Category Archives: Programming
We present… The Magic of The Musical!
Saturday April 16th at 2pm Pacific/SLT, 10pm in the UK, sees the premiere of a new original series on Virtual Community Radio: “The Magic of The Musical.” This monthly program explores musical theatre: the shows, history, and lore presented live on Virtual Community Radio from the VCRadio Theater on Chestnut Hills, in Second Life. Every month, your host Caledonia Skytower spotlights a different show or creative personality from the musical theatre canon. The first episode, Tilting At Windmills, highlights Man of La Mancha, with music from several different productions. You can tune into the show on the air or join the audience in the VCRadio Theater. Here’s a taste of what’s to come…
Saturday 16th — A Busy Day!
There’s a lot happening today on Virtual Community Radio! Be a part of it by tuning in or attending one of today’s events in Second Life…
Catch the latest edition of Where Have You Been? at noon or 4pm Pacific/SLT, 8pm or midnight in the UK, where we find things to do and places to see around the Second Life Grid. In this episode we visit Serenity Valley.
Then from 1 to 2pm SLT, get a personal Tarot reading from Honey Heart, co-host of our original series Tarot @ Teatime, in the Tarot tent in VCRadio Plaza. Readings are free of charge, totally confidential and for entertainment purposes only.
Today’s Featured Music is… Musicals! In celebration of the first of our new monthly series presented by Caledonia Skytower: The Magic of The Musical! which premieres today at 2pm Pacific/SLT, 10pm in the UK. Tune in or be part of the studio audience at the VCRadio Theater! (See separate entry.)
The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders — Part 5
Tune in for the latest episode of our exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders! There are 10 half-hour episodes, one every Friday at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT.
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF JACK FLANDERS
In the dead of night, a large shipping crate is delivered to the home of our hero Jack Flanders. Opening the crate, Jack discovers a green velvet overstuffed chair. Each night at the stroke of midnight, Jack sits in the soft, comfortable chair which comes alive, luring him onto its velvety realm. Everyday reality fades away, and Jack finds himself in a strange, other-world of magic, pirates, and sorcery where huge puffballs cling to ceilings and walls, masted sailing ships with wings fly the skies and islands float in the air…
Tarot @ Teatime — Episode 30: 3‑card spreads & layering
In this episode, Honey Heart and Elrik Merlin continue their discussion of 3‑card spreads by looking at the many ways in which this simple but informative spread can be used, assigning different interpretations to the cards that appear in the three positions of the reading, such as “Past/Present/Future” and “Mind/Body/Spirit”.
In our previous episode, we talked about the use of 1, 2 and 3‑card readings and why and when you’d choose one of these over the larger spreads. As we learned, even these small spreads can pack a lot of information into just a few cards. Now in this episode, we dig a little deeper into that workhorse of a spread, the 3‑card spread.
We’ll talk about how these spreads can be used effectively to assist in personal development, and we’ll talk about how to enhance these spreads by using the “layering” technique — adding cards from other decks to a reading. We’ve mentioned the layering technique before, but we’ll go into quite a lot more depth here.
Episode 30 premieres on Thursday April 14th at 12 noon and 4pm /SLT Pacific Time (8pm and midnight in the UK) and is repeated at the same times on Sundays and Thursdays until April 24th.
“Tarot @ Teatime” — LIVE!
Today, Sunday 10th April, join Honey Heart and Elrik Merlin, the hosts of our original series, “Tarot@Teatime”, for a live presentation at the popular PaganFest festival at Covenstead in Second Life. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Covenstead/162/161/1471
The presentation starts at 1pm SLT/9pm in the UK and focuses on “layering” in Tarot reading — enhancing your Tarot reading skills by using additional decks in parallel with your main one.
Whether you’re a professional Taromancer or just starting out, you should find this presentation of interest.
And don’t miss your last chance to hear the current edition of “Tarot @ Teatime” at 12 noon or 4pm SLT. In episode 29, Honey and Elrik discuss the use of 1, 2 and 3‑card readings — and why and when you’d choose one of these over the larger spreads. These are relatively simple spreads — but you don’t always need a grand tableau or even a 9‑card spread every time you read. And a 3‑card spread can pack a lot of information into just those three cards. They also touch on Tarot Year and Birth cards.
The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders — Part 4
Tune in for the latest episode of our exciting radio serial from our friends at ZBS Foundation: The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders! There are 10 half-hour episodes, one every Friday at noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT.
THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF JACK FLANDERS
In the dead of night, a large shipping crate is delivered to the home of our hero Jack Flanders. Opening the crate, Jack discovers a green velvet overstuffed chair. Each night at the stroke of midnight, Jack sits in the soft, comfortable chair which comes alive, luring him onto its velvety realm. Everyday reality fades away, and Jack finds himself in a strange, other-world of magic, pirates, and sorcery where huge puffballs cling to ceilings and walls, masted sailing ships with wings fly the skies and islands float in the air…
The Early Music Show
EARLY MUSIC — AND “RIBONG GALLERY ART SPACE”
Tune in to Virtual Community Radio today, Wednesday 6th April, for a programme of Early Music – featuring music of the High Renaissance, with contributions from France, Spain, England and Germany. There are also some modern interpretations thrown in for good measure.
And don’t miss Engines of Our Ingenuity every 4 hours from midday UK time / 4am Pacific.
PLUS, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT — 8pm and midnight in the UK — it’s time for the latest episode of “Where Have You Been?”, our series on things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid.
It’s the MOST — Music from the Original Sound Track — Episode 6
Planning a heist? How about a murder? Attending a love-in? Or is your biker gang planning an outing? Have we got the show for you!
Join your host Susannah, on Saturday April 2nd, at 12:30pm and 4:30pm Pacific/SLT – that’s 8:30pm and half past midnight in the UK – for the sixth show in our monthly series, The MOST – Music from the Original Sound Track. Dedicated to crime, spy, suspense, exploitation, and psychedelic movie and television soundtracks from the 50s, the 60s and beyond, The MOST is the best accompaniment for all your police-blotter high-jinks.


The SLURL for Serenity Valley is 
And every four hours from 4am Pacific/noon in the UK, tune in for “The Engines of Our Ingenuity”, from the University of Houston, about the machines that make our civilization run and the people whose ingenuity created them.

