By Whitman, Biweekly!
Tuesday February 9th, 4pm SLT
Caledon Library, on the Hub in 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
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, BI-Weekly" 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.
Below is the text we'll discuss this week:
SAUNTERING the pavement or riding the country byroad here then are
faces,
Faces of friendship, precision, caution, suavity, ideality,
The spiritual prescient face, the always welcome common benevolent face,
The face of the singing of music, the grand faces of natural lawyers and judges
broad at the backtop,
The faces of hunters and fishers, bulged at the brows . . . . the shaved blanched
faces of orthodox citizens,
The pure extravagant yearning questioning artist's face,
The welcome ugly face of some beautiful soul . . . . the handsome detested or
despised face,
The sacred faces of infants . . . . the illuminated face of the mother of many children,
The face of an amour . . . . the face of veneration,
The face as of a dream . . . . the face of an immobile rock,
The face withdrawn of its good and bad . . a castrated face,
A wild hawk . . his wings clipped by the clipper,
A stallion that yielded at last to the thongs and knife of the gelder.
Sauntering the pavement or crossing the ceaseless ferry, here then are faces;
I see them and complain not and am content with all.
Do you suppose I could be content with all if I thought them their own finale?
This now is too lamentable a face for a man;
Some abject louse asking leave to be . . cringing for it,
Some milknosed maggot blessing what lets it wrig to its hole.
This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage;
Snakes nest in that mouth . . I hear the sibilant threat.
This face is a haze more chill than the arctic sea,
Its sleepy and wobbling icebergs crunch as they go.
This is a face of bitter herbs . . . . this an emetic . . . . they need no label,
And more of the drugshelf . . laudanum, caoutchouc, or hog's lard.
This face is an epilepsy advertising and doing business . . . . its wordless tongue
gives out the unearthly cry,
Its veins down the neck distend . . . . its eyes roll till they show nothing but their
whites,
Its teeth grit . . the palms of the hands are cut by the turned-in nails,
The man falls struggling and foaming to the ground while he speculates well.
This face is bitten by vermin and worms,
And this is some murderer's knife with a halfpulled scabbard.
This face owes to the sexton his dismalest fee,
An unceasing deathbell tolls there.
Those are really men! . . . . the bosses and tufts of the great round globe.
Features of my equals, would you trick me with your creased and cadaverous
march?
Well then you cannot trick me.
I see your rounded never-erased flow,
I see neath the rims of your haggard and mean disguises.
Splay and twist as you like . . . . poke with the tangling fores of fishes or rats,
You'll be unmuzzled . . . . you certainly will.
I saw the face of the most smeared and slobbering idiot they had at the asylum,
And I knew for my consolation what they knew not;
I knew of the agents that emptied and broke my brother,
The same wait to clear the rubbish from the fallen tenement;
And I shall look again in a score or two of ages,
And I shall meet the real landlord perfect and unharmed, every inch as good as
myself.
The Lord advances and yet advances:
Always the shadow in front . . . . always the reached hand bringing up the laggards.
Out of this face emerge banners and horses . . . . O superb! . . . . I see what is
coming,
I see the high pioneercaps . . . . I see the staves of runners clearing the way,
I hear victorious drums.
This face is a lifeboat;
This is the face commanding and bearded . . . . it asks no odds of the rest;
This face is flavored fruit ready for eating;
This face of a healthy honest boy is the programme of all good.
These faces bear testimony slumbering or awake,
They show their descent from the Master himself.
Off the word I have spoken I except not one . . . . red white or black, all are deific,
In each house is the ovum . . . . it comes forth after a thousand years.
Spots or cracks at the windows do not disturb me,
Tall and sufficient stand behind and make signs to me;
I read the promise and patiently wait.
This is a fullgrown lily's face,
She speaks to the limber-hip'd man near the garden pickets,
Come here, she blushingly cries . . . . Come nigh to me limber-hip'd man and give me
your finger and thumb,
Stand at my side till I lean as high as I can upon you,
Fill me with albescent honey . . . . bend down to me,
Rub to me with your chafing beard . . rub to my breast and shoulders.
The old face of the mother of many children:
Whist! I am fully content.
Lulled and late is the smoke of the Sabbath morning,
It hangs low over the rows of trees by the fences,
It hangs thin by the sassafras, the wildcherry and the catbrier under them.
I saw the rich ladies in full dress at the soiree,
I heard what the run of poets were saying so long,
Heard who sprang in crimson youth from the white froth and the water-blue.
Behold a woman!
She looks out from her quaker cap . . . . her face is clearer and more beautiful than
the sky.
