tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47933053156003920392012-01-26T20:00:47.959-05:00Nazz Lane's list of the ordinary and extra-ordinary people and places in the metaverse.Nazz Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04884018248668680810noreply@blogger.comBlogger5421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793305315600392039.post-83068246250095963062012-01-26T20:00:00.001-05:002012-01-26T20:00:47.974-05:00

I attended the opening event at Maryva Mayo Art Gallery. The exhibit which opened on 21-Jan, will be there through 21-Feb and features the work of; Aneli Abeyante, La Baroque and nexuno Thespian. And of course to opportunity to also see Ms Mayo's wonderful collection in her home gallery. http://ping.fm/wEkj2

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I opened a fresh word document and began to organize my thoughts for an opening to this piece. In previous articles, and suppose it’s been pretty much the expected standard, I would write an introductory paragraph and then follow it with a short bio along with a short description of how my interview subject and I met. It was at the Actors Sandbox by the way, when Wytchwhisper Sadofsky had been

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The exhibition “Unified Heart” opens on Saturday, the 21st of January and is viewable in the virtual world of Second Life. The opening event begins at 6 pm PST/SLT. A second opening to accommodate time zone differences will be held on the following day, January 22nd and begins at noon  PST/SLT. The exhibit will feature the work of twenty Second Life artists who art interprets the words of

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GiovannaCerise’s  installation inspired by  Mozart's "The Magic Flute"  opens in Second Life on Friday, the 20th of January at 1:00 pm PST/SLT.  Her note card with information about the installation follows: A surprising opera that unfolds in a series of environments full of references, allusions and allegories, in an infinite game of layers that overlap and intersect. The bright stairs can be

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I had just returned from a meeting with CelticMaidenWarrior Lancaster and had started to organize the notes from this interview when an e-mail notice arrived via Facebook. It was from her. I saw that she was about to take the stage at The Merry Prankster. So I set the notes aside and decided to pop in. There were eleven avatars present when I arrived; they were there to be entertained by the

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Friday's are not one of my normal virtual world days so I haven't had a chance to check this out as of yet.  Not sure I'll be able to today, but hope to in the near future. It looks to an interesting business model.                                        Music and dancing from 3:30 to 5:30                                         Live Art Auction 5:30 PM, SLT (PST)

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Juliee Landar messaged me in world late yesterday to tell me of her plans to return the popular Gallery Art Talk series. I had stopped on to several of the featured events to listen to Gracie Kendall and Em Larsson last year and was pleased to hear that she was bringing back the event. Born MFA, if you haven't visited is one of Second Life's gems. The museum has exhibitions of several well known

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I received an offline message from festival organizer Jeri Rajha: "HI - just 4 days left to enter - to be a participant in the Fantasy Art fest - Please remember if you are interested artists and want to participate you must forward an application to me so a plot can be assigned to you. All applications must be in by the 15th of January. We have a few plots left - it is going to be a wonderful

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Harlem in Montmartre - The French Connection The notecard came to me via the Second Culture group. I spoke briefly to Ms. Vaher early this morning and popped over to take a look around the Virtual Harlem site. I landed just outside an SL version of the legendary Apollo Theater.  I hadn't expected it to be a replica of the famous theater but did find it to be a very good build as were the

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Wolfgang Glinka (aka Colin Bell) I’d become intrigued at both the title of the book and the idea of a writer having been discovered in Second Life, when I read the notecard from Jilly Kidd. She had sent it to me after I’d messaged her to say hello and to ask what was new with her and her activiries in Second Life. The notecard begin with; “If you missed the wonderful celebratory event with

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Virtual Ability Inc., will be hosting three events beginning today as part of it's on going series, Waiting for the World to Change.  I spoke briefly with VAI's Gentle Heron who told me this about the series; "This started with the official UN day celebrating their Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. They set up a series of topics, including education, employment, accessibility

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I stopped in at the opening this evening to check out Ms Larsson's latest exhibit entitled "Refuse!" A long time admirer of Em's photographic skills, I was not disappointed. She has one of the sharper eyes of the photographers who regularly exhibit in Second Life that I've seen over the years. This exhibit show's her real life skills in which she captures "discarded objects, broken down vehicles,

