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"Tuesday, March 8, 2022 is International Women’s Day (IWD). The theme for this year’s event is “Break the Bias – Celebrating women’s achievements, raising awareness against bias, and taking action for equality.” I can think of no better way to raise awareness and celebrate women’s achievements than through song. Therefore, I decided to host a music festival at my venue in the virtual world of Second Life. The festival will feature 13 female singer/songwriters performing as avatars. Yes, that’s right. They will be broadcasting LIVE from their homes around to the world, but will appear on my Second Life stage as avatars." Read more on the blog.

"Prim Perfect and Designing Worlds have run talks at the Home and Garden Expo since (gulp) 2011 … and we’d like to invite YOU to be a part of this year’s series of talks with designers, landscapers and creatives within the Home and Garden market." Read more on the blog.

"Each year, as part of One Billion Rising in Second Life, we release a video, filmed inworld, for Tena Clark’s anthemic “Break The Chain”. Featuring volunteers from the One Billion Rising group, and choreography from Guerilla Burlesque, this year’s video is celebratory, inspirational and moving, and we had a lot of fun filming it.

Please join us at noon on Wednesday February 9th (PDT/SLT) for the release of this year’s machinima, with videographer Tristan Lyonesse and the team from One Billion Rising."

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"Have you seen the Sci-fi themed decorations, yet?
It’s Raglan Shire’s 17th Birthday Month! Make sure to catch all the fun!
Join the Friends of Raglan Shire group for chat and information on events!
Take pictures and put them for all to see on the Shire Facebook group, or Shire Flickr group.
The theme ends by 12th of May, visit well before then."

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"The 2022 Horse Show, with everything you could possible need for your Teeglepets and Teegle Avatars, is here. Expect more than a few posts featuring new releases from the Horse Show from now until October 2nd, when it ends." Read more on the blog.

"...the 2nd annual SL Renaissance Festival ... running until October 3rd. This is a charity event supporting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and it will consist of four sims of shopping (naturally with plenty of items available that donate the proceeds wholly or partially to the charity), auctions, events such as performances, tournaments and classes and also booths presenting various roleplay guilds and groups." Read more on the blog.

"The Home & Garden Expo opens tomorrow, with nine sims full of fantastic creators and many, many vendors raising money for Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society. The event, running from the 27th of February to 21st of March, will make it ever so easy to get your house or your whole sim looking fantastic you give support to a very important cause." Read more on the blog.

"Have you been to the SL Christmas Expo yet? The 12th SL Christmas Expo & Winter Breedables Fair runs from December 2 to December 112th and raises money for the American Cancer Society. The theme of this year’s expo is “The Magic Of Holiday Stories” and the beautifully decorated sims offer some amazing winter wonderlands to explore. There is lots of shopping available but also several exciting events. Don’t miss it!" Read more on the blog.

"A princess of the Deep and her deadly Kelpie steed awaits you in my first vlog from this year’s Fantasy Faire. The Kelpie is one of two fantastical new horses from Teegle for this Faire, the other being the far more benign-looking Hippocampus. They have been released as Teeglepets so far, but there will probably be avatar versions down the line as well. The black skin is by CORN who has released a really nice set of textures for the two mer-horses in their Fantasy Faire store. You will find the Teegle store on the Last Stop sim, one of the underwater sims for this year. The video below was filmed at Thunnus Bay, another of the underwater sims." Read more on the blog

"Szystrum Synod is the fascinating creation of Walton Wainwright of [ContraptioN], an alien world inhabited by sentient machines that continue to exist long after the demise of their creators. Not only has he built a stunning sim, he has also conceived of a backstory for the world and details about its inhabitants which you can read here. A worldbuilder in all senses of the word." Read more on the blog.

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"Hello  win Premium Plus for a year and get your Free Kittycats for the SL20B Anniversary." Watch the video on YouTube.

"Come to celebrate LOVE with us! PRIDE Festival is open to everyone who wants to enjoy music and have fun" Click to watch the video on YouTube.

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"That is right, the hunt is on and all the money is literally out of the bag and can be found throughout the Retreat and Basement Club. All you have to do is take that plunge into the dark and stormy abyss and land in the wet forest." Read more on the blog.

"It all began on Saturday, April 2, 2016, 6PM SLT and here we are now in 2022. I do want to thank all the people who have come to the Basement Club. They are true lovers of music. We are always unique and different. This year the aliens have abducted the Basement and the Dwellers and are on the mothership. Why not join us this week March 28 - April 1, 2022, and celebrate starting at 6PM SLT." Read more on the blog.

"That first week in May consists of several celebrations. Of course, May Day is the first day of May, celebrated mainly in European countries halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. ... This week we will celebrate here at the Basement Club with some Latin influences in music starting this Monday at 6PM." Read more on the blog

"coming soon to the Retreat and Basement Club. Every year I try to think of something that will get you hunting for treasures. From pirates' pearls, DB Cooper's money, Grimm tales mysteries to this year's Dead Man's Party." Read more on the blog.

"Some theorists have traced Easter egg hunts back to the Pennsylvania Dutch (Germany) of the 1700s who believed that a hare called 'Oschter Haws' (Osterhase) laid eggs in the grass. Therefore, kids would build nests (which many symbolize today with the fake green "grass" that is placed at the bottom of the Easter basket) and search for the eggs." Read more on the blog.

"I pretty much gave up watching/participating in the annual Linden Lab vs. SL user snowball fight years ago, because it inevitably became a lagtastic mess from the very moment the first snowball was fired. But! Watching this year's fight as hosted and streamed by social media goddess Strawberry is actually pretty fun. Lots and lots of flying snowballs and avatars! Actual physics!" Read more on the blog.

"Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education has been pioneering immersive pedagogy for years, so I'm super honored to be giving a keynote talk at their annual conference next week.

Held March 14 at 4pm PT, here's the info and teleport links:"

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"Hello everyone, I want to invite you all to the SL Renaissance Festival, September 24th to October 3rd, where I will be blogging for this year. The 2nd Annual SL Renaissance Festival brings medieval realms and role-players together to crusade against breast cancer." Read more on the blog.

"At NatureCon 2022, you have various possibilities to take a ride!" Read more on the blog.

"NatureCon 2022 runs from August 18-31 and features live performances, speaker panels, special tours, and live interviews. Over 40 collaborators have joined hands to create shared spaces, events, and informative booths that center Mainland and Bellisseria’s natural spaces. Fun activities like diving, an aquarium, hiking, exploring community booths, and more can be enjoyed at the two-week conference." Read more on the blog.