ghost" and "The Haunted Doll's House". Time to get your spooky on for October! Stories in live voice at Seanchai Library.
MONDAY, September 24th at 7:00pm: A TALE OF THREE WISHES and more by Isaac Bashevis Singer
In the title story, when their wishes fail, three children learn that they must deserve by effort what they had wanted to get too easily.
Learn more about Nobel Prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer
... and also at the Jewish Virtual Library.
Presented Live in voice.
SUNDAY, September 23rd at 2:00pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!
This case is one of the few where Holmes fails to bring the villains to justice. (Others are "The Five Orange Pips" and "The Hound of the Baskervilles", though in both those cases Providence exacts vengeance on the villains.)
Presented Live in Voice.
This week at Seanchai Library: Sept. 23 to 30
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Sunday, September 23 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time on Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, September 24 at 7 p.m. - A Tale of Three Wishes and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer with Caledonia Skytower
Tuesday, September 25 at 7 p.m. - Scary, Spooky Dolls with Derry McMahon
Wednesday, September 26 at 7 p.m. - Selections from Ghosts on a Bumboat with Singh Albatros at Seanchai Library
Thursday, September 27 at 7 p.m. - Nocturnes from Ireland with Shandon Loring
Sunday, September 30 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time on Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
And join us for this off-campus event too!
Sunday, September 23 at 6 p.m. – The Littles and the Lost Children at Magicland with Caledonia
Sunday, September 30 at 6 p.m. – Ghosthunters & The Incredibly Revolting Ghost at Magicland with Caledonia
All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. In July and August we'll be asking for donations toward the real world charity BreastCancer.org Have questions? IM or notecard Derry McMahon, Librarian.
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
THURSDAY, September 20th at 7pm: "Miner's Tales of the Old West"
Real stories from journals, diaries, logs, interviews, letters, newspapers, and books. Shandon Loring, a little dusty from the road, but still in voice and as live as ever!
WEDNESDAY, September 19th @ 7pm: AVAST! TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!
Talk About PHENOMENAL: 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the worldwide celebration of International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Ever since Dave Barry mentioned it in his nationally syndicated newspaper column in 2002, what once was a goofy idea celebrated by a handful of friends has turned into an international phenomenon that shows no sign of letting up. Perhaps you're one of the millions of people from South Africa to the South Pole, from New York to the Pacific Northwest, who've made it your own personal excuse to party like pirates every September 19th (and sometimes for days before and after)! Check out the fun and games (yeeeesss, games!) at the one and only, official, accept-no-substitutes Talk Like A Pirate Day Website.
TUESDAY Sept 18 at 7pm: Derry McMahon and Chick Lit
MONDAY, September 17th at 7:00pm: More FANTASTIC ALICE!
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| Photo by Crap Mariner |
He chortled in his joy.
(Poem excerpt by Lewis Carroll – Jabberwocky from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
This week at Seanchai Library (Sept. 16-23)
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Sunday, September 16 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time on Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, September 17 at 7 p.m. - Fantastic Alice: new stories from Wonderland with Shandon and Caledonia
Tuesday, September 18 at 7 p.m. - Chick Lit with Derry McMahon
Wednesday, September 19 at 7 p.m. - Talk Like A Pirate Day! (and stories) at Seanchai Library
Thursday, September 20 at 7 p.m. - Miner's Tales with Shandon Loring
Sunday, September 23 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time on Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
And join us for these off-campus event too!
Sunday, September 16 at 10 a.m. - Tales of the Emerald Isle at Fruit Islands
Sunday, September 16 at 1 p.m. – Medieval Tales with the tinies at Raglan Shire. (Biggies welcome too!)
Sunday, September 23 at 6 p.m. – The Littles and the Lost Children at Magicland with Caledonia
All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. In September and October we'll be asking for donations toward the real world charity BreastCancer.org Have questions? IM or notecard Derry McMahon, Librarian.
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
SUNDAY, September 16th at 2:00pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!
More adventures with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Master Detective, Sherlock Holmes. Grab a cuppa and a smackerel of something and join Caledonia in the lower level of the library for mystery and intrigue! SUNDAY Sept 16 at 10am and 1pm - Stories with Bear and Derry
10am - Tales of the Emerald Isle! Join us at Fruit Islands Sculpture Garden for fine Irish tales to celebrate "Half-way to St. Patrick's Day".
