8pm-9pm

Two Agatha Christie Mysteries atMystery Manor!

 

Where: Mystery Manor

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/195/164/33

 

Two AgathaChristie Mysteries!  Join the SeanchaiLibrary team for a double helping of Agatha Christie tonight.  First up the men present: Hercule Poirot and"Four and Twenty Blackbirds"; then the ladies have their turn as MissMarple investigates "The Case of the Perfect Maid".   8pm at Mystery Manor, in voice.  Contact: Derry,Leeorie or Hyacinth

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Coexist Discussion Group

 

Sunday, November 20, 2011 – 6:00 PM SLT

Food, cooking, holidays and you - what is your survival plan for the holidays?  Do you cook but not partake? Do you give in and work it off in January? Is it not a problem (lucky you!)? 

 

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/162/170/23

 

**ADVANCE NOTICE**

Coexist Discussion Group

Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 6:00 PM SLT
Book Discussion:  Virtually you: the dangerous powers of the e-personality, by Elias Aboujaoude.

The Coexist Discussion Group meets every Sunday at 6 PM SLT.  Our weekly topics are ones we feel are relevant to both our real life and second life.  Notecards are available each month in the signs at Peace Park and the Reference Center.  We don't normally do book discussions, but this one is so topical for all of us that we couldn't resist!  This advance notice should give everyone who is interested time to find a copy and read the book.

 

Please join us any Sunday, but especially November 27, 2011 for a discussion of:

Virtually you: the dangerous powers of the e-personality, by Elias Aboujaoude.  It is getting good reviews.
Read more at: http://www.amazon.com/Virtually-You-Dangerous-Powers-Personality/dp/0393070646.

 

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Monday, 21 November, 2011

7pm - 8pm
Caledonia Skytower with StuartLittle (pt 2)

Where: Seanchai Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28

 

Stuart'sfriend Margalo flees when she is warned that one of Snowbell's friends intendsto eat her, and Stuart strikes out to find her and bring her home. A friendlydentist, who is also the owner of the boat Stuart had raced in Central Park, gives him use of a gasoline-powered modelcar, and Stuart departs to see the country. He works for a while as asubstitute teacher and comes to the town of Ames Crossing, where he meets a girl namedHarriet Ames who is no taller than he is. They go on one date, and then Stuartleaves town. As the book ends, he has not yet found Margalo, but feelsconfident he will do so.

 

Presented Livein Voice, by Caledonia Skytower.  Contact: DerryMcMahon

 

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Tuesday, 22 November, 2011

7pm - 8pm
Kayden Oconnell with “The Windows of Brimnes”

Where: Seanchai Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28

Description:

Bill Holm's travel storiesfrom Iceland-- "The Windows of Brimnes".

Poet, musician, wit, andpolemicist Bill Holm repairs to his Icelandic cottage to reflect on the United Statesand what it might learn from the land of his ancestral roots.  Holm captures Iceland’s warmth and genuinecommunity, its secularism, pacifism, and love of nature, poetry, andmusic.  Story in voice.  Contact: DerryMcMahon

 

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Wednesday, 23 November, 2011

 

6.30pm - 7pm
“Alice’sRestaurant” with Shandon Loring

Where: Seanchai Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28

 

The iconicsong about Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving garbage caper, brought to life byShandon Loring, complete with the Group W bench and the 27 8x10 color glossyphotographs.

 

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Wednesday, 23 November, 2011

 

7pm - 8pm
Thanksgiving Stories at Seanchai

Where: Seanchai Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28

 

Tomorrow is the AmericanThanksgiving holiday, so tonight join the Seanchai Library folks for grand,funny, witty, bittersweet tales of the Thanksgiving holiday, and of food!  A modest buffet will be available.  Stories in voice, between mouthfuls.   Contact: DerryMcMahon

 

 

 

Alexandrian Free Library: (Caledon, Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse, New Babbage, Amatsu Shima, Seanchai, Deadwood & Al Andalus) Library Events for November 16 through November 22, 2011, with an addition for November 23.

Continuing Exhibits:

Authors in the Aether: an exhibit at the Caledon Library
Mon 2011-08-01 - Tue 2012-08-01
Where: Caledon Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/55/202/23

Events of the Week:

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SEANCHAI LIBRARY
“Peace Like a River” with Kayden Oconnell
Wednesday, 16 November, 2011
7:00pm - 8:00pm SLT
Where: Seanchai Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28
Description:
Leif Enger's "Peace Like a River"
Here's a quote from The Christian Science Monitor: "Enger has written a book that's boldly romantic and unabashedly appealing, a collage of legends from sources sacred and profane -- from the Old Testament to the Old West, from the Gospels to police dramas."
Reading in open voice.   

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SEANCHAI LIBRARY
AN IRISH WIFE with Shandon Loring
Thursday, 17 November, 2011
7:00pm - 8:00pm SLT
Where: Seanchai Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28
Description:
Gentle, poignant, charming, droll, tragic, triumphant, wise, and unforgettable! From modern Irish storyteller Frank Delaney comes "Ireland: A Novel". Tonight we will share some stories of long ago Ireland and the romance and blessedness of having an Irish wife.  Story in voice.

