Rik Riel's weekly round-up of upcoming SL events...
Water -- whether virtual or real -- has a powerful spiritual connection for many people. Today at 6:30PM SLT, the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Second Life invites all interested avatars to a community Water Ceremony. In it, each participant brings water from someplace that is special to them, and explains why to the whole congregation. The water is poured into a communal vessel to symbolize the coming together of the community. "It's really a way for us to reconnect after not seeing each other for the summer," SL Unitarian member Etaoin Barcelona explained.
Etaoin described to me the in-world ceremony, which involves a scripted pitcher that when touched starts pouring water into the pond in the center of the church. Each avatar in turn is invited to pour water from the pitcher and describe where their water comes from, whether from SL or the real world. "Someone brought water from Baghdad to my church this past Sunday," Etaoin continued. "After so many years, there is water from everywhere... even from the Woodstock '99 concert!"
Visitors and observers are welcome to bring their own water to the Unitarian Universalist Church today at 6:30PM at Lovelace (49, 48).
Also coming up this week: Virtual Gitmo, British indie music, a world famous orchestra goes metaversal, spooky story-telling, a celebration of cancer survivors, a ginormous jewelry expo, a benefit to fight child abuse, damaged DNA, and Viva Mexico!
(All listings in SLT, i.e. Pacific Standard Time)
As a member of the Pop Art movement, artist Bellinda draws inspiration from
her massive collections of playthings, packaging materials, and modest
everyday objects showing at Arena (198, 34).
Thursday, September 13
11AM - Talk on New Polymerases for Old DNA
Phil Holliger from the Medical
Research Council Molecular Biology Lab in Cambridge will give a talk on "New polymerases for old DNA: molecular breeding of polymerases for
damage bypass and amplification of ancient DNA" . Holliger works with
ancient DNA -- DNA samples retrieved from specimens of forensic,
paleontological or archaeological interest. Hollinger will describe a new method of repairing damaged DNA, which he
recently tried out on a 60,000 year-old cave bear.
The lovely and talented Fable Sinatra performs British indie tunes at Cymru (163, 178).
4PM - "Build Your Skills" Class
Charla Vellhi hosts a learning game where players are assigned words and asked to build something with prims that represents that word, while other participants try and guess the word. Novices get easy ones (i.e. "pyramid") while experts get toughies (i.e. "McCarthyism"). At Eson (105, 171).
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Friday, September 14
24-Hour Benefit for National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Come on down to Robin Hood (teleport SLURL) and Sundance (teleport SLURL) for a 24 hour charity event to benefit the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Live music and presentations all day.
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
will be streaming a performance into a virtual recreation of the Philharmonic Hall. Conductor Vasily Petrenko conducts Ravel's
Sheherazade and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.
Petrenko, Ken Hesketh and soloist Kate Royal will appear in-world to
chat with residents after the performance. At Liverpool Phil 2 (teleport SLURL.) NOTE: this event is likely sold-out at time of publication.
2-4PM - International Poetry Reading with VoiceChat
Poets from all over are invited to gather their best verse and mics and head over to Seduction Paradise (135, 108) for an international poetry reading done over Voicechat.
7PM - Red76 Collaborative Arts Presentation
FUSE: conversation presents arts collaborative Red76 live during a mixed-reality event at the San Jose city hall and Ars Virtua gallery (Teleport SLURL).
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Saturday, September 15
Jewelry Exposition 2007 is a week-long massive showcase of more than 80 jewelry designers, taking place at OnRez sim (teleport SLURL). The expo includes designer-run events, an ongoing treasure hunt, and a charity auction to benefit the American Red Cross.
Foxflwr Cure
1-5PM - Cancer Survivor's Celebration Event
This event is intended to spread hope to those with cancer, inspired by Kimber Enoch who is currently battling the disease. Avatars are invited to share their stories, seek support and help those who are ill. Musical performances by Frogg Marlowe (1PM), Foxyflwr Cure (2PM), Soujourn Rosini (3PM), and Rosedrop Rust (4PM). At Salutaris 4 (160, 160).
5PM - How to Start a Business in SL
You've developed some Second Life content creation skills and are ready
to test your mettle in the metaverse marketplace. How do you begin?
Nancy Villota
teaches a class on the basics of starting and running a
business in Second Life at Caledon Highlands (165, 229).
9PM - 12AM - "The Haunting Hour"
Come to the gothic graveyard at Clinker (176, 238) to listen to suspenseful/horror radio shows from
the 1940s and 1950s.
11PM - 2AM - Atlantis Awakening Open Mic & Poetry Reading
Come to sing, read poetry, share short stories or words of wisdom. The event is conducted over voicechat and everyone gets four minutes to do their thing. At CANDY ISLANDS (210, 146).
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Sunday, September 16
8AM - Lecture on the Psychology of Cyberspace
Dr Lapsus Weinstein leads a discussion of "The Psychology of Cyberspace" at Black Art (teleport SLURL).
9AM - Water Effects Class
Protomas Ludwig
teaches an advanced level class on working with water in Second Life. Students will learn building, texturing and scripting
tips to create streams, fountains, pools and other watery
builds. At Fishermans Cove (28, 150).
Come celebrate Mexican Independence Day with a live performance by the Produto Acabado Band from Portugal. At Diegoland (216, 150). Viva Mexico!
And Coming Up Next Week...
Monday, September 17
Seton Hall and USC are sponsoring a mixed-reality discussion of legal issues surrounding intelligence gathering and interrogation methods used at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. To frame the discussion, virtual participants will experience what its like as a detainee in a virtual Guantanamo Bay facility at the IML sim (teleport SLURL). More pics and video on my blog.
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