Crosstown Arts
### **This Week at Crosstown Arts – September 24-29, 2024** Join us at Crosstown Arts for a week filled with live music, art, and film! Whether you're here for a concert or to explore stunning new artwork, there's something for everyone. Check out our lineup below: #### **Tuesday, September 24, 2024** **Dan and Peggy Reader** […]
A 3-D documentary film about the life and work of artist and marine H.C. (“Cliff”) Westermann, voice-acted by four-time Academy-Award nominee Ed Harris, conceived and directed by Leslie Buchbinder, and featuring interviews with Ed Ruscha, Frank Gehry, and many others. As a veteran of World War II and the Korean War who struggled with the ramifications of modern warfare, Westermann’s dramatic personal history can be traced through his beguiling, surreal artworks. The film is executive produced by the international art icon KAWS, and award-winning documentary producer Caryn Capotosto, whose prior projects include “Little Richard: I Am Everything” and “The Thief Collector.” Westermann features music by legendary artists Laurie Anderson, the Kronos Quartet, and Terry Allen, with an original score by MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner Tomeka Reid.
The legendary Jody Stephens (original Big Star member) will be joined by musical heavyweights Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Jon Auer (The Posies), Chris Stamey (The dB’s), and Pat Sansone (Wilco) for a limited-engagement performance of the cult classic album Radio City in its entirety.
The documentary film You’re the Life of Me loosely follows the pursuit of creative renewal that Howard Rambsy and Barbara Jean Mercer experience as they engage with music making in their later years.
The 1991 film "The Addams Family," directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, is a dark comedy that brings Charles Addams' iconic characters to life. The story centers on the Addams family, a quirky and macabre clan led by Gomez and Morticia Addams. Their unsettlingly peculiar lives are disrupted when a con artist named Abigail Craven and her […]
"A Nightmare on Elm Street," released in 1984 and directed by Wes Craven, is a classic horror film that introduced the iconic character Freddy Krueger. The story revolves around a group of teenagers in the small town of Springwood who are haunted in their dreams by Freddy, a disfigured killer with a glove of razor-sharp […]
Miloš Forman directed Peter Shaffer’s screenplay, based on his Tony Award-winning play, about the 18th century rivalry between journeyman court composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham in an Academy Award-winning tour-de-force performance) and his rival, young upstart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (fellow Best Actor nominee Tom Hulce). Saul Zaentz’s lavish production features opulent period details, while Shaffer’s witty script speaks eloquently about the challenge of art while leaving room for Mozart’s gorgeous music to dominate. The film earned 11 nominations and its 8 Oscar wins include Best Picture, Actor, Art Direction, Costume Design, Directing, Makeup, Sound, and for Shaffer’s adapted screenplay.
The phrase “the Memphis sound” often evokes Sun rockabilly or the mid-‘60s “deep soul” era of Stax, but a style equally important in the city’s rich musical history was the big band blues found on the singles of Bobby “Blue” Bland, B.B. King and Herman ”Junior” Parker. It’s a sound proudly celebrated today by the Love Light Orchestra, a group of seasoned Memphis musicians whose name derives from Bland’s 1961 hit “Turn On Your Love Light.”
"The Goonies," released in 1985 and directed by Richard Donner, is an adventure-comedy film that follows a group of kids in the small town of Astoria, Oregon. When they discover a treasure map in the attic of one of their homes, the gang—known as the Goonies—sets out on a quest to find the hidden pirate […]
"Psycho," directed by Alfred Hitchcock and released in 1960, is a landmark in the thriller and horror genres. The film follows Marion Crane, who steals a large sum of money and flees, eventually checking into a remote motel run by the enigmatic Norman Bates. As Marion disappears, her sister and a private detective begin searching […]