ROLE Magazine is closing

Due to serious time constraints the November issue of ROLE Magazine will be our last publication. We are closing the doors at this point and suspend all plans to the future. We want to thank our staff members, the advertisers and of course all the readers who made this a wonderful experience! All advertisers who paid upfront were refunded. Contact Leeza Catteneo for any further questions. Have a great time! Your ROLE Magazine team Tweet This Post Plurk This Post Delicious Digg This...

Yoko Ono’s Peace Tower Opening TODAY – 3:30 PM SLT

Imagine All the People Living Life in Peace: John and Yoko’s dream comes to Second Life® ROLE Magazine’s music contributor Jura Shepherd shares exclusive information on the in-world replication of the real world IMAGINE PEACE TOWER commissioned by Yoko Ono to honor the life and legacy of John Lennon. Jura writes, “Piercing the sky above Second Life’s most northerly sim, stands a tower of light that began life as an artistic concept in the mind of a young, wild-eyed artist over forty years ago. The tower, named The IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, will be officially open on October 9,...

ROLE Magazine & Help People® Present Live Concert: Winston Ackland

ROLE Magazine is pleased to announce an affiliation with Help People® Institute to enrich the experience of new residents to SL in a variety of ways. A shared philosophy of giving back to the SL community brought these two SL forces together and the end result will be additional exposure to new residents of all the many wonderful things SL has to offer as well as the opportunity to learn from the needs and talents of new SL residents. For the third live event, ROLE Magazine and Help People® Institute are proud to bring Winston Ackland to the stage on Saturday, October 10th at 10am...

The ORIGINALS Concert NOW until 3pm SLT

The O R I G I N A L S came to life in SL during summer 2008. A travelling group of varying artists. The premise is original thought, live and quality music. The brainchild of POL Arida & The Shippe who wanted to bring more original music to the masses of SL! Each month we present a selection of some of SL’s finest live musicians performing all original sets at various venues around the Grid. This Sunday, 27th September from now until 3pm SLT we are at GWAMPA’S DANCE KAMP live courtesy of Gwampa Lomu! 11 acts, All live, All Original – Sunday 27th Sept This months...

ROLE Magazine & Help People® Present Live Concert: Starflower Orbit

ROLE Magazine is pleased to announce an affiliation with Help People® Institute to enrich the experience of new residents to SL in a variety of ways. A shared philosophy of giving back to the SL community brought these two SL forces together and the end result will be additional exposure to new residents of all the many wonderful things SL has to offer as well as the opportunity to learn from the needs and talents of new SL residents. For the second live event, ROLE Magazine and Help People® Institute are proud to bring Starflower Orbit to the stage on Saturday, September 19th at...

ROLE Magazine & Help People® Present Live Concert

ROLE Magazine is pleased to announce an affiliation with Help People® Institute to enrich the experience of new residents to SL in a variety of ways. A shared philosophy of giving back to the SL community brought these two SL forces together and the end result will be additional exposure to new residents of all the many wonderful things SL has to offer as well as the opportunity to learn from the needs and talents of new SL residents. To kick off our new affiliation, ROLE Magazine and Help People® Institute are joining forces to bring the popular in-world musical act Born Again Pagans...

ROLE Magazine Welcomes 3 New Writers!

ROLE Magazine announces the addition of 3 incredible women, all very active and accomplished in their own right, to our team of Staff Contributors! Sesi Ackland, a well-known figure in the SL arts and music scene, is joining our team to embark on a new social experiment using the Twitter platform. Sesi plans to engage residents and encourage them to discuss their SL experiences as a basis for her new monthly feature in ROLE Magazine. Sesi’s Twitter feed for ROLE Magazine is available here. Samara Barzane, well-known fashion blogger member of the fashion community, is joining our...

ROLE Magazine & Help People® Affiliation

ROLE Magazine is pleased to announce an affiliation with Help People® Institute to enrich the experience of new residents to SL in a variety of ways. A shared philosophy of giving back to the SL community brought these two SL forces together and the end result will be additional exposure to new residents of all the many wonderful things SL has to offer as well as the opportunity to learn from the needs and talents of new SL residents. Help People® Institute is both a RL and SL organization fueled in-world by generous volunteers sharing their time and experience in SL with residents as...

News from the SL Music Scene

by Jura Shepherd Silas Scarborough: CD Release – “Live at Luxor” Guitar shredder and electronic wizard Silas Scarborough has released a CD entitled “Live at Luxor” – recorded during his farewell show on June 8, 2009. All songs on the CD are previously unreleased and some of them were improvised for the final show. “Live at Luxor” features “It’s For You,” a hard rock love song that includes a duet with his ex-wife. Also on the CD is “Necromancer,” one of his most-requested songs and “On the Road with a Mouse...

Return of The O R I G I N A L S

The O R I G I N A L S originated in SL during the summer of 2008 as a traveling group of diverse artists expressing original thought and live, quality music. Each month, The O R I G I N A L S present a selection of some of SL’s finest live musicians performing all original sets at various venues around the grid. This Sunday join THE O R I G I N A L S as they bring you 10 live, original acts at MENORCA Live Music Events Island beginning at 10am SLT! This month’s acts are: CYLINDRIAN RUTABAGA, AVVY BARZANE, GRACE McDUNNOUGH, MULDER WATTS, POL Arida, DANN NUMBERS, PILGRIM75...