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For Immediate Release: Announcing the First Annual Fantasy Art Festival Held in the Virtual World of Inworldz January 1, 2012 Following on the heels of the highly successful  "Inworldz Dreamz & Visionz" festival, the founder of Alexanderia's Kingdom, Jeri Rajha, is pleased to announce the organization of  the "Fantasy Art Festival" to be held in the virtual world of  InWorldz. The festival is

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Overhead View of Wave Field The opening of Oberon Onmura’s “Wave Field”was on Sunday, the 18th of December. I’d received an invitation but had been unable to attend with first life commitments. Oberon and I had met a few years ago when we were both guests on an episode of the Brooklyn is Watching podcast. I’ve enjoyed seeing his work over the years, most recently at Burn 2 and earlier this

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Christmas Gala 2011 In what's being billed as a gala performance, the Spirit Dance Company will present "Echoes of Love", in Second Life. The dance troupe will perform on both the 17th and 18th of December. The event on both days will begin at 11:30 am PST/SLT and it is something you won't want to miss. I spoke briefly with Caryl Meredith, co-founder of the troupe and choreographer, and she

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It had been shortly after the award ceremony that Velazquez Bonetto had contacted me about collaborating with him on a book about the Inworldz Dreamz & VisionzFestival. We chatted briefly in instant message about the festival and the project. It didn't take much persuasion on Vela's part to convince me and I eagerly accepted. He spent the next several days and took pictures that capture both the

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Wytch - Suzy - Corky “Hey Nazz, want to come check out the actors' sandbox?  It is going on for the next hour. I can TP you?” She asked. The message had popped up on my screen while I had been shuffling notecards from the main folder to sub-folders, all in a vain attempt at better organization. A losing battle for sure, but I try.  The sender was Suzy Yue I noted as the communications

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Follow the link below to read about the ceremony and a list of the winners announced yesterday. Inworldz Dreamz & Visionz Festival Award Ceremony Congrats to all who participated and especially the winners!

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Ballet Pixelle Artistic Director Inarra Saarinen A decent sized crowd had arrived before I did at the site of Ballet Pixelle's performance of "Immortal Waltz". It was a Sunday evening and this was the second in a series of several performances planned by the troupe. I pointed, clicked, sat and was presented with a both a playbill for the performance and instructions on the environment set up.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Are You Your Avatar?2000 avatar portraits explore identity in online environments The largest ever documentation of Second Life® avatars has reached another milestone. Gracie Kendal, Los Angeles artist, Kristine Schomaker, in real life, has photographed her 2000th avatar and she has declared the project finished, at least for now. Begun in October 2010, the 1000 Avatars

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By all accounts the Inworldz Dreamz & Visionz Festival which has been underway all of this week has been a huge success. I spoke briefly with Jeri Rajha and Quadrapop Tree, the festival organizers who are pleased with how the festival has unfolded with 30 plus teams of artists vying for one of four top prizes. The judges have begun their judging and the participants are awaiting the decision

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The announcement below came to me via JJ at UWA and I'm passing it along in the event you hadn't heard about it yet.  This marks the end of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge and give you the art patrons of Second Life the opportunity to participate in the event by making your selections known. After reviewing the list along with a stop at the site to see many of the pieces, I can guarantee  that it

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The cast and crew of Through the Looking Glass  It had been a quiet evening and while I prudently pruned away at a bloated inventory a little blue box in the upper left corner blinked on and told me that an inventory offer had arrived. Momentarily distracted at its arrival and gratefully that it had, as inventory clean-up is one of my least favorite activities, I clicked on it to accept. I

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Festival 11-13 November 2011 You're Invited! IMAGINE PeaceFest is about people working together across international boundaries, using virtual and real-world venues to promote the amazing work of real-world organizations.  We work together for a better world, with a focus on peace, human rights and justice for all. As in years past with PeaceFest, all donations will go to three non-profit

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The book had arrived in the mail and I eagerly slid the sharp edge of a knife into one corner of the large brown envelope. It opened easily and I retrieved the paper bound book from inside and opened it immediately to flip through the pages. As I did, I realized that it had been a while since I'd spoken with Gracie Kendal (aka Kristine Shomaker) and I made a mental note to look for her the next

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Acquarella: After the Apocalypse GRAND OPENINGSaturday, October 29, 12 - 3 pm PDT Attention! this event is in InWorldz, not SL!! GRAND OPENING for "Acquarella: After the Apocalypse!"  Alizarin Goldflake's first full-sim immersive art creation, "Acquarella: After the Apocalypse," opens on  Saturday, October 29, 12 -3 PDT, on Jeri Rahja's Nexus Central sim.   Enjoy music by Chandra Deed noon to 1:

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This years Virtual State Fair Week begins on October 26th and runs through the 29th of Octobers. The fair is open from 9 am to 6 pm PDT/SLT with rides and exhibits all day. Here's a daily schedule of activities and locations: 9am until 9pm Voting for Animalia Virtualia photo contest voting closes 9 pm 10/28 Haunted House andCorn Maze University Expo Virtual Geocachehunt Live Music at 5 pmPDT/SLT

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A new art exhibition “Travel toOriginalia” opens today at Amase Levasseur's Originalia SIM. The showing is open to the residents of Second Life beginning at 1 pm PDT/SLT and includes three never before seen exhibits. The featured artists and their works are; "Postcards Home" by Callipygian Christensen, "Adapt or Perish" by Cherry Manga and "Gateway to Hell" by Fuschia Nightfire.  The announcement

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Good friend and manager of Avalon Town, Tricia Aferdita sent out the announcement below. Definitely a good cause to be involved with and with the season theme, it looks to be a fun as well. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Fundraiser Scary Art Contest & Auction Avalon Town is pleased to announce its next semi-annual fundraising event, this time on behalf of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Cystic

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The Avatar Repertory Theater of Second Life Presents Lewis Carroll’sTHROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Curiouser and curiouser, through the looking-glass, where things look the same, only the things go the other way. . . . Twas brillig, and Alice finds herself moving through a large chessboard, where the Red Queen gives her lessons in royalty, Tweedledum and Tweedledee battle and rattle, Humpty Dumpty

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The Boobiethon in Art Auction, currently underway, ends tomorrow on the 6th of October with an event scheduled to begin at 6 pm PDT/SLT. The silent auction is benefiting the Susan G Komen foundation (for more see http://ping.fm/pT3gj) and has been underway since the 1st of October. The auction includes the work of Maya Paris, claudia222 jewell, Misprint Thursday, soror Nishi and many, many more

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For Immediate Release: "INWORLDZ: DREAMS OF MY HEART, VISIONS OF MY MIND" October 2, 2011 The founder of Alexanderia's Kingdom, Jeri Rajha, is pleased to announce the organization of  an arts festival in the virtual world of  InWorldz.  The "Inworldz Dreamz & Visionz" festival will  be a juried event with prizes to be awarded to the selected first and second place winners on each of the four

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PRESS RELEASE Dancer Auditions for Ballet Pixelle(formerly Second Life Ballet)WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 at 5pm SLT “If you have the chance to sit it out or dance . . .Dance!” Ballet Pixelle has opportunities for dancers to join this dedicated company of artists in Second Life. This is a unique opportunity to blend the best of artistic and technical worlds, creating performances that stretch dance

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Bid4aCure is a fund-raiser event and is in its fifth year. The group raises  money for diabetes research for member organizations of the International Diabetes Federation: Diabetes UK and the American Diabetes Association. Each year in Second Life the group hold its signature Bid4aCure Date Auction to raise money for  which the proceeds are shared equally between the member organizations. I'd

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The much anticipated opening of “Art & Poetry”, will begin on the 22nd of September at 1 pm PDT/SLT.  The exhibition is sponsored by the Museum of Metaverse (MdM), with tomorrow’s event being but the first in a series of twenty two events to be held across the grids of Second Life, Craftworld and in Naples, Italy over the next twenty two weeks. The inaugural event will be held at Plebiscite

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The Jewelers of Second Life are proud to announce Jewelry Fair 2011 – The Elements. 4 sims full of jewelry and jewelry related items from some of the most incredible talent in Second Life, come together to offer a feast of jewels, precious metals and amazing treats. Come share a moment with the amazingly talented Jewelers of Second Life as we explore the 4 Elements from September 16-25, on an

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If you're looking for something to do today in Second Life, there are three exhibition openings that are happening a little later on the 17th of September. Even if you can't make the events that are planned, it'd still be worth the trip to see the art when you do have a chance to pop over. The first is an exhibit at Nordan Art. The exhibition opening is today  the 17th of September and starts at

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The latest photo exhibition by Morgana Nagorski titled "1000 Nights" opens on the 10th of September, and is being hosted at Palais Orleans. In a sequence of twenty-six photos , all taken within the virtual world of Second Life, Ms Nagorski provides, "A glimpse into the seductive, sensual, sumptuous world of the seraglio, as depicted in the Orientalist paintings which inspired this series". 