1pm - We'll join in the Medieval fest at Raglan Shire with heroic tales of knights and damsels and dragons with the Tinies. (Biggies also welcome).
All stories in voice, landmarks to be sent with notices.
Thursday September 13th at 7pm: SEAFARING LORE & LEGEND with Shandon Loring
WEDNESDAY, September 12th @ 7:00pm: "TO ANYWHERE THAT'S WILD!" John Muir & Yosemite
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| An 1872 Protrait of Muir at Age 30 |
MONDAY, September 10th at 7pm: FROST AND FIRE Concludes
“Something is wrong with the world you've been born into. One hour old yet somehow you know your world bakes and freezes every day with only an hour before sunrise and an hour after sunset to forage outside. You have an entire lifetime ahead of you to find the answer. You have seven days.”
Learn more about the amazing literary legacy of Ray Bradbury!
SUNDAY, September 9th at 2:00pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street!
More adventures with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Master Detective, Sherlock Holmes. Grab a cuppa and a smackerel of something and join Caledonia in the lower level of the library for mystery and intrigue! For more delights on the Great Master Detective, visit SherlockHolmes.com
This week at Seanchai Library, Sept. 9-16
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Sunday, September 9 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time on Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, September 10 at 7 p.m. - Ray Bradbury's Frost and Fire (part 2)with Gyro Muggins
Tuesday, September 11 at 7 p.m. - Isaac Asimov's Evidence (from I, Robot) with Bear Silvershade
Wednesday, September 12 at 7 p.m. - To Anywhere That's Wild!: John Muir & Yosemite with Caledonia Skytower
Thursday, September 13 at 7 p.m. - Seafaring Lore and Legends with Shandon Loring
Sunday, September 16 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time on Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
And join us for this off-campus event too!
Sunday, September 9 at 10 a.m. - Story session at Fruit Islands canceled
Sunday, September 16 at 10 a.m. - Tales of the Emerald Isle at Fruit Islands
All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. In July and August we'll be asking for donations toward the real world charity BreastCancer.org Have questions? IM or notecard Derry McMahon, Librarian.
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
Thursday September 6th at 7pm: SECRET OF ROAN INISH conclusion
"It all started long ago when the cottages on Ron Mor were newly built, five or six there must have been then, right down on the shore of the only bay on the island, and a family living in each. They were fisherfolk for the most part, living on what they could get from the sea and the scanty crops they managed to raise on the thin soil of the island. Their life was hard, but not too hard for them to take an interest in one another's affairs. So it was odd that nobody ever discovered for certain where young Ian McConville really found his wife.”
Wednesday September 5th at 7pm: SECRET OF ROAN INISH pt.1 with Shandon Loring
"It all started long ago when the cottages on Ron Mor were newly built, five or six there must have been then, right down on the shore of the only bay on the island, and a family living in each. They were fisherfolk for the most part, living on what they could get from the sea and the scanty crops they managed to raise on the thin soil of the island. Their life was hard, but not too hard for them to take an interest in one another's affairs. So it was odd that nobody ever discovered for certain where young Ian McConville really found his wife.”
TUESDAY 4 September at 7pm: More from "Blackbird House"
CLICK HERE for more on Alice Hoffman and her work.
MONDAY, September 3rd at 7:00pm: FROST AND FIRE ~ Part 1
“Something is wrong with the world you've been born into. One hour old yet somehow you know your world bakes and freezes every day with only an hour before sunrise and an hour after sunset to forage outside. You have an entire lifetime ahead of you to find the answer. You have seven days.” Presented in two Parts.
Learn more about the amazing literary legacy of Ray Bradbury!
September 3 to 9 at Seanchai Library
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Monday, September 3 at 7 p.m. - Ray Bradbury's Frost and Fire with Gyro Muggins
Tuesday, September 4 at 7 p.m. - Selections from Blackbird House with Derry McMahon
Wednesday, September 5 at 7 p.m. - The Secret of Rowan Inish (Part 1) with Shandon Loring
Thursday, September 6 at 7 p.m. - The Secret of Rowan Inish (Part 2) with Shandon Loring
And join us for this off-campus event too!
