February 2009 Archives
Caledon Library Listening Party - Le Nozze di Figaro
Sunday February 22, 1-3pm slt
Caledon Welcome Centre, Caledon
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon/188/188/23
Or Listen in on Radio Riel, at http://minor.slserver.com:9004/live.m3u
La Nozze di Figaro, or The Marriage of Figaro, is known (and loved!) for its high antic humor and unsparing wit as well as for Mozart's glorious compositions.
This classic tale of masters and servants, schemers and dupes, lovers and triflers gives us, in the course of a single day, a vast interwoven tapestry of human foibles and ridiculous situations…all enlivened by love, music, and the knowledge that everything will come right in the end…or, at least, mostly.
If we can bear to turn our attention away from the music, we will also consider the La Nozze di Figaro's relationship to the other Figaro, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro, by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, from which the opera draws its plot and characters.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, and Produced by Radio Riel
gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
Sunday February 22, 1-3pm slt
Caledon Welcome Centre, Caledon
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Or Listen in on Radio Riel, at http://minor.slserver.com:9004/live.m3u
La Nozze di Figaro, or The Marriage of Figaro, is known (and loved!) for its high antic humor and unsparing wit as well as for Mozart's glorious compositions.
This classic tale of masters and servants, schemers and dupes, lovers and triflers gives us, in the course of a single day, a vast interwoven tapestry of human foibles and ridiculous situations…all enlivened by love, music, and the knowledge that everything will come right in the end…or, at least, mostly.
If we can bear to turn our attention away from the music, we will also consider the La Nozze di Figaro's relationship to the other Figaro, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro, by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, from which the opera draws its plot and characters.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library, and Produced by Radio Riel
gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
Caledon Library - Wind in the Willows Listening Parties
Chapter 2: The Open Road
Saturday, Feb 14th 10am-11am SLT
Tinyville Library, Caledon Tanglewood
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Come as a character from Kenneth Grahame's novel, The Wind in the Willows, and join us as we listen to, and discuss, a new chapter each month of the adventures of the shy but loyal Mole, the poetical Water Rat, the brave Otter, the gruff but kindly Mr. Badger, the vainglorious Toad, and all the other creatures of wood, stream, and field who populate this much-loved story.
This month, the story continues as Mole and Rat pay a visit to Mr. Toad, of Toad Hall...and a journey is undertaken, wherein a most portentous encounter occurs.
Big People may join us in Tinyville, or repose in comfort at the Oxbridge Library in Caledon Oxbridge
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Those who can't be with us in-world are invited to tune in at http://music.radioriel.org
This is a year-long series, the second Saturday of each month, 2009. Sponsored by the Caledon Library and Rachelville, and produced by Radio Riel
Schedule
- Jan 10: The River Bank
- Feb 14: The Open Road
- March 14: The Wild Wood
- April 11: Mr. Badger
- May 9: Dulce Domum
- June 13: Mr. Toad
- July 11: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Aug 8: Toad's Adventures
- Sept 12: Wayfarers All
- Oct 10: The Further Adventures of Toad
- Nov 14: Like Summer Tempests came his Tears
- Dec 12: The Return of Ulysses
- Jan 9, 2010: All Day Programming of the entire book
gentlebeings, your servant
JJ Drinkwater
Caledon Library Story Session at the Falling Anvil - Love's First Blush
Monday, Feb 9 5-8pm slt
The Falling Anvil Public House , Caledon Tamrannoch
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Tamrannoch/230/108/22
"First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity" (Tom Broadbent, in John Bull's Other Island.) In the play that was his first theatrical success, George Bernard Shaw put this maxim is the mouth of a character he described as "a successful muddler-through in business and love"
In love, of course, we are *all* more or less successful muddlers through...and thereby hangs a tale! This month's session is dedicated to First Loves and the glories and follies that come with them. All True Lovers, Hopeful Puppies, Bumbling Innocents, Dazed Infatuates, and High Hearts (whether present or former) are invited to share their stories. We welcome tales from SL and RL, so come tell us about your youthful yearnings, elusive glimpses, first times ....well, perhaps not *that* first time...and all the wonder and drollery of Cupid's first call.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library & the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers, hosted by master storyteller Aldo Stern
Book Discussion - The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by Oscar Wilde
The Sense of Self in 19th century literature - a discussion series led by Kghia Gherardi
Tuesday February 10 6-7 pm SLT
Caledon Library & Welcome Centre, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/160/117/23
As exploration, industrialization and colonization expanded during the nineteenth century, the way the individual viewed his and her role within this world also altered. This literature series will look at how the individual defines himself or herself, how societies react to these changes, and how the evolving sense of self succeeds and fails.
In The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde explores the union, and the disjunction, of the social, or worldly, self, and the private self...and gives us an portrait of vanity and hypocrisy that lingers in the mind long after the last page is turned.
Those wishing to prepare for the discussion can find an excellent online version here....or listen to this reading from Librivox using the embedded player below (Courtesy of the Internet Archive)
Monday, Feb 9 5-8pm slt
The Falling Anvil Public House , Caledon Tamrannoch
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
"First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity" (Tom Broadbent, in John Bull's Other Island.) In the play that was his first theatrical success, George Bernard Shaw put this maxim is the mouth of a character he described as "a successful muddler-through in business and love"
In love, of course, we are *all* more or less successful muddlers through...and thereby hangs a tale! This month's session is dedicated to First Loves and the glories and follies that come with them. All True Lovers, Hopeful Puppies, Bumbling Innocents, Dazed Infatuates, and High Hearts (whether present or former) are invited to share their stories. We welcome tales from SL and RL, so come tell us about your youthful yearnings, elusive glimpses, first times ....well, perhaps not *that* first time...and all the wonder and drollery of Cupid's first call.
Sponsored by the Caledon Library & the Clan of Seafarers and Storytellers, hosted by master storyteller Aldo Stern
Book Discussion - The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by Oscar Wilde
The Sense of Self in 19th century literature - a discussion series led by Kghia Gherardi
Tuesday February 10 6-7 pm SLT
Caledon Library & Welcome Centre, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
As exploration, industrialization and colonization expanded during the nineteenth century, the way the individual viewed his and her role within this world also altered. This literature series will look at how the individual defines himself or herself, how societies react to these changes, and how the evolving sense of self succeeds and fails.
In The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde explores the union, and the disjunction, of the social, or worldly, self, and the private self...and gives us an portrait of vanity and hypocrisy that lingers in the mind long after the last page is turned.
Those wishing to prepare for the discussion can find an excellent online version here....or listen to this reading from Librivox using the embedded player below (Courtesy of the Internet Archive)