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Cat Boccacio’s latest exhibit, “Body Image” opened a week ago at DNA Art and Music Fusion and I stopped in to take a peek early one morning this week. In a series of photo’s Ms Boccacio portrays the female avatar in a variety of different poses all with a grey background and all intended to evoke various elements of attitude and emotion. The photo’s themselves have been enhanced through I

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This Friday the 9th of September, at 5 pm PDT/SLT, the Avatar Repertory Theater will present the first of three parts of William Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor". The second part will be presented a week later on the 16th of September and the third part on the 23rd. The note from director Ada radius follows: AVATAR REPERTORY THEATER presents THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by WILLIAM

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On September 10th at 10 am PDT/SLT, there will be a performance of "Dance With Light" in Second Life. I'd received an invitation from Medora Chevalier and she told me previously that this was to be the very last one.  The note that came along with the invitation is reprinted below: Dance in Light is a 45 minutes show with original music, dance, lights and particles. It is brought to you by an

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I knew that the preparations were underway when I had received a teleport request from Caryl Meredith.  I took it and arrived shortly afterward on the set of “Celebrating Diversity”. We exchanged pleasantries while she paused in her activities and introduced me to several members of the ensemble. All were there, busy as they organized for the dance sequence of the “Four Elements”. This evening

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Four Elements Dance in Celebrating Diversity At 11:30 am PDT/SLT today, the 3rd of September, the performers of Spirit Dance Company will take the stage in Second Life.  This will be the dance troupe's third performance of "Celebrating Diversity. The company is  led by Caryl Meredith and Starheart Erdhein. With three dance compositions, diversity is "an exciting fusion of diversity which

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Event-Exhibition: Art & Poetry Projectby Rosanna Galvani (aka Roxelo Babenco)Locations: Physical Places and Virtual WorldsPeriod: 22 September 2011 - February 19, 2012Opening: September 22, 2011Hours: 22.00Infoline: www.museodelmetaverso.ithttp://www.museodelmetaverso.it/page/art-poetrymuseodelmetaverso@gmail.com It opens Thursday, September 22, 2011, at 22.00, in  Piazza

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On Monday the 22nd of August, a new exhibition opened at Aneli's Gallery. The exhibit features the work of Daco Monday, Briawinde Magic, Talullah Winterwolf, Asperix Asp and Solkide Auer. There are five floors to the recently re-built gallery and with a teleport very near the landing point, it is easy to get around and see all of the works by these talented artsists. Aneli told me that the

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Burning Man- Deep Hole, August 20, 2011 - As BURN2 starts up, one of the most looked forward to pre-BURN announcements of the selections for juried theme camps and art plots. BURN2 follows the BURNING MAN 10 principles and gifts plots on the virtual ePlaya to groups who have submitted proposals to the BURN2 Art Team. These groups will be amazing us, engaging us, and energizing the ePlaya with

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On Monday, the 22nd of August, Virtual Ability will play host to Zinnia Zauber's presentation on "Intellectual Property Respect." The event begins at noon PDT/SLT and will be repeated later that same day at 6 pm PDT.  In the notecard I received about the event, Ms Zauber explained that attendees will , "Learn about how protecting and respecting Intellectual property makes us all successful and

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Late yesterday evening, I received an event invitation to the Content Creator Expo from SpotON3D co-founder Tessa Harrington. The expo is scheduled to begin today, the 19th of August at 11 am PDT/SLT with introductory remarks by Ms Harrington. There are events planned throughout the course of the weekend and it will wrap up on Sunday evening the 21st of August. A full schedule is reprinted below

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Earlier this evening I arrived at the site of the immersive installation "Choices", created by June Clavenham. It is one of a trinity of creations now at the Virtlantis. As I waited to fully rezz into the site, I clicked to open a notecard and read about this and the other two installations. This trio appears to be, judging from from JJ's notecard the last of the UWA Full SIM Art Series. He goes

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ARISTIDE IN HARMONY AS FUSCHIA TAKES FOUR: WINNERS OF THE UWA 3D OPEN ART CHALLENGE (JULY) Aristide Despres creation, 'Harmonies in C Great (+)' whose power exudes a sense of grandeur has taken  the L$10,000 1st Prize for the July Round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. Artee, as she is known, doubled the winnings as she also won the CARP Prize and the Nordan Art Prize. Fuschia Nightfire almost

