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Where Have You Been: S05E06 — Bryggen

September 5, 2025   Programming

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

 

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

August 16, 2025   Programming

This pro­gramme is now avail­able on  Mixcloud.

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.

 

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First Sundays: August 2025 – Symphonic Seas

August 9, 2025   Programming

This pro­gramme is now avail­able on  Mixcloud.

“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.
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Where Have You Been: S05E05 — The Outer Garden

August 6, 2025   Programming

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/

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The Space Programme: Apollo 11

July 23, 2025   Programming

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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TMoTM: S04E02: “Once Upon a Time” Fairytales on Broadway

July 19, 2025   Programming

Wel­come to The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal –on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio – where we explore the blend­ing of music and dra­ma fea­tur­ing the songs, his­to­ry and lore that make up the musi­cal the­ater canon. 

As Sec­ond Life’s 22nd birth­day came to a close, “The Mag­ic of the Musi­cal” cel­e­brat­ed this year’s theme of “Myths and Leg­ends” with an explo­ration of folk­tales and fairy­tales on the musi­cal the­ater stage. Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er presents. Orig­i­nal­ly broad­cast Sat­ur­day, 19th July, live from the VCRa­dio stu­dio at SL22B

This show is now avail­able on Mixcloud

Explore videos of some of the shows and songs fea­tured in this episode.

Rodgers & Ham­mer­stein’s Cin­derel­la (1957, Kinescope) — Julie Andrews, Jon Cypher, Edie Adams

Once Upon a Mat­tress “Shy”  (1959, Car­ol Burnett)

Once Upon a Mat­tress “Shy” (1972, Car­ol Burnett)

Into the Woods “Agony” (Motion Pic­ture) – Chris Pine, Bil­ly Magnussen

Into the Woods “Finale” (1991 Orig­i­nal Broad­way Production)

Wicked “Defy­ing Grav­i­ty” (Orig­i­nal Broad­way Pro­duc­tion Tony Award per­for­mance) Idi­na Men­zel & Kristin Chenoweth

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The Shrine Tree

July 11, 2025   Programming

The Shrine Tree by Judith Cullen — Fri­day, July 11th, 2pm SLT/Pacific Time

Audio real­i­sa­tion by Judith Cullen and Richard Elen

CEH Pro­duc­tions is proud to present The Shrine Tree, a sto­ry by Judith Cullen, cre­at­ed as an audio pre­sen­ta­tion by the author and fel­low CEH part­ner Richard Elen.

Like 2018’s Arrivals & Depar­tures, The Shrine Tree was inspired by one of the stun­ning vir­tu­al envi­ron­ments cre­at­ed by lead­ing artists and design­ers for the annu­al Fan­ta­sy Faire in the vir­tu­al world of Sec­ond Life, which rais­es tens of thou­sands of dol­lars every year for the Amer­i­can Can­cer Society’s Relay For Life. Indeed, the envi­ron­ment for The Shrine Tree was cre­at­ed by the same design­ers – Sharni Aza­lee and Mar­cus Inkpen of The Look­ing Glass – as cre­at­ed Erst­while Sta­tion, the set­ting for Arrivals & Depar­tures. And, like the lat­ter, The Shrine Tree was writ­ten as part of the annu­al Fan­ta­sy Faire Lit­Fest, where writ­ers are invit­ed to con­tribute sto­ries and poems inspired by the envi­ron­ments of Fan­ta­sy Faire.

The Shrine Tree tells of a man who has earned a unique rep­u­ta­tion as a prob­lem-solver – a “fix­er” – thanks to his abil­i­ty to remain emo­tion­al­ly detached from the prob­lems he is work­ing on. He can see through the emo­tions that cloud peo­ples’ judge­ment to find a solu­tion, thanks to that leg­endary detach­ment. He believes he has left the com­pli­ca­tions of the emo­tion­al realm behind him… but under the spell of an increas­ing­ly mirac­u­lous place, it becomes evi­dent that this may not, in fact, be the case.

The Shrine Tree is read by Judith Cullen and Richard Elen, and was record­ed and pro­duced by Richard Elen. The episode includes music by Gabriel Fau­ré, arranged by Ben Par­ry and Bene­dict Mad­den, cour­tesy of Audio Network.

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Where Have You Been? — S05E04: Sugarfish Artist’s Village

July 9, 2025   Programming

The lat­est episode of “Where Have You Been?”, our reg­u­lar fea­ture on things to do and places to vis­it across the Sec­ond Life grid, fea­tures Sug­arfish Artist’s Vil­lage, which offers indi­vid­ual spaces for Sec­ond Life artists to dis­play their work, as well as a flex­i­ble cen­tral exhi­bi­tion space. In addi­tion to the oppor­tu­ni­ties for art, the area includes games; a beach and all that comes with fish­ing, rock climb­ing, and a cafe. There’s a gen­er­ous par­ty deck and sev­er­al loca­tions suit­able for danc­ing. Vis­i­tors are invit­ed to pour a glass of wine and gath­er ‘round the fire on the dock with friends.

There is an art walk through the vil­lage, with four images on dis­play per fea­tured artist; and there are artists stu­dios for rent in the form of ship­ping con­tain­ers that have been raised off the sand and pro­vid­ed with their own decks.

The pro­gramme airs on Wednes­days and Sat­ur­days at 12 noon and 4pm Sec­ond Life/Pacific Time on  July 9, 12, 16, 19 and 23.

Region: For­got­ten Tales – Adult
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forgotten%20Tales/52/142/24
Own­er: Alex Riverstone

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First Sunday — July 6th, 2pm

July 6, 2025   Programming

First Sun­days: Sun­day July 6th at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time – Amer­i­can Tone Poems

Now avail­able on Mixcloud!

Orches­tral music has a long tra­di­tion of works that illus­trate or evoke the con­tent of a poem, short sto­ry, nov­el, paint­ing, land­scape, or oth­er (non-musi­cal) source known as tone poems, sym­phon­ic poems, or pro­gramme music. In the 20th Cen­tu­ry, notable Amer­i­can com­posers and arrangers cel­e­brat­ed their coun­try with­out stars, ban­ner-wav­ing, or red-white-n-blue; but through sym­phon­ic poems that cel­e­brate the peo­ple and scenic locales that bring rich­ness and vari­ety to their North Amer­i­can home.

You might not be able to dance to them, but these soar­ing works can fill your soul. Com­posers fea­tured include Aaron Cop­land, Ferde Grofe, and George Gersh­win. DJ Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er, presents, live from the VCRa­dio stu­dio at SL22B — on Sun­day July 6th at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time.

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.

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Arrivals & Departures — Original Radio Version

July 4, 2025   Programming

Arrivals & Depar­tures: A Tale of Two Jour­neys — Fri­day, July 4th, 2pm SLT/Pacific

ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES — RADIO VERSION is a radio adap­ta­tion of a short sto­ry writ­ten by Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er, orig­i­nal­ly record­ed for Fan­ta­sy Faire Radio as part of the 10th Fan­ta­sy Faire, the annu­al SL-based fund-rais­er for the Amer­i­can Can­cer Society.

The sto­ry was inspired by a superbly-imag­ined Steam­punk-inspired space­port cre­at­ed by lead­ing vir­tu­al world cre­ators The Look­ing Glass – Sharni Aza­lee and Mar­cus Inkpen – for Fan­ta­sy Faire 2018, which was used for the lat­er machin­i­ma ver­sion, which is avail­able on the CEH Pro­duc­tions web site.

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