THE DICKENS PROJECT: A Contemporary "Fezziwig's Ball"

"In came a fiddler with a music-book, and went up to the lofty desk, and made an orchestra of it, and tuned like fifty stomach-aches. In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile. In came the three Miss Fezziwigs, beaming and lovable. In came the six young followers whose hearts they broke . . . In they all came, one after another; some shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly, some pushing, some pulling; in they all came, any how...

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The Countdown to THE DICKENS PROJECT has Begun!

The 2015 Edition of  festival known as The Dickens Project is set to open in Second Life on Saturday, December 12th with over 15 hours of live events of all kinds to benefit The Community Virtual Library. The Dickens Project will take place in the Community Virtual Library’s exhibit space in it's home on the Bradley University Sim.  Seanchai Library is producing the festival, opening on December 12th and featuring Dickens’ A Christmas...

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NOVEMBER at Seanchai Library

With just a brief pause to catch breaths, and restore page marks, Seanchai Library moves into November as the “storied” season continues.  “What do you mean by ‘storied’ season?”  “October was one of our biggest months,” shared Chief Storyteller Shandon Loring. The November line up promises plenty of stories to engage a wide variety of literature lovers, plus a special announcement. ...

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THAT SPOOKY TIME OF YEAR: October at Seanchai Library

When the leaves begin to turn and the first signs of chill are in the first-world air, many begin to think of blazing fires, and stories that send chills up your spine. Second Life is no different as autumnal builds and Halloween destinations spring up, like toadstools in a friendly lawn, all over the grid.  Seanchai Library on the Bradley University sim is among the longest running spoken word venues in SL, and enthusiastically embraces...

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SEANCHAI LIBRARY CELEBRATES SEVEN YEARS AND THE POWER OF WORDS TO ENGAGE AND INSPIRE

Seanchai Library in Second Life at the Community Virtual Library - Imagination Island Second Life, Imagination Island – Seven years ago this month, on the former West of Ireland Charity Estate in Second Life, a story was presented by Shandon Loring, and the Seanchai Library was born.  Sunday, March 22nd at Noon SLT, staff and guests will celebrate with 90 minutes of stories, live in voice, followed by dancing to Celtic music with DJ Aoife Lorefield. ...

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"MORE DICKENS! MORE DICKENS!" ~ The Dickens Project Opens December 14th

It’s December, and for many people in the English speaking world that means Dickens – Charles Dickens.  The Nineteenth Century author wrote Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations among  nearly two dozen other novels, a bushel of short stories, and a passel of non-fiction.  Of course, he is also the author of A Christmas Carol, which will be seen on stages and screens, both large and small, all over the world...

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StoryFest Events Announces "The Dickens Project"

StoryFest Events, producers of the annual events StoryFest, BOOFest, and Bard On the Virtual Beach, have announced their newest production: The Dickens Project.  This new project is the most ambitious event yet, celebrating the Dickens Bicentenary Year 2012, will be produced as a beta project this year with the possibility of an expanded project in 2013. &nbs...

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