April 2008 Archives
Story Hour at the Caledon Library, with Lehua Lamington
Hawaii's Epic Legends: Pele and Hi'iaka, Goddesses of Volcanoes and Healing
Sunday May 4th
12pm-1pm SLT
The Great Lawn of the Whitehorn Library, Caledon VIctoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Lehua Lamington is a storyteller with deep roots in the culture of the Hawaiian Islands, and an equally deep love of the art of Telling. She will regale us with tales of Pele (the volatile and magnificent goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes and violence) and Hi'iaka, the goddess of healing, Pele's beloved sister and, at times, rival.
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.
Lehua will tell her stories using SL Voice. Here is a quick remineder on how to enable Voice in SL (with thanks to librarian Corwin Howlett)
Gentlebeings, Your ServantSetting yourself up to hear voice chat is easy. First go to Edit menu, then choose Preferences, then the Voice Chat tab. Make sure the check mark is in the box marked Enable Voice Chat. (Sometimes it helps to "uncheck" it and "recheck" it.) Also choose "Hear Voice chat from camera position" although it usually works both ways. Click OK.
Now at the bottom right you will see a button that says Talk. Don't press this unless you really want everyone around to hear you. To the left of Talk is a button with chat bubbles and green lines. CLick on that.
A box labeled Active Speakers should show up. Everyone near you with voice enabled will display, and anyone actually speaking will be at the top. When they talk you should see a little green symbol by their name. From this screen, you can control the volume of individual speakers. If you are having trouble hearing a presenter, click on their name, then turn their volume up at the bottom. This will usually solve the problem.
If you are hearing a speaker you don't want to hear, then highlight their name on this list and turn them down or even click on the little speaker icon to mute them.
JJD
When the Caledon Library Benefactors group was started, YHN proposed that the following methods should be used to report donations and what became of them.
* The accounts kept by Provost Weatherwax will be posted, quarterly, on this website.
* By default, we will include donor names, as they appear on the accounting spreadsheets generated from the Second Life Bureau of Aetheric Accountancy (i.e. the "Transactions History" found in the general vicinity of secondlife.com/account/transactions )
* Those who wish to donate anonymously are welcome to request of Provost Weatherwax that their name be removed from the Public Record of our Accounts.
o HOWEVER, those who wish to donate anonymously are encouraged to contact myself, JJ Drinkwater, to arrange the private transfer of funds.
* We discourage the donation of first-born children, unless they already know how to read
Herewith we indicate the Electronickal Ledger of Provost Weatherwax, shewing what monies have been received, and what disbursed, between the first of January and the last of March, in 2008
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pllkKvV1i6x33v06RKU-cew
To each and every donor, whether of Five lindens or Five and Twenty Thousand, we of the library express our most profound and heartfelt thanks. As your taste, discernment, enthusiasm, creativity, and literacy are our inspiration; so are your generosity, beneficence, liberality, and open-handed support our prop and mainstay.
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
* The accounts kept by Provost Weatherwax will be posted, quarterly, on this website.
* By default, we will include donor names, as they appear on the accounting spreadsheets generated from the Second Life Bureau of Aetheric Accountancy (i.e. the "Transactions History" found in the general vicinity of secondlife.com/account/transactions )
* Those who wish to donate anonymously are welcome to request of Provost Weatherwax that their name be removed from the Public Record of our Accounts.
o HOWEVER, those who wish to donate anonymously are encouraged to contact myself, JJ Drinkwater, to arrange the private transfer of funds.
* We discourage the donation of first-born children, unless they already know how to read
Herewith we indicate the Electronickal Ledger of Provost Weatherwax, shewing what monies have been received, and what disbursed, between the first of January and the last of March, in 2008
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pllkKvV1i6x33v06RKU-cew
To each and every donor, whether of Five lindens or Five and Twenty Thousand, we of the library express our most profound and heartfelt thanks. As your taste, discernment, enthusiasm, creativity, and literacy are our inspiration; so are your generosity, beneficence, liberality, and open-handed support our prop and mainstay.
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
The Caledon Library invites you to join us in a weekend of events
celebrating T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"
Saturday, April 26
The Jellicle Ball - Sponsored by the Caledon Library Benefactors
3-6pm SLT
Coughton Court in Caledon Carntaigh
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Carntaigh/85/156/26
"Jellicle Cats come out to-night
Jellicle Cats come one come all:
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright -
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball."
