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  • Ezra Johnson: Selected Animations

    Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    New work by Tampa, Florida-based artist Ezra Johnson in the Screening Room.

  • Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity

    Crosstown Arts, West Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Group exhibition featuring artists whose use of color is a primary consideration in their work. Our senses are affected by the vibrations of color immediately and intrinsically.

    This exhibition will focus on the meaning, sensitivity, and passion that the intensity of color creates.

  • Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash: Asiko — Moments

    Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    New work by Crosstown Arts resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash. This exhibition looks deep into the immigration issues that plague our society. It has become a big bone that has stuck in our throat, difficult to chew or swallow. It is a nightmarish, poisonous trauma that has stained our history forever.

  • Kafé Kirk with special guest Wendy Moten

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Join Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum for Kafé Kirk, a monthly jazz series in Crosstown Theater featuring musical and spiritual collaborations with special guest artists. This month’s guest: Memphis-based jazz vocalist Wendy Moten.

  • After-School Workshop: Exploring Akirash

    Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Students will study a piece from Akirash's work in Asiko: Moments, on display in the East Gallery. Then they'll sketch inside his gallery exhibit.

    Afterward, in the East Atrium, students will finish their work with acrylic paint. They will do this for three weeks, completing 2-3 works, which will be displayed in a pop-up gallery during the final week (December 15-20).

    This three-part workshop will be held on December 3, 10, and 17. This workshop is for students in the 8th-12th grades.

  • Shoot & Splice: Holiday Film Trivia

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Throughout the year, Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts brings cinematographers, directors, editors, writers, and technicians to Shoot & Splice, the monthly filmmaking forum. Come help us celebrate the end of another year with the Sixth Annual Shoot & Splice Cinema Trivia blowout with Trivia Masters Chris McCoy and John Beifuss! Test your filmmaker mettle! Prizes! Holiday cocktails! Food and deliciousness! Did we say, FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?

  • Artist Talk: Akirash

    Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Crosstown Arts resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash will discuss his work in Asiko: Moments, currently on view in the East Gallery. Free and open to the public. RSVP encouraged […]

  • Chris Milam With …

    Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Chris Milam With... spotlights the generous spirit of Memphis music and the collaborations that have shaped Milam's recent songs.

  • Aaron James & Estes: The Finale Show

    The final show of the Aaron James and Estes fall series. Aaron James & Estes started with an acoustic show back in October, followed by a collaborative show in November. Now they're ending their series with a rock show at Crosstown Arts' 430 Gallery.

    Half of all ticket sales are being donated to Memphis Rox, the non-profit rock climbing facility in Soulsville.

  • Crosstown Arthouse presents Band of Outsiders

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Four years after Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard reimagined the gangster film even more radically with BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Bande à part, 1964, 95 minutes). Two restless young men (Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur) enlist the object of both of their fancies (Anna Karina) to help them commit a robbery — in her own home.