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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Spring 2023 Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:The Galleries at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, April 21\, 2023\nTimes: 6-8 pm\nTickets: Free and open to the public \nCrosstown Arts announces its spring 2023 arts programming — “Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Seas” by McLean Fahnestock\, “Edgewise: Exploring Pattern and Rhythm with Line” by Khara Woods\, “Entrances\, Exits and the Spaces Betwixt” by Tangela Mathis\, and “Color Thread” by Carl Fox. \nThe opening reception is scheduled for Friday\, April 21\, 6-8 p.m. The exhibitions run from Saturday\, April 22\, through Sunday\, August 6.   \nScreening Room:\nMcLean Fahnestock — “Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Seas”\n \nThis exhibition is composed of videos from McLean Fahnestock’s Stratagem series\, where the sea and sky flip and merge to generate a new\, seductive yet false horizon. Stratagems are plans or schemes that are designed to deceive. Usually referring to warfare\, they are a well-executed artifice upon an enemy. Working with her interest in desire as it manifests in the landscape\, these works present the ways that our desires can open a door to our ultimate deception.  \nIn a presentation unique to Crosstown Arts\, the videos have been loaded into a custom program that randomly chooses the video and the length of time the video will loop before the next one is randomly chosen to play. Viewers will have a shifting experience that will never repeat. \nThe title for the exhibition comes from the first of the 36 Stratagems – a 6th century Chinese text covering political\, military\, and social strategy written by an unknown scholar. \nMcLean Fahnestock works with the dynamically changing landscape. Her practice is centered on our desire for specific visual and physical landscapes as manifested through the concept of paradise. This has led to investigations into how this desire has been the catalyst for climate change\, colonialism\, and ecocide. She utilizes digital forms of collage\, video\, and new media. McLean received a BFA from Middle Tennessee State University and MFA from California State University Long Beach. Her work has been exhibited and screened across the United States and internationally. Her work was selected for Off the Screen at the 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival. She has been an artist in residence at Stove Works in Chattanooga\, Tennessee\, and The Lock-Up in Newcastle\, New South Wales\, Australia. McLean keeps her studio in Old Hickory\, Tennessee. \n \nEast Gallery: \nKhara Woods — “Edgewise: Exploring Pattern and Rhythm with Line” \n“Edgewise: Exploring Pattern and Rhythm with Line” presents a collection of paintings\, sculpture and creative devices developed since 2016. The works examine the creation of movement and texture focusing on a restricted set of grids\, bold colors and shapes inspired by basic geometry. Within these confines\, there are arrangements that intertwine\, shift and vibrate across canvas and wood.\n\nKhara Woods was born and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee. She comes from a family of artists and craftspeople. She continues the tradition with her geometric abstract paintings and sculpture. Woods began working as a public artist in 2015\, creating and installing murals. In 2016\, she began her studio practice. Woods works primarily with wood\, using it as a canvas or to make 3D art. Mural Arts Philadelphia commissioned Woods as a lead artist for its Art & Environment Initiative in 2019. She completed her first large-scale data visualization mural\, “Basin Portraits\,” in October of that year. She created paintings and mini sculptural studies for her first solo exhibition in October 2020 at the Beverly and Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University. Some of Woods’ latest op-art-inspired paintings and a layered wood sculpture were displayed in the Axis exhibition at Hilliard Art Museum in Lafayette\, Louisiana in 2021. Since then\, Woods is continuing to develop her studio practice and making more 3D works. and State Fellowship Program\, and was the finalist for the Southern Prize. \n \nWest Gallery: \nTangela Mathis — “Entrances\, Exits and the Spaces Betwixt” \n“Entrances\, Exits and the Spaces Betwixt” presents contrasting aspects of personality\, showcasing the yin and yang of pneuma. The exhibit represents a mental\, emotional\, and spiritual transformation within a palpable dreamscape. Works presented depict and embrace ideas of transitory spaces visually\, mentally and physically.  \n“Entrances\, Exits and the Spaces Betwixt” offers the public a glimpse into the unfiltered psyche of TANGELA. The exhibit presents contrasting aspects of her personality\, showcasing the yin and yang of her pneuma. TANGELA is undergoing a mental\, emotional\, and spiritual transformation\, and invites visitors to witness her journey as she ebbs and flows.\n\n \nArt Bar Bar Top: \nCarl Fox — “Color Thread”  \n“Color Thread” by Carl Fox is a mixed-media installation featuring works in acrylic\, oil\, and watercolor paired with text. The installation invites the viewer to move along a tapestry of color and hold space for Carl’s thoughts on the nature of color and how an examination of that nature can be brought to other aspects of life. Do colors have identity? Can one re-create an experience of color? How do the richest colors — browns\, coppers\, maroons — seem to slide under us\, unnoticed\, as we move through everyday life?
