Announcement: RFL Car & Bike Show Buildoff: Judging Today, Auctions April 18 & 19

 

 

The 2026 RFL of SL Car & Bike Show/Buildoff is the largest vehicle showcase in Second Life, bringing together the grid’s most talented builders, designers, and automotive enthusiasts for an unforgettable event. Hosted in support of Relay For Life of Second Life, the event features stunning custom cars and bikes, and community-driven fundraising for a meaningful cause. From cutting-edge builds to creative showpieces, this premier showcase celebrates innovation, craftsmanship, and generosity across the Second Life community.

RFL CarBike Show (100,153,26) 

 

The Dickens Project Art Show

 

The Dickens Project is a yearly event held by the Seanchai Library, celebrating the story "A Christmas Carol," with numerous activities, smaller events, and experiences. Among these is the Dickens Project Art Show. Open until January 5, there are a number of pictures on display. Netera Landar went over, and had a few words with the coordinator, Stevie Morane Basevi.

 

Read Netera's article in Design.  

First Million Linden Winner in "March Mobile Millions"

 

 

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From Linden Lab on Thursday March 20, their broadcast of Week 2 of "March Mobile Millions" took place. And while all contestants walked away happy, one truly had something to cheer about. 

The show started off well right away with the first contestant getting a hundred thousand Linden dollars, or $400 USD. Soon after came a Dan Grey (his account name was unmentioned. Like the others, he spun the wheel, and at about 4:30 in the video, it came to rest on the One Million mark.

 

 Dan was the first March Mobile Millions contestant to score one million Linden dollars, or $4,000 USD. He was so thrilled, he launched a waffles gesture. 

At the end, the announcer would say a Linden had told him all prizes aside from the big one would be doubled.

 

Stay tuned for week three.

 

Bixyl Shuftan

Second Life Book Club to End.

 

 

After some years, the Second Life Book Club, hosted by Draxtor Despres, will be coming to a close. Last night, Draxtor announced the news.  The final show will be November 9 at 3PM SL time.

 

 Alright folks, most everybody should know by now but the SL Book Club is closing its doors. I HOPE LL will not take down the 4 islands, fingers crossed. One last hang is the GRAND FINALE on 11/09 = https://youtube.com/live/adWq3kTmtbA = keep an eye on the blog as well https://draxtor.substack.com/ + the group will be changed to DRAX DOCUMENTARY NEWS soonish

 

In group chat, Draxtor would go on say the reason for no longer hosting the show was economic. He simply couldn't go on doing so for free, not just upkeep for the sims, but time and money helping the authors prepare for the show, including thousands of Lindens for custom avatars, now that he was no longer being supported by Linden Lab. 

 

But this wasn't the end of Draxtor's endevors. He would go back to doing documentaries about Second Life.

Photos From The Fandom Fashion Show

 

The Fandom Con is over. But there's still a story or two more to write about it. Gemma Cleanslate was at the Fandom Fashion Show, but the big story was all the Lindens and Moles that were there, of which she took plenty of pictures.

 

See Gemma's pictures in People. 

 

Announcement: Handel's Messiah Performance This Saturday

 

 

 Leelee Foster Presents "Handel's Messiah" in honor of DJ Ktahdn Vesuvino 

 

Saturday December 17

12-2:30 PM SL time

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mieville%20Dragonsworn/152/130/2151

 

Please note! This event will end at approximately 2:20 if there are no major issues.

Announcement: "Fire and Ice" at Royal Antiquity Theater

 

 

 Royal Antiquity Theater Presents

"Fire and Ice"

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Reception: 2PM

Performance: starts 2:30 PM

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Antiquity%20Bexar/73/187/31

 

Weekly Odd Ball Shows Are Back

 

 Some good news for fans of Tuna Oddfellow. His Odd Ball shows, after being sporadic for some time due to the performer's real life, is now on track to being a weekly event once more.

 

 Join the Tunaverse at Ambient 101  in your craziest outfits & AVAs for an OddBall immersive Art Party together with Tuna's psychedelic visuals & World famous JaNa KYooMooN's Ambient electronic compositions.

Let's Get Odd!

As of now, the times for the weekly show are on Sunday, at 10 AM and 10 PM SL time. There may be extra events during the week.

 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ambient%20101/130/128/3951

 

 Bixyl Shuftan

Annoumcement: SL Renaissance Fashion Show Tomorrow

 

 

The 3rd annual SL Renaissance Festival, Supporting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, is holding a fashion show Sunday, Oct. 2nd at 10 am SLT.

The audience will vote, by donation to the Strides kiosks, and tell us who wore it best!
The catagories are: Medieval Royalty, Medieval Dinky, Viking, and Pirate

 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ren%20Fest%20II/200/199/31

 

Tuna Oddfellow's Birthday Odd Ball

 

"It's time to get odd, odd, odd."