She sits in an armchair under the shaded porch of the farmhouse,
The sun just shines on her old white head.
Her ample gown is of creamhued linen,
Her grandsons raised the flax, and her granddaughters spun it with the distaff and
the wheel.
The melodious character of the earth!
The finish beyond which philosophy cannot go and does not wish to go!
The justified mother of men!
Tuesday February 9th, 4pm SLT
Caledon Library, on the Hub in 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
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, BI-Weekly" 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.
Below is the text we'll discuss this week:
SAUNTERING the pavement or riding the country byroad here then are
faces,
Faces of friendship, precision, caution, suavity, ideality,
The spiritual prescient face, the always welcome common benevolent face,
The face of the singing of music, the grand faces of natural lawyers and judges
broad at the backtop,
The faces of hunters and fishers, bulged at the brows . . . . the shaved blanched
faces of orthodox citizens,
The pure extravagant yearning questioning artist's face,
The welcome ugly face of some beautiful soul . . . . the handsome detested or
despised face,
The sacred faces of infants . . . . the illuminated face of the mother of many children,
The face of an amour . . . . the face of veneration,
The face as of a dream . . . . the face of an immobile rock,
The face withdrawn of its good and bad . . a castrated face,
A wild hawk . . his wings clipped by the clipper,
A stallion that yielded at last to the thongs and knife of the gelder.
Sauntering the pavement or crossing the ceaseless ferry, here then are faces;
I see them and complain not and am content with all.
Do you suppose I could be content with all if I thought them their own finale?
This now is too lamentable a face for a man;
Some abject louse asking leave to be . . cringing for it,
Some milknosed maggot blessing what lets it wrig to its hole.
This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage;
Snakes nest in that mouth . . I hear the sibilant threat.
This face is a haze more chill than the arctic sea,
Its sleepy and wobbling icebergs crunch as they go.
This is a face of bitter herbs . . . . this an emetic . . . . they need no label,
And more of the drugshelf . . laudanum, caoutchouc, or hog's lard.
This face is an epilepsy advertising and doing business . . . . its wordless tongue
gives out the unearthly cry,
Its veins down the neck distend . . . . its eyes roll till they show nothing but their
whites,
Its teeth grit . . the palms of the hands are cut by the turned-in nails,
The man falls struggling and foaming to the ground while he speculates well.
This face is bitten by vermin and worms,
And this is some murderer's knife with a halfpulled scabbard.
This face owes to the sexton his dismalest fee,
An unceasing deathbell tolls there.
Those are really men! . . . . the bosses and tufts of the great round globe.
Features of my equals, would you trick me with your creased and cadaverous
march?
Well then you cannot trick me.
I see your rounded never-erased flow,
I see neath the rims of your haggard and mean disguises.
Splay and twist as you like . . . . poke with the tangling fores of fishes or rats,
You'll be unmuzzled . . . . you certainly will.
I saw the face of the most smeared and slobbering idiot they had at the asylum,
And I knew for my consolation what they knew not;
I knew of the agents that emptied and broke my brother,
The same wait to clear the rubbish from the fallen tenement;
And I shall look again in a score or two of ages,
And I shall meet the real landlord perfect and unharmed, every inch as good as
myself.
The Lord advances and yet advances:
Always the shadow in front . . . . always the reached hand bringing up the laggards.
Out of this face emerge banners and horses . . . . O superb! . . . . I see what is
coming,
I see the high pioneercaps . . . . I see the staves of runners clearing the way,
I hear victorious drums.
This face is a lifeboat;
This is the face commanding and bearded . . . . it asks no odds of the rest;
This face is flavored fruit ready for eating;
This face of a healthy honest boy is the programme of all good.
These faces bear testimony slumbering or awake,
They show their descent from the Master himself.
Off the word I have spoken I except not one . . . . red white or black, all are deific,
In each house is the ovum . . . . it comes forth after a thousand years.
Spots or cracks at the windows do not disturb me,
Tall and sufficient stand behind and make signs to me;
I read the promise and patiently wait.
This is a fullgrown lily's face,
She speaks to the limber-hip'd man near the garden pickets,
Come here, she blushingly cries . . . . Come nigh to me limber-hip'd man and give me
your finger and thumb,
Stand at my side till I lean as high as I can upon you,
Fill me with albescent honey . . . . bend down to me,
Rub to me with your chafing beard . . rub to my breast and shoulders.
The old face of the mother of many children:
Whist! I am fully content.
Lulled and late is the smoke of the Sabbath morning,
It hangs low over the rows of trees by the fences,
It hangs thin by the sassafras, the wildcherry and the catbrier under them.
