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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TMoTM: S04E01 – And the Award Goes to … !

June 21, 2025   Programming

Wel­come to Sea­son 4 of The Mag­ic of The Musi­cal, where host Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er explores the songs, sto­ries and lore of the musi­cal theatre.

Now avail­able on Mixcloud!

This episode, broad­cast live at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time on Sat­ur­day, June 21st, is our annu­al look at the biggest awards events in the New York and Lon­don the­ater sea­sons: The Olivi­er Awards bestowed in April, and the Dra­ma Desk and Antoinette Per­ry (“Tony”) Awards bestowed in June. The win­ners are in, and we take a look at the nom­i­nees and win­ners in the cat­e­gories of new musi­cal and musi­cal revival.

Cale­do­nia presents the show live from the VCRa­dio stu­dio at SL22B.

TMoTM S04E01 Use­ful Links:

The Olivi­er Awards

Best Revival of a Musical

Fid­dler On The Roof — WINNER

music by Jer­ry Bock, lyrics by Shel­don Har­nick, book by Joseph Stein

Regen­t’s Park Open Air Theatre

YouTube Trail­er

Best New Musical

The Curi­ous Case Of Ben­jamin But­ton ‑WINNER

music & lyrics by Dar­ren Clark, book & lyrics by Jethro Compton

Ambas­sadors Theatre

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The Dra­ma Desk Awards

Best Revival of a Musical

Gyp­sy — WINNER

Best New Musical

Maybe Hap­py End­ing — WINNER

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The Antoinette Per­ry Awards (Tony)

Best Musi­cal

Bue­na Vista Social Club

Dead Out­law

Death Becomes Her

Maybe Hap­py End­ing — WINNER

Oper­a­tion Mince­meat: A New Musical

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Friday 20th & 27th

June 16, 2025   Programming

We are pleased, in con­junc­tion with our friends and spon­sors Sean­chai Library, to present this full-cast pro­duc­tion of Robert Louis Steven­son’s novel­la, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

The pro­duc­tion, adapt­ed for radio by Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er and Da5id Abbot, will be broad­cast in two parts a week apart, on Fri­day 20th and 27th, at 2pm Pacific/SLT, 10pm in the UK.

The cast fea­tures Cale­do­nia Sky­tow­er, Cor­wyn Allen, Da5id Abbott,  Elrik Mer­lin, Kay­den O’Connell, Shan­don Lor­ing and V T Tor­valar. Theme music: Trou­bled Her­itage by Paul Mot­tram, cour­tesy of Audio Net­work, ANW2082_006, ISRC:GB-FFM-13–08206. Inci­den­tal music: Moon­light Liai­son by Paul Mot­tram, cour­tesy of Audio Net­work, ANW2082_008; ISRC:GB-FFM-13–08208.

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Where Have You Been? S05E03 — Linden Lab Trust & Security Initiative

June 14, 2025   Programming

Some­thing impor­tant was released from Lin­den Lab in the last weeks of May, and it is some­thing that we at VCRa­dio feel strong­ly about, and these last weeks of June lead­ing up to, and includ­ing, the open­ing of SL22B are a per­fect time to high­light this. After all, it does not mat­ter how inter­est­ing a des­ti­na­tion is if you don’t exer­cise best prac­tices in cyber safe­ty, any­where on the grid is poten­tial­ly a threat.

We are refer­ring to the SecondLife.com blog entry from May 23rd enti­tled “Your Account, Your World, Keep it Safe.” VCRa­dio was invit­ed to a meet­ing with The Lab along with oth­er vlog­gers, blog­gers, and Sl Influ­encers where Lin­den Lab Exec­u­tive Chair­man Brad Ober­wa­ger explained the cir­cum­stances lead­ing up to this new ini­tia­tive and encour­aged that the word be spread to the res­i­dent com­mu­ni­ty — cyber secu­ri­ty is impor­tant, crit­i­cal­ly so, and if res­i­dents engage in a few best prac­tices, they can help con­tra­vene the efforts of peo­ple with ill intent, or as Ober­wa­ger called them “bad actors.”

We felt so strong­ly about it that we cre­at­ed a Pub­lic Ser­vice Announce­ment which now runs reg­u­lar­ly on VCRa­dio. Sec­ond Life is a com­mu­ni­ty: its strength and secu­ri­ty is a respon­si­bil­i­ty that we all share. Lin­den Lab has recent­ly expand­ed their Trust & Safe­ty team, ded­i­cat­ed to pro­tect­ing your accounts and inves­ti­gat­ing abuse more quick­ly and thor­ough­ly than ever before. Yet it’s impor­tant for res­i­dents to do their part and use good judge­ment, and maybe even a bit of cau­tion in order to keep them­selves, their Lin­den Dol­lars, and their per­son­al infor­ma­tion secure.