Come dance as only a Jellicle cat can, to music played by DJ Gabrielle Riel, and celebrate all things feline ...and Eliot's beloved book of cat poems, the inspiration for the musical "Cats." All the Cultured cats will be there: Bustopher Jones, Grolwtiger, The Magical Mr. Mistoffelees, even bold Skimbleshanks, the railway cat.
Dress: Feline, Furry, Neko, or Formal Black & White
Caterwauling
The Good Folk of Radio Riel have recorded numerous Feline Inspired Poems, for this weekend, and will be playing them, along with accompanying music on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this week. Tune in at http://music.radioriel.org and see their blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/ for more of de tails....
Sunday, April 27th
Book of the Month Discussion: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
2 - 4pm slt
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/52/203/23
Eliot's cat poems (originally composed to amuse his friends) amply demonstrate his genius with metrical forms. They also show us the author in a playful mood, instead of the high seriousness that characterizes the works with which he revolutionized poetry in the early 20th c. He was a close observer of cats and their ways, and captures feline types to perfection.
All fans of Eliot's works, lovers of The Literature of The Feline , and literary schmoozers are welcome to join us, as are likewise all Bravo Cats, Gumbie Cats, and Rum Tum Tuggers whether they have read the work or not -- and everyone is invited to attend in their Furred, Tailed, and Whiskered Best
An exhibit treating of the work, and featuring some of the most notorious critters from Caledon, Winterfell, and New Toulouse as Eliot's Practical cats, will be on display at the Whitehorn Library, and the New Toulouse Library, for the entire month of April
Copies of the work may be had at the Whitehorn Library in Caledon VictoriaCity,
or found online at http://coral.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/Classes/Summer97/SemGS/WebLex/OldPossum/oldpossumlex/
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 book-shaped Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
Please direct questions to JJ Drinkwater, Caledon Library.
Saturday, April 26
The Jellicle Ball - Sponsored by the Caledon Library Benefactors
3-6pm SLT
Coughton Court in Caledon Carntaigh
http://slurl.com/secondlife
"Jellicle Cats come out to-night
Jellicle Cats come one come all:
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright -
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball."
Come dance as only a Jellicle cat can, to music played by DJ Gabrielle Riel, and celebrate all things feline ...and Eliot's beloved book of cat poems, the inspiration for the musical "Cats." All the Cultured cats will be there: Bustopher Jones, Grolwtiger, The Magical Mr. Mistoffelees, even bold Skimbleshanks, the railway cat.
Dress: Feline, Furry, Neko, or Formal Black & White
Caterwauling
The Good Folk of Radio Riel have recorded numerous Feline Inspired Poems, for this weekend, and will be playing them, along with accompanying music on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this week. Tune in at http://music.radioriel.org and see their blog at http://radioriel.blogspot.com/ for more of de tails....
Sunday, April 27th
Book of the Month Discussion: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
2 - 4pm slt
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Eliot's cat poems (originally composed to amuse his friends) amply demonstrate his genius with metrical forms. They also show us the author in a playful mood, instead of the high seriousness that characterizes the works with which he revolutionized poetry in the early 20th c. He was a close observer of cats and their ways, and captures feline types to perfection.
All fans of Eliot's works, lovers of The Literature of The Feline , and literary schmoozers are welcome to join us, as are likewise all Bravo Cats, Gumbie Cats, and Rum Tum Tuggers whether they have read the work or not -- and everyone is invited to attend in their Furred, Tailed, and Whiskered Best
An exhibit treating of the work, and featuring some of the most notorious critters from Caledon, Winterfell, and New Toulouse as Eliot's Practical cats, will be on display at the Whitehorn Library, and the New Toulouse Library, for the entire month of April
Copies of the work may be had at the Whitehorn Library in Caledon VictoriaCity,
or found online at http://coral.lili.uni-bielefeld
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 book-shaped Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
Please direct questions to JJ Drinkwater, Caledon Library.
