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Check out our homie Jasper Wong’s new site here at Jasperwong.net. It is how do you say…Radness!

The 808 Scene- Episode 2 from stanley rosario on Vimeo.

Thanks to Hoyt and the BJ Penn.com crew for coming through to the Anti-Canvas Art Show and putting together a killer segment. The 808 Scene is on KHON-2 at 4:30 p.m. every Sunday. Support local creative endeavors and tune in.

If you’re in China Town tonight roll through…

If you’re on Maui (I wish I was) then head over to One Eighty Boardshop for Kavet The Catalyst and Angry Woebots instore action. Live Woebot painting and music by Kavet. CheeMaui. Some of you might not know this, but Woebot is a very talented MC, maybe he’ll jump on the open mic?! Tomorrow, Saturday June 19th.

One Eighty Boardshop - Queen Ka’ahumanu Shopping Center
275 W Kaahumanu Ave # 1025B
Kahului, HI 96732
(808) 873-8838

My good homie Lyanne- house dancing dynamo, party promoter, and all-around delightful human being, will be putting these qualities on blast Friday night (5/21/10) to bring you ‘Soulgasm X Culture’. Something this talent-rich and action-packed hasn’t hit our shores in a long, long time, so if its the arts you are into, please make sure you do not miss this. Full event details and press info below:

Special event
Soulgasm X Culture

(Soulgasm meets Culture)

Soulgasm- Hawaii’s House, Funk, and Soul event monthly will meet Tokyo’s best rated party “Culture” for a special event of art, poetry, fashion, dance, and music brought to you live by Housing Project 360 dance, Brooklyn Terry, and United DJs.

Featuring special guests Elite Force crew, the legendary dance group who are responsible for constructing the face of Hip Hop dance into the world, members Brooklyn Terry and Bobby Mileage will showcase their amazing dance skills and their hot new urban streetwear Brooklyn Bomber and Mileage High Club in a fashion show plus local company Dork Glasses. BrooklynTerry will grace the decks with his energetic skills as a DJ. They’ve choreographed and danced for Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Will Smith, Lil Kim, Da Brat, and Missy Elliot just to name a few. Joining them as the host and MC will be award winning poet and recording artist Oveous Maximus who’s been featured on Showtime at the Apollo, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, SP!T, a movie documentary on the art of rhyme, he’s also been featured on a track with Lupe Fiasco and will perform his latest songs live and kick the night off with spoken word along with our very talented local poets, the 2007 Slam Champion TravisT, 2x World Champion as seen on HBO, Jocelyn Ng, and the powerful performer who receives standing ovations, the award winning actress, recording artist and the only female to win Hollywood Grand Slam Champion titles back to back, Bridget Gray. DJ DZ from Japan, known as the music fanatic’s DJ will also be on hand to spin along with Singer and Songwriter all the way from Spain, Laura Estrada singing her latest dance tracks. The music will go across the board from Hip Hop to Reggae, Funk and Soul to House, Broken Beat to Afro Beat, Electro, Baile Funk and more. Hawaii DJs Matt Kee of KTUH, Kentaro and BumbleBee of Soulgasm and James Coles of United DJs to spin as well.

Doors will open 9pm with an Art Gallery and Live Art featuring Nature and Technology themes by Grant and Grim, Art One, Feijao (Scion, Timberland, Addidas), and Prime (808 Urban-MJ pieces around Honolulu) and Show kicks off at 930p.

This will be the first multi-cultural festival and event party in Honolulu, bringing Japan, New York, Spain together with Hawai to celebrate Art, Poetry, Dance, Fashion and Music in a Live Format with a cast of amazing talents.

May 21-Friday
@ Nextdoor
43 N Hotel St
street parking and many lots to choose from
Door opens at 9p
Show starts at 930p

19+ welcome.$30 door, $25 pre-sale
21+, $30 VIP (call 808-388-9750), $20 door, $15 pre-sale

Limited pre-sale discount tickets will be available
at Limited Addiction, Prototype, Dig Lifestyles,
Stylus Music and Fashion.

The second installment of Livingroom Johnston’s Pink Elephant series is reminding me to manifest the positive things in life. Mahalo, Livingroom.

Meant to post this video of our Anti-Canvas event two months ago, but then I just went on living life. Then I remembered.

Fine artist Kamea Hadar brings another installment of his innovative work at the Pacific Guardian Center. Voluptuous Lines Redux is the name of Hadar’s latest exhibition and Contrast Magazine’s Paul Kema was at the VIP opening to capture some images from the night.

Jeff Kakinami is one of Kamea's boys. Apparently, he has some voluptuous lines.

Wet lips.

Do they look familiar?

Interisland Terminal presents “Moving Histories”, a flash-animation and typography exhibition that depicts crucial moments in World History. Events such as 9/11, Hiroshima Bombing, The Korean War and The Berlin Wall are brought to life artistically with accurate accounts and details in this on-line exhibit. The project is a collaboration with The University of Hawaii at Manoa Art and Art History Department featuring seven design students.

www.InterIslandTerminal.org

BerlinWall

Hiroshima

9/11

This Friday 12/11 at Manifest Cafe (32 North Hotel Street, between Nu’uanu and Smith) is Deck The Halls skateboard deck art show. The sale of the decks benefit local skater Kenny Brimer in his fight against leukemia and mounting medical bills. Kavet The Catalyst put the whole show together and I wanted to give him some shine for all his hard work towards a great cause. Here’s a quick Q&A with Kav.

Contrast: When did you get the idea to do this event?
Kavet: I thought of the concept a couple of years ago. Then a year or so ago, I hit my head when I was warming up at Manana skatepark on a simple 50-50 grind. I remember seeing tie dye colors and blanking out for a bit. I started to think if I didn’t have medical insurance and I had gotten hurt what would I do?  I always wanted to do a skateboard deck show so I put the two together and created a skate deck art show, initally to benefit skateboarder head trauma.

So, originally the event wasn’t intended to benefit Kenny?
In July, I started the planning of Deck the Halls and all the money raised was set to go to Skateboard Head Trauma.  A few months later I heard about Kenny, so I instantly switched gears to raise money for his fight. In my first conversation with Kenny about me changing the cause to help him, he let me know that the way he discovered he had Leukemia was because he hit his head skateboarding! It was meant to be!

You have a crazy list of talented artists, how much of a headache was it coordinating with these artists, while also supplying the medium (the decks)?
First, I like to thank all the artists that gave their talents to this show. Mahalo. Working with anybody with artistic talent can be a headache, especially when there is a deadline. Mailing a skateboard deck is a pain, the decks cost $17 each and hoping that the artist is nice enough to pay for the shipping back.

Are ALL proceeds going to Kenny?
Yes, 100% of the loot is going towards Kenny!  I want people to remember you are buying a one of a kind piece of artwork. So please don’t expect it to be $60 like the mass produced corporate decks you can get at any skateshop around the world.

How is Kenny doing?
The bone marrow registry found a match for him. Not only one, they found 300 matches. He hopes to be in California in about 2 months and be on the road to recovery.

How will the decks be shown? How can we pay for them on-site?
The decks will be displayed throughout Manifest Cafe.  Set price. Cash only. You buy the deck you can take it that night. The decks will be displayed this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Monday we will take them down and the decks that aren’t sold will be put on-line to be sold. MAHALO.