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-spring-2023-exhibitions/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artists Open Studio Night
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, April 14\, 2023\nTime: 6-9 pm\nAdmission: Free \nCrosstown Arts is proud to invite the Memphis community to visit the artist studios. Artists in residence will have their studios open on Friday\, April 14\, from 6 to 9 p.m. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \nSu-Yee Lin writes stories and poetry that grapple with issues of identity\, memory\, environment\, and mythology. Her work often lies on the border between the real and the strange\, and she is interested in the intersections between the surreal and the natural world. She was a Fulbright Fellow to China and has had work published in the Pushcart Prize anthology\, Tor.com\, Electric Literature\, Bennington Review\, Day One\, Nashville Review\, The Offing\, and other literary journals\, and short stories translated into Italian and Chinese. \nKeith S. Wilson is an Affrilachian Poet and a Cave Canem fellow. He is a recipient of an NEA Fellowship\, an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant\, and an Illinois Arts Council Agency Award\, and has received both a Kenyon Review Fellowship and a Stegner Fellowship. His book\, Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love (Copper Canyon)\, was recognized by the New York Times as a best new book of poetry. \nEdo Rosenblith (B. 1988 Tel Aviv\, Israel) received a BFA in painting in 2011 at the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in Visual Art at Washington University-St. Louis in 2017. Edo is a compulsive draftsman who works in a variety of mediums: murals\, painting\, drawing\, printmaking\, and book arts. \nKelsey Harrison’s sculptural work has been shown in institutions nationally including The Jewish Museum\, Abrons Art Center\, and The Knockdown Center in New York\, SOMArts in San Francisco\, The Sullivan Galleries in Chicago\, The College of William and Mary in Virginia\, and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and the Utah Museum of Fine Art in Salt Lake City. Harrison received her BFA in Sculpture from Purchase College\, State University of New York and her MFA in Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Memphis. \nApollo Mighty is a Memphis-born R&B/Soul artist. He uses his music to express his many selves\, embracing the extremes of his own personal ugliness and beauty — while also reflecting the world around him. He has worked extensively in the music scenes in Memphis and Chicago and his 2020 EP project Behavior amassed over 600k streams across platforms. \nJennifer Sargent makes intricate drawings and handwoven tapestries. As an artist weaver she considers herself both a contemporary practitioner and a part of a longer continuum that is thousands of years old. This idea is both a comfort and a challenge. One of two elements is always present in Sargent’s work\, either story telling or the natural world (whether wild or domesticated). Sargent creates an abstracted sense of these ideas or experiences through the layering of pattern and color.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artists-open-studio-night-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Le Tumulte Noir
DESCRIPTION:The East Atrium\nSaturday\, March 4\, 2023\nShow begins at 6:30 pm\nTickets: Free \nLe Tumulte Noir is a Memphis-based jazz group that specializes in music from the 1930s and 1940s in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stéphanne Grappelli (often referred to as “gypsy jazz”).  The group is celebrating its 10th year and features John Bass\, Sylvester Sample\, Gary Topper\, Clint Wagner\, and John Whittemore.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/le-tumulte-noir/
LOCATION:East Atrium\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Literature is Liberating Fest
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Concourse\nSaturday\, February 4\, 2023\n11 am-5 pm\nFree and open to the public \nPresented by Crosstown Concourse and Cafe Noir\, Literature is Liberating Fest is a free and open to the community literary festival celebrating Black authors and African American literature that includes vendors\, author discussions\, book signings\, literary panels\, writing workshops for kids and adults\, a youth story hour\, crafts\, and more! \nIndie Memphis will collaborate with Crosstown Arts to screen some of the James Baldwin shorts from JAMES BALDWIN ABROAD. And a performer from Hattiloo Theatre will do a pop-up performance inside the Central Atrium at 1:30 pm. \nSchedule  \nCentral Atrium\, 1st floor \n11 am – 5 pm — Vendors\, free crafts\, and DJ Alpha Whiskey throughout the day on the first floor of the Central Atrium \n1:30 pm — Pop-up performance by Hattiloo Theater. From Shakin the Mess Outta Misery. \n1:30-2:30 pm — Youth veggie/herb planting activity with Ali Manning \nCentral Atrium\, 2nd floor \n12:15-1:15 pm —  Youth Reading Hour with Ali Manning (Big Stairs) \n1:30-2:30 pm —  Youth Writing Workshop with Ali Manning \nEast Atrium \n11:15 am-12:15 pm — Dr. Jacqueline Trimble\, Dr. Shelby Crosby\, and Dr. Terrence Tucker – African American literary panel discussion \n3-4 pm Michelle Duster book discussion/signing \n4:15-5 pm Nubia Yasin spoken word/book signing \nCrosstown Theater \n12 pm — Theater doors open \n12:30-12:42 pm — JAMES BALDWIN FROM ANOTHER PLACE (1973) 12 min \n12:47-1:13 pm — MEETING THE MAN: JAMES BALDWIN IN PARIS (1970) 26 minutes \n1:30 pm — FACING DOWN STORMS: MEMPHIS AND THE MAKING OF IDA B. WELLS 88 minutes \nFilmmaker Dr. Daphene R. McFerren will be present and will moderate for the Michelle Duster talk on the East Atrium stage right after the screening.  \n  \nMichelle Duster is an author\, speaker\, public historian\, professor\, and champion of racial and gender equity. She has written\, edited\, or contributed to several dozen articles and over 20 books. Her most recent\, released January 4\, 2022\, is Ida B. Wells\, Voice of Truth (Henry Holt & Co). And a year before\, her book Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells was published (Atria/One Signal Publishers). \nShe also co-wrote the popular children’s history book\, Tate and His Historic Dream; co-edited Impact: Personal Portraits of Activism; Shifts: An Anthology of Women’s Growth Through Change; Michelle Obama’s Impact on African American Women and Girls; and edited two books that include the writings of her paternal great-grandmother\, Ida B. Wells. She has contributed to several anthologies and written articles for Ms. Magazine\,TIME\, Essence\, HuffPost\, Teen Vogue\, Refinery29\, The Hill\, Daily Beast\, and The North Star. She also was involved in the development of the Ida B. Wells doll\, released January 2022\, which is part of Mattel’s Inspiring Women Barbie doll series. She has appeared on television programs on MSNBC\, CNN\, WTTW\, CBS & CW as well as numerous radio shows. Her advocacy has led to multiple public history projects that include street names\, monuments\, historical markers\, murals\, and documentary films that highlight women and African Americans\, including Wells. \nHer many awards include the 2022 Ripple Effect Award from Public Narratives\, 2019 Multi-Generational Activist Award from the Illinois Human Rights Commission\, and the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award from Dartmouth College. \n  \nDr. Jacqueline Trimble lives and writes in Montgomery\, Alabama\, where she is  a professor of English and chairs the Department of Languages and Literatures at Alabama State University. Her work has appeared in various online and print publications including Poetry Magazine\, Poet Lore\, The Offing\, The Louisville Review\, and Blue Lake Review. American Happiness (2016)\, her first collection\, published by New South Books\, won the Balcones Poetry Prize. How to Survive the Apocalypse was released in August 2022. \n  \nAli Manning is a food scientist\, food educator\, author\, and founder of Umami Food Consulting. With over ten years in the food industry\, she utilizes her passion for food\, science\, and community to help food entrepreneurs tackle the issues beyond the kitchen. Ali is the Program Consultant for Project Green Fork and the creator of Food Science 4 Kids\, a program that teaches grade-school children food science. She recently published her first children’s book\, entitled Can I Play with my Food?