American Tales
July 5th 12-1pm slt
The Great Lawn of the Whitehorn Library, Caledon VIctoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/30/180/23
Come join us as Rachel tells stories, and sings songs, on an American theme with a focus on Westward movement, to celebrate the American Independance Day holiday.
Rachel Pevensy is a RL storyteller with a keen appreciation for all the ins and outs, challenges and rewards of her craft. Her blog may be found at http://www.storytellingadventures.blogspot.com
Story Hour will be broadcast live on Radio Riel. Join us at the Whitehorn, and turn on your music stream, or listen Aetherically at http://music.radioriel.org
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon Victoria City... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Great Lawn, or use the red and gold book-shaped Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
To submit your event to this weekly listing, please contact Kghia Gherardi.
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TUESDAY, JULY 1
6:00 pm
Storytelling/Open Mic: AineMari Flanagan and David Itamae (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Stories of all sorts, plus open mic
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7:00 pm
Storyteller Han Sontse (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
One of our new storytellers, who likes Sci/Fan stories.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2
1:00 pm
SLT Murder She Wrote (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/173/134/22
Published author Cora Hawker reads from her thriller/horror novel “The Lesser of Two Evils”. Not for the faint-hearted. (GATHERING HELD AT THE STONE CIRCLE)
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7:00 pm
Rei Hax Reading (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Rei Hax continues the reading of “Elder’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
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THURSDAY, JULY 3
7:00 pm
Chief Storyteller Shandon Loring (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Chief Storyteller Shandon Loring delights us with Celtic Myths and
Legends and stories of the little people in the Catskill Mountains of
NY state.
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SATURDAY, JULY 5
12:00-1:00 pm
Story Hour at the Caledon Library, with Rachel Pevensy
American Tales: Heading West (Caledon Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/30/180/23
Come join us as Rachel tells stories on an American theme with a focus on Westward movement, to celebrate the American Independance Day holiday.
Rachel Pevensy is a RL storyteller with a keen appreciation for all the ins and outs, challenges and rewards of her craft. Her blog may be found at http://www.storytellingadventures.blogspot.com
This is a live audio stream storytelling performance, produced by Radio Riel. Media url address for SL (or outside of SL listeners): http://music.radioriel.org. For more information, see the Radio Riel blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/
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2:00 pm
Storyteller: Elder Priestman (West of Ireland Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/171/26
Elder Priestman, another one of our new storytellers, begins reading tales from “Zion’s Cause” by Jim Peyton, tales from the old South
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SUNDAY, JULY 6
11:00 am
Book Discussion: He She and It by Marge Piercy (Minerva)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Minerva/161/77/32
The summer reading group will focus on feminist science fiction. We will meet at 11 am Second Life time (2 pm eastern time) on the hill overlooking Minerva Beach, and if our numbers are too great we’ll split up, with the second group moving to the picnic area at the north end of the beach.
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MONDAY, JULY 7
2:00 pm
Aianna Oh Storyteller - Valley of the Ivory Swan - vol. 1 Warrior Princess (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/173/134/22
Real Life Storyteller, Aianna Oh shares her wonderful fantasy book. (GATHERING HELD AT THE STONE CIRCLE)
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Daily, Sunday - Friday
Noon-1:00 pm
The URU Book Club Readings (URU)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Labro/234/196/36
Live Book Readings at the Explorers Community Center (starting a new book - The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz). Must have voice enabled to hear the reading.
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The SL Shakespeare Company Presents Twelfth Night
The SL Shakespeare Company takes a brief hiatus from Hamlet to pursue a full length performance of Twelfth Night—broken down into “bite-size” chunks in a series of full-costume staged readings.
The performances are from June 20 to July 20, an Act a week, every Fridays at 7 pm, Saturdays at 11 am, and Sundays as 3 pm. For additional details, visit the web site at http://playbills.SLshakespeare.com
TUESDAY, JUNE 24
11:00 am
Poetry and Prose (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/173/134/22
Share your own work or ask one of our guest poets to read for you. OPEN MIC. Very popular event. (GATHERING HELD AT THE STONE CIRCLE)
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
1:00 pm
SLT Murder She Wrote (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/173/134/22
Published author Cora Hawker reads from her thriller/horror novel “The Lesser of Two Evils”. Not for the faint-hearted. (GATHERING HELD AT THE STONE CIRCLE)
*****
5:00-6:30 pm
Fairy Tale Discussion Group…Little Red Riding Hood (Fiction & Lattes)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healy/206/64/103
A girl, a wolf, a grandmother and a red cape….what possibly could happen? And why red?
