Tag Archives: Second Life
Come On, Take Me To The Mardi Gras…
It’s Mardi Gras weekend here on Virtual Community Radio, and our celebrations continue, centered around the Creole Queen, our traditional riverboat, docked at Chestnut Hills in Second Life.
Sunday, February 27th from 2–4pm SLT — Join us for a Dance Party on the Creole Queen, live in Second Life. DJ Caledonia Skytower will be playing jazz, Cajun, and Zydeco music on our elegant river boat, appropriately decked out for the occasion. No need to bring your beads — we’ve got them! Join us at The Queen, or on-the-air, as we Laissez les bons temps rouler !
And tune in for a final chance to hear the latest episode of our original series, Tarot @ Teatime, 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT — 8pm and midnight in the UK.
SLURL http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chestnut%20Hills/155/51/2823
Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler! — Mardi Gras on VCR
It’s Mardi Gras weekend here on Virtual Community Radio, and our celebrations on February 26 and 27th centre around the Creole Queen, our traditional riverboat, docked at Chestnut Hills in Second Life.
TODAY Saturday, February 26th — Our Featured Genre will be the music of Carnival and Mardi Gras from New Orleans to Latin America and beyond, plus some old-time R&B and Trad Jazz.
Then at 1–2pm Pacific/SLT — Come along to the Creole Queen for a Live Tarot Reading with VCRadio’s Tarot @ Teatime co-host Honey Heart. Stroll on the banks of the river and request a personal reading of the cards. All readings are free, conducted privately in Voice, and are strictly confidential and for entertainment purposes only.
And at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT (8pm or midnight in the UK) tune in for a special Mardi Gras edition of Where Have You Been? which covers some of the history and background to Mardi Gras and Carnival and suggests an additional venue you might like to visit between now and “Fat Tuesday” itself, March 1.
TOMORROW, Sunday, February 27th from 2–4pm — Dance Party on the Creole Queen, live in Second Life. DJ Caledonia Skytower will be playing jazz, Cajun, and Zydeco music on the elegant river boat environment, appropriately decked out for the occasion. No need to bring your beads — we’ve got them! Join us at The Queen, or on-the-air, as we Laissez les bons temps rouler !
SLURL (available for posted events only):
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chestnut%20Hills/155/51/2823
All times SLT/Pacific.
“Where Have You Been?”: Duelling Museums!
The latest edition of VCRadio’s original series on things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid, visits two museums that offer similar, and contrasting content for residents to enjoy. The show premieres on February 9th and airs at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, that’s 8pm and midnight in the UK. It’ll run on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the same times for the next two weeks.
In this episode, #3 of our second season, we discuss two very different museums .
“Where Have You Been?” visits The Janus Galleries
The latest edition of VCRadio’s original series on things to do and places to visit across the Second Life Grid, visits The Janus Galleries. The show premieres on January 26th and airs at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, that’s 8pm and midnight in the UK. It’ll run on Wednesdays and Sundays at the same times for the next two weeks.
“Where Have You Been?” Begins a New Season
“Where Have You Been?” is an original Virtual Community Radio series, hosted by Caledonia Skytower and Elrik Merlin. In each episode, released every two weeks, we look at places to visit and things to see and do around the Second Life grid.
This week, from Wednesday, January 12th, we’re starting the second season of “Where Have You Been?”, marking a full year of broadcasts. In Season 2, Episode 1, we look at Forever Tourist: a Second Life Exploration Game, which encourages and rewards your explorations on the grid. You start off by acquiring a Passport, and having done so, you travel the grid to participating locations where you can get a stamp in your passport, and sometimes free gifts. All kinds of places are featured and the list of participating locations is up to around 400.
Where Have You Been? visits Let It Snow! — A Winter Wonderland
In Episode 22 of “Where Have You Been?” — the final episode of 2021 — we visit “Let It Snow!” — a beautiful winter region created by artist Milly Sharple. Beautifully detailed and laid out, there are a great many attractions here. It’s described as “A snowy, winter setting for dancing and romancing. Come and explore, dance, ice-skate, take photographs, or just hang out.”
Where Have You Been? visits Theatre On The Hill
Come with us now to Theatre On The Hill — a venue that is much more than that — in Episode 21 of our popular original series, “Where Have You Been?”, where Caledonia Skytower and Elrik Merlin discover fascinating places to go and things to do around the Second Life Grid.
A Tale of Two Galleries
Premiering on Wednesday, November 10th, at 12 noon and 4pm Pacific/SLT, 8pm and midnight in the UK, Episode 20 of our Second Life travel show “Where Have You Been?“features two very different art galleries in Second Life, yet pursuing similar goals of access to both artists and residents: The Love&Love Factory Art Gallery and The Elven Falls Art Collective.
New shows added to Mixcloud
We’ve just uploaded two additional shows to our Mixcloud profile, where you can “listen again” to our original series episodes that you may have missed.
On this occasion, we’ve added Episode 17 of “Where Have You Been?”, our series on things to do and places to see in the Second Life virtual world, and Episode 16 of our popular show on the Tarot, “Tarot @ Tea Time”.
New shows added to Mixcloud
We’ve just uploaded two additional shows to our Mixcloud profile, where you can “listen again” to our original series episodes that you may have missed.
On this occasion, we’ve added Episode 16 of “Where Have You Been?”, our series on things to do and places to see in the Second Life virtual world, and Episode 15 of our popular show on the Tarot, “Tarot @ Tea Time”.
