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!

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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

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And Join Us for these Outreach events:

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

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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

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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!

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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

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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!