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6:00-7:00 pm
Mystery Books Discussion (Mystery Manor)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/181/161/33
Book discussion on Sara Paretsky’s Hard Time, a V. I. Warshawski novel. This time V. I. gets an up close and personal look at the prison system. Warshawski, is a detective in the hardboiled school. With her “Paretsky is credited with transforming the role and image of women in the crime novel.” (Wikipedia). (GAZEBO AT MYSTERY MANOR)
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THURSDAY, JUNE 26
6:00-8:00 p.m
Grande Opening of the Toussaint L’Ouverture Library of New Toulouse
& St. John the Baptists Feast Celebration (The Toussaint
L’Ouverture Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/64/108/23
Please join us as we christen our new library on (belated) St. John’s Eve, the holiest day of the Voodoo calendar. A celebration of growth and moving forward, we’ll baptize the newest addition to the New Toulouse neighborhood in gin and gumbo. After a brief ceremony, music and dancing will be provided in New Toulouse style!
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FRIDAY, JUNE 27
2:00 pm
SLT Trivia Quest (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/173/134/22
As the name implies, it is all about trivia - a night of trivia to be exact (or as we Brits like to call it a PUB QUIZ). Pit your brains against the man in the machine - whoever he might be. Highest score at the end of the night wins L$500. (GATHERING HELD IN THE LOUNGE BAR OF THE MAIN HOUSE)
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SATURDAY, JUNE 28
Noon
Book Trivia: Festivals, Fetes & Parties (Bookstacks)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tholtfinger/47/131/49
Every Book Trivia game is a party, right? Join us for this week’s celebration as we cover Festivals, Fetes & Parties in literature. The winner takes home $L250.
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2:00-3:00 pmReading:The Valley of the Ivory Swan : The Warrior Princess by Aianna Oh (Winterfell Library)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell/106/201/36
Author Aianna Oh reads from her novel-in-progress, a work of High Fantasy
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SUNDAY, JUNE 29
11:00 am
Book Discussion: Steampunk Literature (Bookstacks)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tholtfinger/47/131/49
Do you like your alternate history to twist with brass elbow joints? Some dirigibles with your Victoriana? Fans of Neal Stephenson, Michael Chabon, Paul diFlippo, Michael Moorcock, et al., please join us for a discussion of your favorite works.
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MONDAY, JUNE 30
2:00 pm
Aianna Oh Storyteller - Valley of the Ivory Swan - vol. 1 Warrior Princess (Guild of UK Writers)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scotland%20Plarmigan/173/134/22
Real Life Storyteller, Aianna Oh shares her wonderful fantasy book. (GATHERING HELD AT THE STONE CIRCLE)
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6:00 pm
Book-to-Film: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/Blade Runner (Bookstacks)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tholtfinger/47/131/49
Join us for our monthly discussion of great books turned into great films. This week will discuss one of my top 5 favorite movies, Blade Runner, and the book that inspired it, Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
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Daily, Sunday - Friday
Noon-1:00 pm
The URU Book Club Readings (URU)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Labro/234/196/36
Live Book Readings at the Explorers Community Center (The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz). Must have voice enabled to hear the reading.
Grande Opening of the Toussaint L'Ouverture Library of New Toulouse
and
St. John the Baptist Feast Day Celebration
Thursday, June 26th
6-8 pm SLT
Toussaint L'Ouverture Library building, New Toulouse
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Mr. Troy McLuhan of Caledon Moors invites you to the Grand Opening of "Lord Rosse's Monster Telescopes" --- his most ambitious science exhibition in SL so far: An animated, audio-narrated, musical flying carpet tour of Lord Rosse's Monster Telescopes, including The Leviathan of Parsonstown --- the largest telescope of the 19th century.
Date: Sunday, June 29, 2008
Time: 12:00 noon PDT (SL Time)
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Space%20Island/154/25/33
The opening may involve cutting giant ribbons, exploding cakes, an attack by alien monsters or the like. Mr. McLuhan might even be prevailed upon say a few words, as might builders who helped him!
More information on the whole of the undertaking and its impetus may be had at...http://www.troymcconaghy.com/monster-telescopes/
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