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Alizarin Goldflake Hugging her Pink Seahorse "Maybe you noticed - or maybe you didn't  - that I haven't had much of a presence in SL lately." That was the opening line to a note card I'd received when I'd logged into Second Life recently.  I read through it when it had finally rezzed and afterward thought, “Of course we'd noticed Ali". The notecard then went on to explain her absence from

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It was with mixed emotions that I took in the news from Arahan about Soup Radio closure ... some surprise, some disappointment, but mostly with an over all understanding of his decision. He'd sent me an e-mail letting me know and I promised that I would await his official announcement before I posted about it. The announcement can be found on the Soup Radio site. Thank you for the year and all

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The time is winding down for voting for your favorites at the July 2011 UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. I stopped in yesterday evening and wandered around for a few hours enjoying seeing as many of this months 73 entries as I could. For those who use twitter, you can see a list of the works that I viewed while there. I did speak briefly with Freewee Ling, UWA Curator who reminded me that the voting

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The opening of "Creative Power" is scheduled for the 30th of July.  I'd been aware that soror Nishi had been working on something new and then I heard that the opening is near from Jeri Rahja. She'd contacted me to share in the excitement and to pass along a copy of the poster. In our conversation that evening, Ms Rahja suggested that it "is quite different from anything we'd ever seen soror

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Nordan Art Gallery The invitation to the celebration party had arrived from Flora Nordenskiold while I'd been off line. I'd seen a notice in my e-mail that she had sent me something, and when I logged in-world I saw that it was an announcement about an event on Saturday, the 23rd of July. The happening is a one year celebration and also the release of a publication, "Nordan Art: A

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July 16, 2011 - IDRAC2011 International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference- July 23/24, 2011 Virtual World Conference about Real World Rights Virtual Ability, Inc. announces the International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC2011) to be held Saturday and Sunday, July 23/24, in Second Life®. In 2006, the United Nations held a Convention on the Rights of Persons with

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Always a pleasure to do so, I popped in a bit late to the Pirats opening. Before you get to the gallery, be sure to see Solkide Auer's piece right next to the point of entry. Something I think a little different for him, certainly colorful and well done. Inside you'll find the works of both Newbab and Merlina, a rare treat at least for me I've not seen any of Merlina's pieces in quite some time.

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I'd become aquatinted with the cause and wonderful lady who runs Bid4aCure two years ago when I interviewed her for an article which appeared in the SL Newspaper. The cause itself had become a personal one for me that year and I am grateful for both the efforts put forth by Ms Sands and the Bid4aCure crew and in providing my support for them. In 2010, the team raised over 900,000, which when

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On Saturday, July 9th starting at 4 pm PDT, Gracie Kendall/Kristine Shomaker (USA) and the Vaneesa Blaylock Company will perform live at the Odyssey Performance Art Festival. In the performance, which is titled VB15, Gracie will offer 16 avatars, 16 variations of identity and 16 life possibilities. http://ping.fm/6nfVB

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Exhibition opening at Nordan Art, on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 2PM SLT. The exhibit features the work of Theoretical Afterthought, Igor Ballyhoo, Cherry Manga, Anley Piersl and lalie Sorbet. Music provided by Nordan Art resident DJ: Eifachfilm Vacirca http://ping.fm/6nXKB

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The opening begins at 1:30 pm PDT/SLT and features the following artists:Chu Ann, Daruma Boa in SLJeffrey Lipsky, Filthy Fluno in SLJosina Den Burger, Josina Burgess in SLMiraBelle, Marielou DecuirPJ Trentonhttp://ping.fm/kFFS3

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“hihi”, it was a simple introduction that soror Nishi had made in her very first blog post, on the 4th of May in 2007.  Four years and one thousand and eighty five posts later, she’s had plenty to say on a host of topics, from notes on her creations, to what was on her mind on a particular day and seemingly, all points in between. It had only been a few weeks prior to that post, that she’d rezzed

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I received the following notecard from Noki Blindside: SEASONS OF HOPE! RELAY WEEKEND 2011!! Relay For Life of Second Life will be held this year on the weekend of July 16th and 17th, 2011.  It is the culminating weekend to months of fund-raising, and a time when we all come together as one team in our fight against cancer.  On that weekend, forty sims will make up our Relay track, themed