I saw the rich ladies in full dress at the soiree,
I heard what the run of poets were saying so long,
Heard who sprang in crimson youth from the white froth and the water-blue.
Behold a woman!
She looks out from her quaker cap . . . . her face is clearer and more beautiful than
the sky.
She sits in an armchair under the shaded porch of the farmhouse,
The sun just shines on her old white head.
Her ample gown is of creamhued linen,
Her grandsons raised the flax, and her granddaughters spun it with the distaff and
the wheel.
The melodious character of the earth!
The finish beyond which philosophy cannot go and does not wish to go!
The justified mother of men!
BOOK EVENTS - FEBRUARY 2-8
Tuesday, February 2
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/62/2
• 11:00 am - Poets' Meet with Stosh Quartz
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 2:00 pm - Full Moon Poetry Solace
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solace%20Lake/244/101/27
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
• 3:00 pm - Beautiful Stories for Evil Children
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 3:30 pm - Huckleberry Hax reads from Beside an Open Window
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
• 5:00 pm - Derry McMahon with Folk Tales at Bayou Noir
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bayou%20Noir/128/128/2
• 7:00 pm - Aoife Lorefield with an Imbolc/Candlemas celebration
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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Wednesday, February 3
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 1:00 am - Writers' Meet
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/126/22/2
• 2:00 pm - Writer's Circle Poems and Prose
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/208/23/23
• 2:00 pm - Poetry at Junkers Blues
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunrise%20Skys/160/63/21
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
• 7:00 pm - Onyx Plutonian with Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days" (pt 2)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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Thursday, February 4
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 2:00 pm - Poetry a Celebration of Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avgi/128/40/24
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
•5:00 pm - Author Chat: Rhonda Carpenter
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terric/183/133/27
• 7:00 pm - Jagermonster Poetry Slam
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Absinthe/72/141/22
• 7:00 pm - Shandon Loring with Algonquin Legends of New England
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
• 7:00 pm - Emerain Rich reads Night's Knights
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 8:00 pm - Podcrafters Office Hours
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/56/219/21
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Friday, February 5
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 1:00 am - Writers' Meet
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/126/22/2
• 2:00 pm - Poets Of Zarahemia
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zarahemla/184/38/22
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
• 3:00 pm - Short Story Group
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/139/115/23
• 3:00 pm - My Favourite Author, My Favourite Chapter
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 6:00 pm - Seminar in Kant's Metaphysics of Morals
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Philosophy%20Island/112/56/2
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Saturday, February 6
• 3:00 am - Wild Rose Pub Open Mic Poetry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/59/169/28
• 8:00/10:00 am alternating Saturdays - Poetry in Edit: Blue Angel Workshop
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
• Noon - Book Trivia: Countries
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/137/126/25
• 1:00 pm - Winterfell Spring Thaw Poetry Reading
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell/109/124/24
• 2:00 pm - Science Fiction Saturday
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/137/126/25
• 5:00 pm - Novel Writing Class with Author Rae Lori
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/155/145/32
• 5:00 pm - Poetry at Sanctuary
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Laurel%20Arts%20Isle/234/36/22
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Sunday, February 7
• 8:00 am - Poetry a Celebration of Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avgi/128/40/24
• 9:30 am (every other Sunday) - Horror Addicts Taping
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Book%20Island/174/210/36
• 11:00 am - Poetry & Pints: Share your favorite poems
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/137/126/25
• 1:00 pm - Off the Shelf Interviews Science Fiction Authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/161/170/322
• 1:00 pm - Poetry made Easy at the Big Easy
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ciel/33/56/24
• 2:00 pm - Novel Writing Class with Author Rae Lori
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/130/58/30
• 2:30 pm - John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Philosophy%20Island/112/56/2
• 3:00 pm - Poetry Libre Open Mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/137/126/25
• 3:00 pm - My Favourite Author, My Favourite Chapter
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 5:00 pm - Blue Angel Poetry Open Mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
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Monday, February 8
• 2:00 pm - Open Stage Poetry Recital
http://slurl.com/secondlife/VAN%20DYCK%20PARK/242/240/21
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
• 3:00 pm - Sounds of Poetry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/130/129/23
• 5:00 pm TLE Writers Symposium
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Raziel/60/229/25
• 6:00 pm - Story Hour at A&C Hotel
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Minkartah/111/130/30
• 7:00 pm - The Cricket in Times Square
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
• 7:30 pm - John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Philosophy%20Island/112/56/2
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UPCOMING BOOK DISCUSSIONS
- Feb. 21 - Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Wollstonecraft's Daughters)
