Shoot & Splice: Craig Brewer on Directing
2022-09-06 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Theater at Crosstown Arts
Free
Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are excited to welcome Memphis’ own Craig Brewer for his first ever in-person Shoot & Splice event! Craig will discuss his experiences and share insights from his many years as a feature film director. From his early years making indies like THE POOR & HUNGRY and HUSTLE & FLOW, through his big Hollywood adventures like COMING 2 AMERICA, Craig has much to share about the evolution of the director role and how exploring themes and ideas that resonate with oneself is paramount to a successful filmmaking career.

Crosstown Arthouse presents DEEP COVER
2022-09-08 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents DEEP COVER at Crosstown Theater.
Bill Duke / 1992 / 107 minutes / Rated R
Tickets: $5 at the door
Films begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater
David Jason (Jeff Goldblum) is the biggest drug dealer in Los Angeles, and Russell Stevens (Larry Fishburne) is an undercover cop who wants to bring him down. Posing as a dealer, Stevens begins to earn the trust of the L.A. drug underworld, eventually making his way to Jason himself. But along the way he has to take his cover to depths he never thought he would have to see, including selling drugs and going to great lengths to eliminate potential competitors for Jason’s drug cart.
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features.

The Reba Russell Band
2022-09-09 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Arts presents The Reba Russell Band in the Green Room.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Friday, September 9, 2022
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 in advance | $20 day of the show
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Reba Russell and The Reba Russell Band are names synonymous with the Memphis Music Scene and the Blues. Beginning early in the 1980’s (bands Visions, Portrait, Reba and the Portables) and currently fronting The Reba Russell Band, Reba Russell has covered most bases in the music industry. Reba is a published songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, backing vocalist, bandleader and producer, as well as a touring and recording artist. She and her band have toured throughout the United States and Europe and have released 8 independent original Blues albums. Reba and all her band members have countless recording credits with a multitude of various artists.
In 2018 The Reba Russell Band was honored to receive a Brass Note on Beale Street. Current members of the Reba Russell Band:
Wayne Russell – Bass
Robert Nighthawk Tooms – Keys & Harp
James Cunningham – Drums
Jeff Jensen – Guitar
Reba Russell – Vocals & Acoustic Guitar

Craig Brewer’s Secret Screening
2022-09-09 15:00 - 17:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Friday, September 9, 2022
Crosstown Theater at Crosstown Arts
Doors at 7:30PM | Screening at 8:00PM
Tickets: $5 at the door
Craig Brewer screens a film hand-picked by the director himself. What film will be shown? The only way to know for sure is to show up and see.

Folk All Y'all presents Grace Pettis
2022-09-10 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm
Tickets: $20+

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Grace epitomizes the term singer/songwriter. As a singer, her voice is both powerful and beautiful, and she uses it like a fine arts painter to color and craft her songs. American Songwriter Magazine wrote “As a decorated songwriter, Pettis blurs the lines between country, Americana and folk. Her soulful delivery of calculated lyric lines helps her tell stories for all generations.” Her songs have been recorded by many esteemed artists, including Sara Hickman and Ruthie Foster. For Grace, who has been characterized as “a little bit folk, a little bit country/Americana, and a whole lot of soul,” 2020 had many silver linings. She signed with MPress Records, released three critically acclaimed singles — “Landon,” “White Noise,” and “Drop Another Pin,” — and recorded Working Woman in Nashville employing an all-female/non-binary creative team.

Minimum ticket price is $20 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep, all of it. Folk All Yall is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse.
About Folk All Y’all: Intimate, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters, proudly presented in Memphis, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences.

