Events
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Indie Memphis Nights
Join Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts for monthly screenings of independent films. This legendary, low-budget, entirely African-American produced and conceived meta-soap opera from Bill Gunn, writer of the The Landlord […]
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Outflix Film Festival Launch Party
Screening of a short film highlighting the 20th anniversary of the Outflix Film Festival (the Mid-South's LGBTQ film fest), plus a preview of new festival events for 2018 and information on sponsorship opportunities.
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The Speed Trials Arcade
New work by Crosstown Arts resident artist Josh Short
Inspired by 1980s era arcade games, Josh Short has created a series of interactive driving simulators based on popular American mythologies about the road and our love/hate relationship with cars. Josh uses cast-off exercise equipment, hand-made banners, remote-controlled cars, surveillance cameras, and detritus found from the road to create a mechanical "Bricolage."
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Booksigning for “After the Dust Clears”
Authors El and Zina Henry sign and share intimate stories from their new book, After the Dust Clears, a memoir on the pain of infidelity. Books will be available for […]
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MicroCinema Club
Monthly short film screening series, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts. This month: Live From Memphis Retrospective An homage of over 10+ years of films, projects, and events from Live From Memphis […]
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Raise Your Voice
A Friendship Commanders Tour
Rock + Voter Registration
Featuring performances by Negro Terror, Friendship Commanders, and Blood Like Wine. -
Cahoots
A collaborative exhibition of painters from the University of Memphis. Featuring work by Trudy Blackwell Goff, Megan Chen, Ivy-Jade Edwards, Robert Fairchild, Cameron Mallory, Travis Washington, Ras Rossetti, Stephanie Curry, […]
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Open Crit
Crosstown Arts’ Open Crit series, organized in partnership with ArtsMemphis, is a monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. All sessions are free and open to the public.
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Indie Wednesdays
Weekly film screenings hosted by Indie Memphis. Films will screen at Crosstown Arts, Malco’s Studio on the Square, and Ridgeway Theatre on a rotating basis. This week: Are We Not Cats […]
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Wish Book: James Benning Reception & Screening
Opening reception for selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera
Reception, filmmaker Q&A, and screening of measuring change (60 min), 2016
