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TMoTM S04E05: Five Lessons — Carey Wong

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Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast on Octo­ber 25th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time

This month, Cale­do­nia con­tin­ues her “Five Lessons” sub-series of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where she inter­views actors, direc­tors, design­ers, dancers and oth­ers who have spent time and life in musi­cal the­atre. They share the lessons that being a part of a per­form­ing com­mu­ni­ty have taught them about life, the stage, and human­i­ty.

If you are lucky, you get to inter­view your heroes. In this month’s episode of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er (aka Judy Cullen) shares her con­ver­sa­tion with one of her heroes as they dis­cuss art, music, and stage design: friend and men­tor Carey Wong. Dur­ing a career span­ning over 50 years, Carey has designed sets and cos­tumes for more than 300 pro­duc­tions, includ­ing operas, plays, musi­cals, and bal­lets, plus art exhi­bi­tions and oth­er cre­ative spaces. Tune in for a fas­ci­nat­ing dis­cus­sion! More about Carey Wong.

Where Have You Been? S05E07: The Big Halloween Episode

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It’s Octo­ber, and it’s the high spook­able sea­son. We are elat­ed and exhaust­ed already, and there’s still a lot of month to go for Hal­lowe’en in Sec­ond Life.

Octo­ber is a big month in Sec­ond Life. So much so that a lot of this year’s sea­son­al offer­ings opened in Sep­tem­ber. And there’s no doubt that it’s not just you, or your near­est friends who “go big” for the Sea­son. The All Hal­lows Hol­i­day has many, many avid fans and prac­ti­tion­ers in Sec­ond Life. If you are look­ing for spooky haunts, sin­is­ter asy­lums, or ghost­ly forests, you shall cer­tain­ly find them!

In this episode we dis­cuss some of the loca­tions we enjoyed most, and where to find more. We don’t just choose any cob-web strewn loca­tion — we tend to look for places that are unique, or that reflect com­mu­ni­ty. And we’ve lined up all the haunt­ed hous­es, creepy car­ni­vals, butchered and blood­let­ting asy­lums, mys­te­ri­ous forests warn­ing you to enter only if you dare and strong­ly sug­gest­ing that you turn back NOW – to please almost any res­i­dent. They run the gamut from the Sec­ond Life equiv­a­lent of a Mom & Pop road­side attrac­tion, where res­i­dents put out their favorite hol­i­day décor and proud­ly declare “BOO to You!” to more exten­sive and sophis­ti­cat­ed locales.

The episode airs at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days through the end of Octo­ber.

Here are some of the key loca­tions in this episode:

Crit­ter­flop Hal­low­pop
Region: alpha­tribe island  – Mod­er­ate
Own­er: Alpha Auer

The Bewitched For­est
Region: Hazy Cove  – Mod­er­ate
Own­er: Aislen Athe­ria and Kuva Nishi.

Sec­ond Life Des­ti­na­tion Guide

Sec­ond Haunts

Free­bird Trick or Treat

First Sundays: October 2025 – Ancient Journeys

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In this mon­th’s edi­tion of First Sun­days, we’re tak­ing a musi­cal jour­ney through the Ancient World — and take a trip to the Moon!  Tune in at 2pm Sec­ond Life Time on Sun­day, Octo­ber 5th for a pro­gramme that lit­er­al­ly cov­ers a lot of ground, inspired by the mys­te­ri­ous Piri Reis map.Con­tin­ue read­ing→

TMoTM S04E04: What Theater Taught Me

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Sep­tem­ber 20th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time: it’s the third Sat­ur­day in the month and time for a new edi­tion of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal with Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er!

“Why would you get a degree in the­ater?” It’s not always about dreams of bright lights and paparazzi. The­ater is a col­lab­o­ra­tive art form that teach­es much more than just the art of mak­ing it. Host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er (Judy Cullen) shares her con­ver­sa­tion with three of her col­lege class­mates as they reflect on their dif­fer­ing paths and the lessons that cre­at­ing the­ater hath wrought, plus the musi­cal the­ater songs that have had the great­est per­son­al mean­ing to them.

First Sundays: September 2025 – Tarot

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In this mon­th’s edi­tion of First Sun­days, we’re fea­tur­ing an hour or so of music that evokes the eso­teric atmos­phere and insights of the Tarot cards, cov­er­ing a wide range of gen­res from clas­si­cal music to dance… and there’s even a piece by a mem­ber of the rock band Sta­tus Quo. Tune in at 2pm Sec­ond Life Time on Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 7th for some sur­pris­es as we delve into the mys­ter­ies of the Tarot in music.

Elrik Mer­lin presents.

At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial.  That’s why we invite you to join us at 2pm SLT on the First Sun­day after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: one hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing from new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

Where Have You Been: S05E06 — Bryggen

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In this episode, we are head­ing some­where that is both old and new with­in a long stand­ing des­ti­na­tion estate on the Blake Sea in Sec­ond Life — Sec­ond Nor­way, and par­tic­u­lar the region Bryggen. As with many places in the Blake Sea, there is a real world Bryggen. It is a his­toric har­bour dis­trict in Bergen, one of North Europe’s old­est port cities on the west coast of Nor­way.

The Sec­ond Life Bryggen has lots of appeal for your grid-explor­ing plea­sure. In their own words, it is “an open, lay­ered, and autonomous city. It thrives on diver­si­ty and ini­tia­tive, every role con­tributes to the city’s rich iden­ti­ty.”

