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APRIL
Date: April 22, 2008
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
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Title of Event: BGSU Virtual Campus Earth/Birth Day
Description: The Bowling Green State University virtual campus in Second Life is celebrating its first birthday in conjunction with an
Earth Day celebration in the virtual world on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 – 8:30pm EST. The festivities will include poetry
readings, art exhibition openings, live music by BGSU student DJs, with the evening culminating with a “Save the Virtual Island”
scavenger hunt. The event will take place on the Bowling Green State virtual campus in Second Life and simultaneously presented
in the lobby of the Bowen Thompson Student Union.
The Birth/Earth day celebration will begin with an Open Mic poetry reading at the BGSU Writing Center in Second Life. Students,
faculty and staff are invited to "step up to the mic" at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union, where their words will be broadcast
into Second Life. The BGSU Virtual Campus is also proud to host an amazing art installation by Jeff Lovett from Ohio University.
His work explores the concept of observation and surveillance through photography and virtual immersion. Artworks produced
by members of the Computer Art Club and Digital Arts students will also be displayed in the Vertical Gallery and avatars are
invited to “fly” through the gallery. Live music by BGSU student DJs, What the Bleep and DJ PsysiX, will be streamed into
the Performance Center in Second Life from the BGSU Student Union. Avatars are invited to socialize and dance to the sounds
of Ragga-Jungle and Psytrance music.
A special Earth Day scavenger hunt on the BGSU Virtual Campus will also accompany the festivities, beginning promptly at 7:30pm
EST. Avatars will compete in a quest to find information on how to help combat global climate change. The first three avatars
to find all the clues will be awarded prizes in Linden dollars. Participants will face simulated elements of climate change
and environmental disaster that will be both challenging and thought provoking.
Contact: secondlife@bgsu.edu
MARCH
Date: March 25, 2008 from 7:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Media Theatre at BGSU Campus in Second Life
Title of Event: Meet the Makers of Second Skin
Description: Meet the writer or director (TBA) of the documentary film Second Skin (now playing in the media theatre). Discussion will
focus on the lives of MMORPG players and virtual world persona.
Contact:secondlife@bgsu.edu
FEBRUARY
Date: February 27, 2008
Location: Bowen-Thompson Student Union Multipurpose Room 228 and at the Virtual Campus
Title of Event: International Entertainment Night
Description: The Second Life Initiative will have a presence at the International Entertainment Night with possible synchronous real life/second
life broadcasts. Second Life often includes international communication between avatars logging in from all around the world.
For this reason, the BGSU Second Life Initiative has fully supported international presence on its island and uses tools,
such as Babbler, to surpass language barriers and reach out to visitors from around the world.
Contact:secondlife@bgsu.edu
JANUARY
Date: January 29, 2008 from 7pm-8pm
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
Title of Event: OLN BGSU SLLC Meeting
Description: This is the first purely in-world meeting for the OLN Second Life Learning Community in NW Ohio. Anyone is welcome to join,
however the level of in-world interactivity will be above the SL beginner or newbie level. Voice and text chat will be used.
The group will probably take a field trip to another location. IM AnthonyFontana Chevalier for more information or Email secondlife@bgsu.edu
for more information.
Contact: secondlife@bgsu.edu
Date: January 29, 2008 from 2:45-4:30 pm, EST
Location: BGSU Virtual Campus in Second Life
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Title of Event: In-World Art Critique
Description: You are invited to an open art critique as part of Dr. Dena Eber's digital imaging class. We are looking for people to give
students feedback about their work and to get a discussion going that addresses the content of the images. The works are student
reactions to SL experiences. Where: Bowling Green State University Virtual Campus in SL For information please email: deber@bgsu.edu
DECEMBER
Date: Friday, Dec 7, 2007
Where: Musical Performance Center (BGSU SL island), 1106 Fine Arts Center (BGSU)
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Time: 6 pm - 10 pm Eastern Time, 3 pm - 7 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: Right-brained Throwdown: Real/Second Life Fusion (as part of the Arts Extravaganza)
Description: As a celebration of the success of the live DJing events and the BGSU Second Life Island Grand Opening, the Second Life Committee will
be hosting a special event as part of the Arts Extravaganza. It will feature Brian Scavo aka DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle)
and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance) as well as two other undisclosed DJs with 4 hours of live dance music. As
usual, the event will be synchronously broadcast into Second Life as well having a presence in the Fine Arts Center. In real
life, the event will feature a sensational decorated environment for dancing and listening pleasure.