\, a book that explores food and science through the eyes of two sisters\, Nema and Lexi. Ali is a graduate of Alabama A&M University and a Huntsville\, Alabama\, native\, but after being a transplant for nearly twelve years\, she truly considers Memphis her home. \n  \nNubia Yasin is a screenwriter\, poet\, and multidisciplinary artist born in Memphis\, Tennessee. She uses her craft to explore themes around shame\, sex\, love\, and family\, with an acute focus on the Black Femme experience. She often pulls from her family history as a first generation Somali-American living in the south to tell stories about Black womanhood and Black motherhood. Her work is imbued with a sense of spirituality\, incorporating elements of Islam and Southern American Hoodoo. The Blood and Body (2022) is her debut collection of poetry. \n  \nDr. Terrence Tucker is an associate professor and chair of African American literature in the Department of English at the University of Memphis. He is the author of Furiously Funny: Comic Rage from Ralph Ellison to Chris Rock (University Press of Florida\, 2018). He has also published essays on topics ranging from race and pedagogy to Ernest Gaines to African-American superheroes and in journals from Pedagogy\, Southern Literary Journal\, and College Language Association Journal. He is finishing work on his second book project\, The Rise of the Afristocracy: Portraits of the Black Elite in Contemporary African American Literature contracted with University Press of Florida. This book traces the representation of the Black elite in African-American literature from the lives of free Blacks during slavery to rising Black middle and upper classes in the twenty-first century. \n  \nDr. Shelby Crosby’s research spans mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century African American literature\, representations of womanhood (particularly Black womanhood)\, and critical race theory. It threads together critical race\, Black feminism\, and literary historical frameworks to interrogate an American national story. Dr. Crosby is currently working on a book manuscript that examines the pervasive derogatory ideologies of Black womanhood. Using Black feminist theory to ground the text\, she will examine such authors as Frederick Douglass\, Williams Wells Brown\, and Martin Delany\, arguing that\, through their adoption of traditional demarcations of white womanhood\, Black women are further pushed to the margins of American society.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/literature-is-liberating-fest/
LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
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SUMMARY:The Peace Chronicles\, Part 1 (ICEBERG + Blueshift + Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz)
DESCRIPTION:ICEBERG New Music\, Blueshift Ensemble\, and acclaimed poet Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz present “The Peace Chronicles (Part 1)” at Crosstown Theater. \n\n\n\n\n\nEast Atrium\nThursday\, August 18\, 2022\nDoors at 7pm | Performance at 7:30pm \nTickets: pay-what-you-can\nPURCHASE TICKETS / RSVP HERE \nCrosstown Arts was supported by New Music USA’s Organizational Development Fund with support in part from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature\, and supported\, in part\, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council\, with support from The Aaron Copland Fund for Music\, Howard Gilman Foundation\, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Support for the Organization Development Fund is also provided by contributions from the New Music USA endowment.\n\nICEBERG New Music\, Blueshift Ensemble\, and acclaimed poet Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz present “The Peace Chronicles (Part 1)\,” an evening of music and spoken word focused on finding peace in a violent and chaotic world. Blueshift Ensemble will perform works by Drake Andersen\, Victor Baéz\, Stephanie Boyd\, Haralobos Stafylakis\, Yu-Chun Chien\, and Johnny MacMillan. Dr. Sealey-Ruiz will read from her recent book The Peace Chronicles. \nAfter the performance\, the poet\, performers\, and composers will join audience members for drinks and discussion. \nABOUT THE MUSIC \nThe Peace Chronicles is a two-evening program of poetry and music created as a collaboration between composer collective ICEBERG New Music (www.icebergnewmusic.com) and award-winning poet and scholar Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz (www.yolandasealeyruiz.com). The program premiered to sold-out audiences in New York City in Spring 2022. Each of the newly-composed works included in The Peace Chronicles is inspired by a poem from Dr. Sealey-Ruiz’s book of the same name. In performance\, the words and music are juxtaposed next to one another\, inviting listeners to find connections between the different media. The programs are structured dramatically\, the poems tracing a path from conflict through reconciliation and peace. \nABOUT ICEBERG NEW MUSIC \nICEBERG New Music is a collective of ten young composers based in New York City. ICEBERG’s mission is to promote the idea that substance\, not surface\, is the heart of music creation and perception. The collective’s ten member composers hail from different schools of thought and cultivate radically different sounds — from musical theater and indie rock to avant-garde sounds and electronic installations — but their contrasting musical languages belie a shared emphasis on structure and depth of meaning. When these artists compose for the same ensemble and present their works during a joint concert\, the result is a glimpse into the ever-widening possibilities of art music in the twenty-first century. \nABOUT YOLANDA SEALEY-RUIZ \nDr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz is an award-winning Associate Professor at Teachers College\, Columbia University. Her research focuses on racial literacy in teacher education\, Black girl literacies\, and Black and Latinx male high school students. A sought-after speaker on issues of race\, culturally responsive pedagogy\, and diversity\, Sealey-Ruiz works with K-12 and higher education school communities to increase their racial literacy knowledge and move toward more equitable school experiences for their Black and Latinx students. Sealey-Ruiz appeared in