Contrast Magazine is celebrating the launch of their third issue on Saturday on October 17 with 3 Deep: an art and music festival at three popular Hotel Street nightclubs. Manifest, The Loft and Next Door will host a wide-variety of artwork and musical acts, and 3 Deep party people pay one cover for entrance to all three venues.

Doors will open at 7 p.m. and rage until 2 a.m. with a diverse lineup of musical artists hand-picked by Contrast Magazine to celebrate the launch of their Downtown issue in style. The lineup for 3 Deep is as follows:

-Manifest (32 North Hotel Street): Art by Dalek (James Marshall) and Kristen Lee Lim with live music by Kimie Miner and Super Handsome DJ’s spinnning.
-The Loft (115 Hotel Street): Rocking music by Maui’s The Throwdowns and head-bobbing hip hop by The Deadbeats.
-Next Door (43 North Hotel Street): Girlfriends, Clones of the Queen, DJ Kause 1, DJ Marika and The Jumpoffs rock out.

The Jumpoffs art the headlining act of 3 Deep and will be the final performance of the evening. This electro rock band is featured in the Downtown issue of Contrast Magazine and will also be celebrating the launch of their debut, self-titled album that night at Next Door.

All of the bands will have staggered performance times to allow 3 Deep patrons to see their favorite acts without missing another band and the DJ’s will be spinning between sets. A detailed schedule of the lineup is soon to come.

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Contrast Magazine is an avant-garde, lifestyle publication dedicated to reporting, enlightening and appealing to the forward thinking demographic every quarter. The natural allure of Hawai‘i attracts many diverse people, making these islands an international breeding ground for modern culture. Although these diverse cultures in Hawai‘i may contradict one another at times, it’s within these stark differences that make the 50th State a gathering place of current fashion, music, art, sports, and technology. As a result of these contrasting cultures, Hawai‘i’s young people do not just mimic trends—they’re influencing them around the world. Contrast Magazine is the vehicle to showcase this unique and inspiring melting pot of trendsetters.

Dalek tees will be sold at Ward In4mation starting on the 4th of August. This will be a limited run of t-shirts and with purchase you will receive a 1 Year pass to the Contemporary Museum of Art! Which normally costs like 55 bucks. Shirts will be available in mens and womens in a signature yellow tee. Just a reminder that the Dalek X In4mation X Contrast X The Contemporary Museum event will be at Soho Media Bar on the 7th Friday. Hope to see you there!

World-renowned fine artist Dalek will show an original, never-before-seen piece in 2D: The Art of 2Day– an art exhibit at the SoHo Mixed Media Bar, on Friday, August 7 to benefit The Contemporary Museum (TCM). In conjunction with this historic showcase of contemporary fine art, the SoHo Mixed Media Bar will also unveil a new addition to their already stellar facilities.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and Soho Mixed Media Bar is located on 80 S. Pauahi Street in Downtown Honolulu. This event coincides with the First Friday Art Walk in August and was orchestrated by trendsetting apparel retailers In4mation and Contrast Magazine to benefit The Contemporary Museum.

In the week preceding 2D: The Art of 2Day, Dalek will create an original piece of art at SoHo on multiple panels. The media is welcomed to cover Marshall’s creative process, but all coverage needs to be approved and scheduled prior to visit. So far, the artist has no particular design planned for the panels and is relying on his feelings at the moment to create something original and beautiful.

“Planning and I aren’t friends,” says Marshall who is best known for his iconic “Space Monkey” character. “I leave all things to the hands of what will be. Adaptation and execution are instinctual. I like to not know what I am doing and trust that my natural instincts will drive the project home.”

In4mation and Dalek also designed a limited edition T-shirt and print to commemorate this historic event. With every T-shirt purchase the consumer will receive a one-year individual membership at TCM– Hawai‘i’s only museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art.

See some past works below…

Raekwon from the Infamous Wu-Tang Clan will be in town for the weekend. He will be playing on Saturday at Hush night club and Sunday at Empire Gentleman’s club. For the event at Empire Gentleman’s club a limited tee will be given to those who attend only while supplies last. He will be also filming in Hawaii for his video that will be off of his new album Built for Cuban Linx 2 that will come out on Aug. 11th 2009

Common Threads Projects presents “Trash to Treasure”. Slvdr with its always sick spin on design also in it for the youth and skateboard community. Bring in a gently used item of skate equipment like : shoes, decks, wheels, or trucks and receive a special edition SLVDR tee. Your product will go to deserving youth in the community.

Our friends at Stussy Honolulu will be celebrating there 1 year anniversary for the store at Hokua Tower. It will be held on Saturday May 23rd from 7-9pm with food and drinks plus Stussy OG Dj Jules will be providing the music. A limited Stussy Honolulu tee will be made for the event which is the graphic on the flyer below. Questions can be directed at 808.591.6546

The after party to follow in town in conjunction with Contrast Magazine magazine “Uno” release party. Sponsers include Stussy, Fitted, In4mation, and the Aloha Army. The bands/acts/djs that will let loose through out the night will be: The Jump Offs / Anti Social / Tassho Pearce / DJ Easy AL / Jim Jones / Dj Kause. Hope to see everybody out and about.