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Sunday, November 13, 2011 – 6:00 PM SLT
Food Issues - In the first weeks of November we'll discuss food and the issues surrounding food. Please join us!
Healthy versus disordered eating, Part 1: What is unhealthy eating? Is obesity an eating disorder or genetic? What causes anorexia and buliema and can they be overcome? http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/162/170/23
Don't forget--After the Thanksgiving (US) holiday, we will switch tracks with a book discussion-- "Virtually you: the dangerous powers of the e-personality", by Elias Aboujaoude on Nov. 27th at 6 PM SLT.
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Monday, 14 November, 2011
7pm - 8pm
“Stuart Little” (pt 1) with Caledonia Skytower Where: Seanchai Library http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28
E. B. White's classic firstchildren's book - Stuart Little is no ordinary mouse. Born in a family of humans, he lives in New York City with hisparents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat. Though he's shy and thoughtful, he's also atrue lover of adventure!
Presented Live in Voice, by Caledonia Skytower.
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Join library students from the University of Western Ontario on Tuesdays from 4PM - 5PM SLT at Ways With Words for a four-part book club series on the theme of Other Worlds. We will explore the worlds of Harry Potter, Middle Earth, Wonderland and Narnia.
This Tuesday, November 8, we will be exploring Narnia. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/47/199/23
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Tuesday, 15 November, 2011
7pm - 8pm
Asimov’s “Tales of the BlackWidowers” with Bear Silvershade Where: Seanchai Library http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28
Did you know Isaac Asimovwrote mysteries as well as about robots? Now is your chance to see another sideof the great science fiction writer as Bear Silvershade delves into The Talesof the Black Widowers.
The Black Widowers werebased on a literary dining club Asimov belonged to known as the Trap DoorSpiders. (Members of the Widowers were based on real-life Spiders, some of themfamous writers in their own right.)
Six club members meet once amonth at a private room at the Milano restaurant in New York. Each one takes turn to act as hostfor the evening and brings along a guest for the occasion. The guest may be afriend, relative or colleague from work (women are not allowed at theirmeetings, though they are very welcome at Seanchai) and after the main course,guest goes on the grill and is asked to justify his existence… and the mysterysolving begins. Stories in voice. Contact: DerryMcMahon
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Wednesday, 16 November, 2011
7pm - 8pm
“Peace Like a River” withKayden Oconnell Where: Seanchai Library http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28
Leif Enger's "PeaceLike a River" From The Christian ScienceMonitor: "Enger has written a book that's boldly romantic and unabashedlyappealing, a collage of legends from sources sacred and profane -- from the OldTestament to the Old West, from the Gospels to police dramas." Reading in open voice. Contact: DerryMcMahon
--- November events at Mystery Manor The Sherlock Holmes exhibit continues at Mystery Manor. Mystery Discussion - Mysteries. Period. Lludmila loves a mystery! And she'd love to chat with you about
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Thursday, 17 November, 2011
7pm - 8pm
“An Irish Wife” with ShandonLoring Where: Seanchai Library http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28
Gentle, poignant, charming,droll, tragic, triumphant, wise, and unforgettable! From modern Irishstoryteller Frank Delaney comes "Ireland: A Novel". Tonight wewill share some stories of long ago Ireland and the romance andblessedness of having an Irish wife. Story in voice.
As you probably know, no onecan write a poem. There’s no such act as writing a poem. That’s not how poemsare made. Oh, yes, there’s the physical business of pen, ink, and paper—butthat isn’t whence the poem comes. Nor may you send out and fetch a poem fromwhere it’s been living. No, like it or like it not, you have to wait for a poemto arrive. The people we call “poets,” by which I mean true, realpoets—they’re merely very keen listeners who’ve learned to recognize when apoem’s dropping by. Then they copy down what the poem’s telling them in theirheads. After that, they tidy up the writing, ask their wives, sisters, ordaughters to look it over for them, and so the poem’s finished, next to be seenon the pages of some august publication in the Northern Hemisphere where theypay you minus tuppence per line and hope you don’t visit them naked roaring formore cash. The thing about true poets is—they never have to wait.Some people are born lucky. They long to eat a hazelnut, and next thing a manwalks past their front door with a bag of nuts and he offers them one. Or awoman who likes the fruit called “mango” stands at her window, and below in thestreet she sees a dark and handsome stranger who holds up his hand and offers herthe only mango this side of Rangoon. Poets are like that with poems. No sooner do they listenout than a poem swoops down, whispers something to the top of their heads, andthey feel it flowing down into their brain, down along their arms, into theirfingers, and out onto the page in black letters. And poems are like angels. They visit often, but you’veto be watching out for them, and you’ve to believe in them to benefit fromtheir gifts. Irelandhas a great many poets because we’ve a quiet country here, with empty fieldsand silent lanes, where it’s very easy to hear poems when they come by. Butwhere did full poetry start here—I mean, that wasn’t religious or prayers?Well, according to my friend the Storyteller, it was all typically Irish. Itstarted because of a husband, his foreign wife, and a lawsuit…Story invoice. Contact: DerryMcMahon
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Alexandrian Free Library: (Caledon, Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse, New Babbage, Amatsu Shima, Seanchai, Deadwood & Al Andalus) Library Events for November 9 through November 15, 2011. Continuing Exhibits: Authors in the Aether: an exhibit at the Caledon Library Events of the Week: ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Description: followed by stories from Little People - Ron Quinn ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Description: ----------------------------------------- The Black Widowers were based on a literary dining club Asimov belonged to known as the Trap Door Spiders. (Members of the Widowers were based on real-life Spiders, some of them famous writers in their own right.) |
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