Spike Lee’s “2 Fists Up: We Gon’ Be Alright”\, a documentary about the Black Lives Matter movement and the campus protests at Mizzou. Her co-authored book [with Dr. Detra Price-Dennis] Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Toward Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces will be published in April 2021. \nABOUT BLUESHIFT ENSEMBLE \nBlueshift is a Memphis-based contemporary chamber music ensemble dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together through artistic collaboration. By programming both new and existing classical repertoire alongside multi-genre collaborations\, Blueshift aims to connect a wider audience to today’s classical music. Members of Blueshift are involved in almost every corner of the Memphis music community\, from performing in the Memphis Symphony Orchestra\, recording in the studio\, teaching at the University of Memphis and Rhodes College\, playing in your favorite local bands\, and composing original music for film. Founded by flutist Jenny Davis and cellist Jonathan Kirkscey in 2016\, Blueshift aims to bring classical music out of the concert hall and into the community. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis programming is made possible in part thanks to an Organizational Development Fund grant from New Music USA.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-peace-chronicles-part-1-iceberg-blueshift-yolanda-sealey-ruiz/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brazil By Day
DESCRIPTION:Get immersed in the rich and diverse cultures found throughout the regions of Brazil – from  the Amazon’s to Bahia\, Rio and beyond through fine art\, live music\, dance performances\, Capoeira demonstrations\, local cuisine and so much more! \nThis celebration of Brazilian culture is free\, family friendly and open to everyone! \nPresented by Collage Dance\, Iris Orchestra\, Crosstown Arts\, & Carpenter Art Garden
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brazil-by-day/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artist Residency Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a FREE Open Studio event featuring Crosstown Arts resident artists Jasmine Marie\, Lucy Wang\, Richard Echols\, Kate Roberts\, Brandon Blvd.\, Gunter Gaupp\, and John Rash.\n\n  \nFrom 4-5:30pm\, guests can tour the studios of Jasmine Marie\, Lucy Wang\, Richard Echols\, Kate Roberts\, and John Rash. Brandon Blvd. presents his work on the East Atrium Stage during this time. At 5:40pm\, Gunter Gaupp presents a musical performance in the Green Room (doors will open at 5:30pm). \nLearn more about the artists here.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/artist-residency-open-studio-2/
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CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Residency,Shared Art Making,The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Sinta Quartet
DESCRIPTION:East Atrium Stage \nMasterclass at 5pm (free and open to the public)\nConcert at 5:50pm (free and open to the public) \nPresented by Crosstown  Arts and the University of Memphis  Rudi  E. Scheidt School of Music. \nThe Sinta Quartet\, First Prize Winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition\, has earned praise from audiences and critics alike for its virtuosic performances\, compelling recordings and distinctive repertoire.  Hailed as “…a tight-knit ensemble exploding with power and virtuosity and an un-concealable ambition to connect with its newly found listeners” (Boston Musical Intelligencer)\, the Sinta Quartet performs entirely from memory\, which strengthens an already palpable connection with its audiences.  Named for its mentor\, legendary University of Michigan Saxophone Professor Donald Sinta\, the quartet’s additional competition successes include a Gold Medal at the 2018 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition\, First Prize at the 2017 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition\, the Alice Coleman Grand Prize at the 2013 Coleman Chamber Music Competition and First Prize in the 2012 North American Saxophone Alliance Quartet Competition. \nSinta Quartet’s repertoire is diverse\, ranging from commissions by today’s emerging composers to standards from the saxophone quartet literature to transcriptions by master composers such as Dvorak\, Schubert and Shostakovich. In 2019 they released their debut recording\, Collider\, on CAG Records featuring new works for saxophone quartet. In 2011\, The group gave the World Premiere of Bolcom’s own transcription of his Concerto Grosso with Concert Band\, joining the University of Michigan Symphony Band in 2011 for performances at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall\, Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts and the Shanghai Conservatory.  The quartet’s subsequent concerto recording garnered praise: Audiophile Audition declared them “superb musicians” and American Record Guide called it “the highlight of the album.” They have also made radio appearances on New York’s WQXR and Interlochen Public Radio\, and is featured frequently on American Public Media’s Performance Today. \n​Recent career highlights include Sinta Quartet’s New York recital debut at Weill Recital Hall\, Purdue University Convocations\, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts\, Chautauqua Institution\, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival\, Rockport Chamber Music Festival\, Music from Angel Fire\, and in Michigan at the Great Lakes Music Festival the Detroit Institute of Arts.  Among the ensemble’s extensive educational outreach activities\, they recently enjoyed extended residencies for Joplin Pro Musica (MO) and Anchorage Concert Association\, both culminating with performances as part of their season series. \nFeatured international appearances include recitals in Palma de Mallorca\, Spain; Strasbourg\, France (for the 17th World Saxophone Congress); St. Andrews\, Scotland (as part of the 16th World Saxophone Congress); Paris\, France; Geneva and Montreux\, Switzerland; and Thessaloniki\, Greece; as well as a trip to Japan as one of a select group of ensembles chosen for the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. \n​Equally committed to education and community engagement\, the quartet has presented clinics and performances at numerous colleges and universities including the University of Michigan\, Michigan State University\, Eastman School of Music\, the University of Delaware\, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst\, SUNY-Potsdam’s Crane School of Music\, and many others\, as well as a residency at Grand Valley State University. The quartet has also presented workshops and performances at dozens of public schools across the US. \nAs advocates of new music\, the quartet runs the National Saxophone Quartet Composition Competition\, which selects two new quartet works from up-and-coming composers each year.  Additionally\, Sinta Quartet has commissioned and premiered works by David Biedenbender\, Kyle Blaha\, Matthew Browne\, Patrick Harlin\, Kristin Kuster\, Marc Mellits\, Roger Zare\, and many others. ​ \nFounded and still based in Michigan\, Sinta Quartet’s members are all Selmer-Paris Artists and perform exclusively on Selmer saxophones.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sinta-quartet/
LOCATION:East Atrium\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220129T100000
