SL Libraries plan events
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Info Island
March 14-28
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/111/105/33
Formals! Dresses! Casual Wear! Costumes! Shoes! Boots! Jewelry!
Furniture! Decorations! Outdoor Items! Lamps! Office Furniture!
and much, much more on sale at the CVL Yard Sale March 14-28 on Info Island!
We have some serious shoppers that donated items for this sale - come early and come often, we will add items as space permits. We also have collectibles to auction - adorable Linden Bears!
Community Virtual Library (formerly Alliance Virtual Library) is a non-profit library group dedicated to serving the residents of Second Life with library resources, reference service, and events. All money earned at this yard sale goes to support CVL. Library Buzz: Author Talk, Marilyn Johnson's "This Book Is Overdue"
Presented by Marilyn Johnson
When: March 23, 2010 - 6pm PT/SLT
Where: Info Island Auditorium, Second Life
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/62/114/33 Come into Second Life on Tuesday, March 23 to Marilyn Johnson talk about her witty new book, This Book Is Overdue: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All. This is your opportunity to talk with Marilyn Johnson. Marilyn explores and explodes the myths of what librarians are really like--whether they are in RL or SL. (She has a whole chapter just on virtual world librarians.)
If you have not yet explored Second Life, check out the free Introduction to Second Life webinars for SLA members at http://www.sla.org/content/learn/members/webinars/secondlife.cfm
Who are librarians? What are librarians? Are they/we necessary in the age of Digitization, its all on the Internet, and the Google Search Box? Come hear Marilyn discuss her findings on librarians who stand up for patron's privacy rights when confronted by the Patriot Act, write blogs with forthright titles, and go boldly where most patrons fear to tread.
Bio:Marilyn Johnson is the author of two books: This Book Is Overdue! about librarians and archivists in the digital age and The Dead Beat, about the art of obituaries and obituary writers. She is a former editor and staff writer for Life and other magazines, and lives with her family in New York.
" I was on SL actively from fall 2007 to (I think, more or less) spring 2009. Really took a lot of grief from editors (and some readers) for including SL chapter, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
That's where it's happening!" Her avatar is Marilena Basevi
For more information about Marilyn check out these sites:
http://www.thisbookisoverdue.com
http://www.marilynjohnson.net
http://www.twitter.com/Marilynajohnson
The Library Buzz sessions are sponsored by the SLA in Virtual Worlds Advisory Council in partnership with the Community Virtual Library (CVL). Community Virtual Library Tours Don't miss this opportunity to take a guided library tour with the lovely Mucaro India. She has scheduled the following tours for this week:Tuesday, March 23 @ 4 PM SLT: Info Island International
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/120/225/33
Friday, March 25 @ 4 PM SLT: Info Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/110/37/33 Alexandrian Free Library: (Caledon, Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse, New Babbage, Amatsu Shima, West of Ireland, Deadwood & Al Andalus) Library Events for March 17 through March 23, 2010.
Continuing Exhibits:
Caledon Library: From Oxcarts to Gondolas: the travel albums of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Sun 2009-06-14 - Fri 2010-04-02
HG Wells Memorial Library, Caledon Wellsian,
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Wellsian/225/236/23
To Move in Meaure - An exhibit on 19th century Social Dance, at the Whitehorn Library, curated by Mis Leslie Weston
Mon 2009-12-21 - Wed 2010-03-24
Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/55/202/23
Whiskey - the Water of Life
Tues 2010-03-02 - Mon 2010-05-03
Where:
West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
RF Burton - Mothers of Invention
Sat 2010-03-06 - Sat 2010-04-03
Where: R.F.Burton Library, Babbage Canals
Events of the Week:
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Shandon Loring and "The Architect of Newgrange" (conclusion)
Thursday, 18 March 2010
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of the nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside. For three wonderful evenings, the old gentleman enthralls his assembled audience with narratives of foolish kings, fabled saints, and Ireland's enduring accomplishments. These nights change young Ronan forever, setting him on a years-long pursuit of the elusive, itinerant storyteller and the glorious tales that are no less than the saga of his tenacious and extraordinary isle. Tonight Shandon concludes the story of the Architect of Newgrange and the trials and tribulations his staff of men and women went through to finish their project.
'Ireland - a novel' is the work from Frank Delaney, Shandon will share some portions of this marvelous novel with you, in voice.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
"The Architect of Newgrange" (pt 1) with Shandon Loring
Thursday, 11 March 2010
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of the nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside. For three wonderful evenings, the old gentleman enthralls his assembled audience with narratives of foolish kings, fabled saints, and Ireland's enduring accomplishments. These nights change young Ronan forever, setting him on a years-long pursuit of the elusive, itinerant storyteller and the glorious tales that are no less than the saga of his tenacious and extraordinary isle.
