Rik Riel's weekly round-up of upcoming SL events...
What better way to celebrate the holidays than by giving to those in need. This week, check out two new SL efforts to raise awareness and funds for some worthy causes.
First is the "Yak Shack" (direct teleport SLURL), a fun little barn built by Aimee Weber as a benefit for the Save the Children charity. At the shack, you can purchase your very own virtual yak for L$1,000, which will help provide a real world yak to some folks in the developing world who could one of these sturdy, dependable beasts of burden. Each virtual yak is totally customizable, and if you bring your pimped-out yak to the Yak Shack on December 16, you might win fabulous prizes.
Another similar effort is the "World Vision Village," an in-world fundraiser sponsored by the UK charity World Vision. The aim of the village is to show some of the products you can purchase through their Alternative Gift Catalogue website in an immersive setting (Direct Teleport SLURL.) Definitely worth a visit. (My own report on it here.)
Also coming up this week: an SL wine tasting (?), tarot readings, erotico fantastico burlesque paintings, craptastic poetry, and a blowout party for the lastest version of Poser. All that and more after the jump...
(All times in SLT, "Second Life Time"-- i.e., Pacific Standard)
Wednesday December 13
2AM - Beginning Builder Class
Are you a newbie wanting to learn about all the cool stuff you can build in SL? New Citizens, Inc. Presents a class on basic building taught by Kitty Rich. At Kuula (54,175).
7PM - Craptastic Poetry Contest
For those of you who have written truly dreadful poetry (ahem, myself included), here's the event for you. Kanker Greenacre is
going to give out a list of words that contestants will have to incorporate
into the most craptacular poem they can devise. Then all the contestants
will vote on the most stinktastic poem. At Gray (30,159).
7PM - Samadhi Cleanslate in Benefit Concert
As part of Elvenmoor's week of charity, Samadhi Cleanslate will be performing a benefit concert with all donations to go to various charities. At ElvenMoor (246,66).
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Thursday December 14
5AM - Relationship Social for Singles and Couples
Lexi Vargas, veteran of a 20-year RL marriage, invites singles and couples to a discussion on romantic and sexual
relationships of the SL and RL types. At Hendersonville (162,163).
6PM - Fundamental of Prims/Prim Transformations
For all of you new builders, here's a class on how to get those prims into shape. Prerequisites: PRM101. This is an introductory course on how to generate prims and their basic
transformations. You'll learn the basics of
how to create a prim, the seven different types of prims, the fur basic
transformations, and how to apply textures. At Sawdel (124,195).
6PM - Poser 7 Party
e-frontier is holding a huge launch party for their 3D figure design program Poser 7 in Second Life. There will be a presentation by Uli Klumpp, Director of
Product Development, who will talk about some of the highlights and
features of Poser 7 and answer questions from press and attendees. The main event is at Seongsil (51,224,30), but if it fills up, there will be several
listening parties set up on other sims. Check the website http://www.e-frontier.com/go/poserparty for details.
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Friday December 15
4PM - Christmas Writing Competition Entries Due
The Writing and Performance Centre announces their Christmas Writing
Competition. The rules
are:
(1) Must be 50 words exactly (not one word more or one word less); (2) Must have a beginning, middle and end; and (3) Must be on a theme of Christmas in Second Life. Deadline for submissions is 4pm SLT. First prize is L$1000, two runner up prizes of L$250. Contact Deidru Valentine for more details on how to enter. At Info Island II (236,56).
5PM - Kurt Jano Live at Bali Hai Winter Formal
Pianist Kurt Jano (aka Kurt Bestor in RL) will be the featured
performer at the Bali Hai Winter Formal. For more than a decade, Kurt
has provided film scores, television themes,
compositions and carols for more than 30 films and 40 TV programs and
commercials. At Bali Hai (135,233).
Image by Ben Heine
2PM - Art of Ben Heine at the Art Loft
The Art Loft presents the "erotico fantastico burlesque" paintings of Ben Heine. Ben Heine, born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1983, is a self-made painter, cartoonist and illustrator. At The Art Loft gallery in Owlet (212,43).
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Saturday December 16
11AM - McDunnough Ice Skate Championship
Come to the McDunnough ice rink to watch Nite Zelmanov defend his ice skating championship title against all comers. Or put on your fastest skates and take on Nite yourself for the title! At Samoa (187,88).
12PM - Learn to Make Your Own Dance Floor
As every promoter knows, the key to any successful party or club is the dance floor. Sure, there are lots of folks eager to sell you one, but why not roll your own? Come by Beyond the Prim (33,225) and take the Technical User Interfaces (TUi) Neo class on dance floor creation. Prerequisites: Any Lvl1 Class or knowledge of how to use the edit controls.
2-5PM - SL Literary Festival
Verum Vacirca invites you to Second Life's first literary festival, including classes,
workshops, speakers and open readings. At Plush Enigma (189,140).
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Sunday December 17
1:30PM - SL Wine Tasting
I confess to being a bit confused by this event. Starcity Casino invites you to an Italian wine tasting. The instructions are: buy a real bottle of Italian white or red wine, chill
it, and bring it along to the casino lounge at Drum (81,18).
2-5PM - Tarot Readings by Songstra Soothsayer
Songstra Soothsayer will do free tarot card fortune tellings for all who want. She promises you will get insights and understand of your future better. Nangrim (199,20).
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