Upcoming Library Events!
Join us Saturday, December 12th, at Rachelville Plaza, 10-11am,
on Imagination Island
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/111/178/25/
…to listen to a shared reading of chapter 12 of Kenneth Grahame’s
novel, The Wind in the Willows,
Feel free to come dressed as a character from “Wind in the Willows” or
any other tiny you might have!
Sponsored by the Caledon Library and Rachelville…. There will be
three listening parties in SL Saturday, December 12, from 10-11am SL
time.
ALSO… other places to listen/celebrate:
Wind in the Willows Listening Parties
Party and broadcast!
Chapter 12: The Return of Ulysses
Saturday, December 12th
10am-11am SLT
Tinyville Library, Caledon Tanglewoodhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tanglewood/23/214/23/
Big People can listen at:
Oxbridge Library in Caledon Oxbridgehttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Oxbridge/196/96/24
Come as a character from Kenneth Grahame’s novel, The Wind in the
Willows, and join us as we listen to a new chapter
each month of the adventures of the shy but loyal Mole, the poetical
Water Rat, the brave Otter, the gruff but kindly Mr. Badger, the
vainglorious Toad, and all the other creatures of wood, stream, and
field who populate this much-loved story.
Those who can’t be with us in-world are invited to tune in
athttp://music.radioriel.org
This is a year-long series, the second Saturday of each month, 2009.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library and Rachelville, and produced by
Radio Riel
Mystery Manor on Info Island has a new exhibit which celebrates the southwestern mystery writer Tony Hillerman. Come visit the exhibit, housed in a Trading post in a southwestern landscape much like the Navajo Reservation in northern New Mexico, the setting of Hillerman’s novels. A grand opening dance party on Friday at 6pm December 11 is scheduled Short stories will be read on Wednesday evenings – schedule to be announced.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/192/164/33
Jazz Cat
Info Island Internationalhttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/124/27/35
(Use the TP from the welcome center on Info Island.)
Mondays at 5 PM SLT – Unwind with the blues! A perfect way to recover
from
a blue Monday, with dancing, great music, and good conversation!
Dress is
uptown-blues-club-cool.
Fridays at 5 PM SLT – Smooth Jazz and Standards! Join us at the Jazz
Cat for an evening of smooth music and good friends…if you are new, you
won’t be long! Dress is formal, but there is free clothing available.
December 22nd at 6 PM SLT – Debi Latte entertains at the Jazz Cat.
Debi is always a crowd pleaser with her lovely voice and winning stage
presence. We are excited to have her singing at the Jazz Cat twice a month!
Everyone is welcome to come meet Debi and enjoy a night of song and Christmas
cheer! Dress for the holidays for this event!
Spirit Quest
Peace Park – Info Island
6:00 PM SLT – 6:30 PM SLThttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/163/170/33
Please join us at Peace Park as we share stories of faith and
spirituality.
Come to read stories or to listen! All are welcome!
The Sci-fi & Fantasy Portal presents the second of Author Dana
Paxson’s tours of the massive Underground City he’s built in SL. It
mirrors the underground city in his novel DESCENDING ROAD. While
touring this complex build, he’ll tell us about the events and
characters in the novel.
DESCENDING ROAD is a work in progress with multiple story threads.
It’s being added to as time goes on. Join us for a wonderful tour and
a good story. How often do you get to walk around in the environment
of a novel you’re reading?
http://slurl.com/secondlife.com/Info%20Island/210/94/33places you
at the Sci-fi & Fantasy Portal at ground level. Nearby are three tall
notice boards with information about our programs. You’ll find
information related to a specific program on both sides of each
board. Click on the note giver cube at the base of the board to
receive note card summaries and landmarks that go to your Inventory
for easy reference.
Dec. 15th at 6:30 pm (SL time) and Dec. 20th at 1 pm .
Dana Paxson in real life is Jeddin Leval in SL.
Free story download:http://danapaxsonstudio.com/DR&20Latest/DR.zip
Landmark to start of tour: http://Palm%20Breezes/112/93/46
Subject: Dance events for the inexperienced and new on the SJSU-SLIS Second Life virtual campus
For folks who are inexperienced or new to Second Life (SL) and wish to gain avatar experiences in a low pressure setting, there will be events at two locations in Second Life
These will be uncomplicated events with a theme of “Learn to Dance and Skate in Second Life.” All you need to do is rezz (login) into the SJSU SL campus by clicking http://slurl.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/127/98/33 . Then walk over to the virtual dance floor. There will be several folks in attendance ready to help and answer all of your SL questions.
The dance is followed at 8:00 PM SLT with learning how to skate at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Reykjanes/63/138/39.
If you anyone has questions please Email Silhshoot@gmail.com or clicquotoh@gmail.com
Friday 12/11 @ 6:30 to 8:00 PM SLT
Learn basic dance animation and music settings
Winter Ball makeovers
Friday 12/11 @ 8:00 PM SLT
Learn basic skating animation and music settings
Saturday 12/19 @ 6:30 to 8:30 PM SLT
Winter Ball (Formal attire suggested)
Alexandrian Free Library: (Caledon, Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse, New Babbage, Amatsu Shima, West of Ireland, Steeltopia, Deadwood, Al Andalus & Constantinople) Library Events for December 9 through December 15, 2009
Continuing Exhibits:
Caledon Library: From Oxcarts to Gondolas: the travel albums of Isabella Stewart Gardner
2009-07-14 to 2010-01-03
HG Wells Memorial Library, Caledon Wellsian,
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/225/236/23
Great Ladies of Cookery: British and American cookbook publishing by Women in the 18th & 19th centuries
2009-07-31 – 2009-12-14
Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/55/202/23
Deadwood Memorial Library – Drawn From the Past: Deadwood Roleplay Characters Inspired by Real History
2009-09-26 – 2009-12-31
Deadwood Memorial Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Phoenix%20pass/124/148/651/
Les Chroniques de la Fee Verte: An Exhibit by Elric Anatine.