'Ireland - a novel' is the work from Frank Delaney, Shandon will share some portions of this marvelous novel with you. The stories will be delivered in voice.
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AETHER SALON
Music Boxes!
Sunday March 21, 2010
2:00 PM to 3:00PM SLT
Babbage Palisade & Academy of Industry
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Academy%20of%20Industry/2/56/106
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Babbage%20Palisade/243/50/106
Woodworker and craftsman extraordinaire Canolli Capalini has a secret: she's exceptionally good at luring unsuspecting salon proprietresses into her shop with exquisitely crafted music boxes of all shapes and sizes. As a late rez-day present to Viv, Canolli has agreed to talk to us about her music boxes and their history.
Each and every Capalini Fine Furnishings music box is exquisite. They are beautifully wrought, extremely detailed, and amazingly well conceived - from the music to the interactivity, to the design. Canolli's imagination knows no bounds.
Join us on Sunday, March 21 at 2 pm at the Aether Salon.
Jed, Viv & Sera
Aether Salon of Babbage
(http://aethersalon.blogspot.com)
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
WOI Library Anniversary Celebration and Dedication of New Space
Sunday, 21 March 2010
2:00 PM to 4:30 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
The Second Life charity estate West of Ireland's (WOI) Festival of Saint Patrick will conclude its sixteen day annual event with a dual celebration: the second anniversary of the West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center, and the dedication of its new expanded facilities on Sunday, March 21 beginning at 2pm SLT.
First on the agenda is a presentation that will feature over a dozen live voices celebrating the power of stories and storytelling. The program will include Corwyn Allen, Marian Dragovar, Aoife Lorefield, Shandon Loring, Derry McMahon, Gyro Muggins, Gina Pralou, Elder Priestman, Onyx Plutonian, Dubhna Rhiadra, Caledonia Skytower and Elegia Underwood. This diverse cast of performers will present everything from poetry and prose, to the short story How to Write an Epic Novel, and an excerpt from Cornelia Funke's popular Inkheart.
The WOI Library's new expanded lower level will be dedicated as part of the program and will be officially open for exploration. This addition to the original library build will provide accessible information on Ireland, its history and culture, in a variety of formats. There will be opportunities for visitors to connect with, and explore virtual creations of real-life Irish cultural sites within the WOI estate, as well as providing diverse environments for different kinds of programs within the library itself. The Anniversary Celebration and Dedication will be followed by "Dancing in the Stacks" to music provided by one of West of Ireland's popular DJs.
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AL QANTARA LIBRARY
The Silent Princess: An Evening of Middle Eastern Tales
Monday, 22 March, 2010
6:00PM - 7:00PM SLT
Al Qantara Library, Al Andalus, Alhambra
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Al%20Andalus%20Alhambra/197/97/49/?title=Al%20Qantara%20Library
"Who is the silent princess? And why should it be a punishment to fall in love with her?" Storyteller Gilbert Sapwood returns to CDS to help us open Al Qantara Library to the SL public. He will retell the story of the classic Turkish folktale, "The Silent Princess," along with other short tales from the Middle East, and hopefully answer these questions. "The Silent Princess" was popularized by the Scots man of letters, Andrew Lang in, "Olive Fairy Book" (1907). The tale was also included in "Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales"(1913), by Ignácz Kúnos, with illustrations by Willy Pogany, and different variations of the tale are found in many other folktale collections.
Gilbert Sapwood is a storyteller, traveler and collector of tales. He tells stories from the British Isles, Ireland and from his island Canadian home, stories from the Brothers Grimm, and tales from the folklore of the Good People. He is the founder of the Storytelling Guild of Second Life. Gilbert is real life professional storyteller, folklorist and author Dale Jarvis http://www.dalejarvis.ca
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
Caledonia Skytower and "The Irish Dresser" (finale)
Monday, 22 March 2010
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
Nora and her family look for hope in the passage to America.
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WEST OF IRELAND LIBRARY
The Joys of Reading with Aoife Lorefield
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM SLT
Where: West of Ireland Library and Cultural Center
http://slurl.com/secondlife/West%20of%20Ireland/44/157/29
The joys of reading ... and the obsessions we readers are heir to! Poetry and prose on books and why we love them.
