Upcoming Library Events!
CVL/AVL library tours:
Info Island: Friday, January 29th @ 2pm SLT http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/110/37/33
Info Island: International Saturday, January 30th @ 2pm SLT http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/120/225/33
Rachelville: Wednesday, February 3rd @ 4 pm SLT http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/116/186/26
Sustainable Living Library
The Sustainable Living Library will host TWO Open Houses this month at the library. We’ll be giving tours of our new building, talking about sustainability, and networking!
Open House I
Thursday, 28 January
7pm SLT/PST
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Etopia%20Prime/60/159/25 – Sustainable Living Library at Etopia Prime.
Open House II
Sunday, 31 January
1pm SLT/PST
SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Etopia%20Prime/60/159/25 – Sustainable Living Library at Etopia Prime.
Before the days of the event, please email either Victoria or Eileen with questions. After you arrive in-world, feel free to IM either Plautia Corvale or Ariell Enoch for a TP to the library. This is the start of a great new year. We have workshops, parties, tours of SL planned. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Victoria / Plautia Corvale
petersen.victoria@gmail.com
Eileen / Ariell Enoch
edumas8@gmail.com
Announcing the Publication of “This Book is Overdue! Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All
by Marilyn Johnson (SL Marilena Basevi) on February 2 — which features a
chapter on Second Life librarians….
It’s a Harper book (from HarperCollins)…
amazon is selling it at
http://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Overdue-Librarians-Cybrarians/dp/0061431605/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235049998&sr=1-1
Other outlets are linked on Marilyn’s website http://www.marilynjohnson.net
The Sci-fi & Fantasy Portal will have two meetings
on Wednesday, Jan. 27th.–at 1 pm AND at 6:30 pm .
These times are so people in Western Europe and North / South America
can come.
Meetings at hours for Australia, New Zealand, and Asia will happen
within two weeks.
If there are people in Africa and the Middle East who are interested,
please tell me what day & time is best.
We’ll meet at the Portal on Info Island. INSIDE the Portal building.
http://slurl.com/secondlife.com/Info%20Island/210/94/33
will land you on the grounds of the Portal. Click on the
standing, wedge-shape “Teleport” box
to teleport up to the entrance. Walk through the door toward the
back, slightly to the right side.
We are looking for input regarding:
1) programs & events people would like to see at the Portal,
2) days & times that people prefer,
3) preference for events & discussions inside the Portal or up on the
Sky Platform,
4) new ideas for displays.
The events for Mystery Manor:
Tuesday, January 26, 7pm SLT Book talk with Maxito Ricardo, “Chasing
the
Devil’s Tail” by David Fulmer, Mystery Manor, Info Island
Sunday, January 31, 12 noon, at Info Island Auditorium, Author Peter
May
speaks about his latest book, “Virtually Dead”, set in Second Life.
International thriller writer Peter May will appear in SL as his
avatar
Flick Faulds. Peter May set up the Flick Faulds Detective Agency to
research his book and will talk about the book and his research.
Ongoing exhibit at Mystery Manor is about Tony Hillerman, Southwestern
Mystery writer.
Alexandrian Free Library: (Caledon, Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse, New Babbage, Amatsu Shima, West of Ireland, Steeltopia, Deadwood, Al Andalus & Constantinople) Library Events for January 27 through February 2, 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 Roleplay 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
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 Measure – 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
Traditional Tunes: The Musical Instruments of Ireland
2010-01-10 – 2010-04-01
Where:
West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Events of the Week:
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 90 Days” with Onyx Plutonian
Wednesday, 27 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
Jules Verne’s career as a novelist began in 1863, when he struck a new vein in fiction—stories that combined popular science and exploration. In Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days—and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot- blooded French manservant, Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard to win the extraordinary wager. Combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time, Around the World in Eighty Days gripped audiences upon its publication and remains hugely popular to this day. Part 1 tonight, read in voice.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Shandon Loring with “The Canterville Ghost”
Thursday, 28 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
“The Canterville Ghost” by Oscar Wilde is a parody featuring a dramatic spirit named Sir Simon and an American ambassador named Mr. Hiram B. Otis. When Mr. Otis learns his castle is haunted he succeeds in victimizing the ghost and disregarding age-old British traditions. An amusing twist on a traditional gothic horror tale. Story read in voice.
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STEELHEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY
Alice In Wonderland Readings and Ball
Friday, January 29 2010
Readings begin at 6:00PM SLT, ball at 7:00PM
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Steelhead/125/208/25
Please join us at the Steelhead Public Library as Riven Homewood and friends read passages from Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass. Following the readings, we will go through the looking glass ourselves and dance in a fantastic setting inspired by Lewis Carrol’s masterpieces.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY @ FRUIT ISLANDS
Shandon Loring with Beowulf
Sunday, 31 January 2010
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM SLT
Fruit Islands – Slurl will be sent with notices
ONCE upon a time, in the far north of what is now called Europe, there was a kingdom known as Geatsland. It was a harsh country, with high mountains and narrow valleys, and a long seacoast with many harbors and inlets, and the men who lived there were famous for their bravery, on both sea and land. They were tall like the trees of their forests, and each man had the strength of ten. There were foes, too, to be dealt with. The great caves along the coast were inhabited by all manner of evil monsters that lived partly in the sea and partly upon the land, huge serpents with scales of brass
In the Old English epic poem Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, battles three antagonists: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and later, after Beowulf has become king, a final battle with an unnamed dragon.
Join us for a very special and exciting presentation of Beowulf presented in Live Voice by Shandon Loring. If you have not experienced Beowulf before, it is time you did. If you have, it was not like this. You don’t dare miss this one!
Grendel’s coming, Grendel comes… And you can’t run!
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
A Tribute to Robert Burns in Poetry, Prose and Dance
Sunday, 31 January 2010
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Join the West of Ireland Storytellers Caledonia Skytower and Shandon Loring and our friend Corwyn Allen as they pay tribute to Scotland’s fine writer: Robbie Burns. There will be readings in the Auld Scots as well as in English, and lovely ladies (Marian and Derry) dancing the Highland Fling. Readings in voice.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
“A Cricket in Times Square” with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, 1 February 2010
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Magic! Music! A miracle occurs and the newsstand is saved! But will our friend the Cricket be content with fame and celebrity in New York City? Find out as the story of a country cricket in the Big Apple concludes. Read live in Voice.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Imbolc/Candlemas Celebration with Aoife Lorefield
Tuesday, 2 February 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
A celebration of the ancient Irish holiday of Imbolc (also known as Candlemas), with legends and traditions of the day.