As you probably know, no one can write a poem. There’s no such act as writing a poem. That’s not how poems are made. Oh, yes, there’s the physical business of pen, ink, and paper—but that isn’t whence the poem comes. Nor may you send out and fetch a poem from where it’s been living. No, like it or like it not, you have to wait for a poem to arrive.
 The people we call “poets,” by which I mean true, real poets—they’re merely very keen listeners who’ve learned to recognize when a poem’s dropping by. Then they copy down what the poem’s telling them in their heads. After that, they tidy up the writing, ask their wives, sisters, or daughters to look it over for them, and so the poem’s finished, next to be seen on the pages of some august publication in the Northern Hemisphere where they pay you minus tuppence per line and hope you don’t visit them naked roaring for more 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 man walks past their front door with a bag of nuts and he offers them one. Or a woman who likes the fruit called “mango” stands at her window, and below in the street she sees a dark and handsome stranger who holds up his hand and offers her the only mango this side of Rangoon.
 Poets are like that with poems. No sooner do they listen out than a poem swoops down, whispers something to the top of their heads, and they feel it flowing down into their brain, down along their arms, into their fingers, and out onto the page in black letters.
 And poems are like angels. They visit often, but you’ve to be watching out for them, and you’ve to believe in them to benefit from their gifts. Ireland has a great many poets because we’ve a quiet country here, with empty fields and silent lanes, where it’s very easy to hear poems when they come by. But where 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. It started because of a husband, his foreign wife, and a lawsuit…

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DES - SHINMACHI THEATER
The Life of Wu Ming
Monday, 21 November, 2011
5:00pm - 5:30pm SLT
Where: Yukaku Ryurin Stage
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aosagi/111/79/22
Description:
Join the Shinmachi players as they tell the story of the monk Wu-Ming who, despite being a bit dense, or perhaps because of it, seems to unwittingly and accidentally serve the function of a great teacher.

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AETHER SALON
Æther Salon - Victuals!
Sunday, 20 November, 2011
7:00pm - 8:00pm SLT
Where: Aether Salon HQ
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Babbage%20Palisade/254/60/106 and http://slurl.com/secondlife/Academy%20of%20Industry/2/56/106
Description:
What's that bubbling in the pot on the stove?  SCIENCE!  Kitchen technology took great strides in the Victorian era, thanks in part to discoveries by Louis Pasteur, Gale Borden, George B. Simpson and many other inventive and scientific minds. Learn about surprising changes in food preparation of yesteryear - and how you can bring a bit of vintage  techniques into your kitchen of today.

Salon presenter Ceejay Writer practices what she preaches. In her First Life, she grows and preserves foods to last through the winter months. She is a self-taught herbalist with extensive herb and tea gardens, an organic vegetable gardener and forest forager. Besides traditional canning, she enjoys figuring out new uses for her beloved dehydrator. Most of her favored food preparation methods pre-date her own birth

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SEANCHAI LIBRARY
Stuart Little (Pt. 2) with Caledonia Skytower
Monday, 21 November, 2011
7:00pm - 8:00pm SLT
Where: Seanchai Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28
Description:
Stuart's friend Margalo flees when she is warned that one of Snowbell's friends intends to eat her, and Stuart strikes out to find her and bring her home. A friendly dentist, who is also the owner of the boat Stuart had raced in Central Park, gives him use of a gasoline-powered model car, and Stuart departs to see the country. He works for a while as a substitute teacher and comes to the town of Ames Crossing, where he meets a girl named Harriet Ames who is no taller than he is. They go on one date, and then Stuart leaves town. As the book ends, he has not yet found Margalo, but feels confident he will do so.

Presented Live in Voice, by Caledonia Skytower.

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SEANCHAI LIBRARY
Kayden Oconnell with “The Windows of Brimnes”
Tuesday, 22 November, 2011
7:00pm - 8:00pm SLT
Where: Seanchai Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28
Description:
Bill Holm's travel stories from Iceland -- "The Windows of Brimnes".
Poet, musician, wit, and polemicist Bill Holm repairs to his Icelandic cottage to reflect on the United States and what it might learn from the land of his ancestral roots.  Holm captures Iceland’s warmth and genuine community, its secularism, pacifism, and love of nature, poetry, and music.  Story in voice.

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CALEDON LIBRARY
Voices from the Civil War: A Discussion Series at the Caledon Library
Wednesday, 23 November, 2011
4:00pm - 5:00pm SLT
Where: Caledon Library Meeting Room
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/155/118/23
Description:
This is the 150-year anniversary of the American Civil War. Historians continue to tell its story, but at the bottom of the historians’ accounts are the voices of the men and women who experienced it first hand.Soldiers, nurses, slaves, and mothers all expressed the tragedies and triumphs of war, regardless of where their loyalties resided. Through letters, diaries, essays and excerpts, the Voices from the Civil War series will explore many of these voices and will help us gain insight into one of the defining events in American history. On the 4th Wednesday of each month we’ll meet to discuss a contemporary account of the war, and what it tells us about the war and the people who lived through it.
This month our text for discussion is The Wound-Dresser by Walt Whitman