- Feb. 28 - Shadows over Baker Street - "The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" and "A Case of Royal Blood" (Bookstacks)
Tuesday, February 2
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/62/2
• 11:00 am - Poets' Meet with Stosh Quartz
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 2:00 pm - Full Moon Poetry Solace
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solace%20Lake/244/101/27
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
• 3:00 pm - Beautiful Stories for Evil Children
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 3:30 pm - Huckleberry Hax reads from Beside an Open Window
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
• 5:00 pm - Derry McMahon with Folk Tales at Bayou Noir
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bayou%20Noir/128/128/2
• 7:00 pm - Aoife Lorefield with an Imbolc/Candlemas celebration
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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Wednesday, February 3
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 1:00 am - Writers' Meet
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/126/22/2
• 2:00 pm - Writer's Circle Poems and Prose
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/208/23/23
• 2:00 pm - Poetry at Junkers Blues
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunrise%20Skys/160/63/21
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
• 7:00 pm - Onyx Plutonian with Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days" (pt 2)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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Thursday, February 4
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 2:00 pm - Poetry a Celebration of Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avgi/128/40/24
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
•5:00 pm - Author Chat: Rhonda Carpenter
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terric/183/133/27
• 7:00 pm - Jagermonster Poetry Slam
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Absinthe/72/141/22
• 7:00 pm - Shandon Loring with Algonquin Legends of New England
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
• 7:00 pm - Emerain Rich reads Night's Knights
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 8:00 pm - Podcrafters Office Hours
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/56/219/21
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Friday, February 5
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 1:00 am - Writers' Meet
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/126/22/2
• 2:00 pm - Poets Of Zarahemia
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zarahemla/184/38/22
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
• 3:00 pm - Short Story Group
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/139/115/23
• 3:00 pm - My Favourite Author, My Favourite Chapter
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 6:00 pm - Seminar in Kant's Metaphysics of Morals
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Philosophy%20Island/112/56/2
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Saturday, February 6
• 3:00 am - Wild Rose Pub Open Mic Poetry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/59/169/28
• 8:00/10:00 am alternating Saturdays - Poetry in Edit: Blue Angel Workshop
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
• Noon - Book Trivia: Countries
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/137/126/25
• 1:00 pm - Winterfell Spring Thaw Poetry Reading
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell/109/124/24
• 2:00 pm - Science Fiction Saturday
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/137/126/25
• 5:00 pm - Novel Writing Class with Author Rae Lori
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/155/145/32
• 5:00 pm - Poetry at Sanctuary
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Laurel%20Arts%20Isle/234/36/22
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Sunday, February 7
• 8:00 am - Poetry a Celebration of Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avgi/128/40/24
• 9:30 am (every other Sunday) - Horror Addicts Taping
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Book%20Island/174/210/36
• 11:00 am - Poetry & Pints: Share your favorite poems
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/137/126/25
• 1:00 pm - Off the Shelf Interviews Science Fiction Authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/161/170/322
• 1:00 pm - Poetry made Easy at the Big Easy
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ciel/33/56/24
• 2:00 pm - Novel Writing Class with Author Rae Lori
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/130/58/30
• 2:30 pm - John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Philosophy%20Island/112/56/2
• 3:00 pm - Poetry Libre Open Mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/137/126/25
• 3:00 pm - My Favourite Author, My Favourite Chapter
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 5:00 pm - Blue Angel Poetry Open Mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
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Monday, February 8
• 2:00 pm - Open Stage Poetry Recital
http://slurl.com/secondlife/VAN%20DYCK%20PARK/242/240/21
• 2:00 pm - Office Hours with Jilly Kidd (Adele Ward)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/46/184/32
• 3:00 pm - Sounds of Poetry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/130/129/23
• 5:00 pm TLE Writers Symposium
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Raziel/60/229/25
• 6:00 pm - Story Hour at A&C Hotel
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Minkartah/111/130/30
• 7:00 pm - The Cricket in Times Square
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
• 7:30 pm - John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Philosophy%20Island/112/56/2
--------------------------------------------
UPCOMING BOOK DISCUSSIONS
- Feb. 21 - Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Wollstonecraft's Daughters)
- Feb. 28 - Shadows over Baker Street - "The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" and "A Case of Royal Blood" (Bookstacks)
By Whitman, Biweekly!
Tuesday January 26th, 4pm SLT
Caledon Library, on the Hub in 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
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, BI-Weekly" 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.
Below is the text we'll discuss this week:
This is the nucleus . . . after the child is born of woman the man is born of woman,
This is the bath of birth . . . this is the merge of small and large and the outlet again.
