February 2008 Archives
The Caledon Library is pleased to announce a new exhibit, at the Whitehorn Library in Caledon VictoriaCity
Beauty in the Beasts: Medieval and Modern Bestiaries
Featuring the Bestiary of Guillame Apollinaire & Raoul Duffy
Curated by Dame Kghia Gerardi
March 1 - June 1, 2008
Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/47/206/23
Medieval bestiaries combined art, science and moral lessons to reflect the thought, philosophies and values of the period. Over the centuries, artists and writers have continued to explore this form. Works such as Le bestiaire ou le cortège d'Orphée (The Bestiary, or The Parade of Orpheus) by Guillaume Apollinaire and Raoul Dufy reflect a modern sensibility and style within the ancient frameworks. In all eras, these works both explored the world, and helped define the human by depicting the non-human. The curators invite Caledon to come and be diverted and edified by the lore of Fin, Fur, and Scale.
Exhibit Opening & Conversation with the Curator
March 2, 2:00 p.m.
Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/47/206/23
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Whitehorn building, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
In honour of the exhibit, this month's story session is also focused on the best of the beast
Curious Beasties
Story Hour at the Whitehorn Library, with Gilbert Sapwood
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008,6 pm SLT.
Join noted storyteller, Gilbert Sapwood, for an exploration of the ways of our four-footed friends (also two-clawed, and no-footed ones) with a selection of traditional stories from his storytelling bestiary, complete with fairies, phantoms, monsters, and talking cats,
Gilbert will share tales of the Winged, Clawed, Pelted, Scaled, and Feathered denizens of the globe and of our imaginations, from across time and around the world. The session will be streamed live from the Great Lawn of the Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, in Caledon VictoriaCity.
Following the performance, Gilbert will answer questions regarding traditional tales and the art of storytelling, as time permits.
Story Hour Details
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008, 6 pm SLT
Whitehorn Library Great Lawn, Caledon VictoriaCity.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/30/180/23
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Great Lawn, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
Please direct questions to JJ Drinkwater, Caledon Library.
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
ABOUT THE STORYTELLER
Gilbert Sapwood is a storyteller, traveller and collector of tales. He tells stories from the British Isles, Ireland and from his Canadian home, stories from the Brothers Grimm, and tales from the folklore of the Good People, wherever they may be found. He is the founder of, and driving force behind, the Storytelling Guild of Second Life, and is committed to spreading the love of traditional storytelling in Second Life. If there is a fireside, pub or gathering that needs a story, he has one ready. Gil is available for private and public tellings, as short as required, or as long as a winter's night.
Join the "Storytelling Guild of Second Life" group for information on future events.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, and produced by Radio Riel
For more information, see the Radio Riel blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/
Beauty in the Beasts: Medieval and Modern Bestiaries
Featuring the Bestiary of Guillame Apollinaire & Raoul Duffy
Curated by Dame Kghia Gerardi
March 1 - June 1, 2008
Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/47/206/23
Medieval bestiaries combined art, science and moral lessons to reflect the thought, philosophies and values of the period. Over the centuries, artists and writers have continued to explore this form. Works such as Le bestiaire ou le cortège d'Orphée (The Bestiary, or The Parade of Orpheus) by Guillaume Apollinaire and Raoul Dufy reflect a modern sensibility and style within the ancient frameworks. In all eras, these works both explored the world, and helped define the human by depicting the non-human. The curators invite Caledon to come and be diverted and edified by the lore of Fin, Fur, and Scale.
Exhibit Opening & Conversation with the Curator
March 2, 2:00 p.m.
Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/47/206/23
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Whitehorn building, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
In honour of the exhibit, this month's story session is also focused on the best of the beast
Curious Beasties
Story Hour at the Whitehorn Library, with Gilbert Sapwood
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008,6 pm SLT.
Join noted storyteller, Gilbert Sapwood, for an exploration of the ways of our four-footed friends (also two-clawed, and no-footed ones) with a selection of traditional stories from his storytelling bestiary, complete with fairies, phantoms, monsters, and talking cats,
Gilbert will share tales of the Winged, Clawed, Pelted, Scaled, and Feathered denizens of the globe and of our imaginations, from across time and around the world. The session will be streamed live from the Great Lawn of the Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, in Caledon VictoriaCity.