You are most cordially invited to a Story Session at the Falling Anvil
Monday, April the Twenty-First, Five until Eight in the evening, SLT
The Falling Anvil, Caledon Tamrannoch
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tamrannoch/233/113/23/
Unlike most of our session, this evening has no particular theme or subject. All Storytellers, Bards, Griots, Tellers of Tall Tales, Yarn Spinners, and Creative Liars are welcome to join us with the stories of their chosing.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers, and the Storytelling Guild . Hosted by Mr. Aldo Stern
Monday, April the Twenty-First, Five until Eight in the evening, SLT
The Falling Anvil, Caledon Tamrannoch
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tamrannoch/233/113/23/
Unlike most of our session, this evening has no particular theme or subject. All Storytellers, Bards, Griots, Tellers of Tall Tales, Yarn Spinners, and Creative Liars are welcome to join us with the stories of their chosing.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers, and the Storytelling Guild . Hosted by Mr. Aldo Stern
Caledon Library Exhibits Documented in the Zoopraxiscopic Parlour of YouTube
Caledon Library Curator Alice Burgess has, with camera in hand, documented the last several exhibits at the Whitehorn Library. She and Literature & Aetheric Phenomena Curator Kghia Gherardi have, between them, created an enduring Aetheric Theatre wherein her work...and, through it, the distinguished work of sundry curators...may be viewed. It is with the greatest of pleausre that I send you, dear readers, thither:
Caledon Libraries Channel
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJDrinkwater
Caledon Library Curator Alice Burgess has, with camera in hand, documented the last several exhibits at the Whitehorn Library. She and Literature & Aetheric Phenomena Curator Kghia Gherardi have, between them, created an enduring Aetheric Theatre wherein her work...and, through it, the distinguished work of sundry curators...may be viewed. It is with the greatest of pleausre that I send you, dear readers, thither:
Caledon Libraries Channel
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJDrinkwater
Illuminated Manuscripts Lecture by Una Renard, at the Caledon Library
Fri, April 18, 6 - 8pm
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/59/196
Borso d'Este rode into Rome in April, 1471 for the specific purpose of receiving from Pope Paul II his investiture as the first duke of Ferrara. He carried with him on his journey a portable library which had been commissioned especially for this triumphant occasion. Among the manuscripts he brought were a breviary, a copy of the Legends of the Saints, a missal, and the crown jewel his traveling collection; the sumptuous two-volume bible, known as the Bibbia di Borso.
This Bible was one of the most lavishly embellished manuscripts ever produced and it had taken an entire workshop of illuminators six years to complete. The Bibbia measured 375 by 265 millimeters and contained 604 parchment folios. The manuscript was originally bound in gold brocade and adorned with gilded silver clasps, cornices and medallions. Such a collection of manuscripts would have amounted to a splendid display. The Marchese ordered them all recovered or rebound for the journey, which suggests that although they were primarily intended for Borso's personal use, they were also meant to be viewed by members of the Papal court.
While we normally think of books as being private objects, the lavishly illuminated Bibbia di Borso was intended as a very public expression of princely magnificence and piety intended to win favor with the Pope. This 15th-century Bible also served as a reflection of the magnificence of his court as a whole. We will explore the complex relationship between Borso as patron, this bible, and the courtly space of the library as they're elucidated by the illuminations within the Bibbia.
Please join us for this very special lecture!
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.
Fri, April 18, 6 - 8pm
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Borso d'Este rode into Rome in April, 1471 for the specific purpose of receiving from Pope Paul II his investiture as the first duke of Ferrara. He carried with him on his journey a portable library which had been commissioned especially for this triumphant occasion. Among the manuscripts he brought were a breviary, a copy of the Legends of the Saints, a missal, and the crown jewel his traveling collection; the sumptuous two-volume bible, known as the Bibbia di Borso.
This Bible was one of the most lavishly embellished manuscripts ever produced and it had taken an entire workshop of illuminators six years to complete. The Bibbia measured 375 by 265 millimeters and contained 604 parchment folios. The manuscript was originally bound in gold brocade and adorned with gilded silver clasps, cornices and medallions. Such a collection of manuscripts would have amounted to a splendid display. The Marchese ordered them all recovered or rebound for the journey, which suggests that although they were primarily intended for Borso's personal use, they were also meant to be viewed by members of the Papal court.
While we normally think of books as being private objects, the lavishly illuminated Bibbia di Borso was intended as a very public expression of princely magnificence and piety intended to win favor with the Pope. This 15th-century Bible also served as a reflection of the magnificence of his court as a whole. We will explore the complex relationship between Borso as patron, this bible, and the courtly space of the library as they're elucidated by the illuminations within the Bibbia.
Please join us for this very special lecture!
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.
Jane Austen Discussed Completely
April 13, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity - 3rd Floor
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/59/196/23
The Complete Jane concludes at the Caledon Library
Join us for our last discussion of Jane Austen's novels as presented in PBS in the "Complete Jane" series. We will talk about her works as a whole, make connections between novels, identify themes, and figure out what her parent issues really are.
Please note this event is on Sunday instead of our typical Monday evening, and it is an addition to our previously announced schedule.