Saturday September 24 was the real-life birthday of one of Second Life's more unique performers: Tuna Oddfellow. So he celebrated with an impromptu performance of his Odd Ball.

 

Tuna Oddfellow is a magician in real life, "Fish the Magish" Fishman. He got attention during Second Life's heyday in 2007 when NBC did a "Most Talented Avatar" competition. "I've got a mission to bring a little magic to everyone's day," he told the reporter then. And magic he has delivered, eventually coming up with the Odd Ball.

 

For those who have yet to experience his show, it's a bit like dancing inside a kaleidoscope, or as someone put it, like a drug "trip" without the nasty side-effects. A few people have gotten headaches from it. Some feel "trippy," feeling unusually relaxed or euphoric. Others feel it just looks cool.

 

Tuna at this time does not have a regular showing of the Odd Ball, instead having occasional performances, announcing to those on his contact list when he's about to start. 

In my opinion, this is a unique show that no one else has done anything else like it, and like many other things in Second Life needs to be seen at least once.

 

For more information, read Penny Shuftan's 2017 interview. 

Correction: The date was orginaly a day off, and was later corrected.

Bixyl Shuftan

SL Video: "Aki & Dixmix -- Sound & Vision -- at SL19B"

 

 

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 From Akiko Kinoshi on June 27, "Video recorded in Second Life by Chrix* on Saturday, June 25 2022 ........ ....... Music by Dixmix Source ....... Particle Show by Akiko Kinoshi ....... ....... Event host: Violet Boa ....... Venue: SLB Dazzle -- Event Region ...... Thanks everyone for joining us today !!! (Especially my Boo  ) Delain and Kurk -- thank you so, so much for your guidance and particles !! Blaise -- Akipelago Master Scripter -- thanks for enabling all the super-cool effects!! AND -- Thank you Lindens and Moles -- you guys rock !!!"

Announcement: "THE HUMAN ODYSSEY" At Theatre On The Hill

 

Iasfy Zepp, author and producer,
the management team of The Theatre On The Hill,
the performers and technical team are very pleased
to invite you to the show :

"THE HUMAN ODYSSEY"

To be held on Friday 13 of may 2022 at 12:30 SLT

Landmark coordinates : TheaterOn The Hill (60, 19, 1501)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TheaterOn%20The%20Hill/193/72/21
 

SL Video: "Raglan Shire Talent Show 2021"

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A few of the acts of this year's talent show at Raglan Shire, video by Nitwacket, uploaded November 7, "Maggie, Snoots, Safercat, Basement Underground BKOD, and Caleb."
 

EOTB: Lab Announces "Casting Call" For Romance Stories For "Major TV Network"

 

For those of you who are willing to talk about your romances inworld, a recent announcement by Linden Lab may be for you. On Thursday July 15, The Lab announced on the official blog that "a major US network" was looking for Second Life romance stories for a show of theirs.

Here’s your chance to share the story of your romance or intimate relationship to a national audience as part of an all-new show in development for a major U.S. network!

An established NYC-based production company is now casting Second Life community members for an all-new unscripted series that will follow people who have met online and are ideally in a romantic relationship, but have never actually met in person. As part of the show, you’ll have a chance to meet in person for the very first time!

Other than the network being from New York City, there's no information as which one it is.  Those interested are asked to send an email to longdistancetvcasting@gmail.com. The offer is limited to US citizens 18 and over, and are asked not to share information that's sensitive and too personal.

To read the blog post in full: Click Here.

EOTB: "SL18B Talk Show Specials"

 

From Monday to Friday at the Second Life Birthday, there will be discussions at the auditorium at the Second Life Birthday. These are a special Lab Gab, a special episode of the Second Life Book Club, and four "Meet the Lindens" events.   

Monday June 21

8AM SL time: The Second Life Book Club - "Special with the founder of Second Life Philip Rosedale, and Professor of Anthropology at UC Irvine Tom Boellstorff. They will be talking about 18 years of Second Life!" SLB Awesome (31/232/23) (Youtube link)

2PM SL time: Lab Gab  - "SL18B Special with the Linden Lab Leadership Team" (Check here) 

Tuesday June 22

1PM SL time: Meet the Lindens with VP of Product Operations, Patch Linden - "Patch works to bring the best of product and support-based decisions on a daily operational basis to the virtual world platform for Second Life, while maintaining oversight on how all of the various teams within Linden Lab can best work together for the highest good of the Residents and the business." SLB Awesome (31/232/23) (Youtube link) 

Wednesday June 23

2PM SL time: Meet the Lindens with VP of Product, Grumpity Linden -. "Grumpity will speak in-depth about several Second Life initiatives including recent efforts focusing on growth, a stronger, more balanced economy, movement towards better community cohesion, and an overall forward-looking approach." SLB Awesome (31/232/23) (Youtube link) 

Thursday June 24

1PM SL time: Meet the Lindens with VP of Marketing, Brett Linden - "Brett will speak on recent acquisition and retention efforts for Second Life including advertising, public relations, content strategy, and social media." SLB Awesome (31/232/23) (Youtube link)

Friday June 25

1PM SL time: Meet the Moles - "The Moles are builders, scripters, and content creators employed by Linden Lab to work in the Linden Department of Public Works" SLB Awesome (31/232/23) (Youtube link)
 
To check the Linden blog post in full, Click Here.
 

