Info Island this week
SciFi/Fantasy Gallery
“The Prestige” by Christopher Priest
Hosted by Phenyks Winx
It’s a story of two magicians during the era when electricity became part of a magician’s bag of tricks. Their rivalry takes them to the peaks of their careers, but with dire consequences. Christopher Priest spins a tale of misdirection and malace. We become the audience trying to figure out how things were done.
The Book of the Month Discussion is always~
the 3rd. Tuesday at 6:30 pm (Sl time)….July 17th.
and following Saturday at 12 noon………July 21st.
Contact Franja Russell for more information
Welcome to Mythica!
Alliance Library System announces the opening of Mythica, a residential community on the Imagination Island sim. The area shares Imagination Island with Rachelville, well known for its Dragon Maze, Secret Garden and children’s literature collections.
Mythica consists of 14 rental parcels surrounding a pond, plaza and library building (Griffin’s Nest) which will house collections on myths, legends, fairy tales and fables. Parcels are available at reasonable rates and information on renting can be obtained by contacting BrianA Corleone inworld. Green colored cones over residences still available to rent list land size and prims available on each parcel. Cottages on the land can be used or replaced with approved dwellings that reflect the rural surroundings. One parchel’s residence is solely a skybox and skyboxes are allowed for other parcels at prescribed heights above the dwelling below.
The rustic setting of Mythica along with the charm of neighboring Rachelville make this an ideal place for rest, relaxation and the development of a creative spirit within the SL Libraries community. Imagination Island is located south of ALA Arts Island and southwest of Cybrary City 2. A slurl is provided here to the plaza:
Reader’s Garden
Book Talk: McCarthy’s Bar by Pete McCarthy.
Friday July 13, 2007, 5pm-7pm SLT.
The Reader’s Garden. Cybrary City II (38, 244, 22).
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/38/244/22/
Melissa Perreault and the Virtual Book Group will present a discussion
on McCarthy’s Bar: a journey of discovery in Ireland, by Pete MCarthy.
Contact Princess Ivory for more information.
Book Talk: How Will it End? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Saturday July 14, 2007, 3pm – 5 pm SLT.
The Reader’s Garden. Cybrary City II (38, 244, 22).
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/38/244/22/
Join us for this very special discussion about the conclusion of the
Harry Potter series. Gather together with other Harry Potter fans, and
talk about how you think the final book will end, and why.
Scheduled for one week before the release of Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows.
Book Talk: Changeling : The Autobiography of Mike Oldfield.
Sunday July 15, 2007, 3pm – 5 pm SLT.
The Reader’s Garden. Cybrary City II (38, 244, 22).
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City%20II/38/244/22/
Zippedy Zabelin will present a discussion on Changeling : the
Autobiography of Mike Oldfield. This discussion is sponsored by
Tubular.net.
Contact Princess Ivory for more information.
Thrust into the limelight at the age of 19 with the success of his
debut album Tubular Bells, Mike recounts the challenges of his life,
including a difficult childhood, his feelings of being an outsider,
and his mental and emotional struggles as he comes to terms with all
of it. It is a story of courage, survival, acceptance and most of all,
hope.
Events at the Caledon Library, an affiliate of the Second Life Library 2.0
July Book Discussion , July 15th, 2-4pm SLT
Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/43/209/23
The July book of the Month at the Caledon library is The Island of Doctor Moreau by Mr H.G. Wells.
The discussion will be led by Mr Dominico Benelli, of Caledon
This book is a dark 19th century fantasy of what might result if the (then very controversial) practice of vivisection
were carried to an extreme, and a moral contenplation of the nature of human-ness. But, because it is by Wells,
it is also stirring tale of adventure. In the 21st century, it is again being read as a parable of what it means
when science experiments with genetics.
Copies of the work may be had at the library, or found in the Aetheric Edition, at the following locale
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/w/wells/hg/w45is/
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Etiquette Collection Ball, for Bastille Day, July 14th, 5-8pm
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Carntaigh/84/157/23
Le Bal-musette de la liberte, l’egalite et la civilite
July the Fourteenth, Two Thousand and Seven
Five o’Clock to to Eight o’Clock in the evening, SLT
Coughton Court, Duchy of Carntaigh, Caledon Carntaigh
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Carntaigh/84/157/23
This ball will introduce the Caledon Library’s *Ellen Throckmorton Riel Memorial Etiquette Collection*, which honours the memory of Grandmother of the Duchesses of both Loch Avie and Carntaigh. The Collection will be employed for the edification of Caledon for the Fall and Winter Social Seasons. The date of the ball, July 14th, is also Bastille Day:
“Bastille Day, or the Fourteenth of July, is the symbol of the end of the monarchy and the beginning of the Republic. The national holiday is a time when all citizens celebrate their membership to a republican nation. It is because this national holiday is rooted in the history of the birth of the Republic that it has such great significance.
On May 5, 1789, the King convened the Estates General to hear their complaints, but the assembly of the Third Estate, representing the citizens of the town, soon broke away and formed the Constituent National Assembly.
On June 20, 1789, the deputies of the Third Estate took the oath of the Jeu de Paume “to not separate until the Constitution had been established.” The Deputies’ opposition was echoed by public opinion. The people of Paris rose up and decided to march on the Bastille, a state prison that symbolized the absolutism and arbitrariness of the Ancien Regime.
The storming of the Bastille, on July 14, 1789, immediately became a symbol of historical dimensions; it was proof that power no longer resided in the King or in God, but in the people, in accordance with the theories developed by the Philosophes of the 18th century. ”
http://www.ambafrance-us.org /atoz/14july.asp`
iViNNiE Accessibility Center on HealthInfo Island
The iViNNiE Accessibility Center on HealthInfo Island will host a meeting of people and agencies
interested in providing services in second life to people with disabilities on Thursday July 19 at
10 am sl at the accessibility center. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss how agencies
can work together to refer people and share information so that these residents have access
and knowledge of the wide array of services available. For more information, contact Katt
Kongo or Lorelei Junot.
Who’s Who in Virtual Worlds Directory
iViNNiE and the Alliance Library System are working on a Who’s Who in Virtual Worlds Directory.
Share your expertise and find others with the expertise you need. To submit your information for
this online directory, go to http://www.ivinnie.com. Click on the link for submission on the lower right
hand side of the page.