Bryggen also pro­vides Role­play oppor­tu­ni­ties, but as an inte­grat­ed ele­ment of Sec­ond Nor­way, it is acces­si­ble via the estate rail­road, and by water, open­ing it up to a lot of pos­si­bil­i­ties, not just RP.  Bryggen could also have oppor­tu­ni­ties for pho­tog­ra­phers and image mak­ers. Also, it might be a des­ti­na­tion for you sailors to swing by as you explore that part of the Blake Sea.

This episode airs on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific dur­ing Sep­tem­ber.

S05E06 – Bryggen

Region: Bryggen – Mod­er­ate

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bryggen/123/103/24

Own­er: Group Owned — Sec­ond Nor­way

 

TMoTM S04E03: Five Lessons #1 — Sharry O’Hare

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August 16th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time: it’s the third Sat­ur­day in the month and time for a new edi­tion of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal with Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er!

This month, Cale­do­nia rolls out a new sub-series of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal. In “Five Lessons” she inter­views actors, direc­tors, design­ers, dancers and oth­ers who have spent time and life in musi­cal the­atre. They share the lessons that being a part of a per­form­ing com­mu­ni­ty have taught them about life, the stage, and human­i­ty.

In this debut episode Cale shares a con­ver­sa­tion with actress Shar­ry O’Hare, explor­ing the expe­ri­ences of 65 years of musi­cal the­ater per­for­mance. Ms. O’Hare shares some of the lessons musi­cal the­atre has taught her, with select­ed musi­cal num­bers to accom­pa­ny them. Think tread­ing the boards is just about find­ing your light and how many songs you get? Guess again.

 

First Sundays: August 2025 – Symphonic Seas

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“The Ocean has its silent caves, Deep, qui­et, and alone; Though there be fury on the waves, Beneath them there is none.” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s open­ing stan­za to “The Ocean” cap­tures the fas­ci­nat­ing enig­ma that is the sea: cat­a­clysmi­cal­ly destruc­tive, and serene­ly calm.

Not sur­pris­ing­ly, com­posers have sought to cap­ture the sea in her many moods and faces. Today we explore just a few of them — from “Fingal’s Cave” to “Vic­to­ry at Sea.” Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er presents.

At Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio, we believe Sun­day after­noons are the per­fect time to treat your­self to some­thing spe­cial.  That’s why we invite you to join us at 2pm SLT on the First (usu­al­ly) Sun­day after­noon of each month as we present a dif­fer­ent musi­cal treat: one hour of music on a theme. It could be any­thing from new age music, orches­tral clas­sics, sound­tracks, or music cel­e­brat­ing a par­tic­u­lar cul­ture.

Where Have You Been: S05E05 — The Outer Garden

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Thanks to a lis­ten­er tip, we’re dis­cov­er­ing The Out­er Gar­den: the beau­ti­ful cre­ation of Bisou Dexler on the region Bad­dest. And in fact we want to remind all our lis­ten­ers that if you find a des­ti­na­tion or spe­cial event in Sec­ond Life that you enjoy, and that you think oth­ers might enjoy as well, send us the infor­ma­tion and per­haps it will become one of our episode fea­tures here on Where Have You Been?

The Out­er Gar­den has depth, bal­ance, and calm in so many ways.  It’s a per­fect des­ti­na­tion for pho­tog­ra­phers, explor­ers, and those who maybe are just look­ing for a qui­et­ing moment, sur­round­ed by sim­ple splen­dor.

The Out­er Gar­den’s design draws inspi­ra­tion from tra­di­tion­al Japan­ese paint­ings, aim­ing to rep­re­sent two-dimen­sion­al ele­ments in a three-dimen­sion­al  space. It’s a good fit for a vir­tu­al world. Bisou also envi­sions the gar­den on Bad­dest as a space that evolves and gets re-envi­sioned over time.

The motif of this cur­rent gar­den, which fea­tures a restrained colour palette, is the Noh play “Hagoro­mo.” Noh is the old­est form of tra­di­tion­al Japan­ese the­ater. It involves both dra­ma and dance and is often based on tales from tra­di­tion­al lit­er­a­ture fea­tur­ing a super­nat­ur­al being trans­formed into a human hero who nar­rates the sto­ry. Noh inte­grates masks, cos­tumes and var­i­ous props in a dance-based per­for­mance, requir­ing high­ly trained actors and musi­cians.

On the artist’s blog, they state “May this new gar­den become a tes­ta­ment to beau­ty, enrich­ing your soul with its pres­ence. Look­ing for­ward to the enchant­i­ng pres­ence of celes­tial beings in this gar­den where the worlds of the sea and sky inter­twine with­out doubt.”

This episode airs on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific until the end of August.

S05E05 – The Out­er Gar­den

Region: Bad­dest – Mod­er­ate

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Baddest/91/231/2531

Own­er: Bisou Dexler

https://thegaien.blogspot.com/

The Space Programme: Apollo 11

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Space Music and a space doc­u­men­tary.

Wednes­day 23rd July 2025: 56 years ago this week, the Apol­lo 11 space­craft’s Com­mand Mod­ule sep­a­rat­ed from the Lunar Excur­sion Mod­ule and began its return to Earth after the first human being had stepped out of the LEM and set foot upon the Moon. Today, in a spe­cial pro­gramme by our sad­ly passed dear friend Peter Car­bines, that we’ve broad­cast annu­al­ly from the start of the sta­tion (and beyond), we cel­e­brate the mis­sion’s achieve­ment in music, and in a spe­cial music- and actu­al­i­ty-based doc­u­men­tary.

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