Be not ashamed women . . your privilege encloses the rest . . it is the exit of the rest,
You are the gates of the body and you are the gates of the soul.
The female contains all qualities and tempers them . . . . she is in her place . . . .
she moves with perfect balance,
She is all things duly veiled . . . . she is both passive and active . . . . she is to con-
ceive daughters as well as sons and sons as well as daughters.
As I see my soul reflected in nature . . . . as I see through a mist one with inexpress-
ible completeness and beauty . . . . see the bent head and arms folded over the
breast . . . . the female I see,
I see the bearer of the great fruit which is immortality . . . . the good thereof is
not tasted by roues, and never can be.
The male is not less the soul, nor more . . . . he too is in his place,
He too is all qualities . . . . he is action and power . . . . the flush of the known
universe is in him,
Scorn becomes him well and appetite and defiance become him well,
The fiercest largest passions . . bliss that is utmost and sorrow that is utmost be-
come him well . . . . pride is for him,
The fullspread pride of man is calming and excellent to the soul;
Knowledge becomes him . . . . he likes it always . . . . he brings everything to the
test of himself,
Whatever the survey . . whatever the sea and the sail, he strikes soundings at last
only here,
Where else does he strike soundings except here?
The man's body is sacred and the woman's body is sacred . . . . it is no matter who,
Is it a slave? Is it one of the dullfaced immigrants just landed on the wharf?
Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the welloff . . . . just as much as
you,
Each has his or her place in the procession.
All is a procession,
The universe is a procession with measured and beautiful motion.
Do you know so much that you call the slave or the dullface ignorant?
Do you suppose you have a right to a good sight . . . and he or she has no
right to a sight?
Do you think matter has cohered together from its diffused float, and the soil is
on the surface and water runs and vegetation sprouts for you . . and not for
him and her?
A slave at auction!
I help the auctioneer . . . . the sloven does not half know his business.
Gentlemen look on this curious creature,
Whatever the bids of the bidders they cannot be high enough for him,
For him the globe lay preparing quintillions of years without one animal or plant,
For him the revolving cycles truly and steadily rolled.
In that head the allbaffling brain,
In it and below it the making of the attributes of heroes.
Examine these limbs, red black or white . . . . they are very cunning in tendon and
nerve;
They shall be stript that you may see them.
Exquisite senses, lifelit eyes, pluck, volition,
Flakes of breastmuscle, pliant backbone and neck, flesh not flabby, goodsized arms
and legs,
And wonders within there yet.
Within there runs his blood . . . . the same old blood . . the same red running blood;
There swells and jets his heart . . . . There all passions and desires . . all reachings
and aspirations:
Do you think they are not there because they are not expressed in parlors and
lecture-rooms?
This is not only one man . . . . he is the father of those who shall be fathers in their
turns,
In him the start of populous states and rich republics,
Of him countless immortal lives with countless embodiments and enjoyments.
How do you know who shall come from the offspring of his offspring through the
centuries?
Who might you find you have come from yourself if you could trace back through
the centuries?
A woman at auction,
She too is not only herself . . . . she is the teeming mother of mothers,
She is the bearer of them that shall grow and be mates to the mothers.
Her daughters or their daughters' daughters . . who knows who shall mate with
them?
Who knows through the centuries what heroes may come from them?
In them and of them natal love . . . . in them the divine mystery . . . . the same old
beautiful mystery.
Have you ever loved a woman?
Your mother . . . . is she living? . . . . Have you been much with her? and has she
been much with you?
Do you not see that these are exactly the same to all in all nations and times all
over the earth?
If life and the soul are sacred the human body is sacred;
And the glory and sweet of a man is the token of manhood untainted,
And in man or woman a clean strong firmfibred body is beautiful as the most
beautiful face.
Have you seen the fool that corrupted his own live body? or the fool that corrupted
her own live body?
For they do not conceal themselves, and cannot conceal themselves.
Who degrades or defiles the living human body is cursed,
Who degrades or defiles the body of the dead is not more
cursed.
Tuesday January 26th, 4pm SLT
Caledon Library, on the Hub in 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
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, BI-Weekly" 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.
Below is the text we'll discuss this week:
This is the nucleus . . . after the child is born of woman the man is born of woman,
This is the bath of birth . . . this is the merge of small and large and the outlet again.
Be not ashamed women . . your privilege encloses the rest . . it is the exit of the rest,
You are the gates of the body and you are the gates of the soul.
