Upcoming Events
September 2024
ANA•LOG, Size Matters, and Still
The Galleries at Crosstown Arts
Free and open to the public
ANA•LOG – Lester Merriweather
Fourteen Pics is a cumulative project referencing several continuing bodies of work by Lester Julian Merriweather examining the concept of agency over Black Visualization within American Popular Culture. The works in ANA•LOG draw upon several sources: They take direct visual inspiration from the compositions of the 1982-88 Basquiat-Warhol Collaborations. ANA•LOG’s methodology invokes the long-rumored Dr. Dre concept album The Planets. The gestural treatment of the ….
January 2025
Artist Talks Featuring Lester Merriweather & Alex Paulus
Join us for an inspiring conversation with artists Lester Merriweather and Alex Paulus as they discuss their current exhibitions and creative processes.
Lester Merriweather’s ANA•LOG examines agency over Black visualization within American popular culture through layered, hand-crafted collages. Inspired by Basquiat-Warhol collaborations, Dr. Dre’s conceptual album The Planets, and the experimental processes of Jack Whitten, Merriweather’s work serves as a “Record of Remembered Angers,” addressing racial disparities in visual culture.
Alex Paulus’s Size Matters explores scale and proportion, contrasting small ….
Mahogany Chamber Music Series: Hope
Crosstown Arts presents the Mahogany Chamber Music Series in The Crosstown Theater
The Theater at Crosstown Arts
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Doors open at 2 pm | Show begins at 2:30 pm
Tickets: $20 (plus fees) in advance | $30 at the door | $10 student ticket
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As humanity wrestles with creating balance with personal, cultural, and community concerns far and near us, many use visual art and music as hope for a better day. Each piece ….
Say It Loud: The Overlook Quartet
Iris Collective presents Say It Loud: The Overlook Quartet in The Green Room
The Theater at Crosstown Arts
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: pay what you wish!
PAY WHAT YOU WISH
Monica Davis, violin
Ravenna Lipchik, violin
Angela Pickett, viola
Laura Metcalf, cello
The “breathtaking,” “paradigm-shifting” (New York Music Daily) string quartet The Overlook is a unifying, community-building force, whose dedication to a more representative musical tradition reverberates throughout ….
Jay McK
Crosstown Arts presents Jay McK in The Green Room
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $20
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Jay McK is an artist, composer, producer, and professional bassist, known for his funky bass lines, an array of sounds, solos, and melodic melodies.Covering the globe, Jay McK has shared the stage with and soundtracked for LiV Warfield, Ghost Note, RC and The Gritz, Chris ….
Elizabeth Wise & Her Guys
Crosstown Arts presents Elizabeth Wise & Her Guys in The Green Room
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Friday, Jan 24, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door
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“I’ve been all over the world/I’ve seen almost everything/I’ve sung all kinds of places/People call me the queen.” That’s the start of the middle verse from the modern blues standard “Mississippi Woman,” a gritty song ….
Marcella Simien ( ft. Infinity Stairs) & Talibah Safiya
Marcella’s debut solo album, To Bend to the Will of a Dream That’s Being Fulfilled, is a deeply personal journey, entirely self-written and performed.
Sungazer
Crosstown Arts presents Sungazer in the Theater
The Theater at Crosstown Arts
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $25 in advance | $30 at the door
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Sungazer is an international Future Jazz duo featuring YouTuber / bassist Adam Neely and drummer Shawn Crowder.
Originally formed in Brooklyn, NY in July of 2014, Sungazer has brought their unique blend of hard-hitting Jazz Fusion, 8-bit, Progressive Rock and EDM ….
Art Edmaiston
Crosstown Arts presents Art Edmaiston in The Green Room
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Friday, January 31, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $15 (plus fees)
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Art Edmaiston – Memphis saxophonist, improvisor/composer and player of “Ecstatic Energy Music”.
Art’s voluptuous sound on the tenor saxophone was sculpted from years spent playing R&B and blues in Memphis, but has origins in the small country ….
February 2025
CHURCH IN THE WILD
Crosstown Arts presents CHURCH IN THE WILD in The Green Room
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Friday, February 7, 2025
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $15 in advance (plus fees) | $20 at the door
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Memphis-based rapper and curator Dame Mufasa has been performing on the underground scene since 2018 with a focus on bridging the gap between hip-hop and contemporary art while challenging what’s considered high art throughout ….