This episode of WYB dis­cuss­es online and in-world safe­ty and secu­ri­ty, includ­ing hints and tips to help you stay secure. We cov­er such top­ics as pass­words, mul­ti-fac­tor autho­riza­tion (MFA), keep­ing login details to your­self, and where it’s safe to buy or sell L$ — and more.

This show will air at noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific, on June 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, and July 2.

And as promised in the show, here are some use­ful links cov­er­ing online secu­ri­ty and relat­ed topics.

“Your Account, Your World, Keep it Safe” by Lin­den Lab
https://community.secondlife.com/news/featured-news/your-account-your-world-keep-it-safe-r11193/

“Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Best Prac­tices” by CISA.gov
https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cybersecurity-best-practices

“Main­tain Good Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Habits: by Mor­gan Stanley
https://www.morganstanley.com/articles/personal-cybersecurity

“Top 10 Secure Com­put­ing Tips” from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia Berkeley
https://security.berkeley.edu/resources/best-practices-how-to-articles/top-10-secure-computing-tips

Images for this episode — Hand Print Logo of SL: Omid­yar — General

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Frankenstein Is Coming! June 6 & 13!

June 2, 2025   Programming

Mark your Cal­en­dar: Fri­day June 6th and 13th at 2pm SLT/Pacific, 10pm in the UK — Parts One and Two (respec­tive­ly) of the Sean­chai Library adap­ta­tion of Mary Shel­ley’s classic!

Fea­tur­ing Shan­don Lor­ing, Zan­der Greene, Cor­wyn Allen, Da5id Abbot, Elrik Mer­lin and Cale­do­nia Skytower.

Com­ing soon to Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio!

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First Sundays: Music On A Theme

May 30, 2025   Programming

Sun­day after­noons! One of the best times of the week to relax, share time with friends and fam­i­ly, and reward your­self for suc­cess­ful­ly tra­vers­ing anoth­er week.

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/Pacific Time 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. First Sun­days may even broad­cast from a live event we present in Sec­ond Life. You’ll nev­er know unless you tune in.

Won­der­ing what the next musi­cal treat will be? Fol­low us on Prim­feed, Face­book, and this web site, and join the Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio group in-world to stay up-to-date on sta­tion news and programming.

“First Sun­days” at 2pm SLT/Pacific Time, the first Sun­day of each month. It’s a musi­cal treat for your ears — right here on Vir­tu­al Com­mu­ni­ty Radio.

 

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Where Have You Been? S05E02 — Raglan Shire Art Walk

May 24, 2025   Programming

In the sec­ond pro­gramme of our new sea­son, we pay a vis­it to an event that, while quite well-known, is deserv­ing of more atten­tion: the Raglan Shire Art Walk. This pro­gramme will air on Sat­ur­days and Wednes­days until June 11th, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.

And don’t miss “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” — pre­sent­ed by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton: the series about the machines that make our civ­i­liza­tion run and the peo­ple whose inge­nu­ity cre­at­ed them. The pro­gramme is broad­cast every 4 hours from 4am Pacif­ic on Wednes­days and Saturdays.

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Where Have You Been? S05E01 — Back to Where We Began

May 2, 2025   Programming

We are pleased to announce the start of a new sea­son — Sea­son 5 — of our twice-month­ly series where we report on things to do and places to vis­it around the Sec­ond Life grid. We are cel­e­brat­ing the open­ing of the new sea­son by going back to the begin­ning — where we start­ed with Sea­son 01, Episode 01 — the Sec­ond Life Endow­ment for the Arts known as the “SLEA.” This pro­gramme will air on Sat­ur­days and Wednes­days until May 21st, at 12 noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific Time.

And don’t miss “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” — pre­sent­ed by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton: the series about the machines that make our civ­i­liza­tion run and the peo­ple whose inge­nu­ity cre­at­ed them. The pro­gramme is broad­cast every 4 hours from 4am Pacif­ic on Wednes­days and Saturdays.

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Entente Cordiale

April 9, 2025   Programming

Today we are pleased to present a selec­tion of clas­si­cal music from Britain and France.

In fact the empha­sis is some­what more on the French, but we’ll be hear­ing from a num­ber of British com­posers such as Elgar, Vaugh­an Williams and of course Fred­er­ic Delius, who, while born in Eng­land, spent the lat­ter part of his life across the Channel.

From the French side we will be fea­tur­ing Poulenc, Fau­ré, Chopin (who was Pol­ish born but became a French cit­i­zen) Debussy, Rav­el and Berlioz, with per­for­mances both tra­di­tion­al and not so.

We also have a selec­tion of “cross-chan­nel” pieces in a some­what lighter vein.

Also today, don’t miss “Engines of Our Inge­nu­ity” — pre­sent­ed by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Hous­ton: the series about the machines that make our civ­i­liza­tion run and the peo­ple whose inge­nu­ity cre­at­ed them. The pro­gramme is broad­cast every 4 hours from 4am Pacific.

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