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Friday, April 29, 2011

*UNITED* UPDATE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

“UNITED” is underway with teams building war strategies and the theater seating getting fluffed.  This ground breaking fundraiser got a huge fashion industry nod when the real life in SL “ Fashion Research Institute in New York” founded by Shenlei Flasheart agreed to host the event on Sims that houses her Equestrian Community. Not only will this event have a prestigious location…where else could it be, but it will have some impressive surroundings with this flourishing community. Here is the background on the Locatin Host of “UNITED, The Ultimate Style Card Fashion Show and Competition for Relay for Life. And details about the amazing location for this event.


SL ARTS & LITERATURE UPDATE: Avatar Repertory Virtual Play Buffet Tonight!

Tonight at 5pm SLT will be the latest servings from the Avatar Repertory Theater's Virtual Short Play Buffet.  If you are lover of theater, this is a "Do Not Miss" Event.  Avatar Repertory Theater received 113 short plays to their call for submissions for ten minute plays. At A.R.T.’s Plays Around, Fridays at 5 pm PDT, 30 of the plays are being read from March 25-May 13. The audience votes their favorites each week. The votes of the A.R.T. troupe will be included in the final tally for the 5-6 plays to be fully produced during July.  You can view a list of the plays and see some  of the tally of votes at http://www.avatarrepertorytheater.org/node/70

The Official Launch of "The Village" and "Club Graffiti" - Friday April 29, 2011 1PM SLT.- Contact Kalli Birman



The Village, Second Life's newest hot spot, will be having The Official Launch on Friday April 29th at 1PM SLT. Owned by Mankind Tracer and KalliBirman, The Village is modeled after Greenwich VillageNYC of the 1970's and will be home to some of the best couture boutiques Second Life has to offer including House of RFyre, Gizza, Paris Metro, Tres Beau, Bliss Couture, Vogue, Blacklace.

The Village is also home to the new underground rock venue, "Club Graffiti". It is inspired by one of the most famous clubs in Greenwich Village, CBGB's and the area where the whole punk movement of the 1970's began. Artists such as David BowieThe Ramones,Blondie, The Talking Heads and many others made their way through CBGB's to begin a new revolution in music.

Club Graffiti will host weekly shows by top SL musicians. Mankind Tracer, one of Second Life's most well known live performers and co-owner of The Village, will also perform every Sunday night at 9PM SLT.

The launch will be opened by the popular band The Follow at 1pm slt and will continue at 2pm slt with a performance by Mankind Tracer.  It is asked that all attendees remove any attachments and scripted objects prior to arrival to help reduce lag.

The sim will open at 12:30PM SLT to allow time for guests to arrive.

12:30PM SLT - guest arrival
1:00PM SLT - The Follow performs -http://www.thefollow.com
2:00PM SLT - Mankind Tracer performs -http://www.sethregan.com

TELEPORT NOW! http://slurl.com/secondlife/Good%20Day%20Sunshine/143/74/21

Press Contact: Kalli Birman in SL or via email atkalli@sethregan.com

Thursday, April 28, 2011

(RP) NEXUS NEWS: April 28th @ 4pm SLT Everyone interested in the creation, development, and management of role-playing games in Second Life and OpenSim grids is hereby invited to a presentation and discussion at the Role Play Nexus. - Cursa Charisma



LOCATION:http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mul/64/224/1001/

EVENT:
 "The Decline & Fall of the Linden Empire"
Speaker: Edward Gibbon
Date & Time: Thursday, April 28, 2011  4pm (1600) SLT
Place: Role Play Nexus, Mul

Edward Gibbon will present his thesis of the downfall of Linden Lab and Second Life, and what will come after, with reference to the data presented at: http://www.gridsurvey.com/index.php

Transcripts of past events are available at the Nexus and at http://slnexusnotes.blogspot.com/

The Role-Play Nexus exists to facilitate the exchange of experiences, information, questions, fun stories, collaboration, and good will by providing a meeting point and information hub, and holding events with themes related to RP in SL and Opensim grids.

MachinUWA III: Journeys

The 3rd UWA Machinima Challenge is rapidly drawing to a close, in fact the closing date 1st May 2011.