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The note card arrived when I had been off line and when I had the chance after I'd logged in-world, I ported over to look around.  With pieces donated by RAG Randt, Miso Susanowa, Trill Zapatero, Gracie Kendal, Feathers Boa …. I could go on and on here, but it'll be easier to attach the list Tricia Aferdita provided. A worthy cause and good art to view and or bid on. Enjoy! The RFL Survivor/

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I’d logged into Second Life early one morning, as I normally do before I leave for work. Ostensibly, it’s to collect messages along with any group notices all of which provide me a list of places to visit or people I would like to chat with when I return later in the day. While doing so on that particular day, I received an instant message from Jayjay Zifanwe who’d suggested that I relook at one

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I'd arrived in world early on Tuesday morning, my goal was to check messages, then log off , and then go through e-mails before I left for work. I had just started sorting through the group notices when an instant message arrived. QueenOfNorway: Hello Nazz, do you have a few minutes? I'd like to give you a tour if you have time for a quick look. The name intrigued me as it's not often, even for

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Gracie Kendal at the site of 1000 Avatars This would be my first visit to her new location, the site of Gracie Kendal’s 1000 Avatar project. She’d just moved there recently and I had thought it a good place for us to meet. I’d been to the two prior project sites, first at Artropolis where she’d started the project when I’d volunteered to be one of her early photographic subjects. At that

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The US Memorial Holiday weekend has just begun, marking the start of the summer months. If you are not at a real life picnic or away for the holiday weekend and you happen to be in Second Life, here's a short list of places to go and check out some art. Enjoy! Littleone Aries at The Aries Gallery ST A collection of landscapes, real life paintings brought into Second Life . "Painting the

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ALS / Lou Gehrig's Disease Presented by Em Ellsmere On Wednesday, May 25, 6 pm SLT or Thursday, May 26, 12:30 pm SLT Healthinfo Island ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) is a devastating progressive neurological condition. It can strike anyone, most often between the ages of 40-70. Veterans, particularly from the Gulf War, are twice as likely to develop ALS as the average citizen. This

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“Ciao Shelli.” I said as I’d arrived at the site of her latest work which is adjacent to the Nordan Art Gallery where she is one of four featured artists at an exhibition that opened on May 7th.  Shellina Winkler had sent me the TP request and soon appeared right next to me.“Hey Nazz ciao. How are you?” She asked.“I'm doing well thank you. I hope all is good for you.” I responded, as she and

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For immediate release Initiative Vermisste Kinder -  PRESS RELEASEby Morgue McMillan We are glad to announce the second International Missing Children's Day in SL, coming up on May 25, 2011. International Missing Children’s Day is a worldwide annual event on May 25 to raise awareness and inform about the issues as well as to provide links for further information and help. We will celebrate this

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One Network on eHealth (ONeHealth) - Projects of the University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center Presented by: Isidor Cardenas  (SL- SidCarden Resident) TUESDAY, May 17, 2011- 6 pm SLT Healthinfo Island The University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center (UPM NTHC) was established in June 1998 through a resolution of the Board of Regents of the University of

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I had ported over to Molaskey’s Pub. The event this evening was to be the last hosted by the current owners, Apple MacKay and Katydid Something. The sale of the pub had been announced late last week. Earlier in the day on Tuesday the 26th of April, I’d received an event notice via Facebook about tonight.  Prior to my arrival here, I’d spoken to Katy and then immediately after to Dreams Riler of

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PRESS RELEASEFrom:  Alizarin GoldflakeTopic: "Requiem for Fukushima," a new immersive art buildRelease date: Saturday, April 30 Alizarin Goldflake will release her newest immersive art build, "Requiem for Fukushima," on  Saturday, April 30, in the Sky Sculpture Garden at Atelier Alizarin.  All are cordially invited to drop in anytime. Alizarin will post studio hours via group notices throughout

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 20, 2011Raglan Shire SimFor more info contact: Teal Freenote or Liandras Jameson ------------RAGLAN SHIRE SPRING ARTWALK 2011 CALL TO ENTRYFestival Dates & Location: May 8 - 29, 2011 - Raglan Shire Sim Cluster in Second Life *** REGISTRATION OPENS ONLINE: Monday, April 18 at noon SLT *** REGISTRATION CLOSES: Sunday, May 1st at 9 pm SLT Full information and registration

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Shortly after I and my fellow judges had completed our review and had submitted our votes to Ms Rahja, she'd sent me an e-mail announcing the winners of the contest which took place in the virtual world of InWorldz. The photo contest was won by Ms. Suzy Jassen. Jeri had been kind enough and sent me a copy of the winning photo and as the vote had been a blind one, I didn't recognize the name.