Sunday, September 9 at 10 a.m. - Stories at Fruit Islands with Shandon Loring
All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. In July and August we'll be asking for donations toward the real world charity BreastCancer.org Have questions? IM or notecard Derry McMahon, Librarian.
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
Thursday August 30th at 7pm:Cryptofiction from William Hope Hodgson with Shandon Loring
stories from
"The Collected Works of William Hope Hodgson"
WEDNESDAY, August 29th at 7:00PM: The Conclusion ~ ZORA AND ME
Visit the Zora and Me Website!
TUESDAY 28 August at 7pm: Crap Mariner with a tribute to David Rakoff
According to WikiPedia, David Rakoff described himself as a "New York writer" who also happened to be a "Canadian writer", a "mega Jewish writer", a "gay writer" and an "East Asian Studies major who has forgotten most of his Japanese" writer
Sadly, this talented and twisted contributor to shows like This American Life has recently become a "Dead writer", succumbing to the cancer that he wrote quite a bit about in his recent book, Half Empty.
Crap Mariner will be reading selections of David Rakoff's work Tuesday August 28th at 7PM at the Seanchai Library in voice.
MONDAY, AUGUST 27th at 7:00PM: FANTASTIC ALICE !
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
Today's masters of modern fantasy pay tribute to Alice in Wonderland and its inspired creator, Lewis Carroll, in this short story anthology celebration. Edited, with an introduction by Margaret Weiss. Selections presented by Shandon Loring and Caledonia Skytower. Live in Voice.
Visit The Lewis Carroll Society of North America Website!
Or The Lewis Carroll Society in the
(Poem excerpt by Lewis Carroll – Jabberwocky from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
SUNDAY, August 26th at 2:00PM: TEA TIME on Baker Street
TODAY: "The Man With the Twisted Lip." Dr. Watson is called upon late at night by a female friend of his wife. Her husband has been absent for several days and, as he is an opium addict, she is sure he has been indulging in a lengthy drug binge in a dangerous East End opium den. Frantic with worry, she seeks Dr. Watson's help in fetching him home. Watson does this, but he also finds his friend Sherlock Holmes in the den, disguised as an old man, trying to extract information about a new case from the addicts in the den.
Visit 221b Baker Street yourself, on the web at the Sherlock Holmes Museum site!
Aug. 26 - Sept. 2 at Seanchai Library
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Sunday, August 26 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time at Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, August 27 at 7 p.m. - Fantastic Alice: New Stories from Wonderland with Caledonia and Shandon
Tuesday, August 28 at 7 p.m. - Crap Mariner salutes David Rakoff
Wednesday, August 29 at 7 p.m. - Zora and Me (Part 4) with Caledonia Skytower
Thursday, August 30 at 7 p.m. - Stories from William Hope Hodgson with Shandon Loring
All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. In July and August we'll be asking for donations toward the real world charity Little Kids Rock! Have questions? IM or notecard Derry McMahon, Librarian.
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
THURSDAY, August 23rd at 7:00pm: Selections from BLACKBIRD HOUSE
"Blackbird House" is a collection of short stories by contemporary author Alice Hoffman. The stories chronicle the occupants of a certain farmhouse, out in the wilds of Cape Cod, over the course of 200 years. Hoffman is also known for such works as "Practical Magic", "The Red Garden", "Local Gifts" and recently "The Dovekeepers" plus more than two dozen others. CLICK HERE for more on Alice Hoffman and her work.
WEDNESDAY, August 22nd at 7PM: ZORA AND ME ~ Part 3
Visit the Zora and Me Website!
TUESDAY 21 August at 7pm: Arthur and the Sword!
Young Emrys - now known as Arthur - comes into his own. He is acknowledged by his father, King Uther Pendragon, but he still has to prove himself in order to be accepted as King. It is time for him to take up Macsen's Sword and attain the throne. Join Derry McMahon for the thrilling conclusion to Mary Stewart's "The Hollow Hills". Story in voice.
