We are welcoming the change of seasons, in the Northern Hemisphere spring is in the air, and in the Southern Hemisphere, you are winding down the season to start your autumn soon.

With the change of seasons and the pace of RL obligations winding down from the holidays, creators and residents alike are coming alive with more time to do what we do best- live creatively drama-free in Neverworld.

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And we have been spinning some magical places for you to see.First we would like to give a warm welcome to our new residents. We have some new fae/elven/dwarfish members as well as actual people who are creating magical places to live and enjoy in new regions. We also extend a warm welcome to the many residents who have come to enjoy the quiet and solitude of Neverworld in many of the voluptuous free rental parcels where they can enjoy waterfront places to build their dream parcel.. absolutely for free. All it takes is time.

If you are unsure of where to start, check out our in world destination guide, or our free parcel information on the website. for our beautiful continent parcels and free for all parcels . This is not a complete list! TP to our Welcome to find more parcels or navigate to the links on the website for current projects – We have completed our New Orleans sim in Lonely Mist. Find repros of Bourbon Street. As usual for all our regions, there are freebie stores tucked into the building, including the Ghost Hunter Store, a Voodoo Shop, and a mask shop, as well as some interesting bars and some …interesting adult activities!

Recently the region Luster, our Romance region was reworked by Alba and Govega, and we have a wedding venue with many temples and places of worship to have your wedding, as well as a formal shop, and an adults-only shop with new items. And there are some encounter rooms and a beautiful formal ballroom in a French Rivera-styled sim.We are working on a brand new sim that reminds us of a very popular sci-fi movie from 1990 that involves… Arnold, mutants, and a red planet. Did we give it away? When it is done, you are sure to be transported back to the future in a place that could have been a dream? Is it a dream? Kiss me before you wake up!

We have recently had a new builders challenge, “Build a Lighthouse” The requirement was that the build be livable and enterable… Congratulations to Linwe and Roffellos, our challenge winners. More challenges soon so we will keep you posted.

Our marketplace is still being filled. All items are accessible for Neverworld members with many free items. The Hypergrid Shop is a marketplace page just for off-world avatars to use also. The marketplace items will be delivered as a zip file, for you to upload your avatar. If scripts are needed they are provided. A highlight: we have some rigged mesh clothing in the marketplace, which you can upload with the rigging. If you have items to sell or to give away and would like to be part of the marketplace, please contact Govega Sachertorte to set up.

We are still looking for DJs to host events on the grid. We have at least 30 available clubs that are event-ready. Please let us know if this is something you will be interested in.

Neverworld welcomes creators. We offer a free, standard sim to any creator who wants to have a presence in Neverworld. Please contact Govega or Alba inworld and we can arrange to have a region for you in your name with full rights in exchange for offering great items to the opensim population at large.

Thank you again for being a resident of our beautiful grid and keep watching for new and exciting projects.

Although many of my friends and family see my Facebook posts and know I run a virtual metaverse, most do not know what it is. Even though the virtual software for OpenSim has been around for about 15 years or so, many have not gotten there yet.

^{We intend to change that, bit by bit.}

A few years ago Manasha and Keelin Garcia started thinking about how to best archive the legacy of Jerry Garcia, their late husband and father respectively. They envisioned a virtual meeting place for people to meet, view his works, and perhaps even chat about him together. Their vision was to make this a place everyone could visit at their leisure. It was to be beautiful encompassing many of the garden aspects Jerry loved. Fast forward to 2022 when we began talking together about making this happen the metaverse. We formed a team, and I enlisted the help of my many brilliant creators on Neverworld. Our task was cast, and the museum and the Art Garden was created.

And finally, on 6/7/2,3 we had the inaugural opening of the JGAM, attended by the Hypergrid safari tour group and Thirza Ember.

Below: A gathering of tour goers at the start of the event, with Peter Agelasto from Starchive.io giving a speech about Jerry, his artworks, and the museum project.

ABOVE: Peter Agelasto of Starchive, in a field of daises next to the museum.

After the speech, we watched the official ribbon-cutting ceremony (an appropriate tie die ribbon of course) and the museum was finally opened. Thriza covered the actual contents of the museum and the attendees in her excellent blog of the event. Below was a very beautiful and interesting safaritour… I love the quirky and individual avatars they have. In virtual worlds, you can be anyone.

Left: Seth Rogin of Magnolia Media joined us for the speech and tour. Here he is in the art garden.

After perusing the amazing body of artworks in the museum, visitors strolled the pathways of the Art Garden to discover more of Jerry’s landscape art tucked away amongst the flora. As people exited the museum, many were thanking Jerry out loud for his art and his music.

Below: “Trees” by Jerry Garcia with gif animation by Keelin Garcia

Below: in the art garden Govega is “standing in a shaft of light” She is wearing a gown made by Nexus Storm with the artwork of Keelin Garcia.

And then we were invited to Moonglow the adjoining concert sim. The stage was created by Nexus Storm and much of the scripting was done by Ares Halostar. In creating this region, we did our best to evoke the feeling ofopen-air air concert venue … filled with balloons, sparkly things, dancing pe,ople and in the background, a carnival filled with rides, ftie-dye dye wearables and accessories, and a little pool of sea turtles.

Below: Keelin hangs out in this incredible garden of giant mushrooms and glowing succulents.

There was much to do in Moonglow, for those who didn’t get a chance to see, you can take your picture in front of the L O V E sign.. and give a big blast of PEACE to all who see. That’s me, Govega

Our line dancers had a great time in front of the particle rainbow ! Behind the rainbow the train was putting along. I did hear some took rides around the sim on the train.

A highlight of the event was a balloon drop with wearable gifties made by Keelin Garcia and Nexus Storm. Stay tuned for more livestream events!

Above: Sebastien is looking relaxed as he hangs in a sea of balloons amongst

swirling shafts of light.

Some links:

The Jerry Garcia Foundation

Starchive

Rainbow Full of Sound

JairRohm Parker Wells, Sound Poet

Tony Saunders Bassist

Seth Rogin