Mike Moreno with The Ted Ludwig Trio
2022-09-13 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm
Tickets: $20 advance | $25 at the door ($10 student tickets available at the door)
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Originally from Houston, Texas, Mike began studying music formally at the Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, a school renowned for its musical alumni, which includes such luminaries as Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Brian Michael Cox, Eric Harland, Chris Dave, Kendrick Scott, and Beyoncé.
After graduating, Mike moved to New York City with a scholarship to attend the New School University. While still in school he began garnering the recognition necessary to be called to perform and tour with some of the most venerable names in the Jazz world as well as rising stars of the scene.
Over the years, they have included The Joshua Redman Elastic Band, Lizz Wright Band, Nicholas Payton Quartet, Stefon Harris Sonic Creed, Me’Shell N’Degeocello, Jason Moran, Terence Blanchard, Robert Glasper, Ambrose Akinmusire, Gretchen Parlato, Aaron Parks, Claudia Acuña, Greg Osby 4, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Jeremy Pelt, John Ellis, Myron Walden, Kenny Garret, Yosvany Terry, Ralph Bowen, Will Vinson and more.
Additionally, Mike has recorded with numerous major artists, both inside and outside of the Jazz genre. 3 of these recordings were nominated for a Grammy. In 2010 both Q-Tip’s “The Renaissance” and Geoffrey Keezzer’s “Aurea” were nominated for Best Album in their categories, as well in 2008 Eldar’s “Re-Imagination” received the same nomination in the Jazz Category. Moreno’s discography also includes artists such as Bilal, Jeremy Pelt, Robert Glasper, John Ellis, Aaron Parks, Jimmy Greene, Myron Walden, Sam Yahel, Ralph Bowen, Marcus Strickland, Yosvany Terry, Kendrick Scott Oracle, Will Vinson, and Bob Reynolds.
Recognized as one of the leading voices in the Jazz guitar world, Mike has toured extensively and recorded as a leader of his own band, playing his original music to high critical acclaim. As Nate Chinen describes in his 2007 The Gig article in JazzTimes, “There are many other guitarists out there pushing towards a modern ideal, but none with the precise coordinates that Mike Moreno has charted.”
In 2007, Mike released his debut CD Between The Lines on the World Culture Music label, which Nate Chinen deemed in The New York Times as one of his top 10 Jazz albums of 2007. He recorded his second and third albums, Third Wish 2008 and First In Mind 2011, for European Jazz label Criss-Cross Records. He returned to World Culture Music for the release of Another Way 2012 which made the 25 “Best of 2012” Jazz Releases on itunes. And his most recent album Lotus has just been released.

Crosstown Arthouse presents LONG WEEKEND
2022-09-15 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents LONG WEEKEND at Crosstown Theater.
Colin Eggleston / 1979 / 97 minutes / N/R
Tickets: $5 at the door
Films begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater
Long Weekend has notes of Possession’s marital anarchy, with a healthy amount of Hitchcockian flair and the stark hellscapes of The Seventh Seal transposed onto the unforgiving Outback. Essential viewing.
Attempting to resurrect their failing marriage, Peter and Marcia trample through the deserted countryside, hoping a long weekend will patch up their differences. As they inadvertently destroy everything in their tracks, scattering garbage and shooting anything that moves, their callous disregard becomes apparent to them when the animals seek vengeance!
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features.