Following the performance, Gilbert will answer questions regarding traditional tales and the art of storytelling, as time permits.
Story Hour Details
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008, 6 pm SLT
Whitehorn Library Great Lawn, Caledon VictoriaCity.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/30/180/23
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Great Lawn, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
Please direct questions to JJ Drinkwater, Caledon Library.
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
ABOUT THE STORYTELLER
Gilbert Sapwood is a storyteller, traveller and collector of tales. He tells stories from the British Isles, Ireland and from his Canadian home, stories from the Brothers Grimm, and tales from the folklore of the Good People, wherever they may be found. He is the founder of, and driving force behind, the Storytelling Guild of Second Life, and is committed to spreading the love of traditional storytelling in Second Life. If there is a fireside, pub or gathering that needs a story, he has one ready. Gil is available for private and public tellings, as short as required, or as long as a winter's night.
Join the "Storytelling Guild of Second Life" group for information on future events.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, and produced by Radio Riel
For more information, see the Radio Riel blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/
Lecture/demo, How to Cuss like a Mark Twain Character
Sun, February 24, 1 - 3pm SLT
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Phoenix%20Pass/215/131/651
The Library of Caledon has joined forces with several other august bodies to sponsor this literary event of the highest merit, suitable for persons of refined sensibilities, from all parts of the 19th century and literary grid: a contest in the art of expression, to wit, unburdening oneself of an excess of sentiment with high-flown phrase and well-aimed epithet, in the manner of a character out of the works penned by Mr. Samuel Clemens, more familiarly Mark Twain.
Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood City, the Caledon and Steelhead Libraries, and the Alexandrian Free Library invite you to participate in a series of events, leading up to the Great Mark Twain Cussing Contest itself. These events are hosted by Miss Diogenes Kuhr of Deadwood
Lecture/demo, How to Cuss like a Mark Twain Character
Sun, February 24, 1 - 3pm SLT
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Phoenix%20Pass/215/131/651
Meet in the OOC (out of character) Classroom area of the Deadwood Sim for a discussion of Mark Twain's life and experiences in the west, and samples of his work illustrating archetypal western characters. The discussion will be followed by an exhibition cuss-off presented by expert practitioners of the art. All are welcome.
And don't forget the....
Mark Twain Cussing Championships - sponsored by the Caledon Library and Saloon No. 10.
Sun, March 9, 1 - 5pm
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Phoenix%20Pass/215/131/651
Contestants will meet in the Deadwood sim OOC Classroom area to be matched against one another in a series of cuss-offs, working with a series of challenges including (but not limited to) commentary upon the following themes: the intelligence of your opponent; mainstream organized religion; the American electoral process; the morals of your opponent; Old Europe; the intelligence and morals of the wealthy; drunkards; etc.
Judging will be conducted by Mr. JJ Drinkwater and Mrs. Diogenes Kuhr.
Contestants' efforts will be judged on the basis of creativity, authenticity, verbal ornamentation, and sheer entertainment value. Neither modernisms nor actual obscene language may be employed.
Again, all are welcome! To apply to be a contestant and win fabulous prizes (of a sort), kindly contact JJ Drinkwater or Diogenes Kuhr.
Sun, February 24, 1 - 3pm SLT
http://slurl.com/secondlife
The Library of Caledon has joined forces with several other august bodies to sponsor this literary event of the highest merit, suitable for persons of refined sensibilities, from all parts of the 19th century and literary grid: a contest in the art of expression, to wit, unburdening oneself of an excess of sentiment with high-flown phrase and well-aimed epithet, in the manner of a character out of the works penned by Mr. Samuel Clemens, more familiarly Mark Twain.