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The exhibition "Le Cul De Mond" opened several days ago and presents the work of seven Argentinian artists. The showing had been organized by Second Life resident and artist Luciella Lutrova. Ms Lutrova also showcased several of her own pieces. I had missed the opening, but I'd been able to stop in the following day and found it to be absolutely refreshing. The artists selections were both

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The Howard Zinn Memorial Centre for the Arts Presents 'War and Peace", a two day event of art, poetry, prose and music at Four Bridges sims on Saturday, April 16th and Sunday, April 17th. Featuring works by: Millay Freschi, Miso Susanowa, Em Larrson, Drumstick Ah, Igor Ballyhoo, oona Eiren, Plot Tracer, Novia Halostar, Filthy Fluno, Bobbi Laval, Chrome Underwood, Asmita Duranjaya, Trill

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The following note came to me from Tessa Harrington. Might be a good opportunity for those of you so inclined to help out with new ideas: "Just a heads up in case anyone's interested. SpotON3D is doing BoostCLOUD/BOT presentation and testing tomorrow at 8:45 AM - 9 am SLT. pitting our new Realistic bots against the typical Ruthie bots. The realistic bot chat to one another, download a texture

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'Visualizing Theorem' Exhibit Opening Saturday April 2, 2011 4pm SLT The creative forces of art, music and science collide in this new sim wide art exhibit at University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).  The installations are based on tracks from real life album ‘Theorem’ produced by Ulf Skogsbergh which is the result of online collaboration between ten musicians from social networking website-‘

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If you like roses, then this is the place to visit today in Second Life. "In the Name of the Rose", opens today the 21st of March at 2:30 pm PST/SLT, at the MiC - Museums of Rome Capital. The display in Second Life is one aspect of the exhibit, the same images can also be seen at the Museum of Villa Torlonia in Rome. The notice I received about the exhibit contained a link to pictures of the

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The opening of "Refractions & Reflections" at Praka is today, the 19th of March. The exhibition features the work of Dulcis Taurog. The event begins at 6 pm PDT/SLT with a reception hosted by curator Morgana Nagroski. The invitation I received told me that her photographs are more like paintings and that she uses; "the Build tool to make objects in SL, then twists them around, colours them, and

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On Sunday the 20th of March, the dance troupe la performance will present their latest show, the modern ballet "Romance". The premier begins at 2:30 pm PDT/SLT and will be held at their regular venue. The troupe is led by Jie Loon, who does the choreography and is the production leader. She had told me that they are planning seven performances of "Romance". We'd spoken a few weeks ago, when

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A surprise awaited my arrival in-world two days ago, it was a friendship offer from CHUCKMATRIX Clip. He'd been away from Second Life for roughly a year now. We'd met in December of 2009 when he'd held a huge celebration at CMC Designs and I'd seen his works on exhibit in several other venues. He is best known for highly detailed sculptures, which can be either static or scripted along with

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I received a notice announcing the opening of "GALERIE LIBxxx Art Network" and as I scanned the list of who was exhibiting, I decided to pop in for a brief look around. The opening is scheduled for today, the 17th of March at 1:30 pm PST/SLT. Beside the art, the festivities include a musical performance by Lisa Brune. The artists exhibiting include; Aneli Abeyante, Anley Piers, Cherry Manga,

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I wrote a post yesterday that appeared here in Lane’s List about today’s opening of IDIA’s Flickr Gettr. In the conversation I had with Mencius Watts yesterday evening, he’d mentioned that there was to have been a video released as well today, created by Draxtor Depres. I’m pleased to let you know that I’ve just received word and a link from Drax via e-mail that the video, “The Drax Files on Art

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The Metaverse Music Expo group in Second Life,  (aka  Metaverse Live Music Expo) announced that they have scheduled an exposition that will, "honor and celebrate live musicians in second life".  The all volunteer group, which had formed in January of this year, in the announcement stated that, "The four day community event was created to honor and celebrate live musicians in second life". The