Fula Brothers
2022-09-16 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm
Tickets: $20 advance | $25 at the door
Purchase tickets here
Fula Brothers are a burst of unbridled creative musicianship and happy making. A high spirited meeting of veteran performers from West Africa and America, each with a history of innovation and collaboration with some of the beloved musicians of these cultures. Together they weave West African hunter’s harp, fingerstyle guitar, drums, vocals, and a bounty of improvisation into an ecstatic groove based dialogue which the heart – and the feet – cannot resist.
Mamadou Sidibe
Master kamale ngoni player, Mamadou Sidibe, is from the Wassoulou Region of Mali, West Africa. Twenty-five years ago, Mamadou played a groundbreaking role in the transformation of this region’s music from its origins in hunters’ sacred melodies – played on six string donso ngoni (hunter’s harps) – to a music of philosophical observations, politics, and daily life. Mamadou was one of the first to expand the instrument’s range with two extra strings, creating the popular kamale ngoni. He has recently enhanced the kamale ngoni even further by devising 10 and 12-stringed instruments.
​Mamadou, with artists Coumba Sidibe, Oumou Sangare and Ramata Diakite, spread the new sounds through recordings and performances in Europe, Africa and the United States. Not only is Mamadou an award-winning musician and master of the kamale ngoni, he is accomplished on several other African instruments as well.
​“At the center of his music is the same sensibility that you’ll find in Muddy Waters: a sense of music as a tool for the re-creation of everyday life into something special, even magical.” ~ Stylus
Walter Strauss
Fingerstyle guitarist Walter Strauss’s multi-layered style draws on American roots, jazz, classical, and cultural guitar traditions – but what makes his playing utterly unique is how it is informed by other global stringed instruments. He has delved deep into the harp traditions of West Africa, integrating elements of their richly layered styles and rhythmic sensibilities with his own, and rendering traditional pieces on the guitar. Walter has collaborated with revered practitioners of the kora (the 21-stringed West African harp) and with early kamale ngoni (hunter’s harp) innovator Mamadou Sidibe. Malian kora legend Toumani Diabate calls Walter’s guitar rendering of the music of the kora “inspirational”, and proposed Walter’s collaboration with his son, Sidiki Diabate, a West African star in his own right.
In addition to his solo CDs and performances across the US & UK, Walter’s collaborations have spanned an impressive range of musicians, from maverick multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven and Grammy-winning Malian kora player Mamadou Diabate to Scottish fiddler Johnny Hardie and Grammy-nominated guitar maestro Alex de Grassi. He has performed internationally at venues like the Kennedy Center, the Celtic Connections Festival in Scotland, and Le Diplomate in Bamako, Mali. Recently, he created music for the Ken Burns documentary film “Defying the Nazis.”
​“A many-layered, multi-textured, one-man folk festival” ~ Maverick Magazine

Invoke Multi-String Quartet
2022-09-16 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Arts presents multi-string quartet INVOKE at Crosstown Theater.

Crosstown Theater
Friday, September 16, 2022
Doors 7pm | Concert 7:30pm
Tickets: $20 advance | $25 day of the show ($10 student tickets)
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Described as “not classical…but not not classical” (David Srebnik, SiriusXM Classical Producer), Invoke continues to successfully dodge even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The multi-instrumental band’s other ‘not-nots’ encompass traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism. Invoke weaves all of these styles together to create truly individual music written by and for the group.
The band has recently garnered major prizes at international competitions including winning First Prize at the M-Prize International Chamber Arts competition in Ann Arbor, MI, the First Prize in the Coltman Competition in Austin, TX, and the “New Music/New Places” prize at Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition in New York. The group’s 20-21 season will take them across North America performing concert engagements and participating in major educational residencies. Highlights include performances at Lincoln Center, Norton Center for the Arts, Newberry Opera House and Green Music Center.
Invoke has shared the stage with some of the most acclaimed ensembles in the country, ranging from the Ensō Quartet to the U.S. Army Field Band, and has also appeared with musicians in greatly varying genres – from chamber rock powerhouse San Fermin to DC beatboxer/rapper/spoons virtuoso Christylez Bacon.
Invoke’s debut release Souls in the Mud, and their follow-up Furious Creek, both feature original works composed by and for the group, plus the quartet has also performed and recorded numerous world premieres. Invoke believes in championing diverse American voices, including their ongoing commissioning project American Postcards, which asks composers to pick a time and place in American history and tell their story through Invoke’s unique artistry.
Invoke is currently based in Austin, Texas.
This programming is made possible in part thanks to an Organizational Development Fund grant from New Music USA.

Crosstown Arthouse presents BRANDED TO KILL
2022-09-22 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents BRANDED TO KILL at Crosstown Theater.
Seijun Suzuki / 1967 / 91 minutes / N/R
Tickets: $5 at the door
Films begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater
When Japanese new wave bad boy Seijun Suzuki delivered this brutal, hilarious, and visually inspired masterpiece to the executives at his studio, he was promptly fired. Branded to Kill tells the ecstatically bent story of a yakuza assassin with a fetish for sniffing steamed rice (the chipmunk-cheeked superstar Joe Shishido) who botches a job and ends up a target himself. This is Suzuki at his most extreme — the flabbergasting pinnacle of his ’60s pop-art aesthetic.
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features.

