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  • The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents PLAYTIME

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

    Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PlayTime. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PlayTime is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion.

  • Modern Masters Jazz Series: Roland Barber and The Ted Ludwig Trio

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

    Roland is now a mainstay in the Nashville studio scene, having recorded in almost every genre imaginable. Roland’s  combination of experience and talent that puts him at the top of the city’s list when brass performance is needed.  Despite the global difficulties of 2020, Roland celebrated the first year of recording on EVERY brass instrument (from trumpet to tuba) in the studio, and is trailblazing a path as a one-man, multi-instrumentalist brass machine. 

  • The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents CRUISING

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

    One of the most notorious films of the 1980s, this controversial crime noir thriller directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) stars Al Pacino as Steve Burns, an NYPD officer who goes undercover in Manhattan’s Leather-bar underground in order to track down a serial killer targeting gay men. But as Stevebecomes immersed in club hopping, he begins to identify with the subculture more than he expected. Meanwhile, the police force’s homophobia becomes apparent and the killer remains at large.

  • Steve Hirsh and Friends

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

    Steve Hirsh plays music on the drum set. He leads improvising ensembles around the Twin Cities in Minnesota and beyond. Hirsh was recently awarded a Jazz Road Tours grant by South Arts to support a tour by the Sparks Quartet. He has been fortunate to perform and record with, among others, Eri Yamamoto, William Parker, Joel Futterman, Daniel Carter, and others. Born and raised in New York City, Steve now makes his home in the woods of northern Minnesota.

  • Folk All Y’all: Pierce Pettis

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

    After a lifetime of crafting finely-wrought, heart-touching songs, singer-songwriter Pierce Pettis feels that he’s finally found his comfort zone. “The biggest change,” he says of this point in his career “has been getting over myself and realizing this is a job and a craft. And the purpose is not fame and fortune (whatever that is) but simply doing good work.” 

  • Shoot & Splice: Documentary Filmmaking with Robert Gordon

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

    Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts are excited to welcome filmmaker and author Robert Gordon for a conversation on documentary filmmaking. Mr. Gordon (BEST OF ENEMIES, RESPECT YOURSELF) will discuss various facets of documentary filmmaking, from the creative like crafting a compelling story to the practicalities of distribution and deals. This event provides a great opportunity to learn from an experienced professional in documentary filmmaking. The conversation will be moderated by filmmaker Molly Wexler.
    Emmy and Grammy Award winning writer Robert Gordon is the author of 6 books, and producer/director of 8 feature documentaries. He has focused on the American south—its music, art, and politics—to create an insider’s portrait of his home that is both nuanced and ribald.

  • The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents BREAKIN’

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

    Kelly (Lucinda Dickey) is a classically trained jazz dancer who’s tired of warding off her amorous teacher and hungry for a new outlet. When she befriends street dancers Ozone (Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones) and Turbo (Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers), She’s blown away by their unique and original moves. She soon volunteers to help them defeat a rival group of street dances, learning break-dancing skills along the way and sharing some moves of her own.

  • Auteur: Music Inspired by the Films of Wes Anderson

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

    Amanda Gardier performs original compositions inspired by the distinct imagery and characters of one of the most famous auteurs in film, Wes Anderson.

  • The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents RETURN TO REASON: THE SHORT FILMS OF MAN RAY

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

    The four films Man Ray directed between 1923 and 1929, Le Retour à la raison, Emak-Bakia, L'Étoile de mer and Les Mystères du Château du Dé represent a high watermark of early European avant-garde cinema, a seminal nexus of experimental technique, surrealist narrative, and playful abstraction as suffused with dark eroticism.

  • The PRVLG

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

    Memphis-born artist-and-producer duo The PRVLG have been simmered in soul from the birthplace of rock and roll. Over years of playing together, the pair of performers/songwriters has crafted a sound that is radically authentic, vintage but modern.