If you would like to suggest similar discussions for the future or would like to provide feedback on the Complete Jane events, please contact JJ Drinkwater or Kghia Gherardi.
April 13, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Whitehorn Library, VictoriaCity - 3rd Floor
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/59/196/23
The Complete Jane concludes at the Caledon Library
Join us for our last discussion of Jane Austen's novels as presented in PBS in the "Complete Jane" series. We will talk about her works as a whole, make connections between novels, identify themes, and figure out what her parent issues really are.
Please note this event is on Sunday instead of our typical Monday evening, and it is an addition to our previously announced schedule.
If you would like to suggest similar discussions for the future or would like to provide feedback on the Complete Jane events, please contact JJ Drinkwater or Kghia Gherardi.
"Oh, to be in Caledon now that April 's there"
Spring Poetry Discussion
Thursday, April 10, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Vannevar Bush Memorial Reading Garden, Caledon
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon/85/85/23
The snows may not have faded just yet -- help convince Lady Spring to start in full with a reading at the Whitehorn. Victorian poesy and snips of prose meant to warm the soul and the climate. Anything written during the glorious reign of Victoria Regina will suit -- Ode to a Skylark and The Progress of Spring are sure to make an appearance.
Interested readers can contact Skein Larkham prior to the event. Surely you can find an appropriate garden scene or ode to a shy flower; come and put that obsession of yours to good use. Light-hearted reading to be followed by erudition and punnery.
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a telehub in Caledon... Just follow the red arrow/beacon southwest to the garden, or use the red and gold Library Transport Book located at the telehub, on top of the Library Events sign
Spring Poetry Discussion
Thursday, April 10, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Vannevar Bush Memorial Reading Garden, Caledon
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon/85/85/23
The snows may not have faded just yet -- help convince Lady Spring to start in full with a reading at the Whitehorn. Victorian poesy and snips of prose meant to warm the soul and the climate. Anything written during the glorious reign of Victoria Regina will suit -- Ode to a Skylark and The Progress of Spring are sure to make an appearance.
Interested readers can contact Skein Larkham prior to the event. Surely you can find an appropriate garden scene or ode to a shy flower; come and put that obsession of yours to good use. Light-hearted reading to be followed by erudition and punnery.
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a telehub in Caledon... Just follow the red arrow/beacon southwest to the garden, or use the red and gold Library Transport Book located at the telehub, on top of the Library Events sign
The Complete Jane returns to the Whitehorn library!
Sense & Sensibility Discussion
Mon, April 7, 6 - 8pm
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/59/196
The Library's own Dame Kghia Gherardi will be hosting a discussion of Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility on April the 7th, following the airing of the film on PBS's Masterpiece Theater.
Radio Riel will be doing a special "From the Library" program, featuring the Librivox recording of the novel, and The Music of Jane Asuten, for your listening pleasure, on Sunday and Monday. Drop by any Caledon Library location to listen, or set your stream or music player to http://music.radioriel.org See the Radio Riel blog for the complete schedule
Gentle reader, we invite you to join in our exploration of Austen's dearly loved novel.Everyone is invited to attend in Regency Finery, and dissect the lives and loves of the Miss Dashwoods, the haughty Ferrars family, the dashing Colonel Brandon, et al. Read or listen to the book, watch the film; then join us for the discussion at the Whitehorn Library
To know more, pray IM Kghia Gherardi, or reach her Aetherically at Kghia.Gherardi@gmail.com
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 book-shaped Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
Sense & Sensibility Discussion
Mon, April 7, 6 - 8pm
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife
The Library's own Dame Kghia Gherardi will be hosting a discussion of Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility on April the 7th, following the airing of the film on PBS's Masterpiece Theater.
Radio Riel will be doing a special "From the Library" program, featuring the Librivox recording of the novel, and The Music of Jane Asuten, for your listening pleasure, on Sunday and Monday. Drop by any Caledon Library location to listen, or set your stream or music player to http://music.radioriel.org See the Radio Riel blog for the complete schedule
Gentle reader, we invite you to join in our exploration of Austen's dearly loved novel.Everyone is invited to attend in Regency Finery, and dissect the lives and loves of the Miss Dashwoods, the haughty Ferrars family, the dashing Colonel Brandon, et al. Read or listen to the book, watch the film; then join us for the discussion at the Whitehorn Library
To know more, pray IM Kghia Gherardi, or reach her Aetherically at Kghia.Gherardi@gmail.com
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 book-shaped Library Transport Device located at the telehub.