The University of Western Australia (UWA) themed their latest machinima challenge simply 'Journeys'. With an amazing prize pool of $L530,000 broken down as follows:

1st Prize $L100,000
2nd Prize $L70,000
3rd Prize $L50,000
+ L$310,000 in other prizes

Entrants were told that defining what a ‘journey’ was, was entirely up to them; A journey through Second Life; A journey of self discovery; A journey within; A journey from SL too RL, or vice-versa; A journey through space, through time, a journey of hope, a journey of despair; Their own journey or a journey by someone else seen through their eyes... or... through Second Life in 80 Days, whatever they could imagine.

Jayjay told me that they have had a fantastic response to their ‘Journeys’ challenge with entries being received from all around the world.

The talent of our fellow SL residents is astounding, take the link below to see for yourself.
http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/02/machinimuwa-iii-journeys-it-begins.html

The judges for the challenge are:

1. Professor Ted Snell (RL) - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
2. White Lebed (SL) - Former Lead of Burning Life Art Department, Director of Special Projects @ UWA
3. Jayjay Zifanwe (SL) - Owner of The University of Western Australia (SL), Creator & co-host of the UWA 3D Art& Design Challenge
4. Yesikita Coppola (SL) - Official Machinimatographer for UWA 2011
5. Laurina Hawks (SL) - Reigning UWA MachinimUWA Champion
6. Raphaella Nightfire (SL) - Snr Writer Best of SL Magazine, Owner Sanctorum Gallery (SL)
7. FreeWee Ling (SL) - Curator, UWA 3D Open Art Challenge
8. LaPiscean Liberty (SL) - CEO AviewTV and UWA Media Advisor
9. Nazz Lane (SL) - Journalist and Author
10. Rowan Derryth (SL) - Art & Design Historian; Writer for Prim Perfect Publications
11. Apollo Manga (SL) - examiner.com Writer & Novelist
12. Dr. Phylis Johnson (RL) - Media Professor, Southern Illinois Uinversity, Author - Machinima: Aesthetics and Practice (a.k.a, Sonicity Fitzroy, SL Virtual Journalist)
13. Lowell Cremorne (SL), Owner & Editor-In-Chief, The Metaverse Journal
14. Mal Burns (SL), Metaverse News Aggregator and Broadcaster
15. Paisley Beebe (SL), CEO of Perfect World Productions TV
16. Flimsey Freenote - CEO of Metamix TV (Mixed Reality Television)

The Winners will be announced by the 30th of May 2011 at a special gala function, so in the meantime we wait in anticipation to see who the winners will be.

"SoHo Glam"




Presents

Emery - "SoHo Glam"

When: Saturday, April 30th @ 2pm SLT

Where: Costa Rica Sims Fashion Loft

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Old%20Costa%20Rica/110/67/1501



This Saturday, April 30th @ 2pm SLT, Costa Rica Sims Productions (CRSP) presents the designs of the amazingly talented Sunami Beck.
Emery Mainstore @ Costa Rica Sims: SLurl http://slurl.com/secondlife/Heart%20Of%20Glass/233/108/24



Join us at the beautifully appointed, upscale Costa Rica Sims Fashion Loft. Invite a friend, order a Lychee martini, and rub elbows with the beautiful people as the CRSP Models showcase the glam rock Emery collection.

Featuring the following CRSP Models: Willy Oakleaf, Jock Whitfield, Brendan Macarthur, Pheonix Reyer, Sydney Bonde, Veronica Krasner, Roe Woodford, and Devine Hunt.

For more information please contact:
Nisa Constantine, Director - Costa Rica Sims Productions
nisa@costaricasims.com

Costa Rica Estate Website: : http://www.costaricasims.com

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

FYI Talk ~~ Serena Numanox & To Write Love on Her Arms

If you've read any of my articles and commentaries here on SLE, then you know I'm a fan of taking part in things in Second Life that move beyond the metaverse and that connect with tangible things in the "actual" world. In the actual world, I am a pen pal to a few young girls who are brilliant, creative, and have great futures ahead of them. It's something I do because I think it's important to connect with our young women (and men) and help them to see that there are positives in life and that even through trials, we can overcome them. In my actual life, I spend a great deal of time connecting with those who need an ear, a word, something that can help them get over the trials that afflict them.

Being this way, it's no wonder that I would finally learn about the incredible organization To Write Love on Her Arms [TWLOHA] and to learn that there is an SL group that helps to foster the mission of TWLOHA.

So, me being me, I went in search of the founder of the SL organization, Serena Numanox, and wrangle some time away from her to talk about TWLOHA and what others can do to help the mission.



Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Time Machine Show hosted by DJ SonicBlu @ SLE's CHILL LOUNGE -April 27 @ 6pm slt


Join us for an evening of easy listening tunes through the years with   DJ SonicBlu. He will be taking requests & dedications.  Everyone is welcomed to come hang out on the rooftop of the media center or take a tour of the facility. Feel free to ask any of the SLE family any questions you may have about spotlight features or advertising your business in our newspaper!


*Contest*
Enter the drawing for a Spotlight Feature in the SL Enquirer

Location:

Dress: Come as you are.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Virtual Scotland

Stacey Goes To Virtual Scotland

Scotland is a place that I'm never likely to visit in the real world, but that doesn't mean that I can't visit them.

I live in New England. I'm also French, pretty much 100%. I was an import. This pretty much eliminates any desire I have to go to Scotland, with one exception (see below)

Nothing against Scotland... the Scots are cool people, responsible for giving us golf and Scotch whiskey. It's just not different enough from New England or France to justify going to it. In New England, you use vacation time to go somewhere warm.

But a virtual visit is just what I need. Thank the Gods that someone made virtual Scotland.

When you go to Scotland, you start off in this useful information hub that sort of fluffs you for the journey.

Scotland has some cool stuff to check out. I made a point of visiting the Boleskine House. This house was owned, at different times, by noted spooky occult figures Aleister Crowley and Jimmy Page. The house is spooky enough IRL that Page brought in someone to exorcise ghosts.

You also have Inverness, which is both a city and a castle that MacBeth lived in before he went big-time. Both are represented ehre. There are actually several castles you can f*ck around in. Well, not literally "f*ck," but you know what I mean.

The highlight of the visit is the Nessie Hunt. The Loch Ness Monster is, to my knowledge, Scotland's most famous resident. You don't go to Scotland and fail to visit Nessie. It's like going to Pizza Hut for pasta otherwise.

I was also looking for William Wallace, but I never really paid enough attention to that movie to know where to look for the man. IMHO, Braveheart would have been a better movie if the Loch Ness Monster was in it.

I'm not going to give anything else away, so you can see for yourself. Go visit those Socts!

A Winner has been chosen for SLE's 2011 Easter Egg Decorating Contest!



This year contestant from across the grid participated in our second annual Easter Egg decorating contest.

Entrants were given decorating kits that included an egg template and instructions. No Scripts, no advertising and created with a max of 10 prims.  From creative graphics to elegantly sculpted stands and accessories. Each avatar put in their creativity and came up with some great ideas.  Clearly imaginations run free in Second Life and here at the SL Enquirer, they sure did.

After a weekend of judging and tallying up votes, The SL Enquirer unanimously agreed that Fiery Bloom created by Queen Edman is this years winner!

Congratulations to Queen who received 2000 Lindens, a spotlight feature and an official SLE "Recognized for Excellence" Award.


Thank you all for participating in this event!

To find out when we have other contests and events, join our SL Enquirer Media Group in world or subscribe to our website.



~Lanai Jarrico

SL ARTS & LITERATURE: The Play Buffet Feast Continues . . .

Several weeks ago I wrote about the Avatar Repertory Theater’s Virtual Short Play Buffet.  Avatar Repertory Theater received 113 short plays to their call for submissions for ten minute plays. At A.R.T.’s Plays Around, Fridays at 5 pm PDT, 30 of the plays are being read from March 25-May 13. The audience votes their favorites each week. The votes of the A.R.T. troupe will be included in the final tally for the 5-6 plays to be fully produced during July.  You can view a list of the plays and see some  of the tally of votes at http://www.avatarrepertorytheater.org/node/70

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011

The 2nd Annual SLE Easter Egg Contest is Full to Capacity! Thank you all for participating this year, the creativity is awesome and will make it very difficult for us to pick a winner! - Lanai Jarrico


From April 1 Until April 20th, avatars from around the grid had the opportunity to decorate an Easter Egg and submit it into this year’s contest.  The prize is a spotlight feature in The SL Enquirer valued at 3000L, 2,000 in cold hard Lindens and an authentic SLE Award for Recognition of Excellence 2011 issued by yours truly.


