Caledon this week
Caledon Library Book discussion — “Islands of Mystery” :The Secret of the Island , by Jules Verne & Journey to 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Mysterious Island, by The Journeyers of Caledon
Sun, October 21st, 12:00 – 1:45pm SLT
Whitehorn Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/47/201/25 )
The Caledon Library’s Book of the Month for October is “Islands of Mystery”. This book comprises two works, the novel The Secret of the Island, by Jules Verne & the blog adventure Journey to 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Mysterious Island, by The Journeyers of Caledon.
The Secret of the Island is the third novel of The Mysterious Island trilogy, Verne’s sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Castaways on an island in the South Pacific at the time of the American Civil War establish a colony, and undergo a thrilling, and closely described, series of privations and adventures. But a mysterious hand seems to be intervening in their fate….
In the collaborative adventure Journey to 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Mysterious Island, The Journeyers of Caledon chronicle a remarkable tale as it unfolds. A Mysterious Island arises off the coast of Caledon, a volcano the locals nickname “Phillip”. As the volcanic activity and earthquakes threaten Caledon, an expedition is assembled by the Royal Society of Natural Sciences. The expedition consists of an unlikely mixture of scientists, adventurers, curious nobles, a stowaway neko, a winsome witch, and a dastardly noble set on taking the treasure of the island for his own. On their Heroic Mission, the journeyers encounter all manner of curious beings, giant killer bunnies, amorous penguins, insane tribesman wearing jetpacks made of battered discarded industrial parts and bamboo…. and each other!
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/v/verne/jules/v52mi/
The Secret of the Island, by Jules Verne
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21489
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/v/verne/jules/v52mi/chapter43.html
Journey to 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Mysterious Island, by The Journeyers of Caledon
http://darklingmuse.wordpress.com/journey-to-20000-leagues-below-the- mysterious-island-all-chapter-links/
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New Exhibit at the Whitehorn Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
“How like an angel!” Depicting Male Beauty in Word and Image
An Exhbit at the Jack and Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library
Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/45/209/23
Tuesday, October 16 to Thursday, November 29
Curated by
Miss Autopilotpatty Poppy and Mr. Jameson Depres
Opening Reception
Saturday, October 20
3-6 p.m.
“What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! ”
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Act II, Scene 2
Although beautiful women have long been an inspiration for painter and sculptors and a muse for poets, the appreciation of male beauty has been a more circumspect affair. This exhibit offers Caledon the opportunity to examine, discuss, appreciate and celebrate varietes of male beauty.
The focus of the exhibit is the portraits of some 20 notable Caledonians first assembled by Miss Autopilotpatty Poppy for an August exhibit at The Gallery Tamrannoch. For this Exhibit, the Exotic Men are newly mounted and hung.
Context for the portraits is provided from the fields of art and literature. The tradition of portrait painting and the new technology of photography both offer insights into the depictions of our Exotics. The exhibit also examines stratagems of indirection and circumspection by which attention has been paid to the many facets of male beauty.
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Exhibit Opening Gala
“How like an angel!” Depicting Male Beauty in Word and Image
Curated by Miss Autopilotpatty Poppy and Mr. Jameson Depres
Jack and Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library
Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/45/209/23
Opening Reception and conversation with the curators
Saturday, October 20
3-6 pm slt
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Halloween Story session at the Falling Anvil Pub
October 23rd, 5-8pm SLT
Caledon Tamrannoch
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tamrannoch/232/106/23
Ghosties and ghoulies and long-legged furries, and things that go bump in the night, tales of horror and the supernatural, and all things strange and uncanny are welcome at this story session. Contact JJ Drinkwater or Aldo Stern to be added to the list of storytellers for the evening. All lovers of the hair-raising and spine-tingling are invited to join us!
Stories will be collected for publication as part of the Caledon Library’s “Tale from the Falling Anvil” Series, with the tellers’ permission. .
Sponsored by the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers, the Storytelling Guild of SL, and the Caledon Libraries
For more information, contact JJ Drinkwater.