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SUMMARY:The Fourth Wall Hybrid Arts Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Fourth Wall Hybrid Arts Ensemble’s one-of-a-kind family-friendly variety show\, Fruit Flies Like a Banana. \nTICKETS: $10 plus fees ($5 plus fees with student ID at check-in) \nThe Fourth Wall blends music\, theater\, dance\, and acrobatics into a new hybrid art form. This trio of musicians creates new interdisciplinary works and reinterprets classic repertoire to make music that leaps off the stage. On Saturday\, January 29\, The Fourth Wall presents their one-of-a-kind family-friendly variety show\, Fruit Flies Like a Banana\, in the East Atrium at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Fourth Wall puts a vaudevillian twist on classical chamber music with their one-of-a-kind variety show\, Fruit Flies Like a Banana. Chopin on hoverboards\, Satie performed while hanging upside down\, Joplin on plastic boomwhacker tubes\, and tangos where the musicians are also the dancers! The audience chooses the order of over 20 pieces specially chosen for each show in this fast-paced hybrid arts experience that’s a fan favorite across North America. Interactive online performances of Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Virtual Style put everyone in a front-row seat\, and all are invited to help create a show that leaps off the screen. \nFew musical ensembles earn top marks for their “deft choreography” (The Wall Street Journal)\, but this is no ordinary ensemble. Part chamber music group\, part theatre company\, part modern dance troupe\, part circus act\, The Fourth Wall blends music\, theatre\, dance\, and acrobatics into a new hybrid art form. This trio of musicians creates new interdisciplinary works and reinterprets classic repertoire to make music that leaps off the stage. \nThe Fourth Wall is a 501c3 nonprofit with a mission to create programming that engages everyone from elementary school children to classical performance connoisseurs through a new hybrid of the performing arts in which musicians are also actors\, dancers\, and acrobats. In a theater\, breaking the fourth wall brings the world on stage directly into the audience; as an ensemble\, The Fourth Wall breaks the barrier between serious art and serious fun.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-fourth-wall-hybrid-arts-ensemble/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts resident artists Jessica Sabogal and Shanna Strauss will present artist talks. \nFree and open to the public \n\nJessica Sabogal is a cuir Colombian-American muralistx from San Francisco whose large-scale public artworks attempt to document and disrupt. Sabogal has consistently reinvented what it means to be a female muralist in a male-dominated industry by utilizing her medium for social change\, action\, and empowerment. \nHer murals have been commissioned by Facebook\, Google\, 20th Century Fox\, the University of Southern California\, the University of California\, the University of Arizona\, and the University of Utah\, among many others. In 2016\, Sabogal received KQED’s Women to Watch Award and the following year was commissioned by the Amplifier Foundation for the 2017 Women’s March\, after which her “Women Are Perfect” campaign gained international acclaim. Sabogal’s work has since been featured in national and international news and media sources including CNN\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Huffington Post\, and The New York Times. \nJessica Sabogal often works with artist Shanna Strauss\, her life and collaborative partner. Essential to their practice is a system of similar core beliefs — feminist\, radical\, pro-people\, and engaged in social change. Their interdisciplinary work implies that collaboration is at the heart of self and community. Both draw inspiration\, connection\, and influence from contemporary political and social movements\, which have always used artistic expression as a critical form of resistance against forces that wage and risk their erasure. For their viewers\, Sabogal and Strauss create collective narratives of diaspora rooted in kinship and solidarity. The pair have been commissioned by The California Endowment\, the University of California San Francisco\, the Euphrat Museum\, and the PHI Foundation. Most recently\, they received the Kala Art Institute 2020-2021 Fellowship Award. \n\nAs a Tanzanian-American\, biracial\, bilingual woman\, who was raised in Tanzania and later moved to the U.S. and Canada\, Shanna Strauss has had to navigate multiple identities\, geographic locations\, histories and cultures. This reality led her to an interest in diaspora identities and what it means to live between different worlds. In her work\, she explores identity and belonging and how oral tradition\, spirituality\, and family legacy are transmitted inter-generationally\, across time and place. Working predominantly on found wood\, she creates mixed-media portraits by combining photo transfer\, painting\, wood burning\, wood carving\, beads\, fabric and other materials — all selected for their symbolic and cultural significance. \nStrauss often works with artist Jessica Sabogal\, her life and collaborative partner. Essential to their practice is a system of similar core beliefs — feminist\, radical\, pro-people\, and engaged in social change. Their interdisciplinary work implies that collaboration is at the heart of self and community. Both draw inspiration\, connection\, and influence from contemporary political and social movements\, which have always used artistic expression as a critical form of resistance against forces that wage and risk their erasure. For their viewers\, Sabogal and Strauss create collective narratives of diaspora rooted in kinship and solidarity. The pair have been commissioned by The California Endowment\, the University of California San Francisco\, the Euphrat Museum\, and the PHI Foundation. Most recently\, they received the Kala Art Institute 2020-2021 Fellowship Award.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-12/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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SUMMARY:Blueshift Ensemble performs ICEBERG New Music
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents a free pop-up performance by Blueshift Ensemble performing works by ICEBERG New Music. \nTwo shows: Friday\, August 20\, 7:30 pm and Saturday\, Aug. 21\, 7:30 pm \nBlueshift Ensemble is a Memphis-based contemporary chamber music ensemble dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together through artistic collaboration. By programming both new and existing classical repertoire alongside multi-genre collaborations\, Blueshift aims to connect a wider audience to today’s classical music. The ensemble draws upon Memphis’s uniquely diverse musical heritage by combining classical music with popular music genres such as rock\, blues\, and soul and featuring local musicians\, visual artists\, and composers. \nFounded by composer Alex Burtzos in 2016\, ICEBERG new music is a collective of ten young composers based in New York City. The mission of the organization is to promote the idea that substance – not surface – is the heart of music creation and perception. We live in an era where dogma is out of place; composers can\, and should\, draw from an unprecedentedly broad array of influences in their work – including popular music\, avant-garde techniques\, and everything in between. The ten ICEBERG composers hail from different schools and cultivate radically different sounds\, but their contrasting musical languages belie shared emphasis on structure and depth of meaning. When these artists compose for the same ensemble and present their works during a joint concert\, the result is a glimpse into the ever-widening possibilities of art music in the twenty-first century. ICEBERG is committed to radical stylistic inclusiveness\, excellence of craft\, dialogue with the audience\, and a modernization of the concert-going experience.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/blueshift-ensemble-performs-iceberg-new-music-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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SUMMARY:Blueshift Ensemble performs ICEBERG New Music
