Recently in Exhibits Category
From Oxcarts to Gondolas: The travel albums of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Curated by Siri Woodget
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
Sunday, June 14thm 2-3pm slt
HG Wells Memorial Library, Caledon Wellsian
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/225/236/23
Join us for an opening fête, with music by Radio Riel!
The Gardner Museum was the life’s work of Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924). This work is reflected in the archives of the museum. The archival records illuminate the life of a wealthy American art collector and her associates who were art dealers, artists, musicians, politicians, actors and writers. Of particular interest is the collection of 28 travel albums.
Isabella and her husband Jack traveled through Asia, the Middle East and Europe which fostered an appreciation for different cultures. In 1867, the Gardners traveled to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna and Paris, and crossed Norway to see the midnight sun. During 1882 and 1883, they traveled around the world, visiting Japan, China, Vietnam, Cambodia (where they rode on an oxcart through the jungles to see the ruins of Angkor Wat), Indonesia, India, Egypt and Palestine. Isabella carefully recorded each experience. Her trips brought her into contact with exotic cultures and, most importantly, with the past. Through the travel albums we see the link between these early travels and the later construction and installation of her museum.
Travel with Isabella on a series of journeys hosted by the HG Wells Memorial Library, from now until January 2010. Our first stop will be Egypt, 1875...
The Caledon Library would like to express its gratitude to the Gardner Museum for permission to display these materials
The event will be followed by a Thematic The Dansant at the Bashful Peacock, in Caledon Wellsian, 3-5pm slt
Curated by Siri Woodget
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
Sunday, June 14thm 2-3pm slt
HG Wells Memorial Library, Caledon Wellsian
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Join us for an opening fête, with music by Radio Riel!
"Years ago I decided that the greatest need in our Country was Art… We were a very young country and had very few opportunities of seeing beautiful things, works of art… So, I determined to make it my life's work if I could."
- Isabella Stewart Gardner, on the creation of her Museum, 1917
The Gardner Museum was the life’s work of Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924). This work is reflected in the archives of the museum. The archival records illuminate the life of a wealthy American art collector and her associates who were art dealers, artists, musicians, politicians, actors and writers. Of particular interest is the collection of 28 travel albums.
Isabella and her husband Jack traveled through Asia, the Middle East and Europe which fostered an appreciation for different cultures. In 1867, the Gardners traveled to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna and Paris, and crossed Norway to see the midnight sun. During 1882 and 1883, they traveled around the world, visiting Japan, China, Vietnam, Cambodia (where they rode on an oxcart through the jungles to see the ruins of Angkor Wat), Indonesia, India, Egypt and Palestine. Isabella carefully recorded each experience. Her trips brought her into contact with exotic cultures and, most importantly, with the past. Through the travel albums we see the link between these early travels and the later construction and installation of her museum.
Travel with Isabella on a series of journeys hosted by the HG Wells Memorial Library, from now until January 2010. Our first stop will be Egypt, 1875...
The Caledon Library would like to express its gratitude to the Gardner Museum for permission to display these materials
The event will be followed by a Thematic The Dansant at the Bashful Peacock, in Caledon Wellsian, 3-5pm slt
Speak to Us!: Victorian Spiritualism
An Exhibit at the Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
Curated by Mica Braun
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
Saturday May 2nd , 2-4 PM SLT
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/52/203/23
Join us, whether from the earthly realm or The Beyond, to explore the subject of Spiritualism…
Spiritualism is looked on variously as a science, a philosophy and a religion: a science that attempts to investigate, analyze and classify facts and manifestations of spirits;a philosophy that studies what it defines as Laws of Nature, both of the seen and the unseen sides of life and bases its conclusions upon observation; and a religion for its striving to understand and comply with physical, mental and spiritual laws that govern the human condition. Covering such topics as mediumship, spirit photography and séances, this exhibit considers Spiritualism in its fascinating complexity, from its distinctly Victorian flourishing in the lives of such eminent 19thc figures as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and W.B. Yeats, through its continuing popularity today.
This exhibit is offered to the spiritually minded citizens of Caledon by Miss Mica Braun of the Caledon Library, for their enjoyment and edification.
An Exhibit at the Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
Curated by Mica Braun
Exhibit Opening and Conversation with the Curator
Saturday May 2nd , 2-4 PM SLT
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Join us, whether from the earthly realm or The Beyond, to explore the subject of Spiritualism…
Spiritualism is looked on variously as a science, a philosophy and a religion: a science that attempts to investigate, analyze and classify facts and manifestations of spirits;a philosophy that studies what it defines as Laws of Nature, both of the seen and the unseen sides of life and bases its conclusions upon observation; and a religion for its striving to understand and comply with physical, mental and spiritual laws that govern the human condition. Covering such topics as mediumship, spirit photography and séances, this exhibit considers Spiritualism in its fascinating complexity, from its distinctly Victorian flourishing in the lives of such eminent 19thc figures as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and W.B. Yeats, through its continuing popularity today.