Participants were asked to design an egg with the template provided, using a maximum of 10 prims. What they submitted was an assortment of creations from grand accessories to colorful and creative graphics.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

CLUB FLOW & L&H COUTURE PRESENTS... LADIES NIGHT WITH DJ DETROIT- 4/20 5PM SLT


WEDNESDAY APRIL 20- 5PM SLT

CLub FLow and L&H Couture Present  DJ Detroit
One of the best SL DJs  in Second Life & Official DJ of the SL Enquirer

Come join us this evening, Its Ladies Night!  L&H Couture will treat you good ladies, so come and listen

*Spotlight Feature Giveaway, Courtesy of The SL Enquirer & CLUB FLOW

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferraris%20Estates%2029/190/87/26

Lorena Chung Estates News- Lorena Chung Estate sims provide privacy, flexibility and space in a beautiful and isolated environment.





This estate has one of the Lowest priced-sims in the SLworld. You will be given full estate manager rights in  minutes after purchase, so you will have full control over banning, terraforming, restarts, and texture changes immediately. We also provide 24/7 customer support.









• NO SET UP FEE!
• No premium account needed 
• Animal Friendly
• Residential/Light Commercial 
• Full Estate Manager Rights within hours
• Full control over banning, terraforming,restarts, and texture changes 
• Stand Alone-Total Privacy 
• One on One Professional Service
• Sim Design (Optional) 
• Contact us for a tour of our Developed Sims 

Contact : Serene Coast or contact Lorena Chung directly.
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Gibraltar Takes Over the SL Music Scene with Moonlight Music

Over a month ago, SLE's illustrious president came to me and asked that I check out Moonlight Music for a piece. At the time, I had never heard of the company or of the talent that resided within the company. Since that time, I have met the CEO and premiere talent of Moonlight, Wolfie Moonshadow, sat in on sets from Moonlight's artists, and rocked it out on March 27, 2011 as the company joined forces with SLE to bring Spring Jam to the grid.

Moonlight Music CEO Wolfie Moonshadow


Needless to say, I am now a huge believer of Moonshadow's vision for Moonlight, the uber-talented band of musicians that make-up the company, and how this company will spread like wildfire across the metaverse.

When I heard about Moonlight Music and its stable of artists, I was instantly intrigued. Great singers--all from Gibraltar? And not only are they all from Gibraltar--a country that is only 3 1/2 square miles and that sits at the very southern tip of Spain--but also they are all friends who sing from the same recording studio? To me, that sounded like either great fiction or a rare, once in a lifetime opportunity. It seemed that just as The Beatles invaded America many decades ago, Gibraltar was invading the SL music scene in a big way with Moonlight Music and its rising stars.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Lanai’s Diary: Are Facebook Junkies taking it a little bit too far when it comes to friend lists, statuses and comments? -Lanai Jarrico reporting…



I have had facebook for the SL Enquirer, for a couple years and I must say I’m a Noob to everything except plastering update announcements, adding pics and accepting anyone who wishes to friend me.
 I think when Facebook is used properly it can be very beneficial to network with like minded people and promote events and whatnot. That is why I use it. This social network gives fans the choice to follow SLE updates  or use any of the other social networks we are also a part of like twitter, MySpace, YouTube, blogger, LinkedIn, Flickr, moolto, whatever. Or you can find us in Google search.
So in that respect, get up on my friend list, anyone is welcomed, just don’t expect to hear me crying about a broken nail or giving you a play by play of my rather hectic day. It is strictly SLE business and I’m very glad to say, I have had no problems with anyone on my list and appreciate the peaceful and productive nature of the content SLE fans share.

Monday, April 18, 2011

BiOStreams- Stream Live music into Second Life! SLE Readers get a discounted rate courtesy of Captain Clipper



Welcome to BiOstreams!

We provide quality hosted SHOUTcast streams with full support in a range of simple, easy to understand plans. Just choose how many listeners you require and your payment preference - daily, weekly or monthly




LANCE NEWS- Florida was great and excited about coming to TN this week! - Lance Rembrandt



.  The CD is flying off the shelf and merchandise is being shipped out fast as the elfs  can stuff them in packaging.  Reviews of the CDs are coming in from all over the world with nothing but high praise for the "What You Make It" album.  The new cd will be released physically and digitally April 20, 2011.  The new LANCE guitar pick necklace and new line of T shirt seems to be some hot items in the online store on the official website.

Hot Topic/ Shockhound Music  Mall tour  and LANCE hopes to see you with all your friends and family.
Check out the schedule


Salem Witch Memorial

Stacey goes to Salem

 
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