Charlanna
Beresford’s weekly round-up of upcoming SL events…
(All times in SLT, "Second Life Time"-- i.e., Pacific Standard)
Thursday, July 3
11 AM – M Linden
Addresses Teen SL
M Linden will give an address to residents of Teen Second
Life to be followed up with a question and answer session moderated by Blue
Linden. Linden Labs will make the
transcripts of this session available.
3 PM – Do
We Hide SL from Our RL Loved Ones?
Are you reluctant to tell your family and friends about
your Second Life? Come join this
respectful open discussion which covers this interesting topic. In
Sylvan Grove (click
here to teleport).
5 PM –Darts
Competition
Here’s a chance to put your dart throwing skills to use in Second Life! TCH Yacht Club is sponsoring an hour of darts
playing with prizes for the winner. In
St. Kitts (click here
to teleport).
8 PM – Canadia:
2056
This is the first broadcast in Second Life of Canadia: 2056, a radio comedy sci-fi series which
premiered in April, 2007 on Canadian radio. The series centers on Max Anderson, an American liaison on board the
only Canadian spaceship in an otherwise American space fleet headed toward a
galactic war with the planet Ipampilash. The Canadia: a ship with a single purpose: To plunge the Americans toilets.
This is the broadcast of the first episode and Heart of Gold will broadcast a
new show will be broadcast at this time every week. In
Embu (click here to
teleport).
Also this week: Fourth of July fireworks, panel on new resident experiences, and performance of Immaculate Misconceptions. All that and more after the jump...
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Friday, July 4
Ideation Quest
explores how to effectively combine virtual worlds with a customer-centric
perspective of open innovation. This session seeks creative input on the
question of how sustainable living will look in the year 2020. Participants collect points on the three
dimensions of creativity, collaboration and expertise on a number of creative
tasks and the innovators with the most points will be rewarded with prizes
after the four weeks game time. In Philips (click here to teleport).
Later in the day at 12 PM, there is a separate Ideation Quest on the future
motor biking experience. In University of Innsbruck (click
here to teleport).
Chouchou
is a remarkable
musical duo that blends their ethereal and melodic songs with an immersive
experience on their own sim. Performances of this popular Second Life-only group fill up very, very
quickly. In Chouchou (click
here to teleport)
4PM - 4th of July Fireworks and Shagpile Spyker Live - British guitarist/vocalist Spyker performs as the bombs burst in the air over Orange Island (click here to teleport)
7 PM – Fourth of
July Fireworks at the Grand Fireworks Display
Come enjoy a celebration of the United State’s birthday
with a one hour pyromusical by Tommy Parrott. Like any good fireworks show,
come early to get a seat! In Ginsberg (click here to teleport).
7 PM – No
Age Limit Show and Tell
Proud of something you made in Second Life? Players of all Second Life ages are invited
to bring an object, clothes, script,
particle down for entry into this contestant-judged event. There is one entry per person and it must be
made by the contestant (mostly: freebie scripts and textures are allowed where
relevant). In Kuula (click here to teleport).
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Saturday, July 5
12 PM - Story Hour with Rachel Pevensy - American Tales: Heading West
Rachel Pevensy tells stories at the Caledon Library with
an American theme and a focus on Westward movement, to celebrate the American Independence Day holiday. Rachel is a RL
storyteller with a keen appreciation for all the ins and outs, challenges
and rewards of her craft. This is a live audio stream storytelling
performance, produced by Radio Riel.
In Caledon Victoria City (click
here to teleport).
This reception celebrates the opening of the The Evil
Nemesis Show, a joint photo show by veteran SL artists Autopilotpatty Poppy and
Douglas Story (Douglas was part of the team behind DynaFleur). This fun exhibit combines high art and low
humor. There will be ballroom dancing to
a live dj; formal attire is requested. In Chi (click here to
teleport).
6 pm - Resident
Help Groups and the New User Experience
As part of SL5B, this panel will focus on how resident
help groups (such as NCI/New Citizens
Incorporated or The
Shelter) play a critical part in teaching and retaining new SL residents. Panelists will discuss how resident help
groups relate to the Linden Lab's official Mentor group and the advantages and
disadvantages of running an independent group. Panelists will include Carl Metropolitan
(NCI/New Citizens Incorporated), Sumar Morgan (The Shelter), Prokofy Neva (Ross
InfoHub), Orhalla Zandar (SL Hobos & Caletta InfoHub), and Gentle Heron
(Heron Sanctuary Welcome Center & Virtual Ability). In SL5B Linked (click here to
teleport).
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Sunday, July 6
12 PM – Lyn
Carlberg at the Queen of Hearts
Lyn Carlberg
blends British and American traditional folk styles with Celtic classics along
with more contemporary influences such as Dylan, Neil Young, Paul Simon and Eva
Cassidy. In Mystery (click here to teleport).