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents a free pop-up performance by Blueshift Ensemble performing works by ICEBERG New Music. \nTwo shows: Friday\, August 20\, 7:30 pm and Saturday\, Aug. 21\, 7:30 pm \nBlueshift Ensemble is a Memphis-based contemporary chamber music ensemble dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together through artistic collaboration. By programming both new and existing classical repertoire alongside multi-genre collaborations\, Blueshift aims to connect a wider audience to today’s classical music. The ensemble draws upon Memphis’s uniquely diverse musical heritage by combining classical music with popular music genres such as rock\, blues\, and soul and featuring local musicians\, visual artists\, and composers. \nFounded by composer Alex Burtzos in 2016\, ICEBERG new music is a collective of ten young composers based in New York City. The mission of the organization is to promote the idea that substance – not surface – is the heart of music creation and perception. We live in an era where dogma is out of place; composers can\, and should\, draw from an unprecedentedly broad array of influences in their work – including popular music\, avant-garde techniques\, and everything in between. The ten ICEBERG composers hail from different schools and cultivate radically different sounds\, but their contrasting musical languages belie shared emphasis on structure and depth of meaning. When these artists compose for the same ensemble and present their works during a joint concert\, the result is a glimpse into the ever-widening possibilities of art music in the twenty-first century. ICEBERG is committed to radical stylistic inclusiveness\, excellence of craft\, dialogue with the audience\, and a modernization of the concert-going experience.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/blueshift-ensemble-performs-iceberg-new-music/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Pecha Kucha: Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:** This event is postponed until further notice. \nCrosstown Arts resident artists Brian Pera\, Lawrence Matthews\, Clare Johnson\, Khari Wynn\, Tadasuke Jinno\, and Johnathan Payne will discuss their work in a Pecha Kucha-style artist talk. \nThe Crosstown Arts residency program offers multidisciplinary residencies to visiting and Memphis-based artists and curators\, working in any creative discipline including visual and performing arts\, music\, film\, and writing in all genres. \nThe key to Pecha Kucha is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each\, making each presentation concise and dynamic. If you’re wondering what “Pecha Kucha” means\, it draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat.” \nPecha Kucha Nights began in Tokyo as an opportunity for artists\, designers and architects to show samples of their work through a concise\, timed presentation in a relaxed community setting. Over the past 10 years\, these events have expanded to hundreds of cities across the globe\, and often include a variety of community members sharing a wide array of interesting (and sometimes hilarious) topics.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pecha-kucha-crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Residency
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200404T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200404T083000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Exhibition Workshop: Generate
DESCRIPTION:** This event is postponed until further notice. \nThis workshop is held in conjunction with the “STUDIOS” exhibition on view in the Crosstown Arts East Gallery. \nUtilizing fabric\, paper\, paint\, and other provided materials\, participants will create art pieces inspired by Keiko Gonzalez’s abstractions on view in “STUDIOS.” These pieces will be showcased in a pop-up gallery at the end of the exhibition.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/exhibition-workshop-generate-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200328T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200328T083000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Exhibition Workshop: The Truest Subversive Act
DESCRIPTION:** This event is postponed until further notice. \nThis workshop is held in conjunction with the “STUDIOS” exhibition on view in the Crosstown Arts East Gallery. \nUsing Keiko Gonzalez’s work in “STUDIOS” as inspiration\, participants will be encouraged to paint without a particular destination in mind. Drawing from Keiko’s style of “circular arguments that never seek literal translations\,” participants will broaden their minds and expand on their own internal philosophies through the medium of painting. These pieces will be showcased in a pop-up gallery at the end of the exhibition.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/copy-of-workshop-the-truest-subversive-act/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200319T130000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Exhibition Workshop: The Truest Subversive Act
DESCRIPTION:** This event is postponed until further notice. \nThis workshop is held in conjunction with the “STUDIOS” exhibition on view in the Crosstown Arts East Gallery. \nUsing Keiko Gonzalez’s work in “STUDIOS” as inspiration\, participants will be encouraged to paint without a particular destination in mind. Drawing from Keiko’s style of “circular arguments that never seek literal translations\,” participants will broaden their minds and expand on their own internal philosophies through the medium of painting. These pieces will be showcased in a pop-up gallery at the end of the exhibition.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/workshop-the-truest-subversive-act/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200314T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200314T083000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140658
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Exhibition Workshop: Generate
DESCRIPTION:** This event is postponed until further notice. \nThis workshop is held in conjunction with the “STUDIOS” exhibition on view in the Crosstown Arts East Gallery. \nUtilizing fabric\, paper\, paint\, and other provided materials\, participants will create art pieces inspired by Keiko Gonzalez’s abstractions on view in “STUDIOS.” These pieces will be showcased in a pop-up gallery at the end of the exhibition.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/exhibition-workshop-generate/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200312T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200312T150000