The female contains all qualities and tempers them . . . . she is in her place . . . .
she moves with perfect balance,
She is all things duly veiled . . . . she is both passive and active . . . . she is to con-
ceive daughters as well as sons and sons as well as daughters.
As I see my soul reflected in nature . . . . as I see through a mist one with inexpress-
ible completeness and beauty . . . . see the bent head and arms folded over the
breast . . . . the female I see,
I see the bearer of the great fruit which is immortality . . . . the good thereof is
not tasted by roues, and never can be.
The male is not less the soul, nor more . . . . he too is in his place,
He too is all qualities . . . . he is action and power . . . . the flush of the known
universe is in him,
Scorn becomes him well and appetite and defiance become him well,
The fiercest largest passions . . bliss that is utmost and sorrow that is utmost be-
come him well . . . . pride is for him,
The fullspread pride of man is calming and excellent to the soul;
Knowledge becomes him . . . . he likes it always . . . . he brings everything to the
test of himself,
Whatever the survey . . whatever the sea and the sail, he strikes soundings at last
only here,
Where else does he strike soundings except here?
The man's body is sacred and the woman's body is sacred . . . . it is no matter who,
Is it a slave? Is it one of the dullfaced immigrants just landed on the wharf?
Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the welloff . . . . just as much as
you,
Each has his or her place in the procession.
All is a procession,
The universe is a procession with measured and beautiful motion.
Do you know so much that you call the slave or the dullface ignorant?
Do you suppose you have a right to a good sight . . . and he or she has no
right to a sight?
Do you think matter has cohered together from its diffused float, and the soil is
on the surface and water runs and vegetation sprouts for you . . and not for
him and her?
A slave at auction!
I help the auctioneer . . . . the sloven does not half know his business.
Gentlemen look on this curious creature,
Whatever the bids of the bidders they cannot be high enough for him,
For him the globe lay preparing quintillions of years without one animal or plant,
For him the revolving cycles truly and steadily rolled.
In that head the allbaffling brain,
In it and below it the making of the attributes of heroes.
Examine these limbs, red black or white . . . . they are very cunning in tendon and
nerve;
They shall be stript that you may see them.
Exquisite senses, lifelit eyes, pluck, volition,
Flakes of breastmuscle, pliant backbone and neck, flesh not flabby, goodsized arms
and legs,
And wonders within there yet.
Within there runs his blood . . . . the same old blood . . the same red running blood;
There swells and jets his heart . . . . There all passions and desires . . all reachings
and aspirations:
Do you think they are not there because they are not expressed in parlors and
lecture-rooms?
This is not only one man . . . . he is the father of those who shall be fathers in their
turns,
In him the start of populous states and rich republics,
Of him countless immortal lives with countless embodiments and enjoyments.
How do you know who shall come from the offspring of his offspring through the
centuries?
Who might you find you have come from yourself if you could trace back through
the centuries?
A woman at auction,
She too is not only herself . . . . she is the teeming mother of mothers,
She is the bearer of them that shall grow and be mates to the mothers.
Her daughters or their daughters' daughters . . who knows who shall mate with
them?
Who knows through the centuries what heroes may come from them?
In them and of them natal love . . . . in them the divine mystery . . . . the same old
beautiful mystery.
Have you ever loved a woman?
Your mother . . . . is she living? . . . . Have you been much with her? and has she
been much with you?
Do you not see that these are exactly the same to all in all nations and times all
over the earth?
If life and the soul are sacred the human body is sacred;
And the glory and sweet of a man is the token of manhood untainted,
And in man or woman a clean strong firmfibred body is beautiful as the most
beautiful face.
Have you seen the fool that corrupted his own live body? or the fool that corrupted
her own live body?
For they do not conceal themselves, and cannot conceal themselves.
Who degrades or defiles the living human body is cursed,
Who degrades or defiles the body of the dead is not more
cursed.