Announcement: "Feed A Smile" Event At The Lavender Field

 

Currently we are planning an event at Second Life with an organization called “Feed a Smile”.

Feed a Smile is a non-profit organization that raises money for food, health and education needs of children living in the slums of Kenya. The goal of our event is also to help these children in the same area with the raised money from our event.

Our event consists of two concerts, a fashion show with a DJ performance and an auction. The event is going to start at 11 am with a DennyMac concert, at 12 am the Fashion Show will take place together with the DJ performance, after that there will be  an auction and finally between 1-2 pm there is going to be a Fly Kugin (FlyQueeen) concert.

The event will take place in Feed a Smile’s Lavender Field. It will be on 29th of May at 11 am in SL time. We hope to see you at our event so that we all together can help many children with their education, health and nutritional needs.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Feed%20A%20Smile/42/149/22
 

Lab Gab Show Tomorrow

 

For the third time this year, the Lab Gab show will be taking place tomorrow, Friday May 4. On this episode, hostess Strawberry Linden interviews Lindsley Allen and Jon Nakagawa. 

Lindsley is a creative producer, director, choreographer, mentor, and dance educator. She is a founding member of Pussycat Dolls and the creator of Cherry Boom Boom. 

Jon is the owner of Paragon Dance Animations, a Hollywood-based production company founded by professionals in the movie industry. Paragon brings the talents of accomplished and high-profile dancers to life in virtual reality, by specializing in the production of dance animations for Second Life.

Recently Lindsley teamed up with Paragon and held a Second Life Director’s Contest, announcing the winner just this past weekend. Check out the winning video!

 The episode can be seen live on Youtube tomorrow at 12 Noon SL time (Link). For more information about Lindsley and Jon, and the show, Click Here.

The two previous shows this year were on January 22, when Strawberry interviewed Tansee Resident about the SLEA, and last week on Friday February 26 when Oz Linden was interviewed on his last day at Linden Lab.

GoSpeed Racer to Appear Today at Second Life Book Club

GoSpeed Racer, known as R. Jacques in real-life, in known inword for her DJing and running the KONA station. But lately she's also starting to be known for some novels she's written and published. She'll be among four writers in today's broadcast of The Second Life Book Club, hosted by Draxtor Despress.

Yours truly will be on Draxtor's SL Book Club show this Wednesday, March 3rd at 12 noon SLT. I will be part of a panel of four Second Life Authors/Writers being interviewed by the host, Draxtor Despres. We will also answer questions posed by the audience and Youtube watchers. In-world seating fills up fast, so plan to arrive at least an hour early. If you cannot get in then you can watch live on Youtube:
 

As stated, the show is today, March 3 at 12 Noon SL time. People can either attend inworld at BookClub Island (130/114/23) or see it on Youtube (link).

Oz Linden to Appear on Lab Gab Friday

 

On Thursday February 16, Oz Linden announced he would be soon be retiring, on Friday February 26. On Monday, it was announced he and Grumpity Linden would be on Lab Gab that day to be interviewed by Strawberry Linden.

Join our host, Strawberry Linden, as she speaks with our VP of Engineering, Oz Linden, and VP of Product, Grumpity Linden. Grumpity and Oz will give us an update on AWS! Oz will also speak about his years at Linden Lab.

Those with any questions for Oz or Grumpity were invited to send them via a Google form (here). 

The show, which will most likely be Oz's last public appearance (at least as a Linden) will air on Friday Feb 26 at 11 AM SL time. (link)

For more information, check the Linden blog.

Press Release: RFL Fashion Faire

Fashion Faire
Relay For Life of SL Event
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February 20 thru March 7, 2021

Presented By:

Seekers of Hope, Dragons Nightfall, Stormy's Stars and Elves of Hope
Relay For Life of SL Teams

Sponsored By:

Fire Within, Clazzy Bratz and FemTastic
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The Seekers of Hope, Dragons Nightfall, Stormy’s Stars and Elves of Hope RFL teams invite everyone to Fashion Faire, a two week fashion-centered shopping event to benefit Relay For Life and the American Cancer Society.

The event will feature items donated by more than 40 Second Life designers in a spring-themed shopping venue. Items on sale will range from men’s to women’s to children’s as well as dinkies.

In addition to the shopping, there will be special raffles for gift cards and two full mesh avatars (head and body) - one male and one female - from Altamura.

Rounding out the event will be select entertainment provided by some of Second Life’s talented live performers.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SkyBeam%20Stowaway/116/218/753