Chestnut Rau’s weekly round-up of upcoming SL events…
The Second Pride Festival 2009 begins Saturday May 23rd and runs through May 30th. This celebration runs for 8 days and is intended to entertain and educate the crowds that are expected to visit the 5 sims set aside for the festivites. You will be able to see art exhibits, participate in panel discussions, view fashion shows, hear live comedy, listen to a wide range of live music performances and attend dance parties with music from fantastic DJs.
Proceeds from the Festival are being donated to Amnesty International OUTfront, an organization that helps GLBT people all over the world with discrimination, housing issues, violence, employment, same-sex unions and more. For more information please visit the official site. A full calendar of events can be found here. The TP location is in Rhodium. [SLurl teleport at this link]
Also after the break: VW Thriller Metropolis, Classical Violin Concert, Original Live Music Showcase and much much more
(All event times in SLT, "Second Life Time"-- i.e., Pacific Standard)
Thursday May 21
5:30 - Izabela Jaworower Solo Violin Recital
Izabela Jaworower will play a selection of works by Dvorak, Faure, Saint Saens, Kreisler and Beethoven. This performance takes place in the Amadora Recital Hall. In A piacere. [SLurl teleport at this link]
7PM - Build a Shoulder Sparrow Pet with DrFranBabcock
Learn how to build your own shoulder pet complete with synchronized blinking eyes, the song of a sparrow, and a script that allows your pet to repeat things after you. All scripts, feather textures, and other supplies are included. This is an intermediate building class and you need to be able to work with small prims. No scripting is required but scripts can be used to enhance your creation. In Mystical Mastery. [SLurl teleport at this link]
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Friday May 22
2PM - Metropolis
This week I attended a showing of Metropolis and I cannot recommend this performance strongly enough. Metropolis is a remake of a science fiction movie made in 1927 by Fritz Lang.
A
camera system is built into the seats where the audience sits.
The seats fly around in Metropolis from scene to scene making the
audience part of the whole. Performances occur every Sunday and Friday
at 2pm. You can see a short video that gives you a glimpse of this mash up of music, art, performance and fantasy here. Don't miss this unique and amazing performance. In Benvolio. [SLurl teleport at this link]
2PM - Maximillion Kleene, Max Morgan and others at Pop Art Lab
The Pop Art Lab has a new sim and to celebrate they are having a bash. The show will feature top performers including Mankind Tracer and Max Kleene who recently won the Lema 2009 award for SL Best Musician. The headliner for the show is Max Morgan who recently released his debut CD Interrupting the Silence which was aired the TV show Grey's Anatomy. Give Max a listen here http://www.maxmorgan.com/ In Moon Park East. [SLurl teleport at this link]
6PM - Sail for Life Benefit Concert
The music starts with Shannon Oherlihy and continues for five hours with Niles Compton, Noma Falta, Damian Carbenell, and ending with Edward Kyomoon. All proceeds from this fantastic line up of live performers will benefit Relay for Life. In Hollywood. [SLurl teleport at this link]
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Saturday May 23
Noon - 8PM - The Escape 2009: Live Music Benefit for RFL
Seven full hours of live music from some of SL hottest stars including Lyndon Heart, Mel Cheeky, Max Kleene, Maineiac Fretwerk, Strum Diesel, Peregrine Singh and Gregg Huet. All proceeds from this event go to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. In Porty Merion. [SLurl teleport at this link]
5pm - RedZone Live at Condensor
Redzone is a British band who's members are Cabaret Voltaire (vocals/electric violin), Red Xu (guitar/bass guitar/samples), and Avomatsur Rustamova (synth/electric double bass/theremin). The band has a unique and original sound, fusing industrial, hiphop, electronica, classical, with alternative and ambient influences. The members are experienced live performers and have been credited by Wired and Reuters as the first band to tour Second Life . Hamlet wrote about RedZone on NWN back in March and you can read that piece here. In Fauve. [SLurl teleport at this link]
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Sunday May 24
10am - 3pm - The Originals