"Then the old man got to cussing and cussed everything and everybody he could think of, and then cussed them all over again to make sure he hadn't skipped any, and after that he polished off with a kind of a general cuss all round, including a considerable parcel of people which he didn't know the names of, and so called them what's-his-name when he got to them, and went right along with his cussing." -Huck Finn
Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood City, the Caledon and Steelhead Libraries, and the Alexandrian Free Library invite you to participate in a series of events, leading up to the Great Mark Twain Cussing Contest itself. These events are hosted by Miss Diogenes Kuhr of Deadwood
Lecture/demo, How to Cuss like a Mark Twain Character
Sun, February 24, 1 - 3pm SLT
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Meet in the OOC (out of character) Classroom area of the Deadwood Sim for a discussion of Mark Twain's life and experiences in the west, and samples of his work illustrating archetypal western characters. The discussion will be followed by an exhibition cuss-off presented by expert practitioners of the art. All are welcome.
And don't forget the....
Mark Twain Cussing Championships - sponsored by the Caledon Library and Saloon No. 10.
Sun, March 9, 1 - 5pm
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Contestants will meet in the Deadwood sim OOC Classroom area to be matched against one another in a series of cuss-offs, working with a series of challenges including (but not limited to) commentary upon the following themes: the intelligence of your opponent; mainstream organized religion; the American electoral process; the morals of your opponent; Old Europe; the intelligence and morals of the wealthy; drunkards; etc.
Judging will be conducted by Mr. JJ Drinkwater and Mrs. Diogenes Kuhr.
Contestants' efforts will be judged on the basis of creativity, authenticity, verbal ornamentation, and sheer entertainment value. Neither modernisms nor actual obscene language may be employed.
Again, all are welcome! To apply to be a contestant and win fabulous prizes (of a sort), kindly contact JJ Drinkwater or Diogenes Kuhr.
The Complete Jane returns to the Whitehorn library!
The Library's own Dame Kghia Gherardi will be hosting a discussion of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on February the 25th, following the airing of the film on PBS's Masterpiece Theater.
Radio Riel will air the Librivox recording this weekend, on Saturday the 23rd, for your listening pleasure, along with programmes of music from Jane Austen's Era. See the Radio Riel blog for the complete schedule
Gentle reader, we invite you to join in our exploration of Austen's best-loved work: read the book, watch the film, and listen to it on Radio Riel; then join us for the discussion at the Whitehorn Library
Pride and Prejudice Discussion
Monday, February 25th
6-8pm SLT
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library
Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/46/204/36
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
The Library's own Dame Kghia Gherardi will be hosting a discussion of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice on February the 25th, following the airing of the film on PBS's Masterpiece Theater.
Radio Riel will air the Librivox recording this weekend, on Saturday the 23rd, for your listening pleasure, along with programmes of music from Jane Austen's Era. See the Radio Riel blog for the complete schedule
Gentle reader, we invite you to join in our exploration of Austen's best-loved work: read the book, watch the film, and listen to it on Radio Riel; then join us for the discussion at the Whitehorn Library
Pride and Prejudice Discussion
Monday, February 25th
6-8pm SLT
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library
Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/46/204/36
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
February Book of the Month at the Caledon Library: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Discussion Sun, February 17, 2 - 4pm slt
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/52/203/23
(The SLURL takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Main Library. Please direct questions to JJ Drinkwater or Kghia Gherardi)
The Scarlet Letter explores concepts of love, personal honor, constancy, and the burdens of secrecy. A classic of North American fiction, it gives us a view of the start of early colonies through the filter of the 19th century. A staple obligatory subject for High School English, and Hawthorne's best-known work,The Scarlet Letter is often seen as merely a tale of outmoded moral codes. However, it rewards the reader with a great deal of sensuous pleasure, as a wonderfully complex exercise in use of symbolism and allegory. The Scarlet Letter is a story about concealment and the discovery of meaning, and Hawthorne gives the reader much to interpret, as his story of penitence, both social and personal, unfold.