MONDAY, August 20th at 7PM: BEAUTIFUL POETRY with Aoife Lorefield
August 19 to 26 at Seanchai Library
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Monday, August 20 at 7 p.m. - Beautiful Poetry with Aoife Lorefield
Tuesday, August 21 at 7 p.m. - Arthur! Rightwise King of All Britain! (part 3) with Derry McMahon
Wednesday, August 22 at 7 p.m. - Zora and Me (Part 3) with Caledonia Skytower
Thursday, August 23 at 7 p.m. - Stories from William Hope Hodgson with Shandon Loring
Sunday, August 26 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time at Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Join us at these off-campus events too!
Sunday, August 19 at noon to 1:30 p.m. - Bard on the Beach at Mango in Fruit Islands
Sunday, August 19 at 6 p.m. - MagicLand Storytime with Caledonia Skytower
All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. In July and August we'll be asking for donations toward the real world charity Little Kids Rock! Have questions? IM or notecard Derry McMahon, Librarian.
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
BARD ON THE VIRTUAL BEACH 2012!
Saturday and Sunday feature different performance line-ups.
Check StoryFest Events Blog for Schedule and Updates: http://storyfestsl2011.blogspot.com/
Thursday August 16th at 7pm: LEGENDS OF THE CELTS with Shandon Loring
WEDNESDAY, August 15th at 7pm: Part 2 ~ ZORA AND ME
Whether she’s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her latest creation is a shape-shifting gator man who lurks in the marshes, waiting to steal human souls. But when boastful Sonny Wrapped loses a wrestling match with an elusive alligator named Ghost — and a man is found murdered by the railroad tracks soon after — young Zora’s tales of a mythical evil creature take on an ominous and far more complicated complexion, jeopardizing the peace and security of an entire town and forcing three children to come to terms with the dual-edged power of pretending. Find out more about this work and its authors Online: CLICK HERE
TUESDAY 14 August at 7pm: Merlin and Arthur Tales with Derry
Tonight, in excerpts from Mary Stewart's "The Hollow Hills" we learn how a young lad named Emrys grew up in the house of Sir Ector, under the tutelage of the holy man who tended the shrine. The holy man was Merlin, the lad was Arthur, and plans were being made for their futures that would surprise the lad, and even surprise the holy man. Join Derry for these stories in voice.
MONDAY, August 13th at 7pm: ALL THE TRAPS OF EARTH Concludes
From author Clifford D. Simak's award-winning novella: a classic piece of Science Fiction - Fantasy literature! Tonight: The Conclusion
Presented by Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.
SUNDAY, August 12th at 2pm: TEA TIME at Baker Street
THIS WEEK: The Five Orange Pips! A young Sussex gentleman named John Openshaw has a strange story: in 1869 his uncle Elias Openshaw had suddenly come back to England to settle on an estate at Horsham, West Sussex after living for years in the United States as a planter in Florida and serving as a Colonel in the Confederate Army.
Not being married, Elias had allowed his nephew to stay at his estate. Strange incidents have occurred; one is that although John could go anywhere in the house he could never enter a locked room containing his uncle's trunks. Another peculiarity was that in March 1883 a letter postmarked from Pondicherry, India arrived for the Colonel inscribed only "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed.
Presented Live in Voice.
August 12 to 19 at Seanchai Library
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Sunday, August 12 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time at Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, August 13 at 7 p.m. - All the Traps of Earth (part 2) with Gyro Muggins
Tuesday, August 14 at 7 p.m. - Merlin and Arthur (part 2) with Derry McMahon
Wednesday, August 15 at 7 p.m. - Zora and Me (Part 2) with Caledonia Skytower
Thursday, August 16 at 7 p.m. - Legends of the Celts with Shandon Loring
Sunday, August 19 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time at Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Join us at these off-campus events too!
Sunday, August 12 at 10 a.m. - International Tales at Mango in Fruit Islands with Derry and Bear
Sunday, August 12 at 1 p.m. - Pirate Tales with Bear, Derry and the Tinies at Raglan Shire (Biggies welcome too).
Saturday, August 18 at 3 to 4:30 p.m. - Bard on the Beach at Mango in Fruit Islands
Sunday, August 19 at noon to 1:30 p.m. - Bard on the Beach II at Mango in Fruit Islands
Sunday, August 22 at 6 p.m. - MagicLand Storytime with Caledonia Skytower
All stories in voice and take place at Seanchai Libray on Imagination Island, unless otherwise noted. In July and August we'll be asking for donations toward the real world charity Little Kids Rock! Have questions? IM or notecard Derry McMahon, Librarian.