BOOK EVENTS - JANUARY 19-25
Tuesday, January 19
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/62/2
• 11:00 am - Poets' Meet with Stosh Quartz
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 2:00 pm - Full Moon Poetry Solace
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solace%20Lake/236/91/21
• 3:00 pm - Beautiful Stories for Evil Children: Raymond Chandler
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 5:00 pm - Gyro Muggins and Derry McMahon with stories at Bayou Noir
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bayou%20Noir/128/128/2
• 6:30 pm - Women4Reading Book Discussion
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 7:00 pm - Aoife Lorefield with an open mic for Satire!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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Wednesday, January 20
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 1:00 am - Writers' Meet
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/161/27/22
• 2:00 pm - Writer's Circle Poems and Prose
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/9/86/21
• 2:00 pm - Poetry at Junkers Blues
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunrise%20Skys/160/63/21
• 6:00 pm - Hillerman Reading: Dust Devil
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/192/164/33
• 7:00 pm - Miss Marian with stories of "The Little People"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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Thursday, January 21
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 2:00 pm - Poetry a Celebration of Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avgi/128/40/24
•5:00 pm - Author Chat: Emerain Rich
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terric/183/133/27
• 7:00 pm - Jagermonster Poetry Slam
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Absinthe/72/141/22
• 7:00 pm - Shandon Loring with "Captain Kidd's Treasure Tales"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
• 7:00 pm - Emerain Rich reads Night's Knights
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 8:00 pm - Podcrafters Office Hours
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/10/246/22
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Friday, January 22
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 1:00 am - Writers' Meet
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/126/22/2
• 2:00 pm - Sheryl Skytower reads from her new novel "What God and Cats Know"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 2:00 pm - Poets Of Zarahemia
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zarahemla/184/38/22
• 3:00 pm - Short Story Group
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/139/115/23
• 3:00 pm - My Favourite Author, My Favourite Chapter: James Ellroy's L. A. Confidential II
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
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Saturday, January 23
• 3:00 am - Wild Rose Pub Open Mic Poetry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/59/169/28
• 8:00/10:00 am alternating Saturdays - Poetry in Edit: Blue Angel Workshop
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
• Noon - Book Trivia: Death Becomes You (Authors who passed in 2009)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 2:00 pm - Science Fiction Saturday
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 5:00 pm - Novel Writing Class with Author Rae Lori
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/196/144/2
• 5:00 pm - Poetry at Sanctuary
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Laurel%20Arts%20Isle/234/36/22
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Sunday, January 24
• 8:00 am - Poetry a Celebration of Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avgi/128/40/24
• 9:30 am (every other Sunday) - Horror Addicts Taping
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Book%20Island/173/202/36
• 1:00 pm - Off the Shelf: Science Fiction Authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/161/170/322
• 1:00 pm - Poetry made Easy at the Big Easy
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ciel/33/56/24
• 2:00 pm - Novel Writing Class with Author Rae Lori
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/196/144/2
• 3:00 pm - Poetry Libre Open Mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 3:00 pm - My Favourite Author, My Favourite Chapter: James Ellroy's Suicide Hill
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 5:00 pm - Blue Angel Poetry Open Mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
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Monday, January 25
• 11:00 am - Cozy Mystery Discussion: The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 2:00 pm - Open Stage Poetry Recital
http://slurl.com/secondlife/VAN%20DYCK%20PARK/242/240/21
• 3:00 pm - Sounds of Poetry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/139/115/23
• 5:00 pm TLE Writers Symposium
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Raziel/62/239/25
• 6:00 pm - Story Hour at A&C Hotel
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Minkartah/111/130/30
• 7:00 pm - The Cricket in Times Square
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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UPCOMING BOOK DISCUSSIONS
- Jan. 31 - Shadows over Baker Street - short stories by various authors
- Feb. 28 - Ghost Map by Steven Berlin Johnson
Tuesday, January 19
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/62/2
• 11:00 am - Poets' Meet with Stosh Quartz
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 2:00 pm - Full Moon Poetry Solace
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Solace%20Lake/236/91/21
• 3:00 pm - Beautiful Stories for Evil Children: Raymond Chandler
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 5:00 pm - Gyro Muggins and Derry McMahon with stories at Bayou Noir
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bayou%20Noir/128/128/2
• 6:30 pm - Women4Reading Book Discussion
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 7:00 pm - Aoife Lorefield with an open mic for Satire!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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Wednesday, January 20
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 1:00 am - Writers' Meet
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/161/27/22
• 2:00 pm - Writer's Circle Poems and Prose
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/9/86/21
• 2:00 pm - Poetry at Junkers Blues
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunrise%20Skys/160/63/21
• 6:00 pm - Hillerman Reading: Dust Devil
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/192/164/33
