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  • Babu Press presents Once Upon a Star

    Crosstown Concourse, Big Stair 1350 Concourse Ave., 2nd floor Central Atrium, Memphis, TN, United States

    Come enjoy Once Upon a Star, an original children's story featuring audience participation and musical accompaniment by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Created by MSO principal oboist Joseph Salvalaggio, Babu Press performances use classical music to help kids develop an appreciation for the arts and foster a love of reading. The performances are entertaining for audiences of all ages, from toddlers to adults. 

    This performance features MSO musicians Barrie Cooper (violin), Nobuko Igarashi (clarinet), and Joseph Salvalaggio (oboe). Narrated by Todd Berry. 

  • Workshop Series — Simultaneous Contrast: Experiments with Color

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

    Lifeworks, in conjunction with Crosstown Arts, is pleased to host Los Angeles-based artist, Pamela Jorden, to lead a painting workshop.  In Simultaneous Contrast: Experiments with Color, Jorden will guide participants through considerations of color, texture, and unexpected juxtapositions that inspire experimentation with paint and process. 

    Registration fee $125 (materials not included). Lunch will be provided.
    Space is limited. To register please email laurel@crosstownarts.org.

  • Michael Shults Quartet at The Green Room

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

    Join us for a very special evening with award-winning improv saxophonist Michael Shults with Carl Maguire, Alan Maguire, and Alvie Givhan.

  • Garrison Starr & LOLO at The Green Room

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

    The secret is out! Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for an intimate, acoustic performance from Garrison Starr and LOLO.

  • Micro Cinema: Memphis Women in Film

    Monthly short film screening series, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts. This month is a Memphis in May salute to Memphis presented with the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission.

    This month: Memphis Women in Film
    Join us as we focus on Memphis women filmmakers with a retrospective of their work in short films over the years.

  • Spotlight Concert Series ft. Andrew Crust and Members of the MSO

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

    Join Andrew Crust, Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and a chamber orchestra comprised of members of the MSO for a special evening of music at the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. The program was selected by Andrew Crust and features works by Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, and Richard Wagner. Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche will perform as soloist for the Mahler selections. Also a talented visual artist, Andrew Crust will be displaying some of his artwork available for purchase at the concert.

  • Spit and Image

    A one-night art event featuring new works by Jeshua Schuster, Meredith Lones, Sara Moseley, and Stacy Kiehl. With DJ Damp Velour.

  • Chris Milam

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

    Chris Milam's Kids These Days (2017) debuted in the iTunes Top 40 amid critical acclaim. The album's stunning poetry, infectious melodies, and innovative sonic landscape earned the Memphis artist a wider audience and rapturous reviews.
    The momentum of Kids These Days took Milam from clubs to festivals, from Los Angeles to Liverpool, and all points between. Now, after a year on the road, Chris Milam's back in his favorite place (Memphis), doing his favorite thing (writing new songs). With the next album in mind--and pen in hand--Milam's 2019 performances will offer a sneak peek at what this acclaimed songwriter has in store.

  • Crosstown Arts Weekly Film Series: Stranded in Canton

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

    The Crosstown Arts Weekly Film Series is an arthouse-style film series showcasing a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features. This week: STRANDED IN CANTON (DOCUMENTARY, 1974)

  • Stranded in Canton After-Party

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

    Join us for a Stranded in Canton after-party with The Thank You Friends Alex Chilton Revue Band. Celebrate the chaos, the cacophony, the characters and the music of a time and place that only William Eggleston and Alex Chilton could create and capture in sound and vision. Screen the film, Stranded in Canton, at Crosstown Theater and then re-live the music with Ross Johnson, The Klitz (Amy Starks, Gail and Marcia Clifton), Adam Hill and others at an after-party in The Green Room.