Rik's Picks for July 26-29

Rik Riel is away, so Tateru Nino does this week's round-up of SL events...

The lapsed, lamented, legendary Starax Statosky is still hanging around in Second Life as an alt, living his dream of creating, without being bothered by people all the time.  In celebration of his work, there's a "Hidden Starax!" exhibition for six weeks, in the Oyster Bay region. Many rare pieces of Statosky's work will be shown (though no more than a couple at a time, because face it, the things are intricate and prim-heavy, so keep coming back.) Don't expect to see Statosky's alt hanging around the show, though-- I doubt he'd be interested in attending-- but there are many pieces that will be on display that you probably have never seen, but definitely should.

Also coming up this week: Web 2.0 powered learning, Buddhists dealing with anger, the 2007 BlogHer conference, French oil paintings, hippo rides (you've got to love the hippos) for Relay for Life '07, a YearlyKos pre-con event, and folktales and legends of Japan. All that and more coming up this week...

(All listings in SLT, i.e. Pacific Standard Time)

Thursday, July 26

7AM - Advanced Building: Sculpties

RoseLinUK London talks sculptie prim technology: What they are and how to make them, without emptying your bank account on expensive tools. Grab Rokuro, and get over to the sky classroom at NCI Beach.

9AM - Web 2.0 powered learning

Dr. Anders Gronstedt (aka Anders Wildcat), president of the Gronstedt Group and author of recent Harvard Business Review and T+D Magazine articles on the topic of employee podcasting and Second Life learning leads a voice session (First Look viewer required) on the convergance of Web2.0, Second Life and business at Wolpertinger.

11AM - Dan Octavia, live

Dan Octavia plays acoustic rock, folk and indie. Dan puts on a great show and is well worth seeing. Be at the Fa3rik in Supremacy early. Dan's shows fill up fast.

2PM - Buddhist listening and discussion group

Listen to a talk given by Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahamil in 2006 on 'dealing with anger', linking emotions, karma, mindfulness and Buddhist teachings, then discuss it with the group. Ninety minutes well spent at SupportForHealing Island.

6PM - YearlyKos pre-con interview with Sam Seder

Jimbo Hoyer will interview Sam Seder (Air America) at the YearlyKos Registration Center on Progressive Island. This interview is part of a series of events promoting the in-world portion of the YearlyKos Convention on 2-5 August. Sam Seder is a comedian, writer, actor, film director, television producer-director, and Air America Radio host. Get your questions ready, and hang around and chat with Sam after the interview.

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Friday, July 27

6AM-6PM - BlogHer'07

The womens' blogging conference BlogHer'07 is running Friday and Saturday with sessions throughout both days. Audio streams, virtual refreshments and discussions, with some special Second Life only panels. It's all taking place at Zabawa.

10AM - Tone Uriza sings the blues

Tone Uriza sings his heart out, live at Club Orchid at Orchid Beach. Head on down and spend an hour listening to this talented singer.

1PM - Second Life Ballet, "Olmannen"

This original, 90 minute, made-for-Second-Life fantasy ballet just has to be seen. So go see it already! Head on down to the theater at IBM's continent, and try to get there a little early to settle in.

6-7PM - Class: Animation overriders

NCI Instructor AphroditEbesos Truss, shows you how to assemble and configure your own animation overrider. Free scripts, and a selection of poses and animations are provided. Tired of everyone walking or standing cooler than you? Visit Dream City, and sit in for this nifty class.

6-8PM - Japanese folktales

Geisha Sadayako tells tales of Japanese folklore, magic and mystery for two hours of enchanting entertainment. Traditional refreshments at the teahouse.

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Saturday, July 28

All day - Relay for Life 2007

Hippo rides, log-rolling, skydiving and more. Go have an enjoyable time and help raise funds for Relay for Life '07. Cancer touches all our lives, directly or indirectly. Head down to RelayforLife Start and join in the fun and fundraising. Relay for Life is fundraising in high gear all this weekend. Be a part of it.

6AM-6PM - BlogHer'07

The womens' blogging conference BlogHer'07 is running Friday and Saturday with sessions throughout both days. Audio streams, virtual refreshments and discussions, with some special Second Life only panels. It's all taking place at Zabawa.

2PM-4:30PM - Colors of Southern France, exhibition

Pandore Jarvis, artist from Southern France, depicts the luscious colors of his native land in oil paintings. Doug Massey, SL furniture designer, is introducing his newest line of living room furniture in Provencale colors.  Come see their work displayed at Elektra's Gallery and Furniture Showroom in W. Greenwich Village and enjoy the music of DJ Sekonda Huet.

5PM - Starting a business

NCI Instructor Nancy Villota shows you how to get started on the path to Second Life Business success, with the basics of starting and running a business in Second Life. This 90 minute class takes place in Caledon.

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Sunday, July 29

All day - Relay for Life 2007

Cancer touches all our lives, directly or indirectly. Head down to RelayforLife Start and join in the fun and fundraising. Relay for Life is fundraising in high gear all this weekend. Be a part of it.

9AM - Darkside Eclipse's Roleplay Workshops

Darkside Eclipse is a community-oriented, non-combat dark-roleplay region. Head on down to Darkside Eclipse for CorpseLight DeSantis' two hour class/workshop on good roleplay, and on how to recognize and deal with the bad kinds. A good session for novice roleplayers and experienced ones, alike.

2PM - Show and tell!

I'm a sucker for show and tell events. I adore them, and I am hardly ever disappointed at one. Barney Boomslang and Florenze Kerensky jointly host this hour long event at Yongham. Made something you want to show off? Want to win some Linden Dollars? Show and Tell is the place to be.

5PM - Scripting class - Interobject communication

NCI Instructor Aryn Lassard conducts this one hour, intermediate level scripting class that covers the principles of objects communicating with each-other and with avatars. The class ends in a game that practically demonstrates and reinforces the concepts from the class. It all happens at Dream City. (There's a followup class after a half hour break at 6:30PM if you haven't had your fill)

6PM - Caring for aging parents

Omorola Writer leads this one hour discussion group about practical advice on caring for aging parents in their autumn years. The discussion will take place in Solchan.

Rik will be back on deck next week, so join Rik's group on Eventful.com to stay up to date on what's happening in SL-- info on submitting event notices below.  Visit Rik's blog, Click Heard Round the World.

SUBMITTING EVENTS FOR COVERAGE IN NWN

New World Notes often highlights events for the upcoming week. If you'd like an event to be considered, send the description and event link to Rik Riel via IM or e-mail him at [email protected].

Main guidelines:

1. Events for the coming week must be received by Monday Noon SLT.
2. Events posted in SL's official listing board greatly preferred. 
3. Events with artistic, cultural, scientific, political, creative, and/or educational value preferred.
4. Events sponsored or promoted by real world corporations are usually not appropriate to NWN Events.  Instead, consider advertising your event on New World Notes.
5. Bonus consideration given to game-related or machinima events, and for events with "I've never seen that in SL before" value.

Comments

[life]

pretty cooooooooooooooool!

[rikomatic]

Nicely done, Tat. No, you can't have my job!

[Tateru Nino]

So help me, I don't know quite what happened to all the SLURLs. A few of them went missing between draft and publication. There's still enough information there to locate all the events, however.