2009-11-01 – 2010-01-01
Toussaint L’Ouverture Community Library Second Floor
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/64/87/34
West of Ireland – Newgrange
2009-11-10 – 2009-12-31
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Taking Flight: The Wright Brothers & Beyond
2009-12-01 – 2010-2-1
Jules Verne Wharf, Caledon Mayfair
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Mayfair/31/168/23
New Exhibits:
Social Dance – An exhibit at the Whitehorn Library curated by Mis Leslie Weston
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 – Wed, March 17, 2010
Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/55/202/23
Events of the Week:
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Holiday Stories with the WOI Storytellers
Wednesday, 9 December, 2009
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Join the WOI Storytellers for fine old holiday stories…some winter, some Christmas, maybe even a Hanukkah story!! Stories in voice.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Christmas Stories with Shandon!
Thursday, 10 December, 2009
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Shandon has some of the best Christmas stories, and always something nice to give away!! Stories in voice.
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Friday, 11 December, 2009
None Scheduled. Exhibits Only.
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CALEDON LIBRARY
Wind in the Willows Listening Party
Saturday, 12 December, 2009
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Where: Tinyville Library, Tinyville, Caledon Tanglewood
Chapter Twelve: The Return of Ulysses Sponsored by the Caledon Library and produced by Radio Riel. If you can’t join us in-world, tune in at http://music.radioriel.org
http://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-solo/
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Christmas Service of Readings and Carols at the Cathedral
Saturday, 12 December, 2009
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: The Cathedral in Cork
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cork/165/209/28
Join the West of Ireland Storytellers for a traditional Christmas service. Carols will be presented on the stream, Scripture readings will be presented in voice. Come celebrate with us.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Christmas Service of Readings and Carols at the Cathedral
Sunday, 13 December, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM SLT
Where: The Cathedral in Cork
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cork/165/209/28
Join the West of Ireland Storytellers for a traditional Christmas service. Carols will be presented on the stream, Scripture readings will be presented in voice. Come celebrate with us.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
“A Christmas Carol” presented by the WOI Storytellers
Monday, 14 December, 2009
7:00 PM to 8.30 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
The West of Ireland Library (WOI) Storytellers will reprise their holiday presentation, for a second year, of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol in live voice on Monday, December 14 at 7pm and Sunday, December 20 at 1pm at the West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center with donations benefiting the real life charity Project Children.
The 2009 presentation of the Dicken’s Classic will feature an all new “immersive” setting: A London street scene created by Aoife Lorefield complete with gas street lamps, glowing shop windows, and Scrooge & Marley’s counting house.
The performance will feature a mix of familiar WOI voices, guests, and friends from the WOI community. WOI Seanchai (Chief Storyteller) Shandon Loring will reprise his role as “Ebeneezer Scrooge”, the cold-hearted, tight fisted, greedy man, who despises all things which promote happiness. Elder Priestman will once more lend his warmth to the story as “Bob Cratchit,” Scrooge’s underpaid clerk and father of Tiny Tim. The rest of the ensemble includes popular WOI DJ Spyot Demina as Scrooge’s nephew Fred; storyteller and well known eccentric “dragoness” Elegia Underwood as the Ghost of Christmas Past; the role of the Ghost of Christmas Present will be shared by SL Poet Corwyn Allen, and popular musician Duncan Bagley (each doing a single performance); Aoife Lorefield will voice Marley’s Ghost. Underwood will also narrate the section of the story involving the silent Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. WOI Librarian Derry McMahon and Storyteller Caledonia Skytower will provide additional narration and play multiple small roles throughout.
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CALEDON LIBRARY
By Whitman, Biweekly!
Tuesday, 15 December, 2009
4:00 pm to 5:00 PM SLT
Where: Caledon Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/160/117/23
A Discussion led by Dame Kghia Gheardi of the works of Walt Whitman By Whitman, Biweekly! Alternate Tuesdays at 4pm SLT Caledon Library, on the Hub in Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/160/117/23
Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass is one of the works at the foundations of American poetry. Its expansive attempt to capture the spirit and landscape of the 19th century United States has influenced an entire culture’s self-concept, and its rich language continues to inspire readers today as it has for the century and a half of its existence.
“By Whitman, Biweekly” will provide an opportunity to look closely at this beloved work. Each time we’ll spend an hour discussing its context and examining the poetry of the 1855 first edition. The series will also give those who love Leaves of Grass, and those who would like to learn more, an opportunity to explore Whitman’s vigorous and heartfelt poetry together.
Schedule:
Dec 15, & 29
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Irish Christmas Classics with Aoife Lorefield
Tuesday, 15 December, 2009
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Aoife brings more wonderful Christmas stories to life, so come and listen! Stories read in voice.