This exhibit is offered to the spiritually minded citizens of Caledon by Miss Mica Braun of the Caledon Library, for their enjoyment and edification.
Opening Salon for a new Exhibit at the Caledon Library
"The Past Reimagined: Victorian Fashion and the Designs of Eladrienne Laval"
Sunday December 7 1-3 pm SLT
Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/52/203/23
Exhibit through February 2008
Eladrienne Laval's real life background as an artist and a student of History guides her SL design work, and her experience with the fabric arts informs both eye and her design choices.
This exhibit explores Miss Laval's creations from source image though design and construction, and places them in the context of her inspirations from Victorian art and Fashion. A section of the exhibit looks at one of Miss Laval's favorite designers, Charles Frederick Worth, the father of haute couture. Caledon Library curator Siri Woodget has collaborated with Miss Laval to supplement the exhibit with materials on one of Worth's famous patrons, Isabella Stewart Gardner.
The opening salon will feature conversation with the curator, a treasure hunt for answers, and the unveiling of a new item of SL couture! Especially for this exhibit, Miss Laval has created an in-world re-imagined version of one of Mrs. Gardner's favorite dresses by Worth.
The Caledon Library would like to extend its thanks to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, for its kind permission to use materials relating to the life of Mrs. Gardner
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJD
"The Past Reimagined: Victorian Fashion and the Designs of Eladrienne Laval"
Sunday December 7 1-3 pm SLT
Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/52/203/23
Exhibit through February 2008
Eladrienne Laval's real life background as an artist and a student of History guides her SL design work, and her experience with the fabric arts informs both eye and her design choices.
This exhibit explores Miss Laval's creations from source image though design and construction, and places them in the context of her inspirations from Victorian art and Fashion. A section of the exhibit looks at one of Miss Laval's favorite designers, Charles Frederick Worth, the father of haute couture. Caledon Library curator Siri Woodget has collaborated with Miss Laval to supplement the exhibit with materials on one of Worth's famous patrons, Isabella Stewart Gardner.
The opening salon will feature conversation with the curator, a treasure hunt for answers, and the unveiling of a new item of SL couture! Especially for this exhibit, Miss Laval has created an in-world re-imagined version of one of Mrs. Gardner's favorite dresses by Worth.
The Caledon Library would like to extend its thanks to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, for its kind permission to use materials relating to the life of Mrs. Gardner
Gentlebeings, your servant
JJD
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/
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.
The Caledon Library announces two gala events to mark the opening of its newest branch, the H.G. Wells. Memorial Branch Library in Caledon Wellsian. A masked street party on January 5 will celebrate the opening of the Library and its inaugural exhibit on the New Orleans Carnival.
Voyages to Imagination: A Carnival Masquerade
The roadway along the northern shore of Caledon Wellsian will be host to a festival of masking, mumming, music,and dance from 12 noon to 6 pm SLT on January 5th, 2008, a date traditionally observed as the festival of Twelfth Night.
Marking the end of the Christmas season and the start of the Carnival season, Twelfth Night, the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany in the Christian liturgical calendar, has traditionally been a time of merriment and mischief-making befitting the brief and topsy-turvy reign of the Lord of Misrule. The Library is pleased to invite all of Caledon's citizens and friends to our Twelfth Night festivities; a most hearty invitation is extended to those for whom Caledon is yet unknown, that they might discover the pleasures of this fabled land.
Masking is most courteously and heartily encouraged for this event Appropriately festive music will be supplied by the able music conjurers of Radio Riel, and an assortment of seasonal refreshments will be offered. Opportunities will be offered for public dancing, as well as more private forms of entertainment, equally traditional in this season of misrule and upending, as the spirits move.
"Butterfly of Winter": Visitors to the New Orleans Carnival.
An exhibit at the H.G. Wells Memorial Branch Library, Caledon Wellsian
Twelfth Night Through Easter Sunday, Two Thousand and Eight.
"Carnival is a butterfly of winter whose last real flight of Mardi Gras forever ends his glory.." (PerryYoung, The Mystick Krewe)
In the years following the American Civil War, moods of reconciliation and discovery swept the country. Writers of "local color" fiction and travel narratives filled the periodical press with stories of exotic climes and distinctive cultural practices that deepened and complicated the fragile spirit of national unity.
No city in the United States was more exotic and distinctive than New Orleans and no moment better demonstrated her distinctiveness than the Carnival season, nestled in the Christian liturgical calendar between the Christmas feast culminating in Twelfth Night and the onset of Lent as Ash Wednesday dawned. The climax of Carnival was Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) celebrated across the Gulf Coast, but with particular fervor and intention in the Crescent City.