The Evergreen Sessions: Hosted by Brandon Blvd
2022-09-23 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Brandon Blvd hosts The Evergreen Sessions in the Green Room, emphasizing independent/underground artists locally and beyond. Featuring special guests Mai Ty, Idaly Maceano, Cadillac Jack, and Virghost and the Saturday Sunset band.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Friday, September 23, 2022
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door
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Brandon Love Jackson (born April 5, 1991), known professionally as Brandon Blvd, is an American Hip-Hop artist from Memphis, Tennessee. In 2020, he released his most recent EP Safer at Home to the public which yielded support and allowed him to begin generating local recognition.
As a former Crosstown Arts resident artist, Brandon was able to actively collaborate with artists from different walks, backgrounds, and practices. This inspired him to explore the creation of similar art spaces in collaboration with Crosstown Arts in order to continue the sharing of ideas, vibes, and perspectives through music. As an artist and Memphis native, Brandon hopes that the Evergreen Sessions will allow such environments to take place for the foreseeable future.
In paying homage to Memphis’ Historic Evergreen district in mind, the “Evergreen Sessions” seeks to serve as a quarterly showcase of musical talents from a wide scale of artists with various backgrounds, and perspectives. This will be the first session of hopefully many more to come that sheds light and emphasizes independent/underground artists locally and beyond. Although there’s a focus on shining light on underground/independent Hip Hop & R&B artists, the Evergreen Sessions seeks to create an all-inclusive space of collaboration for all musical creatives and genres.

Rushes Ensemble performs Michael Gordon’s Rushes
2022-09-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Central Atrium, Crosstown Concourse, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Central Atrium
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Show begins at 8PM
Tickets: Pay-What-You-Can
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Rushes is a 55 minute tour-de-force that takes the listener on a meditative journey through rich, undulating harmonies captured by the velvety sound of seven bassoons.
Rushes Ensemble is an all-star septet comprised of leading performers of contemporary bassoon music in the United States: Michael Harley, Maya Stone, Lynn Hileman, Jeffrey Lyman, Rachael Elliott, Saxton Rose, and Sara Schoenbeck.
The group debuted in 2012 with the world premiere performance of Michael Gordon’s Rushes at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in Troy, New York. Their premiere recording of the work was released by Cantaloupe Records in 2014. Rushes Ensemble has appeared throughout Europe and North America at venues including November Music, Korzo Theater and GLOW Festival in the Netherlands; Surround Festival in Brugge, Belgium; Vancouver New Music Festival; Duke Performances; Oz Arts in Nashville; Big Ears in Knoxville; Peak Performances in Montclair, NJ; and National Sawdust and Park Avenue Armory in New York.
“Rarely does one get to see a group that has been steadily performing the same work to the point of absolute mastery.” — Vancouver Classical Music
This programming is made possible in part thanks to an Organizational Development Fund grant from New Music USA.

Crosstown Arthouse presents GIRLFRIENDS
2022-09-29 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents GIRLFRIENDS at Crosstown Theater.
Claudia Weill / 1978 / 88 minutes / Rated PG
Tickets: $5 at the door
Films begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater
A woman learns independence when her roommate decides to get married and leave their nest. An unexpected flirtation with a rabbi gives her the opportunity to be a portrait photographer for Jewish weddings.
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features.