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SUMMARY:Pecha Kucha: Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts resident artists Carl E. Moore\, S. Erin Batiste\, Adriana Monsalve\, Robert Goodman\, and Zaire Love will discuss their work in a Pecha Kucha-style artist talk. \nThe Crosstown Arts residency program offers multidisciplinary residencies to visiting and Memphis-based artists and curators\, working in any creative discipline including visual and performing arts\, music\, film\, and writing in all genres. \nThe key to Pecha Kucha is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each\, making each presentation concise and dynamic. If you’re wondering what “Pecha Kucha” means\, it draws its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat.” \nPecha Kucha Nights began in Tokyo as an opportunity for artists\, designers and architects to show samples of their work through a concise\, timed presentation in a relaxed community setting. Over the past 10 years\, these events have expanded to hundreds of cities across the globe\, and often include a variety of community members sharing a wide array of interesting (and sometimes hilarious) topics.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pecha-kucha-crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Residency
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200311T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200311T120000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140658
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T175141Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED After-school Exhibition Workshop: Snapshots
DESCRIPTION:** This event is postponed until further notice. \nThis workshop is in conjunction with “Here Is Where We Meet\,” on view in the West Gallery. \nOver the course of several sessions\, students will amass a body of work based upon specific prompts\, such as “choose a person/scene in one of Crosstown Arts’ spaces.” Students will create a sketch with colored pencils and oil pastels\, using Susan Lichtman’s work in “Here Is Where We Meet” as inspiration. These pieces will be showcased in a pop-up gallery on April 8 from 5-6 pm. \nThis workshop meets on March 11\, 18\, 25\, and April 1. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/after-school-exhibition-workshop-snapshots/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200307T073000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Workshop: Figuratively Speaking
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is held in conjunction with the “Here Is Where We Meet” exhibition on view in the Crosstown Arts West Gallery. \nStudents will be given samples of writing \, and then they’ll create a piece of visual art that represents or reflects that writing sample. Participants will use will use watercolor\, colored pencil\, crumpled paper\, wood\, fabric\, and paint to create 2D or 3D works. These pieces will amass into a collection that will be showcased in a pop-up gallery at the end of the exhibition. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/workshop-figuratively-speaking/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200229T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200229T150000
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SUMMARY:The Music of Grover Washington Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a jazz tribute to the music of saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. featuring Bill Hurd (alto/soprano sax)\, Keenan Shotwell (piano)\, Gerard Harris (guitar)\, Sylvester Sample (bass)\, and Melvin Robertson (drums). \nTickets: $15\nDoors at 6:30 pm | show at 7 pm \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \n\n\nAbout Bill Hurd:\n\n\nDr. Bill Hurd\, a retired eye surgeon\, has earned numerous awards as a jazz saxophonist and has released four albums on CD. He holds degrees from Notre Dame\, MIT\, and Meharry Medical College. He was also an all-American track & field athlete and is the current Notre Dame record holder in the 100-meter and 200-meter distance races.\n\n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-grover-washington-jr/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200206T113000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140658
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SUMMARY:The Color Wheel Pop-Up Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Students\, ages 12-18\, spent four weeks in the Color Wheel after-school workshop creating artwork inspired by Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity\, on view in the Crosstown Arts West Gallery. \nCome see their work on view in a pop-up gallery in the Crosstown Arts East Atrium. Free and open to the public.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-color-wheel-pop-up-gallery/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200125T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T203251Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Joe Sample
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a jazz tribute to the music of pianist Joe Sample featuring Keenan Shotwell (piano)\, Bryant Lockhart (tenor sax)\, Kem Gray (bass)\, Jeremy Wright (guitar)\, and Tevin Curtis (drums). \nTickets: $15\nDoors at 6:30 pm | show at 7 pm \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-joe-sample/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200115T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200115T123000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140659
CREATED:20191120T223444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200110T175654Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Colorful Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Artists Anthony Lee\, Susan Maakestad\, and Justin Bowles\, who have work on view in Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity\, will join a panel moderated by Dr. Todd Richardson (co-founder of Crosstown Arts)\, discussing their work and use of color in their art.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/panel-discussion-colorful-conversation/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191220T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191220T150000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140659
CREATED:20191126T210105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T185422Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Nat King Cole
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a jazz tribute to American jazz pianist and vocalist Nat King Cole featuring Kennard Farmer (vocals)\, Carl Caspersen (bass)\, Darryl Sanford (piano)\, Jonathan Bass (guitar)\, and Mike Assad (drums). \nTickets: $15\nDoors at 6:30 pm | show at 7 pm\nLocation: Crosstown Arts East Atrium \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-nat-king-cole/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191218T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191218T123000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140659
CREATED:20191120T222846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191120T222846Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Can We Talk?
