Events This Week at the Sunweaver and Montecito Bay Clubs, Furry Fashion, Urban Furry, and Club Scorn

 

Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver, Montecito Bay, Furry Fashion, Urban Furry, and Scorn clubs.

Club Cutlass: The 80s, Modern Classical, TBA

Happy Vixen: DJ Scratch, DJ Umbra, TBA, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - TBA

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy - TBA

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: Th 8-12, Sat 2-12

 

Furry Fashion: Blue, TBA, Jungle Animals

 

Urban Furry :  DJ Charlee, DJ Emma, DJ Emma

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

 

The Fantasy Faire Winds Down

 

 

The weekend of May 9 and 10 would see the last of the Faire's official events, aside from ongoing ones. Among those on Saturday May 9 was a showing of a stage performance at 4PM, "The Book of Tangles" with Justine Johndory as Alice and Merryjest Starchild as the Cheshire Cat (natural choice).

 

 Close to about eighty saw the show, and the cast got a roaring round of applause. There was a video made, which should be available for the Newser soon.

 

 Sunday May 10 would have fewer official events. The big one was the Live Auction at the Golden Hour sim. The place was packed with well over a hundred present. 

 

 On Monday May 11 was "The Final Ravedown," which on paper ran from 11 AM to 7PM, though probably went on longer.

 

 Avatars of all shapes and sizes danced away, regular humans being a tiny minority from what I saw the short time I was there. Supposedly glowsticks were not allowed because of a certain incident, one that supposedly happened again last tear. But I doubt anyone was paying attention.

 

 While some no doubt partied for hours, others were shopping, casually exploring the sims, or doing the Fairelands Quest, part two taking place in Kallissaya. 

 

 There are some obstacles to overcome, such as finding the elusive Boyd the bird. For those who get stuck, there's often a helping hand in Fairelands chat. 

 

And on Wednesday at 12 Noon is an encore performance of  "The Book of Tangles" for those who missed it the first time or just want to see it again.

 

Enjoy the rest of the Faire,

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Patch's Jail and Bail

 

On Friday May 8, the Fantasy had it's Patch Jail and Bail. There were close to a hundred people in the sim, and the place was so laggy many avatars wouldn't rezz or were half-rezzed. To those who don't know, Patch Linden's Jail and Bail had been postponed twice, then was thrown up in the air when he was dismissed from Linden Lab last week. 

 

One more for the road! Let us take this opportunity to welcome a new (but oh so familiar) friend to the Fairelands. You may think Linden, but we say Pawtato. Either way it’s still the same old Patch so whether you are coming to say farewell or welcome, grab a friend or two and come party with Patch! 

 

Some people would rezz. Many had the tag "We <3 Patch." And I wasn't the only one having trouble seeing some avatars, "I seee.. ummm so many naked people, hehe."

Unfortunately for me as a photographer, the former Patch Linden, now Patch Pawtato, would only be a fraction rezzed, not much more than his nametag showing up in my viewer. He was in a jail cell made from peppermint bars and other candies. 

 

There were also some items up for sale, such as boopie dolls, duplicates of the candy jail, pink flamingo balloons, and more.  "I gotta get that Boopie, I'm a Boopie addict!" Someone was passing out cutouts of Patch for free. 

 

There were numerous jokes such as licking the cell bars and poking fun at Patch's surname, "lets do the hot potato," "All this Pawtato talk makes me hungry for some Pawtato Chips," challenges made by people to match donations, more joking comments, "I reject the Unweaver! I also reject the underwear." "Oh, Emm, Gee! Elayne will end up in the poor house after today!" Patch himself was licking the bars, even after a wolf was, "Someone seal that door shut with more royal icing. Don't let Patch escape!"

 

Patch also promised to get the Lindens to extend the Faire if the kiosk reached 800,000 L. It was, to Wednesday May 13, and the amount donated to the Relay kiosk continued to climb. People asked for "Fairelander" to be available once again as a choice of last name to choose to, but I never heard an affirmative to that. 

 

There was a griefer who tried disrupting the event. He was quickly ejected, "Kick that f**ker!" 

 

Eventually, the two hour mark was reached, and Patch was let go. Over a million Linden dollars were donated for the event, plus over a hundred thousand chipped in the vendor kiosks. 