Shai Maestro Quartet + Strings
2022-09-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Theater
Friday, September 30, 2022
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 8pm
Tickets: $30 in advance | $35 day of the show
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“Expressions of joy, introspective thoughts and heightened intensity all come to the fore” – Downbeat Magazine
“His piano style fits into a particular modern tradition, one that combines ultra-clean classical technique with a strong interest in repetitive, almost looping figures and romantic melodies” – Stereogum
Shai Maestro (1987) is one of the most promising and talented pianists of his generation. Since his debut with his own trio in 2011, Shai has shaped a strong and unique personal identity and has portrayed an incredible musical fluidity, making him and his band one of the most powerful and harmonious groups in jazz today.
2018 marked an important year for Shai, signing with major jazz label ECM and recording his first album The Dream Thief there, featuring his trio, but also him as a solo-pianist. Introspective, lyrical, virtuosic and differentiated. In its review of The Dream Thief, All About Jazz spoke of “a searching lyrical atmosphere, emotional eloquence and communal virtuosity that serves the music.” All of which also applies to Human, Shai’s latest release on ECM, where Maestro’s outgoing, highly-communicative band with fellow Israeli Ofri Nehemya on drums and Peruvian bassist Jorge Roeder becomes a quartet with the inspired addition of US trumpeter Philip Dizack. Shai’s expansive pianism is well-matched by Dizack’s alert, quick-thinking approach to improvising. And, as ever, Maestro is taking the music forward while also respecting its sense of tradition. Human was recorded at Studios la Buissonne in the South of France in February 2020, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Shai Maestro began playing classical piano at age five and graduated with honors from the Thelma Yell in High School of Performing Arts in Givataim, Israel. After winning the National Jazz Ensembles Competition “Jazz Signs” in 2002 and 2003 and receiving excellency scholarships 2004-2010 from the America-Israel Cultural Fund for jazz piano, Maestro attended Berklee College of Music’s Five-Week Summer Performance Program in Boston, where he was awarded a full scholarship to attend Berklee full-time—an offer Maestro ultimately declined.
Maestro’s intuitions proved right: just a few weeks later, he received a phone call from bassist Avishai Cohen, known for his long-time collaboration with Chick Corea as well as for his successful band-leading career. The bassist called to invite Maestro to join the Avishai Cohen Trio with drummer Mark Guiliana. Maestro recorded four albums with the Avishai Cohen Trio, including two on Blue Note Records: Gently Disturbed (2008), Sensitive Hours (2008), Aurora (2009), and Seven Seas (2011). The trio toured the world and played at some of the world’s most renowned venues and festivals.
In July 2010, Maestro formed his own trio and just a few months later, recorded their well-received first album, Shai Maestro Trio, for the French label Laborie Jazz. The trio began an intense schedule of touring the world, playing up to 80 concerts a year and sharing stages with groups led by Chick Corea, Tigran Hamasyan, Esperanza Spalding, and Diana Krall. In 2012, the trio released their second album for Laborie Jazz, entitled The Road to Ithaca, making an even more personal and intimate statement, going back to the essence of their being: unedited and raw.
Following that line of thought, Shai released recent albums Untold Stories and The Stone Skippe‘ in October 2014 and November 2016. Listeners and the media outlets alike, including DownBeat Magazine, NPR, BBC, JazzFM, TSF, and WBGO’s The Checkout, received the albums with critical acclaim. With these albums, Maestro entered a new phase in his artistry: taking time, fearing less, daring more, and allowing the music to unfold organically, more than ever. Especially live, the natural developments made the trio one of the most powerful and harmonious groups in jazz. The past few years, the trio has performed at the most renown stages, venues and festivals worldwide.
Besides his trio, Maestro recorded on vocalist Theo Bleckmann’s album Elegy. Maestro has also received critical acclaim appearing on Mark Guiliana’s Jazz Quartet’s debut album Family First (2015). Most recently, Shai recorded on saxophonist Ben Wendel’s album High Heart (Edition Records, 2020).
Within the past couple of years, Shai reached two important career milestones: he signed with Sony / ATV Music Publishing and was invited to perform with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Keitaro Harada, at Tokyo Metropolitan Theater. The program consisted of Miho Hazama’s first piano concerto as well as Shai’s original music.

Hotel Transylvania
2022-10-01 09:30 - 11:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Theater
Saturday, October 1, at 2:30 p.m.
REGISTER HERE
Dracula’s plans to host a monsters-only celebration for his daughter Mavis’ birthday are complicated when an ordinary human unwittingly checks in at the luxurious Hotel Transylvania and falls for Drac’s daughter. Rated PG. 91 minutes.
Crosstown Concourse presents the next season of the annual Fright-tober film series, programmed by Crosstown Arts. The events are free and open to the public.

The People Under the Stairs
2022-10-01 13:30 - 15:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Theater
Saturday, October 1, at 6:30 p.m.
REGISTER HERE
Director Wes Craven’s American horror comedy about a juvenile boy, who has been evicted from his home, breaks into the home of his former landlords and discovers their terrible secret. Rated R. 1 hour and 42 minutes. 6:30 p.m.
Crosstown Concourse presents the next season of the annual Fright-tober film series, programmed by Crosstown Arts. The events are free and open to the public.