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the work of Joey Slaughter\, participants will engage in a conversation about controversial topics before spending 10 minutes creating visual representations of how the conversation affected them via drawings of wavelengths.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/panel-discussion-can-we-talk/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191114T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191114T140000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140659
CREATED:20191001T193933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T193148Z
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts resident artists Myung Gyn You\, Sandra Jackson-Opoku\, Isabel Theselius\, Kelley Anderson\, and Alex Greene will discuss their work in artist talks. \nThe Crosstown Arts residency program offers multidisciplinary residencies to visiting and Memphis-based artists and curators\, working in any creative discipline including visual and performing arts\, music\, film\, and writing in all genres.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-11/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191026T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191026T160000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140659
CREATED:20191001T200850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191023T144823Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Nancy Wilson
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Jazz Series is bringing back its popular tribute to The Music of Nancy Wilson! \nJoin us for a jazz tribute to Grammy-winning jazz songstress Nancy Wilson featuring D’Monet (vocalist)\, Darryl Sanford (piano)\, Carl Caspersen (acoustic bass)\, Jonathan Bass (guitar)\, and Mike Assad (drums). \nTickets: $15\nDoors at 6:30 pm | show at 7 pm \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \nNancy Wilson (born February 20\, 1937) is an American singer with more than seventy albums\, and three Grammy Awards. \n\n \nAbout D’Monet:\nHow an artist starts a journey can say a lot about their destination; belting out melodies from the womb is a divine beginning. Having received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Vocal Music Performance at LeMoyne Owen College\, along with studying under some of opera’s greatest powerhouses such as Grace Bumbry\, Vera Little\, even abroad in Pisa\, Italy under world-renowned Pilralba Sorga\, the classically trained voice known as D’Monet cannot be defined as a Jazz\, Rhythm\, and Blues or a Pop singer … but she has redefined the meaning of the traditional soul artist in what she calls “Alkaline Music” (music that heals). D’Monet allows you to travel on contorted twists of loves’ successes and failures; all while exercising her massive vocal prowess to the center stage. Nurturing her vocal gifts from the tender age of four\, along with developing her ear for the piano by age seven\, she now is a seasoned veteran. D’Monet has shared her soul from New York to Los Angeles\, but it’s only natural she makes Memphis\, Tennessee the home of her “Futuristic Soul.” \nAs D’Monet inspires those within her artistic circle\, she soaks inspiration from classic triple threat artists such as: Anita Baker\, Oleta Adams\, Celine Dion\, Luther Vandross\, Stevie Wonder\, and Rachelle Ferrell. D’Monet has a gift for building bridges between a song and her audience\, crossing cultural and musical genres. This elegant songstress approaches each note with a sophisticated passion\, which leaves the listener wanting more. \nD’Monet’s recordings can only be matched by her live performances in various venues around Memphis\, TN. She has been featured on numerous stages and sets and her sound has allowed her to branch out across several genres. She was honored to perform as the special guest for Black Enterprise’s Women of Power Summit in 2012. Having shared the stage with Soul Crooner Eric Roberson\, and also having a brief stint as a background singer for Blackstreet’s Dave Hollister\, D’Monet has become a musical mainstay\, particularly in the city of Memphis. In 2011\, D’Monet was featured on Markevius Faulkner‘s hit single ‘Day One’\, which received major radio airplay on WHAL-FM’S 95.7 Hallelujah FM. In the wake of Day One’s success\, D’Monet released her debut single\, Oooh Baby (Got Your Back)! \nIn 2013\, D’Monet uprooted herself from her hometown and moved to Des Moines\, IA\, where she unsuspectedly became the Assistant Minister of Music and Vocal Director at a local church\, the front woman and keyboard player for two funk/soul bands R.S.V.P. and The Tighten Up band\, and also made two appearances on KCWI’s “Great Day” Morning Show performing her original music. After returning to Memphis a few years later\, she began releasing more original music. \nOn February 28\, 2019\, D’Monet released her new single “Dry” which is now available on all major digital outlets and streams. Her next single “Trauma” soon followed on May 31\, 2019\, which talks about a physical assault that left her traumatized for a long time. On September 6\, 2019\, D’Monet released her Chrysalis EP\, which signifies the evolution of her life and her music. Stay tuned for what’s next. Her quest to continue along her musical journey is just beginning. \n\nAbout Strictly Jazz Entertainment:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-nancy-wilson-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191022T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191022T150000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140659
CREATED:20191001T193933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T193028Z
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts resident artists K Sarrantonio\, Rebecca Shapass\, Caroline McCoy\, Akirash\, and Kyle Statham will discuss their work in artist talks. \nThe Crosstown Arts residency program offers multidisciplinary residencies to visiting and Memphis-based artists and curators\, working in any creative discipline including visual and performing arts\, music\, film\, and writing in all genres.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-10/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191017T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191017T150000
DTSTAMP:20260504T140659
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T192245Z
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts resident artists Nathaniel Cummings-Lambert\, Vitus Shell\, and Jeremy Rapaport-Stein will discuss their work in an artist talk. \nThe Crosstown Arts residency program offers multidisciplinary residencies to visiting and Memphis-based artists and curators\, working in any creative discipline including visual and performing arts\, music\, film\, and writing in all genres. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-9/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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