 

 A video of the event was also done. 

 

 Stingray (Stingray9798 Raymaker) would say,  "Thank you again Patch -- not just for today, but for over 20 years of supporting ACS/RFL/Fantasy Faire in Second Life. Your commitment to our mission is a BIG reason why we've raised over $6 Million USD since 2005, why Fantasy Faire is one of the top Relay For Life 'team' events in the U.S. every year, and have consistently ranked among the top 20 Relay For Life events in the world for the past 5 years!! "

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

FRL Announcement: Antiquity ACTS Week Safari Racing

 

 Get ready!!!

Antiquity ACTS Week starts Monday...May 11th!  It's gonna be...WILD!

First up:
Monday, May 11th

11am slt  Opening Dance Party with DJ Skar!

12noon slt Safari Beetle Car Racing!!

All welcome!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Antiquity%20Britannica/161/104/2002

 

The BBB Gazette Says Goodbye To Patch

 

A couple days ago on Saturday May 9, there was an article in the  "Gazette," closely associated with the Belliseria Bureau of Bureaucracy. Written by Liberty Fairelander, it was a goodbye to a longtime friend of the BBB, who made news the week before due to his sudden exit from Linden Lab, "Farewell Patch Linden."

 

 From our vantage point, Patch was never just a name on an org chart. He was a builder of worlds. Not in the abstract. Not in a distant, corporate sense — but in a deeply tangible way residents understand; coastlines we walk, homes we love, communities we belong to. Bellisseria did not simply appear one day — it was cultivated, expanded, and protected by vision, persistence, and an uncommon understanding of what residents actually needed. Patch brought all three.

He was a friend to the BBB. He had one of our first passports. We worked alongside him in big and small moments. From major celebrations where he stood with residents as one of us, to quiet conversations that helped shape experiences behind the scenes. He listened, and then he acted. Not symbolically. Practically. That matters more than people sometimes realise. 

 

... Patch showed up. Again and again. For residents. For events. For the community. Whether it was a formal appearance, a colleague’s birthday surprise or a moment of shared laughter at a gathering, he never felt distant from the world he helped steward for nearly twenty years. That’s not something you mandate in a job description. That’s character. That’s commitment.

 

... Patch’s legacy is not a single project or initiative—it is woven into the everyday experience of Second Life® itself. So, from all of us at the Bellisserian Bureau of Bureaucracy—leadership, ambassadors, and bureaucrats — we offer both our gratitude and our respect. Thank you, Patch, for the worlds you helped build, the communities you helped nurture, and the countless moments — seen and unseen — where your work made a difference. Wherever your path leads next, we have no doubt you’ll leave it better than you found it.  

 

The article in it's entirety can be read in The Gazette. 

 

 

 

Cartoon of The Day: Little Dragon

 

 Taken at the Fantasy Faire. One woman had with her a pet dragon, little and cute. But when they're no longer little, not so cute. Some dragons would know this.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Fantasy Faire Extended, Weekend Schedule

 

 Good news for fans of the Fantasy Faire. The time the sims will remain up has been extended.

 

Thanks to the generosity of Lindens past and present as well as the cumulative goodwill of Fairelanders everywhere, Junction's gate will remain open to welcome shoppers, questers and explorers through the end of day Wednesday, May 13. Remember to check out the World Builders Wootable Collection located on the Fairechylde, and the Silent Auction before it closes at 1pm SLT on Saturday, May 9.
 

It should be noted that the time of official events has not been extended. But there is more time to shop around, enjoy the beauty of the sims, *maybe* enjoy an impromptu event or two, and of course finish the Fairelands Quest.

