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  • Talking Back to the Screen: Feminism & Film Criticism

    Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts
    April topic: Hair & Makeup for Film with Alicia George

    In Alice Bolin's upcoming book, Dead Girls, she writes about moving to L.A. and seeing the city through a white male literary lens, and needing to trust her own eyes rather than what she's read. Miriam Bale's path through the male-dominated world of film criticism at New York newspapers was similarly one of learning to trust her own eyes. The two writers will have a dialogue about different ways to engage with writing about film, a misogynistic industry, as women. Dead Girls (which covers Twin Peaks to True Detective) is an essay collection out in June 2018 from William Morrow/ HarperCollins. Alice Bolin teaches nonfiction at the University of Memphis.

    Miriam Bale is new Senior Programmer of the Indie Memphis Film Festival.

  • Resident Artists’ Open Studio

    Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Visit Crosstown Arts resident artists' studios and view their work in progress.

  • Mellotron Variations

    Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Multi-day festival featuring original musical compositions for the mellotron performed live alongside newly created multidisciplinary installations.

  • 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 […]

  • Mellotron Variations: Pt. 1

    Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    New work for the mellotron by composer Robert G. Patterson, performed by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. A documentary featuring keyboardist Audie Smith. Performance by Ross Rice collaborating with the New Ballet Ensemble.

    Free | Open to the public

  • 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.

  • Mellotron Variations: Pt. 2

    Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Performance of new works and collaborations for the Mellotron by Robby Grant, Jonathan Kirkscey, John Medeski, and Pat Sansone.

    Projections by William Eggleston and John Markham.

    Free | Open to the public
    Doors 7:30 pm | Concert 8 pm

  • Mellotron Variations: Pt. 3

    Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Reprise brunch featuring performance of various acts from Parts 1 and 2 of Mellotron Variations and Q&A sessions with performers.

    Light refreshments will be served.
    Free | Open to the public

  • 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."