Oct. 18: Mighty4 10th Year Anniversary, SF
The world renowned Mighty4 b-boy competition celebrates its 10-year anniversary this year, and for this occasion they're doing it BIG: a pre-party and preliminary competition on Oct. 17 at Cellspace in SF followed by the main event on Sat., Oct. 18 at the Cow Palace--four rooms of break, emcee, beat and scratch battles. Hosts, judges and guests include icons such as Crazy Legs, Amp Live, DJ Vin Roc, Opio and others. Oh Dang! will be in the building, supporting our folks Hopie Spitshard, Mikey Manifest, ELEMNOP, Enoch and the rest of the featured performers. Five thousand heads are expected to be in attendance, so get your tickets early via Ticketmaster. Check the flyers below...
Oct. 11: 2nd Annual Chess Kings Invitational
The Hip Hop Chess Federation is hosting the 2nd Annual Chess Kings Invitational, a celebrity chess and grappling tournament on Oct. 11 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Last year's event was a major success for the organization with hundreds in attendance (check our review here). This year's special guests include Rza, Gza, Josh Waitzkin, Rhymefest, One Be Lo, Rakaa Iriscience and the legendary Roxanne Shante as celebrity guests.
Oct. 4: Hecho in Califas 2008 Festival
Your Saturday night is gonna be busy. You're hitting up Mr. Hyphen...right? And then you're hopping in your car and smashing to this, hopefully in time to catch iLL-Lit open...
The Park Presents, Vol 2; Part of the 9th Annual Hecho en Califas Festival
La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA
The Bay Area's most in-demand rhythm section returns to back up an All-Star lineup of the Bay's freshest vocal talent all in one continuous mix!
Starring:
Nino Moschella
Secluded Journalists
Melina Jones
Do Dat & Isis
Panama (Los Rakas)
Mia Zuniga
Righteous Movement
Gavin
Songbird Dovey.
Opening set by iLL-Literacy
DJ's Dion Decibels & the Whooligan
Saturday October 4th 9pm
$10 general, $7 students
All Ages
Oct. 4: Mr. Hyphen contest at Oakland Asian Cultural Center in Oakland
From the good people at Hyphen Magazine. Please spread the word:
Back by popular demand, Hyphen presents the third annual Mr. Hyphen competition on October 4, 2008, celebrating the men of the Asian American community. Each year, Hyphen celebrates Asian American men who devote themselves to worthy community causes. While structured like a pageant with rounds of talent, fashion and Q&A, Mr. Hyphen turns stereotypes on their heads in front of a sold-out crowd. Striking a blow for equal-opportunity
all-in-good-fun ogling, Mr. Hyphen is an energy-filled evening of fun and charity. Rounds will be decided alternately by an audience vote and by an illustrious panel of judges. The man who is crowned Mr. Hyphen wins a $1000 cash donation to his nonprofit organization.
When: Saturday, October 4, 7 – 10pm
Where: Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door.
All ages welcome, 21+ for alcohol.
Get tickets Early! Advance $15 tickets available online at www.hyphenmagazine.com/mrhyphen.
Subscribe to Hyphen for only $5 at the event with ticket purchase!
Hosted by writer/performer: Samantha Chanse
Mr. Hyphen finalists:
Scott Chan (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics)
Aristotle Garcia (Filipino-American Arts & Exposition)
Mike Liu (Spring Buds/California Dragon Boat Association)
Maurice Seaty (Southeast Asian Student Coalition)
Eric Tam (Asian American Donor Program)
Rockson Yan (API Legal Outreach Youth Program)
Oct. 3: EPMD live at Club 6 for Kevvy Kev's bash
Kevvy Kev, host of the longest-running hip-hop radio show in the world--KZSU Stanford's "The Drum"--celebrates his 30th birthday on Oct. 3. Whether 30 is his actual age or not is debatable...dude did graduate from Stanford in '86, so you do the math. Regardless, for this occasion, he's bringing out the legendary EPMD to bless the stage at Club 6 in SF. Also on deck are DJs Apollo, Ren the Vinyl Archeologist, Chuy Gomez, and Rolo 1-3, and featuring performances from Richie Cunning, ELEMNOP, Delinquent Monastery, and the V.E.R.A Clique.