• 7:00 pm - Miss Marian with stories of "The Little People"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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Thursday, January 21
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 2:00 pm - Poetry a Celebration of Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avgi/128/40/24
•5:00 pm - Author Chat: Emerain Rich
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terric/183/133/27
• 7:00 pm - Jagermonster Poetry Slam
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Absinthe/72/141/22
• 7:00 pm - Shandon Loring with "Captain Kidd's Treasure Tales"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
• 7:00 pm - Emerain Rich reads Night's Knights
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 8:00 pm - Podcrafters Office Hours
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/10/246/22
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Friday, January 22
• 10:00 am - 15 Minute Writers’ Dash
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/204/59/24
• 1:00 am - Writers' Meet
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/126/22/2
• 2:00 pm - Sheryl Skytower reads from her new novel "What God and Cats Know"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/227/87/30
• 2:00 pm - Poets Of Zarahemia
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zarahemla/184/38/22
• 3:00 pm - Short Story Group
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/139/115/23
• 3:00 pm - My Favourite Author, My Favourite Chapter: James Ellroy's L. A. Confidential II
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
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Saturday, January 23
• 3:00 am - Wild Rose Pub Open Mic Poetry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Muse%20Isle/59/169/28
• 8:00/10:00 am alternating Saturdays - Poetry in Edit: Blue Angel Workshop
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
• Noon - Book Trivia: Death Becomes You (Authors who passed in 2009)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 2:00 pm - Science Fiction Saturday
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 5:00 pm - Novel Writing Class with Author Rae Lori
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/196/144/2
• 5:00 pm - Poetry at Sanctuary
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Laurel%20Arts%20Isle/234/36/22
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Sunday, January 24
• 8:00 am - Poetry a Celebration of Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Avgi/128/40/24
• 9:30 am (every other Sunday) - Horror Addicts Taping
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Book%20Island/173/202/36
• 1:00 pm - Off the Shelf: Science Fiction Authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/161/170/322
• 1:00 pm - Poetry made Easy at the Big Easy
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ciel/33/56/24
• 2:00 pm - Novel Writing Class with Author Rae Lori
http://slurl.com/secondlife/LSJ%20Student%20Union/196/144/2
• 3:00 pm - Poetry Libre Open Mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 3:00 pm - My Favourite Author, My Favourite Chapter: James Ellroy's Suicide Hill
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dublin/34/111/25
• 5:00 pm - Blue Angel Poetry Open Mic
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Windermere/221/192/34
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Monday, January 25
• 11:00 am - Cozy Mystery Discussion: The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Awen/116/155/25
• 2:00 pm - Open Stage Poetry Recital
http://slurl.com/secondlife/VAN%20DYCK%20PARK/242/240/21
• 3:00 pm - Sounds of Poetry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/139/115/23
• 5:00 pm TLE Writers Symposium
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Raziel/62/239/25
• 6:00 pm - Story Hour at A&C Hotel
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Minkartah/111/130/30
• 7:00 pm - The Cricket in Times Square
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/46/172/26
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UPCOMING BOOK DISCUSSIONS
- Jan. 31 - Shadows over Baker Street - short stories by various authors
- Feb. 28 - Ghost Map by Steven Berlin Johnson
To Move in Measure: Social dance of the 19th century
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
January 17th 1-3pm SLT
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/59/196/23
Miss Leslie Weston and Mr. JJ Drinkwater invite you to join us to welcome in our newest exhibit
Using primary sources from the John M. Ward Collection at The Houghton Library, Harvard University, this exhibit provides a glimpse into the social dance world of the 19th century. Waltzes, polkas, schottisches! Come see how it was really done.
The 19th century was a period of immense change in the ballrooms of Europe and America. Dance orchestras were no longer the prerogative of royal courts, and dance became a vital social pastime of all classes. Complicated choreographed group dances gave way to intimate couple dances, and as in Second Life, a good deal of courting activity moved into the social dance arena.
The John M. Ward Collection of social dance provides a superior opportunity to view some of the many aspects of social dance during this period, from the dances themselves, to the instruction, choreography, venues, musicians, and music. If you have ever wondered about the reality of dance in Almack's Assembly Rooms, Jane Austen, or Madame Bovary, this exhibit is for you.
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
January 17th 1-3pm SLT
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/59/196/23
Miss Leslie Weston and Mr. JJ Drinkwater invite you to join us to welcome in our newest exhibit
Using primary sources from the John M. Ward Collection at The Houghton Library, Harvard University, this exhibit provides a glimpse into the social dance world of the 19th century. Waltzes, polkas, schottisches! Come see how it was really done.
The 19th century was a period of immense change in the ballrooms of Europe and America. Dance orchestras were no longer the prerogative of royal courts, and dance became a vital social pastime of all classes. Complicated choreographed group dances gave way to intimate couple dances, and as in Second Life, a good deal of courting activity moved into the social dance arena.
The John M. Ward Collection of social dance provides a superior opportunity to view some of the many aspects of social dance during this period, from the dances themselves, to the instruction, choreography, venues, musicians, and music. If you have ever wondered about the reality of dance in Almack's Assembly Rooms, Jane Austen, or Madame Bovary, this exhibit is for you.