Contact Info: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
NOVEMBER
Date: Friday, Nov 30, 2007
Where: Musical Performance Center (BGSU SL island), TBA
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Time: 6 pm - 8 pm Eastern Time, 3 pm - 5 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: Live Synchronous DJing Broadcast
Description: To continue the series of live DJing events that have been occuring on the BGSU Second Life island, Brian Scavo aka DJ What
the Bleep (ragga jungle) and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance) will be broadcasting mixed dance music into Second
Life. Open to the public, the event allows avatars to come to the BGSU Second Life island to hear live music while enjoying
the new Musical Performance Cneter which features a dancefloor and DJ stage. Also, synchronously, the event will be held
in a location on the BGSU campus that is yet to be announced.
Contact Info: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2007
Where: Lenhart Grand Ballroom in Bowen-Thompson Student Union (BGSU) / BGSU SL island
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Time: 4 pm - 7 pm Eastern Standard Time, 1 pm - 4 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: BGSU Second Life Virtual Campus Grand Opening
Description: The BGSU Virtual Campus will be holding its grand opening on the BGSU Second Life island.
Schedule of events:
- 4:05 - 4:10 Opening remarks by Bonnie Fink, Director of CTLT
- 4:15 - 4:30 Tour of the Island and presentation by Bonnie Mitchell and Anthony Fontana
- 4:35 - 5:05 Live/SL flute, saxophone, and piano performances by students from the College of Musical Arts
- 5:10 - 6:05 Live/SL DJing by DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance)
- 6:05 - 7:00 Live/SL DJing by DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle)
Open to the public:
Art Galleries:
- BGSU Digital Art students
- Co-hosted art exhibit "ARCADE V", digital prints, Perth, Australia
Media Theatre:
- "FloW from Gray", an animation by BGSU animation student Greg Wark
- "MUVEs and Web 2.0: Using Second Life to Create Real World Learning", Sarah Robbins recent lecture on BGSU
- "Machinima Paradiso", a machinima video by Anthony Fontana
Music Walk:
- Pre-recorded flute, sax, and piano experiences performed by BGSU music students
Contact Info: Anthony Fontana, afontana@bgsu.edu
Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2007
Where: Musical Performance Center (BGSU SL island)
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Time: 6 pm - 8 pm Eastern Standard Time, 3 pm - 5 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: Live DJing Broadcast
Description: In preparation for a full-scale performance at the BGSU Second Life Island Grand Opening on November 9th, Brian Scavo aka
DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle) and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance) broadcast music into Second Life. Open
to the public, the event allowed avatars to come to the BGSU island to hear live music while enjoying the new Musical Performance
Center which features a dancefloor and DJ stage.
Contact Info: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
OCTOBER
Date: Fri, Oct 12/Oct 19, 2007
Where: Musical Performance Center (BGSU SL island)
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Time: 6 pm - 8 pm Eastern Standard Time, 2 pm - 4 pm Second Life Time (Pacific Standard Time)
Title of Event: Live DJing Broadcast
Description: In preparation for a full-scale performance at the BGSU Second Life Island Grand Opening on November 9th, Brian Scavo aka
DJ What the Bleep (ragga jungle) and Jordan Harris aka DJ PsysiX (dark psytrance) broadcast music into Second Life. Open
to the public, the event allowed avatars to come to the BGSU island to hear live music while enjoying the new Musical Performance
Center which features a dancefloor and DJ stage.
Contact Info: Brian Scavo, bmscavo@bgsu.edu
SEPTEMBER
Opened: Sep, 2007
Where: Art Gallery (BGSU SL island)
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Title of Event: ArCade International Exhibition of Digital Prints
Description: This exhibition showcases works that were shown in Perth, Australia at the Biennial of Electronic Arts (BEAP) ArCade show.
The real-life exhibition took place at the John Curtin Gallery in Perth and was curated by Sue Gollifer, Brighton University, Brighton,
UK. The works are produced by internationally recognized artists that work with the computer to create expressive works of
art.
Contact Info: Bonnie Mitchell, bonniem@bgsu.edu
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