Rik Riel's weekly round-up of upcoming SL events...
This has been a remarkable year for charitable and activist activities in Second Life -- from the record-breaking Relay for Life, to the progressive blogger convention YearlyKos coming to SL, to virtual Venezuelan protestors storming the barricades. On Saturday December 29 at 8:30AM PST, activists and organizers across the political spectrum are invited to an "Empowerment Teach-In" on Commonwealth Island. Participants will learn invaluable skills for organizing a protest, discussion, social action, charity benefit, or Woodstock-like music festival in Second Life. Taught by experienced virtual activists Any1 Gynoid and Solidad Sugarbeet, you'll certainly leave with strategies and tips for event organizing into the new year. At Commonwealth 3 (click here to teleport.)
Also Coming Up This Last Week of 2007: A photographic tour of 1,500 meals, Argentinian pop, improvising Italian Christmas carols, invisible progressive rock on stage, remembering a Native American massacre, building boxes in the sky, oh, and Happy New Year! All that and more after the jump...
(All listings in SLT, i.e. Pacific Standard Time)
Thursday, December 27
Opening of Exhibit "You Are What You Eat"
"You are What You Eat" is a massive photographic exhibit of one whole year of Antoine Lancaster's real life meals.
See 1,500 pictures displayed on 12 floors, one for each month.
At A and B (click here to teleport.)
Argentinian pop group the Shamanes performs at casaBlanco at Rakshasa (click here to teleport.)
DJ Elfay Pinkdot
Come learn about a new DJ training program that includes how to use the SAM Broadcaster, creating a
playlist, and broadcasting into SL. At the VooDoo Lounge at Bear (click here to teleport.)
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Friday, December 28
8:30AM - Special Effects Photography
RoseLinUK London
teaches an intermediate level course for those who are ready to move beyond basic snapshots in SL. She will teach how to set up a long distance shot, move the sun, tilt the horizon, ripple the water, kill the fog, lose the buildings, color the lighting, and slow down time for action shots! At Fisherman's Cove (click here to teleport.)
2PM - Classical Piano at Zurich Opera House
Italian pianist Benito Flores performs a special Christmas Concert
featuring improvisations on traditional carols
and a rare piece
by Rossini. At Zurich City (click here to teleport.)
2:30PM - Live Goth Metal
Headbangers are invite to the grand opening of the Gothic House Of Rock for live music by The Dark Aeons playing goth metal. Rock on! At Apex Designer Worlds (click here to teleport.)
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Saturday, December 29
SL photographer Shoshana Epsilon talks about her creative process and how art has
changed over the past 2+ years in SL. At Cannery Rezzable
(click here to teleport.)
2PM - Invisible Band Winter Spectacular Show
Progressive rockers Alazarin Mondrian and The Invisible Band perform a special Winter Spectacular Show on Pony Island which has being converted into a fantasy Ice World for the show (click here to teleport.)
Wounded Knee event organizer Boondoggle Gruppman
5:30PM - Wounded Knee Remembrance
A special gathering is to pay homage to the fallen Native American Indians who
perished in the tragedy known at "The Massacre at Wounded Knee." This remembrance will be conducted in respectful silence. At Native Lands (click here to teleport.)
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Sunday, December 30
8AM - German & English New Resident Q & A /
Neulinge - Fragen & Antworten
Diese interaktive
"F&A" Klasse bietet euch eine Einfuhrung in Second Life und
Antworten zu den am haufigsten gestellten Fragen.
(Translation: Bilingual instructor fr43k Paine answers all of your newbie questions about SL.) At Nova Civilus Caledon (click here to teleport.)
5PM - Intro to Skybox Building
Sometimes, you just need to get away from it all. Robin Raven teaches a class in how to make your
Sky Box, a floating platform that only you and a select few can access. At Bliss Gardens (click here to teleport.)
6PM - Discussion on "The Illusion of Love, Sex and Relationships in Modern Life"
Come to a weekly discussion on "Illusions in modern life: the application of
evolutionary psychology to the everyday experience of living." moderated by Reflection Freenote. Today's discussion focuses on love, sex and relationships. At Clemson University Dev (click here to teleport.)
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Monday, December 31
10PM - 12:30AM - FemDom New Years Eve Bash
The FemDom community invites all to a New Years Eve party with dancing, ice skating, live music, a charity bazaar and a Ball Dropping
Ceremony at midnight! At Isle of Gaea (click here to teleport.)
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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:
- Events for the coming week must be received by Monday Noon SLT.
- Events posted in SL's official listing board greatly preferred.
- Events with artistic, cultural, scientific, political, creative, and/or educational value preferred.
- Events sponsored or promoted by real world corporations are usually not appropriate to NWN Events. Instead, consider advertising your event on New World Notes.
- Bonus consideration given to game-related or machinima events, and for events with "I've never seen that in SL before" value.
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