Upcoming Library Events!
Human Trafficking Exhibit & Experience Info Island
Opening January 11th at 6 PM SLThttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/130/110/33
This multi-media exhibit will allow visitors to learn about the dark
underworld where people are bought and sold, living lives as abused
and dehumanized slaves. The United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human
Trafficking reports that this criminal activity is second only to drug
trafficking. No region of the world, no race, no gender, no age group
is beyond the reach of traffickers. This exhibit serves to provide
information about human trafficking, but also places the visitor inside this world
to experience a small sampling of the hardships faced by victims.
Alexandrian Free Library: (Caledon, Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse, New Babbage, Amatsu Shima, West of Ireland, Steeltopia, Deadwood, Al Andalus & Constantinople) Library Events for January 6 through January 12, 2010.
Continuing Exhibits:
Caledon Library: From Oxcarts to Gondolas: the travel albums of Isabella Stewart Gardner
2009-07-14 to 2010-02-03
HG Wells Memorial Library, Caledon Wellsian,
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/225/236/23
Deadwood Memorial Library – Drawn From the Past: Deadwood Role-play Characters Inspired by Real History
2009-09-26 – 2010-02-28
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 – 2010-02-01
Toussaint L’Ouverture Community Library Second Floor
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/64/87/34
West of Ireland – Newgrange
2009-11-10 – 2010-01-09
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 – 2010-02-28
Jules Verne Wharf, Caledon Mayfair
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Mayfair/31/168/23
To Move in Meaure – An exhibit on 19th century Social Dance, at the Whitehorn Library, curated by Mis Leslie Weston
2009-12-21 – 2010-03-24
Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/55/202/23
New Exhibits:
Traditional Tunes: The Musical Instruments of Ireland
2010-01-10 – 2010-03-31
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Events of the Week:
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Onyx Plutonian with Sherlock Holmes’ “The Adventure of the Three Students”
Wednesday, 6 January, 2010
7:00 to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Our newest storyteller brings this Sherlock Holmes story, where a professor at a top university seeks Holmes’ help with a possible case of cheating in a valuable scholarship exam. Story read live in voice.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
IRELAND – an epic novel of history and storytelling with Shandon Loring
Thursday, 7 January, 2010
7:00 to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of the nine-year-old Ronan O’Mara in the Irish countryside. For three wonderful evenings, the old gentleman enthralls his assembled audience with narratives of foolish kings, fabled saints, and Ireland’s enduring accomplishments. These nights change young Ronan forever, setting him on a years-long pursuit of the elusive, itinerant storyteller and the glorious tales that are no less than the saga of his tenacious and extraordinary isle.
‘Ireland – a novel’ is the work from Frank Delaney, Shandon will share some portions of this marvelous novel with you in voice.
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CALEDON LIBRARY
Wind in the Willows All-day Listening Party
Saturday, 9 January, 2010
Where: Tinyville Library, Tinyville, Caledon Tanglewood
A full day of Wind in the Willows 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/thewind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-solo/
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
New Exhibit Opening: Traditional Tunes: The Musical Instruments of Ireland
Sunday, 10 January, 2010
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Join us for stories and music from Rosslyn Guardian (a harpist in both worlds) and Elder Priestman (who plays a variety of instruments). Stories and music live in voice.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Caledonia Skytower with “The Magician’s Elephant” (part 3)
Monday, 11 January, 2010
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
Will Peter Augustus Duchene find his little sister Adele? Does she truly still live? Or is the amazing portent of the elephant and all the other disheartened and disenfranchised characters of the story come together just to be further disappointed? Find out as THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT concludes. Read live in Voice.
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CALEDON LIBRARY
By Whitman, Biweekly!
Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
4:00PM to 5:00PM SLT
Caledon Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/160/117/23
A Discussion led by Dame Kghia Gerardo 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:
Jan 12 & 26
Feb 9 & 23
March 9 & 23
April 6 & 20
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Aoife Lorefield with Writers on Writing
Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
7:00PM to 8:00PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Selections from some of her favorite writers on writing itself … why they do it, how they do it, and what advice they have for us, as well as the joys, frustrations, despair and triumph of the writing life. Presentation live in voice.