BET somehow managed to get these three legends to come together for a good ol’ fashioned cypher, and they threw in DJ Premier for good measure.  Everyone was on their A game for this one–the level of talent is insane. Does anyone see a clear best? I can’t call it.

Aperture Gallery Exhibition
11/07/09-01/07/2010
New York City, New York
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Michael Wolf and Barbara Crane will be exploring the private versus public life in the past and present of one of America’s favorite city, Chicago. Both artists will be speaking about their work and signing their books on November 10 and 11, respectively. Wolf’s exhibiton, The Transparent City displays Wolf’s large-scale color photographs of downtown Chicago’s buildings and their inhabitants in the context of 21st-century urban life. He examines the →

Arkitip will be offering select Fine Art works from regular Arkitip contributor Steven Harrington. When it comes to dues, Steven has paid his fair share as a contributor to Arkitip as most of you may know already. Early last year, he was invited to participate in their first show at the Pool Gallery, HIGHMATH in Berlin. Consequently, he was included in Arkitip Issue No. 004 which served as a working catalog for that exhibition. He was later selected as the third →

Enlighten!
11/21/09
Culver City, CA
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Tornado Design will be hosting a one-night art show, Enlighten! One Night of Light taking place at Helms Bakery Building in Culver City from 5 P.M. to 11 P.M. This one-of-a-kind exhibition will be featuring lamp shades covered with the printed artworks of a diverse and prominent group of fine artists, illustrators and designers in support of art education for children in Los Angeles. The limited edition lampshades will be available for one night only. The lamps →

Watch the completely brain-shattering finale to the Bollywood gutbomb Son of Dracula!

Cinefamily Bollyween Party & Fundraiser
Cinefamily Theater- Los Angeles, CA
10/31/09

This Hallow’s Eve, The Cinefamily joins forces with Dublab to throw the best Halloween party ever, Bollywood-style! One thing they really understand in India: every movie’s better with song-and-dance numbers — even horror movies! In that spirit, the Cinefamily premieres Bollyweird: The Movie– our very own feature-length video mash-up celebrating the most horrifying, fantastic, costume-crazed and outlandish moments of vintage Indian musical madness ever. This isn’t just Bollywood, it’s Bollyweeeeeird. →

Cinema Tuesdays Halloween Special!
The Montalbán – Hollywood, CA
10/27/09
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CINEMA TUESDAYS at Nike Sportswear at The Montalbán will scare you out of your seat with a surprise screening event entitled FRIGHT NIGHT on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Curated by Flux, the highly successful film series has featured premieres and advance screenings of some of the most-talked about films →

‘Go East’
LeBasse Projects- NY, NY
11/5-11/7

For a special three-day only exhibition, Los Angeles based contemporary gallery LeBasse Projects expands its horizons to the East Coast. LeBasse Projects’ temporary exhibition offers New York a collection of work by some of the gallery’s best and brightest talent.  “Go East” presents the gallery’s penchant for fresh, innovative artists featuring Yoskay Yamamoto, Tessar Lo, Edwin Ushiro, Joao Ruas, Eric Fortune, Mia, and Nate Frizzell. →

GoodJoe T-shirt apparel company  has selected The Fender Music Foundation as the beneficiary of its most recent T-shirt design contest. The winning designer will receive a Squier by Fender Deluxe Hot Rails Strat Electric Guitarwith a decal of the winning design displayed on it, as well as $300 cash from GoodJoe. The design theme is “Give. Music. Life,”a message to encourage individuals across the country to take a stand for music education. →

Whoever thought chamber pop would go so well with hip hop had something special in mind.  Then again, when your concept of hip hop is as simple as Raj Haldar’s (aka Lushlife), the marriage couldn’t be any more obvious.  “Hip hop at its core can be anything” is the underlying principle behind Cassette City, Lushlife’s latest “experimental” album.  When you’re a classically trained musician with musical influences that span far and wide, everything you produce can qualify as an experiment.

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It Came from Brooklyn
Guggenheim Museum – New York
10/30/09
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Don’t miss this month’s concert at the Guggenheim as experimental outfit Yeasayer will perform their psychedelic 3D light show within the museum rotunda walls. A limited amount of 3D glasses will be handed out for this rare performance of light and music. Brooklyn’s Tanlines will also perform in support of the band, along with readings by fiction writer Rachel Sherman, whose work has been published in McSweeney’s and n+1. Comedian Max Silvestri will host the night’s events. Concertgoers will also be able to access selections from the ongoing Kandinsky exhibit. →