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While in world this evening I received a message from Mencius Watts (aka John Fillwalk) who informed me that the Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA) will launch the new "Flickr Gettr" on Monday the 14th of March. He described the new iteration as a "shared and mobile virtual world mashup artwork."  Mr. Watts is an Associate Professor of Art, the College of Fine Arts, at Ball State

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Inside DynaFleur - December 2008 The invitation from Douglas Story came via Facebook, where he announced "The Return of the DynaFleur"  and an event to celebrate the return. Festivities begin at 12:30 pm PST/SLT and will hosted at the StellaNova region in Second Life. The Return of the DynaFleur Douglas Story and Desdemona Enfield with Dizzy Banjo "After an absence of many months, the beloved

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The exhibit opened on Friday, the 11th of March. First life activities prevented me from being here for the opening, however I stopped by early the following day @ Info Island. I've had the honor of knowing Josi for several years, plus having seen her work many times, and in collaborating with her on the Metaverse Art books along with Vela.  An artist in both her first and second lives,  Ms

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On Friday, the 11th of March, Morgue McMillan will be reading her "Original English" poems at the MuenchenSl sim. The event begins at 12:15 pm PST/SLT. In her invitation, Ms McMillan advises that, "The event will be in voice. As it is a Homestead sim, access will be limited (that is due to LL policies and I am sorry for this, hope you can all get in), so if you want to attend, please, make sure

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By the time I’d opened a blank word document and typed in the title and by line, I’d fondly recalled when and where I had first met Millay Freschi. I'd written a piece on the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Festival in Second Life for the SL Newspaper in November of 2008. The festival had been a huge success and at the time, it was one of the largest

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I received a notecard invitation from Sapphoria Shilova when I arrived in-world this afternoon, an announcement that there was to be a "UTSA Art Award Celebration" beginning in a few minutes. Ms Shilova is the in-world PR Director for the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA). The invitation follows: "We invite you to join us in celebrating the UTSA Awardees who were selected from amongst many

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The notice about the opening had come through via the Second Culture group on Sunday and I saved the landmark with the intention of stopping in for a peek later. Well, I didn’t quite make it on Sunday, but did the today. Steamlife is a small gallery and is featuring the work of Fiona Leitner on the first floor plus the photography of Texanna Schumann on the second. I am familiar with Ms

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She is many things, or was. I am uncertain on how to word it, either as past or present. I don't know. What I can say is that she was a friend. I'm certain of that, as our friendship was real and it is in the past. We'd parted ways more than three years ago and we'd barely spoken to one another, perhaps a handful or less of times since. Now her Second Life account is closed and she doesn't show

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I received the announcement late on Sunday evening, shortly before I logged out for the evening. It was somewhat of a surprise when I read the group notice from Jilly Kidd, but not totally. I think we all have seen or heard of institutions packing up and leaving their experimentation with being virtual behind. The London School of Journalism (LSJ), has had a presence in Second Life for just over

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Opening today, March the 1st is a new exhibit at Pirats La Manufacture Art Gallery. Featuring:Laetitia C. , Anley Piers in SLFlorian Giret, Florian Gericault in SLJean-Pierre Deblonde, jean Coeur in SLLayachi Hamidouche, Layachi Ihnen in SLSteff Para, tshirtkikill Straaf in SLhttp://ping.fm/xOxgt

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I stopped in to visit with luciella Lutrova as she hosted the opening of "The South of the World", her newest exhibit. The exhibition features the works of South American artists from three countries; Argentina, Brasil and Uruguay. Always a gracious host, Luciella has continued her focus on presenting the art of her contemporaries from the south of the world. "How long will the exhibit be open

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Since the announcement went out a few weeks ago, there has been some clarification to the contest rules as set by Jeri Rajha.  The following is an update to the rules: Machinima Contest Gulliver's Travels Build in InWorldz 1) The contest begins on 2/18 and all submissions must be in by 3/25/11 - the Machinima must be posted on YouTube to be seen and the information on the Machinima location must

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She materialized next to where I stood. I was in my normal mode of operation, standing at the point of entry and engaged in multiple instant messages. I hadn't moved since I'd arrived at Orginalia, but had cam'ed around to see what appeared to be a nicely done build. A lush tropical landscape surrounding the immediate area and a classically styled gallery appeared immediately in front of me.

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