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  • Up in Arms Collective presents Response 4

    Twenty-two artists converge at Crosstown Arts to create original works that explore today’s America. Up in Arms Collective was born out of the need for the dance community to respond to what is happening in America in an open and affirming environment. What originally began as a community of diverse Memphis dance artists has since grown to include local filmmakers, actors, and artists.

  • Chris Stamey & Friends at The Green Room

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

    Join us at The Green Room for a special concert of Chris Stamey’s New Songs for the 20th Century (Omnivore Recordings), new original compositions inspired by the canon of the Great American Songbook. With a full acoustic band and guest singers Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Django Haskins, and more. As well as classic songs from Chris’s days with lauded pop-rock icons the dB’s.

  • No Meat Meet-Up Vegan Potluck

    Cafe at Crosstown Arts 1350 Concourse Ave, Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Join us at the cafe at Crosstown Arts for a vegan potluck. Bring a vegan dish to share, and mingle with like-minded folks. This event is open to everyone — vegans, vegetarians, and the veg-curious, but please bring a dish prepared without meat, dairy, and eggs. There’s no set standard for how many people your dish […]

  • Folk All Y’all: Cory Branan’s Birthday Show

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

    Cory Branan's turning 45. That's hilarious in so many ways. But regardless, let's celebrate with him. Maybe there will even be surprise guests, who knows?

  • A Performance of Big Star’s Third & More

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

    Join us for a performance of Big Star's Third and more on the Kemmons Wilson Family Stage at Crosstown Theater. Featuring Big Star's Jody Stephens and conducted by Carl Marsh, the album's original arranger. Plus, Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Chris Stamey (the dbs), Mitch Easter, Skylar Gudasz, Django Haskins (the Old Ceremony), Brett Harris, Charles Cleaver, Dale Baker, Jimmy Stephens, and members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

  • MicroCinema Club: 2019 Documentary Shorts Festival Encore

    Monthly screening of short films presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts.

    This month: Catch ann encore screening of documentary shorts in competition from the 2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival, curated by Senior Programmer Brighid Wheeler. Pay what you can.

  • The Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra in The Green Room

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

    Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance from The Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra.

    The Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra has performed in a variety of venues including local music festivals such as the annual Memphis Heritage Festival, The Bartlett Festival, The Whitehaven Jazz Festival (which featured Donald Brown and John Birdsong); The Center for Southern Folklore; Rhodes College; Tennessee Cultural Heritage Preservation Society Benefit Galas; and church galas. The Orchestra has performed with Memphis' premiere jazz, blues, and gospel vocalist Erliz Taylor in a benefit jazz concert for missions charity relief for Haiti at Bridges of Memphis.

  • Panel Discussion: Can We Talk?

    Crosstown Arts East Atrium 1350 Concourse Avenue, Memphis, TN, United States

    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.

  • It’s Christmastime with The Nick Black Band

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

    The Nick Black Band is home for the holidays, and you're invited out to an unforgettable night of songs, laughs, and special guests at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. Memphis born-and-bred soul singer-songwriter Nick Black is taking a detour down Christmas lane, through the seven levels of the candy cane forest, through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops, through the Lincoln Tunnel, and all the way back home to the Mid-South to celebrate Christmas like only he and his band can.

  • Family Workshop: Once Upon a Story

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

    After viewing Ezra Johnson's film What Visions Burn, on view in Selected Animations in the Screening Room, participants will spend some time reflecting on an exciting story from their life.

    Using four pre-cut squares, participants will create a four-panel storyboard to share with the group.