The Discussion will be led by Dame Kghia Gherardi, Literature Curator to the Caledon Library
All Readers of Novels (Edifying and Otherwise) and literary schmoozers are welcome to join us, as are likewise all Scarlet Women, Virtuous Penitents, Starched Puritans, Guilt-ridden Self-deceivers, and Unpredictable Plot Devices, whether they have read the work or not
For those more inclined to Listen than to Read, Radio Riel will be playing the Librivox Recording of the work, along with Early American Music, on the following schedule. Tune in at http://music.radioriel.org to listen
Friday, February 15
4:00 - 13:00 - The Scarlet Letter
13:00 - 0:00 - Early American Music
Saturday, February 16
0:00 - 8:00 - Early American Music
8:00 - 17:00 - The Scarlet Letter
17:00 - 19:00 - Early American Music
19:00 - 21:00 - Land of Lincoln Formal Ball (Transition to Sunday and Monday's Program)
Discussion Sun, February 17, 2 - 4pm slt
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/52/203/23
(The SLURL takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Main Library. Please direct questions to JJ Drinkwater or Kghia Gherardi)
The Scarlet Letter explores concepts of love, personal honor, constancy, and the burdens of secrecy. A classic of North American fiction, it gives us a view of the start of early colonies through the filter of the 19th century. A staple obligatory subject for High School English, and Hawthorne's best-known work,The Scarlet Letter is often seen as merely a tale of outmoded moral codes. However, it rewards the reader with a great deal of sensuous pleasure, as a wonderfully complex exercise in use of symbolism and allegory. The Scarlet Letter is a story about concealment and the discovery of meaning, and Hawthorne gives the reader much to interpret, as his story of penitence, both social and personal, unfold.
The Discussion will be led by Dame Kghia Gherardi, Literature Curator to the Caledon Library
All Readers of Novels (Edifying and Otherwise) and literary schmoozers are welcome to join us, as are likewise all Scarlet Women, Virtuous Penitents, Starched Puritans, Guilt-ridden Self-deceivers, and Unpredictable Plot Devices, whether they have read the work or not
For those more inclined to Listen than to Read, Radio Riel will be playing the Librivox Recording of the work, along with Early American Music, on the following schedule. Tune in at http://music.radioriel.org to listen
Friday, February 15
4:00 - 13:00 - The Scarlet Letter
13:00 - 0:00 - Early American Music
Saturday, February 16
0:00 - 8:00 - Early American Music
8:00 - 17:00 - The Scarlet Letter
17:00 - 19:00 - Early American Music
19:00 - 21:00 - Land of Lincoln Formal Ball (Transition to Sunday and Monday's Program)
The Library of Caledon has joined forces with several other august bodies to sponsor this literary event of the highest merit, suitable for persons of refined sensibilities, from all parts of the 19th century and literary grid: a contest in the art of expression, to wit, unburdening oneself of an excess of sentiment with high-flown phrase and well-aimed epithet, in the manner of a character out of the works penned by Mr. Samuel Clemens, more familiarly Mark Twain.
"Then the old man got to cussing and cussed everything and everybody he could think of, and then cussed them all over again to make sure he hadn't skipped any, and after that he polished off with a kind of a general cuss all round, including a considerable parcel of people which he didn't know the names of, and so called them what's-his-name when he got to them, and went right along with his cussing." -Huck Finn
Saloon No. 10 in Deadwood City, the Caledon and Steelhead Libraries, and the Alexandrian Free Library invite you to participate in a series of events, leading up to the Great Mark Twain Cussing Contest itself. These events are hosted by Miss Diogenes Kuhr of Deadwood
Tour of Deadwood 1876
Sun, February 10, 1 - 3pm slt
Meet at the Deadwood Welcome Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Phoenix%20Pass/201/157/651/
To get in the spirit of cussing like a Mark Twain character, Library members are invited to come to the Deadwood/1876 role-play sim for an "in-character" tour of the 19th century western mining boomtown that is not unlike the mining camps and boom towns in which young Samuel Clemens lived and worked.
View the intricate and authentic historical build and meet some of the colorful individuals who populate an environment that is based upon actual historic photographs of 19th century Deadwood.
Tour will be conducted by "cranky Confederate widow" Dio Kuhr, proprietor of the Saloon No. 10 and Kuhr's Laundry.
