Lanna with Melody Regent, one of the event organizers
A full day of events have been planned to commemorate the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Set in the beautiful and moving New York NY sim that is complete with ethereal copies of the World Trade Center towers, the events begin with a gathering at 5:15 AM SLT. Starting at 5:46 AM, the names of all 2974 victims who perished in the attacks will be read by a series of SL residents. A long moment of silence will follow the reading of the last name at approximately 8:50 and there will be a dedication of a replica of the FDNY Memorial Wall at 9 AM. The day’s events wrap up at 3 PM with a special dance of remembrance and renewal with DJ Jonas Lunasea; formal attire is requested. In New York NY (click here to teleport).
From the serious to the silly, 7 PM on Saturday, September 13 marks the inaugural Battle of the Fashionistas. Organized by the incomparable and fabulous Kate Amdahl, the Battle of the Fashionistas gives a whole new meaning to “dressed to kill.” Kate loves SL fashion but recognizes that sometimes could use a bit of, well, taking itself just a touch less seriously. Come looking as fabulous as you want and bring your weapon of choice to start the Battle with someone “based on not liking their shoes, or on being jealous of their shoes, or on anything you love or hate about their look.” You can die or not, but the last one standing must wear system hair. In Cape Suzette (click here to teleport).
Zada Zenovka, Wrean Mechanique, Kate Amdahl and Lanna prepare for the Battle
(All times in SLT, "Second Life Time"-- i.e., Pacific Standard)
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Thursday, September 11
10 AM – NCI Building Class: Power Tools
This class will help participants learn to build faster and more easily with two very useful but often overlooked building tools: Create Copy & Ruler Mode. Explore the Create Copy tool options and uses, plus discover its shortcomings and how to work around them. Participants will also learn what Ruler Modes do, and how and when to use each mode, including Reference Mode. Participants must have completed either the NCI Building – Basics Class or demonstrate basic proficiency. In Boomer Island (click here to teleport).
7 PM – Digby Smalls at The Firefly
Digby Smalls has been his acoustic guitar skills for the last 15 years and brings great vocals to his mix of covers and originals. His blend of mellow alternative rock has been influenced by The Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam. Stone Temple Pilots, and The Beatles. In Pemberly (click here to teleport).
8 PM – Socrates Café
Do you love philosophy and discussing it with others? Then come join the conversation at the Socrates Café, a group philosophical discussion session open to any and all. In Tintafel (click here to teleport).
Also this week: The Rings, SL Shakeshpeare Company's One's a Pawn of Time, and Shiki Autumn Moon Festival. All that and more after the jump...
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Friday, September 12
2 PM – The Rings
CARP (Cybernetic Art Research Project) has followed-up their highly regarded production of THE WALL V-2 with The Rings. The Rings is a rock opera that “celebrates the miracle of the Metaverse.” The show has composed lyrics and music, building and scripting, costumes, shape changing, flight, dance and drama underpinned by new use of in world cinematic techniques. This show will be performed every Friday and Sunday at 2 PM. In NMC Labs (click here to teleport).
4 PM - IVC Role Playing: Playing the Average Joe
This class is intended for beginning RPers as well as seasoned veterans. When you finish this class you will know how to play an average nobody character without becoming victim to everyone else on your RP sim. In Insight Virtual College (click here to teleport).
6 PM – The Orphan Train Poems
Muse of Fire presents The Orphan Train Poems by Zayante Hegel. This moving group of poems are about Orphan Trains and a group of people affected by their relocation, both physically and emotionally. This will also be performed again on Saturday, September 13 at 6 PM. In Runtrop (click here to teleport).
The Second Life Shakespeare Company (SLSC) presents a modern play to open their Autumn 2008 season. The play, One's a Pawn of Time, is described as “a fast-paced and clever one-act play about relationship drama that may arise through hasty time travel.” Also presented on Saturday, September 13 at 11 AM; Sunday, September 14 at 3 PM; and Tuesday, September 16, at 1 PM. In sLiterary (click here to teleport).
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Saturday, September 13
10 AM – Exhibit Opening: Pillflower World
Pillflower World is a mixed reality exhibition that will be shown at the Australian National University, Canberra, September 22 – October 3, 2008 and within the ANU gallery in Second Life. In SL, Nar Duell (Lynne Heller in RL) has created an environment in a giant snow globe with a garden made of flowers whose petals are pills and capsules. The exhibit has gotten wonderful reviews from those who have had a sneak preview. In NMC Campus (click here to teleport).
12 PM – Extropia Parties with The Horde
Extropia welcomes the Horde from Azeroth in World of Warcraft with a full line up of events to welcome Horde Ambassador Singularitea Skytower as she opens her new facilities in SL on Sen’jin Island. Her outpost on Sen’jin Island will be home to the Blood & Thunder Beach Club, Club Suncrown and The Diversionarium. The party starts with a grand re-opening of The Diversionarium at noon and will run all day and all night with live DJs and special events until 10 PM. In Dirac Sea (click here to teleport).
