Events
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Blato Zlato at Crosstown Arts
Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United StatesCrosstown Arts presents New Orleans-based Balkan band Blato Zlato in The Green Room.
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Tony Dickerson & The Essential Band at Crosstown Arts
Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United StatesCrosstown Arts presents singer-songwriter Tony Dickerson & The Essential Band with musical guests in The Green Room.
Passionate music teacher, inventive songwriter, and “a being himself on stage kind of entertainer” are just a few phrases that describe one of inspirational music's premiere musicians. Influenced by crossover inspirational artists such as Andrae Crouch, The Edwin Hawkins Singers, and Thomas Whitfield, as well as soul, funk and R&B artists Sly and the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and Earth Wind & Fire, Tony B. Dickerson knows how to fuse traditional and contemporary flavors to form his own signature sound and distinct musical style. -
Crosstown Arthouse presents All the Streets Are Silent
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesIn the late 80s and early 90s, the streets of downtown Manhattan were the site of a collision between two vibrant subcultures: skateboarding and hip hop. Narrated by Zoo York co-founder Eli Gesner, with an original score by legendary hip-hop producer Large Professor (Nas, A Tribe Called Quest), All the Streets Are Silent brings to life the magic of the time period and the convergence that created a style and visual language with an outsized cultural effect.
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Black Cream
Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United StatesCrosstown Arts presents Memphis-based soul group Black Cream in The Green Room. Black Cream is a conglomerate of some of Memphis’ musical prodigies. Lead guitarist and good soul TO Crivens flies high with his attention to detail during his solos. The band is anchored by bassist Dr. Derek Brassel, the coolest cat in every room and the unofficially certified groove doctor. His bass lines are spellbinding. On drums and vocals, Courtney Barnes displays jaw-dropping skill and vocal finesse, often harmonizing with his brother, Chris Barnes, who rounds out the Black Cream team on vocals and percussion. Chris Barnes has the charismatic presence of a Baptist preacher and the vocal abilities of your favorite soul crooner.
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WLOK Black Film Festival Presents Amazing Grace
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesMemphis radio station WLOK will present a screening of Amazing Grace in Crosstown Theater as part of its annual Black Film Festival.
The film documents Aretha Franklin's recording sessions for a live album of the same name. As Rolling Stone put it, "a film crew was there to catch the Queen of Soul blow the roof off the place. Not to get closer to the Lord — surely He was already listening — but to testify to his glory with the black church music that helped form her and fired her faith." -
bodywerk presented by habibibeats
Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United Stateshabibibeats presents bodywerk, an elevated experience embodying dance culture in Memphis.
Our aim is to provide an inclusive setting dedicated to the free expression of self through dance. We will achieve this aim through the intentional showcase of Black dance music, both old and new, spun by DJs that reflect the diversity of our city.
Featuring DJs Qemist, DJ Chandlerblingg, moonchildsteph b2b DJ Rmzi. -
Evan Williams + Blueshift Ensemble at Crosstown Arts
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesBlueshift Ensemble performs a program of chamber music curated by composer and conductor Evan Williams featuring works by Williams and his musical mentors, friends, and colleagues in Crosstown Theater. The program includes works by Jennifer Jolley, Caroline Shaw, and Michael Fiday.
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SpiralPhonics
Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United StatesCrosstown Arts presents SpiralPhonics in The Green Room. Original compositions and improvisations woven together using the energy of the moment. The music made by this trio is ever-changing because that is the nature of the Universe. By closely listening to each other, these three musicians speak from their instruments as if from one mind.
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Crosstown Arthouse presents Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesWoodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror explores the folk horror phenomenon from its beginnings in a trilogy of films – Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General (1968), Piers Haggard’s Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) and Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man (1973) – through its proliferation on British television in the 1970s and its culturally specific manifestations in American, Asian, Australian, and European horror, to the genre’s revival over the last decade. Touching on over 200 films and featuring over 50 interviewees, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched investigates the many ways that we alternately celebrate, conceal, and manipulate our own histories in an attempt to find spiritual resonance in our surroundings.
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Hermon Mehari and Peter Schlamb
Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United StatesJoin Hermon Mehari, an award-winning jazz trumpeter based in Paris, France, and Kansas City-based vibraphonist and pianist Peter Schlamb for a special performance in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts.