RP note: We love our furry, tiny, mechanoid, vampyric, and other non-human friends, but to be in keeping with the historic character of the sim environment, we request that tour participants wear human avatars, dress in appropriate clothing from the latter-19th century (free outfits can be found at the Deadwood Welcome Center) and remain in character with us as the friends and associates of JJ Drinkwater, publisher and principal author of Drinkwater's Dime Novels, for which he is seeking authentic western persons, vocabulary, and detail.
Lecture/demo, How to Cuss like a Mark Twain Character
Sun, February 24, 1 - 3pm SLT
Location TBA
Meet in the OOC (out of character) Classroom area of the Deadwood Sim for a discussion of Mark Twain's life and experiences in the west, and samples of his work illustrating archetypal western characters. The discussion will be followed by an exhibition cuss-off presented by expert practitioners of the art. All are welcome.
Mark Twain Cussing Championships - sponsored by the Caledon Library and Saloon No. 10.
Sun, March 9, 1 - 5pm
Location TBA
Contestants
will meet in the Deadwood sim OOC Classroom area to be matched against
one another in a series of cuss-offs, working with a series of
challenges including (but not limited to) commentary upon the following
themes: the intelligence of your opponent; mainstream organized
religion; the American electoral process; the morals of your opponent;
Old Europe; the intelligence and morals of the wealthy; drunkards;
etc. Location TBA
Judging will be conducted by Mr. JJ Drinkwater and Mrs. Diogenes Kuhr.
Contestants' efforts will be judged on the basis of creativity, authenticity, verbal ornamentation, and sheer entertainment value. Neither modernisms nor actual obscene language may be employed.
Again, all are welcome! To apply to be a contestant and win fabulous prizes (of a sort), kindly contact JJ Drinkwater or Diogenes Kuhr.
ALL ON A MARDI GRAS DAY
Tuesday, February 5
Noon to Three SLT
&
Six to Nine SLT
Hosted by the Library Militant's own Mr. Rudolpho Woodget
At The Carlotta Bonnecaze Grove, Caledon Wellsian
located across from the H. G. Wells Memorial Branch Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/219/217/23
Come and celebrate the climax of Caledon Carnival with music, costumes, good food, intoxicating beverages and Festive Electronical Illuminations. Pose balls of divers intentions may be found on the grounds. Honoring the timeless quality of Carnival, a selection of festive music from varied locales and time frames will be offered, thanks to a recent excursion in Mr. Wells' new invention.
Visitors are welcome all day long. Radio Riel will provide music for dancing and revelry from noon to three o'clock and six o'clock to nine o'clock SLT. (Listeners can also tune in at http://music.radioriel.org ) The early event is offered in cooperation with the Caledon Early Birds Club.
Seafood Gumbo and Red Beans and Rice are supplid by Rosehaven Recipes. Miss Cornelia Rothschild's exquisite Carnival beads and Mardi Gras masks are once again available to collectors of the finest in Carnival swag. Those selected as royalty by Miss Rothschild's delicious King Cake may take their thrones and be acknowledged by their grateful subjects.
Revelers are invited to view the newly expanded exhibition "Butterfly of Winter: Visitors to the New Orleans Carnival," at the Library This exhibition may be viewed until March 23.
Carlotta Bonnecaze was, according to one historian, "the most elusive of Carnival artists, and the one most devoted to the fantastical." Although few of her designs have been preserved, an exhibition of other Carnival float designs from the Golden Age of Carnival may be viewed in the Grove until Midnight closes out Mardi Gras.
Tuesday, February 5
Noon to Three SLT
&
Six to Nine SLT
Hosted by the Library Militant's own Mr. Rudolpho Woodget
At The Carlotta Bonnecaze Grove, Caledon Wellsian
located across from the H. G. Wells Memorial Branch Library
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Come and celebrate the climax of Caledon Carnival with music, costumes, good food, intoxicating beverages and Festive Electronical Illuminations. Pose balls of divers intentions may be found on the grounds. Honoring the timeless quality of Carnival, a selection of festive music from varied locales and time frames will be offered, thanks to a recent excursion in Mr. Wells' new invention.