6 PM – Not Possible In Real Life Safari
Join this multi-sim exploration of Not Possible in Real Life art with Tayzia Abattoir. The first visit is at the Crescent Moon museum, one of the first museums of Second Life, will move to the Aho Gallery at the NMC, and eventually on to discover other amazing places that organizers can’t reveal. This collaborative project is being supported by NWN partner Koinup and the Not Possible in Real Life and Impossible in Real Life working groups. In FairChang Village (click here to teleport).
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Sunday, September 14
6 AM – The Shiki Autumn Moon Festival
The Shiki sim is celebrating the Autumn Moon Festival with their own two-part gathering. The first hour is the Masquerade, a fashion show where the best-dressed Moon God and Goddess on the moonwalk will win for themselves great prizes of L$1000 each. All are welcome to come dressed as a moon deity from your own culture. In the second hour, the ChangHigh Trinity Sisters and MoShang Zhao will be teaming up to bring an hour of fantastic music and smooth acrobatic moves. In Shiki (click here to teleport).
7 AM – Ballet Pixelle: Shuzenji
Ballet Pixelle (formerly Second Life Ballet) is presenting their ballet Shuzenji with the addition of live singing by Solary Clary in Japan. A ballet set in Edo-era Japan, Shuzenji tells the story of two lovers, Sakura and Tokai, who are separated from each other when Tokai is murdered at the shrine of Shuzenji by jealous Oirans, or courtesans. However, the faithful Sakura continues to search for Tokai at the shrine, and because of her enduring love, Tokai's spirit is freed. What happens next? Solary’s voice is said to “compound the emotional intensity of this beautiful, complex ballet.” In IBM (click here to teleport).
11 AM – Surrealist Dance Hall Closing Party
There will be a closing party for this exhibit exploring surrealism at Caerleon Isle Artist Collective. The challenge: No right angles in a surreal environment that would encompass three distinct themes that cyclically morph from one to the other. There have been some new additions to the exhibit since it opened. Come see it while you still can! In Caerleon Isle (click here to teleport).
1 PM – Renaissance Faire
Renaissance Island is hosting a Faire with jousts, storytelling, period items for sale, and music provided by Gabrielle Riel. In Renaissance Island (click here to teleport).
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Monday, September 15
10 AM – Contact A Family – Meeting Families with Disabled Children in Second Life
Contact a Family, a UK-based nonprofit, has created an in-world advice center for parents with disabled children to meet others to discuss issues in raising a child with additional needs. Their office is staffed by trained parent adviser Seamus Holliday and new media adviser Advisor Somerflek who are present to give advice and guidance information on a wide range of issues including welfare rights, education, short breaks, local services and local support. There is also access to a wide range of publications on money issues, family matters, parental help, health care and current affairs. In Aloft Nonprofit Commons (click here to teleport). 
2 PM – Tauri Tigerpaw at Ally B’s
Tauri Tigerpaw specializes in playing love songs of many different genres. She mixes her lovely voice and guitar to bring you a performance of love songs that is truly enjoyable. In Deitide (click here to teleport).
6 PM – How Almost Anyone Can Save and Invest for the Future
Corwin Howlett will lead a discussion and recommend books on saving and investing for the future.
In InvestingInfo Island (click here to teleport).
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Tuesday, September 16
12 PM – Open Relationships
This discussion group is for people who are in an open relationship (SL or RL) or are interested to know more about the subject. Polyamory is the desire, practice, or acceptance of having more than one loving, intimate relationship at a time with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved. The term polyamory is sometimes abbreviated to poly, and is sometimes described as consensual, ethical, or responsible non-monogamy. In AngelGate (click here to teleport).
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Wednesday, September 17
1 PM – Poetry Society SL Stanza Informal Get-Together
This group meets on the Written Word beach for an informal chat and it doesn’t have to be just poetry. This group represents the Poetry Society in the UK and welcomes international members with the goal of promoting poetry. In Cookie (click here to teleport).
6 PM – Hot Topics Discussion: US Election/Politics
As part of its Hot Topics discussion series, Info Island hosts discussions on topics of interest and relevance to your Second Life or real life. This month’s topic is US Election/Politics - What place does politics have in a virtual world? In Info Island (click here to teleport).
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The Wild Card!
Looking for fun and adventure? The Wild Card! highlights just the day, time and a SLurl for an event. The Wild Card! may be anything, but I’ll try to pick something that promises to fun, lively, or interesting.
Sunday, September 14 at 4 PM (click here to teleport)
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Join Lanna’s group on Eventful.com to stay up to date on what's happening in SL-- info on submitting event notices below.
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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