The Originals showcases a selection of some of SL's finest live musicians performing all original sets. The show includes performances by The Born Again Pagans, Amforte Clarity, Lexie Luan, Bara Johnson, Pol Arida, Zorch Boomhauer, Rich Desoto, Juel Resistance, Acousticenergy Nitely, and Dann Numbers. If you are unable to be in world don't worry, you will still be able to listen in by tuning into http://www.indiespectrum.com as the event will be broadcast live. For more information see http://www.myspace.com/theoriginals_sl In Prankster South. [SLurl teleport at this link]
Noon - Sci Fi Author Robert J. Sawer Speaks in Extropia
Award winning SF Author Robert J. Sawyer returns to Sophrosyne’s Saturday Salon to discuss his new novel, Wake, about an emergent consciousness in the Web. After the talk enjoy the public art exhibition and auction in the future friendly community of Extropia. [SLurl teleport at this link]
1PM - Canal Place Art Show and Live Music
Head over to the promenade that lines Canal Place on 5th Avenue and meet Mariaka Nishi of Tournicoton Art Gallery while you listen to live music by Fingersatz Barbosa. Shop, stoll and enjoy a lovely afternoon. In Tamaqua. [SLurl teleport at this link]
2PM - Scottius Polke Opening at the Lx Gallery
Scottius Polke uses interactivity and animation to bring depth to his art. His latest piece, "Petri Sum," explores natural and man-made forces at play. In Portucalis. [SLurl teleport at this link]
2pm - Lauren Weyland at le Cabaret
Come listen to the fabulous comicdiva Lauren Weyland who's observations about life will have you laughing and leave you thinking. This is a "don't miss it" performance. In Arbre monde. [SLurl teleport at this link]
3pm - Kimono Fashon Show at Shinmachi
The students and oiran of Shinmachi have organized a fashion show to showcase beautiful kimono. The show includes designs ranging from the simple to the extravagant; traditional to non-traditional. Shinmachi is a school and performance house dedicated to Oiran - the highest ranked entertainers and courtesans of the pleasure quarters of 17th and 18th century Japan and Hokan. In Keisei. [SLurl teleport at this link]
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Monday May 25
9am - 8pm Memorial Day Live Music Tribute
This full day of live music including performances by Strum Diesel, PM Bookmite, Cypress Rosewood and many, many more fabulous performers. The full schedule and list of performers can be found at the link above. Remembering Our Friends Memorial is a place where those who have lost loved ones can come to pay their respects. It has evolved over time into a heartfelt support location for many causes. The concerts performed here are meant to provide entertainment as well as support for the cost of taking care of this special location through donations. In Sunset Arts. [SLurl teleport at this link]
5PM - Rockcliffe University Environmental Forum
Rockcliffe's Environment forum is a discussion forum on environmental issues pertinent to Real Life and ideally ways in which virtual worlds can help understand and/or mitigate environmental problems. In Rockcliffe. [SLurl teleport at this link]
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Tuesday May 26
3:30PM - Facebook and "Fake Names"
Facebook has set about banning users who are not "authentically themselves". This includes closing accounts set up under avatar names like "Extropia DaSilva". Is this an example of prejudice against digital people? Or does the potential for alias-driven fraud require Facebook to close any accounts not set up under a RL name? In Support for Healing. [SLurl teleport at this link]
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Wednesday May 27
6PM - JWheels Presents Phemie Alcott
Phemie Alcott brings her indie/folk sound to the performance stage at JWheels Presents. Phemie writes her own original songs and covers tunes you will recognize by Joni Mitchell, Patti Griffin, Tori Amos and others. Phemie's voice is sweet and rich and she has a friendly bunch that you will get to know at her fun shows. In Cookie. [SLurl teleport at this link]
6PM - Wild West Roleplay in Deadwood
Every Wednesday, join the Wild West roleplayers of Deadwood and find pioneer-era fun at the Bella Union Theater and Saloon. Learn faro, an easier game than poker and more common at the time. Or just guzzle whiskey and put your hand on your gun in menacing fashion. Arrive early to get the rules on period dress and on roleplay. For more information about Deadwood, visit http://www.theroadtodeadwood.com In Phoenix Pass. [SLurl teleport at this link]
These events and more can also be found on Chestnut's Choices Public Google Calendar.
Event Submission 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 screen shots 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.
If you'd like an event to be considered, send the description and event information via email to Chestnut Rau at [email protected]. Or contact her in-world via IM.
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