Visitors are welcome all day long. Radio Riel will provide music for dancing and revelry from noon to three o'clock and six o'clock to nine o'clock SLT. (Listeners can also tune in at http://music.radioriel.org ) The early event is offered in cooperation with the Caledon Early Birds Club.
Seafood Gumbo and Red Beans and Rice are supplid by Rosehaven Recipes. Miss Cornelia Rothschild's exquisite Carnival beads and Mardi Gras masks are once again available to collectors of the finest in Carnival swag. Those selected as royalty by Miss Rothschild's delicious King Cake may take their thrones and be acknowledged by their grateful subjects.
Revelers are invited to view the newly expanded exhibition "Butterfly of Winter: Visitors to the New Orleans Carnival," at the Library This exhibition may be viewed until March 23.
Carlotta Bonnecaze was, according to one historian, "the most elusive of Carnival artists, and the one most devoted to the fantastical." Although few of her designs have been preserved, an exhibition of other Carnival float designs from the Golden Age of Carnival may be viewed in the Grove until Midnight closes out Mardi Gras.
A New Exhibit!
Notes of Love: romance in the Victorian Age
An Exhibit at the Whitehorn Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
Curated by Mica Braun, OLA.
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
February 2, 2008
2-5 PM SLT
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
In February, our thoughts turn to love and romance…
While Victorians subscribed to a strict moral code, and complicated rules of etiquette (especially concerning matters of the heart!) this did not prevent them from romanticizing both love and tragedy in all its forms. This exhibit celebrates the fascination that love and romance held for the Victorian age.
The exhibit will focus on love and all its aspects -- from courtship and marriage to betrayal and disillusionment. The inspiration for the exhibit was an anthology of Love Letters, giving access to the real word of real lovers. Sprinkled throughout the exhibit are quotes of love letters from Victorian authors. Modeled after articles from period ladies journals, the content of the exhibit highlights the Victorians' burgeoning use of Valentines and the language of flowers. A special section focuses on the fair land of Caledon, and the symbolism of the rose.
This exhibit is offered to the Romantically minded citizens of Caledon by Miss Mica Braun of the Caledon Library for their enjoyment and edification.
The Exhibit will run February 1st to February 28, 2008
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/52/203/23
A Story Hour!!
The Caledon library, in conjunction with Radio Riel, has initiated a program of monthly story hours, at the Whitehorn Library. The series begins this weekend
Tales of Love
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008, 6 pm SLT
The Whitehorn Library , Caledon VictoriaCity.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/49/208/26
Join noted storyteller, Gilbert Sapwood, for an exploration of the ups and downs, the ins and out, of love, sweet love, with a selection of traditional stories. Gilbert will share tales of the heart and its triumphs and follies, from across time and around the world, streamed live from the Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, in Caledon VictoriaCity.
Following the performance, Gilbert will answer questions regarding traditional tales and the art of storytelling, as time permits.
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
Gilbert Sapwood is a storyteller, traveler and collector of tales. He tells stories from the British Isles, Ireland and from his Canadian home, stories from the Brothers Grimm, and tales from the folklore of the Good People, wherever they may be found. He is the founder of, and driving force behind, the Storytelling Guild of Second Life, and is committed to spreading the love of traditional storytelling in Second Life. If there is a fireside, pub or gathering that needs a story, he has one ready. Available for private and public tellings, as short as required, or as long as a winter's night.
(Join the "Storytelling Guild of Second Life" group for information on future events.)
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, and produced by Radio Riel
For more information, see the Radio Riel Blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/
And a Story Session, at he the Falling Anvil Pub!!!
Love makes fools of us all...who is trickier than Cupid?
"Gotcha!" Tricksters, Con artists, and Tales of FlimFlam
Story Session at the Falling Anvil Pub
Caledon Tamrannoch
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tamrannoch/233/113/23/
Monday, February 4
5-8 pm SLT
"Nothing up my sleeve..."