1 PM – Dorkbot Session
on Avatar Movement
This dorkbot session
will be of interest to developers, performers, machinimators, animators,
photographers, and just about anybody with an interest to bring more expression
to avatars. Ventrella Linden will present the avatar puppeteering project; it
is a project to bring more fluid and direct ways to manipulate avatars. Philippe Bossut will present Handsfree3D, a project that enables to
interface with virtual worlds via 3D camera motion tracking instead of mouse
and keyboard. In Odyssey (click here to teleport).
4 PM – GLBT
Chat
A gathering for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people
to meet up and talk about anything that is on their mind. Run by Arva Wylie and Greville Oh from
Chiaroscuro a mature GLBT Elven sim which is a safe and fun sim dedicated to
non discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender or species. In SupportForHealing (click here to
teleport).
8:30 PM – About
the GIMP Course
GIMP is a free image manipulation program similar to
PhotoShop. This is the first session of a 10 week course that gives
participants hands on experience to work confidently in GIMP. The course will cover metals, gems, alphas,
seamless textures, making brushes, signs, using filters & masks as well as
an introduction to clothing using UV maps. GIMP is taught in voice by Calla Cela. Each class includes notes with illustrations
in PDF format. In Cichlid (click here to teleport).
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Monday, July 7
9 AM – SL5B
Closing Keynote with Mitch Kapor
Capping off SL5B, Linden Lab board member Mitch Kapor will deliver a keynote address
about Second Life as a disruptive technology platform. In addition to SL as a
creative, social space, he will discuss the emergence of SL for broader uses
such as education, philanthropy, art, fashion, medical research, architecture
and design, science, and entertainment. In
Second Life Birthday (click
here to teleport).
12 PM - Language
Learning and Teaching in Second Life
Panelists in this SL5B roundtable will be discussing the
advancements made in language teaching and language teacher training in Second
Life. The panel will also consider the
core skills needed to get started with teaching languages as well as approaches,
tools, and content that work well in SL. The mixed panel includes teachers, teacher
trainers and materials designers and will encourage audience discussion. In
SL5B Linked (click
here to teleport).
12 PM – Metanomics:
Not Possible in Real Life
Metanomics will host Bettina
Tizzy, founder of the working group Not Possible in Real Life, the open group Impossible IRL, patroness
of the virtual arts and content creation, and promoter of the recent four-sim
Garden of NPIRL Delights (in collaboration with Rezzable Productions). In June, Tizzy spearheaded the drive to
convince Linden Labs to "add a Creative Commons tab in the object editor,
as well as a Creative Commons option in the right click pie menu, so that
everyone can see, with a simple right mouse click, what the rights are on an
object." Come hear Bettina in a
conversation on the arts in Second Life as well as the NPIRL working group. In Muse Isle (click here to
teleport).
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Tuesday, July 8
Come join this weekly discussion that enables
participants to share and discuss their favorite recordings of favorite
compositions. All ranges of music – from Renaissance to contemporary
– are shared. In Utwig (click here to teleport).
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Phorkyad Acropolis will be performing Immaculate
Misconceptions; a monologue of his Catholic grade school and high school
experiences, finding the humorous and serious aspects of the positive—and
negative—role models of his youth. This original performance with an original
score explores how his Catholic school education shaped the college professor
he is today. This event is split into multiple parts with
grades 1-4 at 5 PM on July 9; grades 5-8 at 5 PM on July 10; and high school at
5 PM on July 11. In Cookie (click here to teleport).
Cypress Rosewood is a wonderful artist who plays very
ambient, peaceful tunes on the Native American Flute (among other instruments). Cypress will be performing amidst 25 unique and
interactive kaleidoscopes nestled in greenery, tucked into romatic niches, and
hidden behind soaring waterfalls. In
Bliss Forest Four (click here
to teleport).
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SUBMITTING EVENTS FOR COVERAGE IN New World Notes
Every Thursday morning, NWN highlights events for the upcoming weekend into next Wednesday. If you'd like an event to be considered, send the description and event link to Charlanna Beresford via IM or e-mail her at [email protected]. You can also contact Lanna through her Facebook profile, where she's listed as "Charlanna Beresford".
Main guidelines:
1 - Events for the coming week must be received by
Tuesday Noon SLT.
2 - Include all the relevant info-- day, time, and especially the SLURL to the event location.
3 - Please send related graphics such as screenshots or photo of the event site, if available.
4 - Events with artistic, cultural, scientific, political, creative, and/or educational value preferred.
5 - Events sponsored or promoted by real world corporations are welcome, as long they serve and entertain the Second Life community, and/or foster Resident-made content (live music, builds, scripting, fashion, games, etc.) Events that merely promote the company or organization's Second Life presence are not generally appropriate; you may instead consider advertising your event or service on New World Notes.
6 - Mature-rated events are permissible, but listing descriptions should be PG-13. Political and religious events are encouraged, though those of an extreme or non-inclusive variety are rarely included.
7 - 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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