To celebrate the opening of the newest branch of The Caledon Library, an exhibit will be mounted in the H. G. Wells Memorial Library in Caledon Wellsian, beginning on January 5. This exhibit, curated by Mr. Rudolfo Woodget, will highlight the distinctive features of the New Orleans Carnival in the nineteenth century, as reported by visitors to the city. Illustrative material from periodicals of the era will be augmented by a collection of texts
from visitors, and opened up to the understanding of visitors to the exhibit by Mr. Woodget's own knowledge of the Carnival in later years.
Visitors to the exhibit may anticipate learning sundry colorful facts about the origins of the New Orleans Carnival, its masquerade balls and secret societies, including accounts of masked revelers on Mardi Gras, of scandalous intrigues, and of the rumored infatuation of a Russian Grand Duke and an American show-girl.
The H.G. Wells Memorial Branch of the Caledon Library will house a collection of materials with the theme of travel, adventure, and exploration, whether across the geography of the spinning globe, or that of the unbounded lands of the imagination.. Readers are invited to come investigate the 19th century's notions of the Art of Going, in accounts of journeys both real and imaginary.
The building housing the Wells Memorial Library has been designed for The Caledon Library by Miss Serra Anansi, noted architect and designer, and founder of Winterfell, a darkly mythic region with special ties to the Independent State of Caledon. Miss Serra's remarkable building celebrates the expansive curiosity of Mr. Wells' most imaginative voyages of imagination and offers a warm and comfortable space for telling and re-telling stories at voyage's end.
Gentlebeings, Your Servant
JJ Drinkwater
Voyages to Imagination: A Carnival Masquerade
The roadway along the northern shore of Caledon Wellsian will be host to a festival of masking, mumming, music,and dance from 12 noon to 6 pm SLT on January 5th, 2008, a date traditionally observed as the festival of Twelfth Night.
Marking the end of the Christmas season and the start of the Carnival season, Twelfth Night, the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany in the Christian liturgical calendar, has traditionally been a time of merriment and mischief-making befitting the brief and topsy-turvy reign of the Lord of Misrule. The Library is pleased to invite all of Caledon's citizens and friends to our Twelfth Night festivities; a most hearty invitation is extended to those for whom Caledon is yet unknown, that they might discover the pleasures of this fabled land.
Masking is most courteously and heartily encouraged for this event Appropriately festive music will be supplied by the able music conjurers of Radio Riel, and an assortment of seasonal refreshments will be offered. Opportunities will be offered for public dancing, as well as more private forms of entertainment, equally traditional in this season of misrule and upending, as the spirits move.
"Butterfly of Winter": Visitors to the New Orleans Carnival.
An exhibit at the H.G. Wells Memorial Branch Library, Caledon Wellsian
Twelfth Night Through Easter Sunday, Two Thousand and Eight.
"Carnival is a butterfly of winter whose last real flight of Mardi Gras forever ends his glory.." (PerryYoung, The Mystick Krewe)
In the years following the American Civil War, moods of reconciliation and discovery swept the country. Writers of "local color" fiction and travel narratives filled the periodical press with stories of exotic climes and distinctive cultural practices that deepened and complicated the fragile spirit of national unity.
No city in the United States was more exotic and distinctive than New Orleans and no moment better demonstrated her distinctiveness than the Carnival season, nestled in the Christian liturgical calendar between the Christmas feast culminating in Twelfth Night and the onset of Lent as Ash Wednesday dawned. The climax of Carnival was Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) celebrated across the Gulf Coast, but with particular fervor and intention in the Crescent City.
To celebrate the opening of the newest branch of The Caledon Library, an exhibit will be mounted in the H. G. Wells Memorial Library in Caledon Wellsian, beginning on January 5. This exhibit, curated by Mr. Rudolfo Woodget, will highlight the distinctive features of the New Orleans Carnival in the nineteenth century, as reported by visitors to the city. Illustrative material from periodicals of the era will be augmented by a collection of texts
from visitors, and opened up to the understanding of visitors to the exhibit by Mr. Woodget's own knowledge of the Carnival in later years.
Visitors to the exhibit may anticipate learning sundry colorful facts about the origins of the New Orleans Carnival, its masquerade balls and secret societies, including accounts of masked revelers on Mardi Gras, of scandalous intrigues, and of the rumored infatuation of a Russian Grand Duke and an American show-girl.
The H.G. Wells Memorial Branch of the Caledon Library will house a collection of materials with the theme of travel, adventure, and exploration, whether across the geography of the spinning globe, or that of the unbounded lands of the imagination.. Readers are invited to come investigate the 19th century's notions of the Art of Going, in accounts of journeys both real and imaginary.
The building housing the Wells Memorial Library has been designed for The Caledon Library by Miss Serra Anansi, noted architect and designer, and founder of Winterfell, a darkly mythic region with special ties to the Independent State of Caledon. Miss Serra's remarkable building celebrates the expansive curiosity of Mr. Wells' most imaginative voyages of imagination and offers a warm and comfortable space for telling and re-telling stories at voyage's end.
Gentlebeings, Your Servant
JJ Drinkwater