From Loki to Coyote, from Brer Rabbit to the Boardwalk shell-game man, stories abound of tricksters, swindlers, and con-men (or con-creatures) who live by their wits and "putting one over" on their chosen mark. The Caledon Library and the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers invite you to join us for this month's text-based storytelling session in the beer garden. Your hosts, JJ Drinkwater and Aldo Stern welcome any and all who wish to contribute a tale or simply desire to listen in awe as a range of antiheroes and assorted rascals cleverly twist their ways out of impossibly tight scrapes or slip a metaphorical whoopee cushion beneath society's plump bottom.
As always, all lovers of tales are welcome to come listen and chime in with their gasps of amazement, tears, laughter, and thunderous applause.
Notes of Love: romance in the Victorian Age
An Exhibit at the Whitehorn Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
Curated by Mica Braun, OLA.
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
February 2, 2008
2-5 PM SLT
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
In February, our thoughts turn to love and romance…
While Victorians subscribed to a strict moral code, and complicated rules of etiquette (especially concerning matters of the heart!) this did not prevent them from romanticizing both love and tragedy in all its forms. This exhibit celebrates the fascination that love and romance held for the Victorian age.
The exhibit will focus on love and all its aspects -- from courtship and marriage to betrayal and disillusionment. The inspiration for the exhibit was an anthology of Love Letters, giving access to the real word of real lovers. Sprinkled throughout the exhibit are quotes of love letters from Victorian authors. Modeled after articles from period ladies journals, the content of the exhibit highlights the Victorians' burgeoning use of Valentines and the language of flowers. A special section focuses on the fair land of Caledon, and the symbolism of the rose.
This exhibit is offered to the Romantically minded citizens of Caledon by Miss Mica Braun of the Caledon Library for their enjoyment and edification.
The Exhibit will run February 1st to February 28, 2008
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/52/203/23
A Story Hour!!
The Caledon library, in conjunction with Radio Riel, has initiated a program of monthly story hours, at the Whitehorn Library. The series begins this weekend
Tales of Love
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008, 6 pm SLT
The Whitehorn Library , Caledon VictoriaCity.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/49/208/26
Join noted storyteller, Gilbert Sapwood, for an exploration of the ups and downs, the ins and out, of love, sweet love, with a selection of traditional stories. Gilbert will share tales of the heart and its triumphs and follies, from across time and around the world, streamed live from the Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, in Caledon VictoriaCity.
Following the performance, Gilbert will answer questions regarding traditional tales and the art of storytelling, as time permits.
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
Gilbert Sapwood is a storyteller, traveler and collector of tales. He tells stories from the British Isles, Ireland and from his Canadian home, stories from the Brothers Grimm, and tales from the folklore of the Good People, wherever they may be found. He is the founder of, and driving force behind, the Storytelling Guild of Second Life, and is committed to spreading the love of traditional storytelling in Second Life. If there is a fireside, pub or gathering that needs a story, he has one ready. Available for private and public tellings, as short as required, or as long as a winter's night.
(Join the "Storytelling Guild of Second Life" group for information on future events.)
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, and produced by Radio Riel
For more information, see the Radio Riel Blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/
And a Story Session, at he the Falling Anvil Pub!!!
Love makes fools of us all...who is trickier than Cupid?
"Gotcha!" Tricksters, Con artists, and Tales of FlimFlam
Story Session at the Falling Anvil Pub
Caledon Tamrannoch
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tamrannoch/233/113/23/
Monday, February 4
5-8 pm SLT
"Nothing up my sleeve..."
From Loki to Coyote, from Brer Rabbit to the Boardwalk shell-game man, stories abound of tricksters, swindlers, and con-men (or con-creatures) who live by their wits and "putting one over" on their chosen mark. The Caledon Library and the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers invite you to join us for this month's text-based storytelling session in the beer garden. Your hosts, JJ Drinkwater and Aldo Stern welcome any and all who wish to contribute a tale or simply desire to listen in awe as a range of antiheroes and assorted rascals cleverly twist their ways out of impossibly tight scrapes or slip a metaphorical whoopee cushion beneath society's plump bottom.
As always, all lovers of tales are welcome to come listen and chime in with their gasps of amazement, tears, laughter, and thunderous applause.