 

This weekend's events are as follows:

 

Today, Saturday May 9 

 

8am

PoetryFest: Poets Plunder with Klannex Northmead

10am

DJ ᴄʀᴀɪɢ ᴏʙꜱᴄᴜʀᴇ (Craig Obscure)

10am

Arts & Entertainment: SL ISO & Fly Kugin

10am

Film Festival: Golden Wafflies

11am

FilmFest: Golden Wafflies After Party

12pm

DJ Recki Laville

12pm

Arts & Entertainment: InMotion

12:30pm

Silent Auction Ends @ 1pm SLT

1pm

LitFest Tour: Bến Tôm Rơi

2pm

Arts & Entertainment Region: SHEEN Encore

3pm

TheatreFest Seahorse Valley Production

4pm

Arts & Entertainment; Merryjest Starchild

4:30pm

DJ ѵιϲτοrια ακεϻι κεrrοη (Victoria Bennett)

5pm

Cole Marie - Audio-Visual Performance

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ben%20Tom%20Roi/61/127/71

6:30pm

DJ Rïïρṩ (Torn Snowflake)

8:30pm

DJ Sin (Sin Enchantment)

10:30pm

DJ ラパ (Rapa Tone) (Day 1/2)

 

Sunday May 10 

 

10:30pm

DJ ラパ (Rapa Tone) (Day 2/2)

10am

Arts & Entertainment: The Night Theatre

10am

Seahorse Valley Performance

1pm

Live Auction on the Golden Hour

Showing events until Jul 20, 2026.

 

 

 

SL Video: "Gone But Not Forgotten"

 

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 From Blue Storm Productions on  September 2025, "What a time to come out of my hiatus just to create a sad video. My friend, Lexy Amore, passed away September 24th, 2025. In remembrance and in tribute to her memory... I put this together. Many tears were shed during the creation of this video. Hopefully, down the line. There will be much more in your face and high energy videos to come."

 

Update on The Patch Linden Jail And Bail Today, Friday May 8, At 11 AM

 

It seems Patch Linden, or simply "Patch" as he's being called, will get his goodbye party after all.

 

Patch Linden's Jail and Bail had already been postponed twice. Then his dismissal from Linden Lab seemed to doom it. But the entry for his scheduled one on Friday May 8 remained unchanged. Then this morning, the announcement had changed to the following:

 

 Friday, May 8th, 11AM – 1 PM SLT on The Golden Hour

One more for the road! Let us take this opportunity to welcome a new (but oh so familiar) friend to the Fairelands. You may think Linden, but we say Pawtato. Either way it’s still the same old Patch so whether you are coming to say farewell or welcome, grab a friend or two and come party with Patch!

 

So it seems the event has been changed from a jail and bail in which he was offering perks from Linden Lab to a farewell party. Once again, at The Golden Hour sim in the Fairelands at 11 AM SL time.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Interview With Twin Ghost

 

Netera Landar recently interviewed the musician Twin Ghost. Unlike many musicians here in Second Life, Twin got his start in real life, as one of the members of a band in his older teens and even signing up with a major company and touring the country. These days, he can be found playing at venues inworld. Netera would have a number of questions for him, such as what brought him back here after an absence. 

 

Read Netera's interview in People.

 

Reader Submitted Pictures: The Basement Kitties of Doom Jail and Bail

 

 From Kamida Delec. On Sunday May 3, there was a RFL Jail and Bail for Clover Denzo and "The Basement Kitties of Doom."  It started at 10:30 AM SL time. 

 

 "Quite a crowd."

 

The Newser does not know how much was raised, but "Jail and Bail" events at the Fantasy Faire can bring in many thousands of Linden dollars.

 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

Saturday May 9

 

    ~*~

 

At 10 AM PST  

 

From Models to Systems: Efficient and Responsible Use of LLMs

By Karthik Prathaban

 

SURL: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/59/128/29

 

    ~*~

 

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝  

 

 

 

More on Patch Linden's Sudden Exit

 

After it was announced in the Linden blog that Patch Linden was no longer with the Lab, word quickly got around. In the Bellisseria group, Dreamer Pixelmaid gave the news, "Very upsetting News ... Patch Linden gave us Bellisseria and made it what it is today. 'Reorganization'??? My *ss!!! So many things I could say... and they wouldn't be good."

