Rik Riel's weekly round-up of upcoming SL events...
Come get your art on today from 6-9PM PST at the grand opening of the Node Zero Gallery at Vaoetere sim (click here to teleport.) At the gallery lobby, a set of doors slightly ajar beckons you forward, white light spilling from the gap. Click on the doorway, and you are transported high in the air to a circular art space, showcasing dozens of interactive art pieces by Georg Janick, Feathers Boa, Bryn Oh, Adam Ramona, Aiyas Aya, and Ub Yifu. This is art that refuses to sit still, spinning and transmuting and singing when you touch it.
The centerpiece is
a
special
installation
by
renowned digital
artist Sp0t
Schism,
creator
of
the
Electric
Sheep
Screensaver (not available at press time.) Come by at
7pm to meet Sp0t in person / avatar.
Also Coming Up This Week: chat about learning in a digital world, glam rockers get you get fired up , the rites of spring Elizabethan-style, a conference on content theft, a new steampunk sim launches and is your avatar stressed out? All that, and lots of artsy-fartsy goodness after the jump...
(All listings in SLT, i.e. Pacific Standard Time)
Thursday, March 13
12PM - Cisco Tech Chat on Learning 2.0
John Connell, Education Strategist and Business
Development Manager at Cisco, discusses
the concept of 'Learning 2.0'. John will
share his thoughts about the future of education in a world where the
onset and permeation of digital technologies are transforming the way
we live, work, and learn.
At Cisco Systems 4 (click here to teleport.)
3PM - Learn about Scripting
Instructor Zion Tristen begins a new series of classes on scripting.
Come on and learn how to make your build, one step better, with
scripts. All levels welcome. At Zugspitze (click here to teleport.)
Alt-glam rocker duo Friendly Fire performs for a Saint Patricks day celebration at Club CasaBlanco at Rakshasa (click here to teleport.)
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Friday, March 14
9AM - Stress Management Class
Is your virtual life or your real life stressing you out? Instructor Hydra Charron
teaches you how to recognize stress, and what you can do about it.
At Technical User Interfacing (click here to teleport.)
Come party at the new Club
Phoenix where you can dance and mingle to
live DJ's performing all day. At Isle of Lei (click here to teleport.)
Come to a celebration of the season, Elizabethan style, including rites such as February Eve, the
Celtic Imbolg, the Catholic feast of the Purification of the
Virgin, the Protestant Candlemas and the secular Snowdrop Festival. This will be an in-character event, so put on the set of free period clothes available in the marketsquare. Discussion leader, Rosmairta
Kilarta, leads the festivities at the Rose & Crown at Renaissance Island (click here to teleport.)
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Saturday, March 15
10AM - Content Theft Conference
SL'ang Life invites all to a conference on "Content theft and the future of creation in Second Life." Come discuss how the problem affects the users and the economy of SL and think of possible solutions and actions to take to prevent it. At Slanglife (click here to teleport.)
1-3PM - Sophrosyne's Salon on "Religion, Spirituality and the Avatar"
Robert M. Geraci, Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College in New
York discusses his current research (profiled in New World Notes) on religion, spirituality and the self in Second Life. At Extropia Core (click here to teleport.)
5PM - Relay for Life Fundraiser Ball
Come to a formal grand ball and waltz the night away to the tunes of DJ Semi Gray. There will be a vote for King and Queen of the ball with a cash prize. At Kidd (click here to teleport.)
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Sunday , March 16
9AM - Intro to Animated Textures
Protomas Ludwig
teaches you how to make your creations flicker or flash, and change a graphics. This class will cover advanced texture techniques like frame animation, and planar mapping.
At Tornado (click here to teleport.)
Come visit the new steampunk sim of Cybavaria, where King Ludwig II, the steampunk king of Bavaria still reigns. Featured entertainment includes the Cyberpiper and the Changhigh Trinity Sisters Fireshow. At Cybavaria (click here to teleport.)
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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:
- 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.
Thanks for the Node Zero tip! Some really great ideas and pieces there.
Posted by: johninnit ni | Friday, March 14, 2008 at 04:40 AM