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
SUNDAY 12 August at 10 & 1: Traveler's Tales & Tiny Pirates
At 10am, in a final salute the Olympic spirit, they will offer tales from around the world. Today's locales include hiking in Italy, aphrodisiacs in Mexico, shopping in Kuwait, running in France, adventures in Thailand and more. Stories at the gallery in Mango on Fruit Islands.
At 1pm they will be in Raglan Shire for Pirate Stories! Biggies and Tinys are both welcome to this friendly place. Time to get your ARRRRRR on!! Notices will be sent with LMs for both events! All stories in voice!
THURSDAY, August 9th at 7 p.m.: The Hardwood Pile, by L. Sprague de Camp
Never pick a fight with a dryad!
Long ago, someone imported a Norway Maple sapling to New England, where it thrived and grew into a tree. But the sapling was aslo home to Aceria, a maple spite, who came along for the ride. She didn't mind being transplanted; she was happy anywhere, just so long as her tree was safe."Sprague possesses a sharp wit and a fine sense of humor."First published in the September 1940 issue of "Astounding," The Hardwood Pile is a classic example of L. Sprague de Camp at his finest.
-- Issac Asimov
De Camp was widely regarded as one of the most imaginative and innovative writers from the late 1930's through the late 1940's, the heyday of science fiction.
In a writing career spanning 60 years, he wrote science fiction, fantasy and heroic fantasy along with notable works of non-fiction, including the definitive biography of H.P. Lovecraft.
WEDNESDAY, August 8th at 7pm: Part 1 ~ ZORA AND ME
Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston. A fictionalization of the early years of a literary giant, this astonishing novel is the first project ever to be endorsed by the Zora Neale Hurston Trust that was not authored by Hurston herself. Created by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon.
"Whether she’s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her latest creation is a shape-shifting gator man who lurks in the marshes, waiting to steal human souls..."
Visit the Zora and Me online!
Presented in Voice.
TUESDAY 7 Aug at 7pm: "The Sword in the Stone" with Derry
Join Derry as she begins a 3 part series of excerpts from Mary Stewart's "The Hollow Hills". Tonight Merlin hunts down Macsen's sword and readies it for Arthur. Arthur comes riding through the forest and meets Merlin, having no idea who he is nor the pedigree they share. Stories in voice.
MONDAY, August 6th at 7PM: ALL THE TRAPS OF EARTH
From author Clifford D. Simak's award-winning novella: a classic piece of Science Fiction - Fantasy literature!
Presented in two parts ... Tonight: Part One! Gyro Muggins, Live in voice.
SUNDAY, August 5th at 2PM: TEA TIME at Baker Street
THIS WEEK: The Boscombe Vally Mystery! Lestrade summons Holmes to a community in Herefordshire, where a local land owner has been murdered outdoors. The deceased's estranged son is strongly implicated. Holmes quickly determines that a mysterious third man may be responsible for the crime, unraveling a thread involving a secret criminal past, thwarted love, and blackmail.
Presented Live in Voice.
August 5 to 12 in Seanchai Library
"We bring stories of all kinds to life, in Second Life."
Events in the Seanchai Library this week - all stories told in open voice, all times SLT:
Sunday, August 5 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time at Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, August 6 at 7 p.m. - All the Traps of Earth with Gyro Muggins
Tuesday, August 7 at 7 p.m. - The Sword in the Stone with Derry McMahon
Wednesday, August 8 at 7 p.m. - Zora and Me with Caledonia Skytower
Thursday, August 9 at 7 p.m. - L. Sprague de Camp's The Hardwood Pile with Bear Silvershade
Sunday, August 12 at 2 p.m. - Tea Time at Baker Street with Caledonia Skytower
Join us at these off-campus events too!
Sunday, August 5 at 6 p.m. - Alice Hoffman’s Aquamarine at MagicLand Storytime with Caledonia Skytower
Feel free to join the Seanchai or Stories Unlimited! subscribos. They are located in the library, just run in and touch them; or join our group, the Seanchai Library.
Be sure and check out our Flickr group for great images of past story sessions.
