 

Prokofy Neva, who has been critical of Patch a number of times in the past, would announce the news in the SL forums, commenting if Patch had to go, he deserved a better farewell, "The Lindens have provided a terse announcement about the departure of Patch Linden. I think they should have listed his many accomplishments and history starting from a creator and manager of a men's clothing store in the old days as a resident going up to his last position of VP of Product. The Lindens' absolute greatest product from the perspective of business is Bellisseria, and Patch Linden was responsible for much of this, guiding and shaping and troubleshooting it and inspiring the staff and retaining residents through many iterations of its development over the last decades. Patch was also crucial in Linden involvement in resident-organized activities such as Relay for Life including what was advertised as an upcoming Fantasy Faire Jail & Bail, Halloween contests and much more. I think the announcement should have listed some of these accomplishments. I hope the Lindens have an inworld goodbye party for Patch Linden as they did for Oz Linden. I think we will never know the half of all the jobs Patch had to deal with in Second Life and his virtual shoes will be hard to fill."

 

But there will be no inworld party for Patch Linden. Already, his account has been deleted.  

 

In Bellisseria group chatter, there was some discussion about Patch leaving. Someone brought up the Ageplay Allegations controversy of 2024, of which Patch was among those accused. But it was reminded that if there had been any evidence of wrongdoing found, Patch would have been gone a long time ago. 

 

Further in the SL forums thread, many had other questions. How will the Lab's Department of Public Works be affected? Why was he given such a sudden exit without a chance to say goodbye? How come he didn't even get a chance to do his Jail and Bail for the Fantasy Faire this year, which as of the writing of this article is still listed on the FF blog. Who will give the opening speech at the Second Life Birthday? Would this mean less interaction between the Lindens and the residents? A couple commented the way things looked, it appeared something happened and Patch was fired. 

 

One commented even if he was, there should have been at least a chance to say goodbye, "The announcement seems a bit sudden and corpo speaky. I've always felt this corporate double speak approach to things doesn't really suit second life. I know it's a business and all but still. Every time something like this happens, LL feels like a less trust worthy steward of our world. We're talking about people that we know. His bear has sat in my sim for many years. I've seen him up close in all the LL Birthdays and events. Laughed at his dumb jokes at that Casino. I get it. They're employees. They can do things that get them fired. Would be nice to get to say bye."

 

Another would say, "I think the announcement could have been done in a better way, as it doesn't come off very well. For someone that's worked for the company so long, been an important part of major projects, and been a big 'face' of LL inside the SL world, whatever you think of Patch, it comes off as very cold, and 'terse' as other's have said . Even though they 'thank' him for his work. Or maybe it's just standard for LL ? I can't find any other official announcements of depatures in the past to compare it to. I think they had to announce it as otherwise there'd be a lot of speculation where Patch was, not showing up at the Faire and SL Birthday celebrations this year etc. But the announcement is just fuelling more speculation."

 

There will almost certainly be more chatter and comments. And no shortage of people asking "why?" 

 

Top picture from Diamond Marchant

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Reader Submitted Picture: "Oh My God!"

 

 From Zada Bury in Johnson, "OMG ... and Rezz Zones ... ON ZINDRA !!! Total unbelievable !"

 

Cartoon of The Day: Mushroom Hat

 

 Taken at the Fantasy Faire. Someone had on a mushroom hat. Why this particularly odd-looking headwear? I could think of one reason. And no, it wasn't "using mushrooms to expand one's thinking."

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Star Wars RFL Event At Rockin' Robin

 

On Monday May 4, Rockin' Robin was the scene of a fundraiser concert. The event was advertised as going on all day, and being May the Fourth, the theme was Star Wars.

 

We are dancing on the moon all day today (Monday, May 4th), for 24 hours at an event hosted by Team Bobbi Sue. Dress in anything space-related (Star Wars, Star Trek, astronauts, aliens) or casual. Singers today: Austin Moores at 5 pm, and Wolfie Moonshadow at 6 pm. There are also 10 raffles with some amazing prizes valued up to L$15,000!  

 

Yours truly dropped by when Austin Moores was singing, sporting an Emperor Palpatine avatar, at one point doubting the Star Wars villain probably couldn't sing a note.

 

 Backing up The Emperor Austin were dancers Netera Landar and Talia Sunsong.

 

It's not yet known to the Newser how much was raised by Team Bobby Sue, but at the end of the set, the total on both kiosks on the stage was close to a hundred thousand Linden dollars. Much had also been raised in the motorcycle and other prize raffles. 

 

 May the Fourth Be With You,

 

Bixyl Shuftan (with two pictures from Netera)

Update: The Newser was informed the event raised a total of L$479,446 , or  US$1980