She’Chinah and Friends
2022-10-01 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Doors open at 7PM | Show begins at 7:30PM
Tickets: $15 in advance | $20 day of the show
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Memphis native She’Chinah’s love for music has roots deeper than she can remember. As a child, she sang with her church choir, and music has continued to soothe her throughout her life. “I have no idea how,” she says, “but when I sing the frustration I get with being misunderstood and unheard completely goes away and I am soothed. Music loved me first really, so I fell for it back.”
When she was young, she was forbidden to listen to even the faintest, briefest note of secular music, and she didn’t find her own voice until years later. As a senior in high school, She’Chinah began writing songs, and in college at the University of Memphis, she recorded features for other musicians.
Inspired by her entrepreneurial parents, She’Chinah decided to take her God-given talent and step into the spotlight. Originating from a musically inclined family, her voice has finally found its place. She’Chinah uses her music to face reality, and the free-spirited singer prides herself on making authentic and relatable music. Her debut EP, Solitaire, was released in 2017. Now, after moving to LA and experiencing some life, She’Chinah is preparing to share her sophomore EP this fall.

Mama Honey Album Release Show
2022-10-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Doors at 5:30PM | Show at 6PM
Tickets: $15 | $12 in advance
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Crosstown Arts presents Mama Honey in a special release show for their new album Out of Darkness.
Memphis-based rock band Mama Honey has a sound reminiscent of the Memphis blues, classic rock, and punk which transcends nostalgia to a uniquely modern blend of the best of all. Tamar Love, singer/songwriter/guitarist; David McNinch, drums; and Fields Falcone, bass; will perform their album Out of Darkness and debut new songs in celebration of this special occasion.

Blackwater Trio with Oakwalker
2022-10-06 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Arts presents The Blackwater Trio in the Green Room.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door
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Blackwater Trio is an Americana, folk, roots, and rock band from Clarksdale, Mississippi. With over eight years of friendship, traveling, and writing, their unique sound is crafted with influences ranging from Led Zeppelin to hot club jazz. No Blackwater Trio show is complete without Seth’s charisma, Walt’s chordal complexity, Alice’s blazing fast fiddle, and the band’s trademark three-part harmonies. A favorite on tours, their original music and artful covers captivate audiences all over the country.

Crosstown Arthouse presents SPIDER BABY
2022-10-06 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents SPIDER BABY at Crosstown Theater.
Jack Hill / 1967 / 81 minutes / N/R
Tickets: $5 at the door
Films begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater
The first solo feature from exploitation legend Jack Hill (Foxy Brown), Spider Baby remains one of the wildest and weirdest horror films of the 1960s. The credits dub this “the maddest story ever told,” a promise that’s well on the way to being fulfilled in the opening scene alone, when Virginia traps and kills a hapless deliveryman in her makeshift web. She’s one of three siblings, including Sid Haig, who suffer from a unique genetic disorder that causes them to regress back to childhood while retaining the physical strength and sexual maturity of adults. Lon Chaney Jr. (The Wolf Man) gives one of his most memorable late performances as Bruno, who manages to cover up the crimes of the “kids” until two distant relatives lay claim to their house. Blending elements of gothic horror and gallows humor, Spider Baby drops somewhere between The Addams Family and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features.

Amina Figarova Sextet
2022-10-07 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Arts presents the Amina Figarova Sextet in the Green Room.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Friday, October 7, 2022
Doors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm
Tickets: $20 advance | $25 day of the show ($10 student tickets available)
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“…Many of the strongest composer-arranger-orchestra leaders in jazz are women. Think Toshiko Akiyoshi, Carla Bley, Maria Schneider. Amina Figarova has a chance to join their company. All she needs is an orchestra. Figarova’s compositions for small ensemble have been brilliant since at least 2005, when she released September Suite, still the deepest, most powerful jazz response to the events of 9/11…” by Thomas Conrad for Stereophile Magazine
Amina Figarova is a quite phenomenal Azerbaijan-born, New York-based pianist and stunning composer. Her sextet is fast developing a huge reputation on the international scene. Amina has toured extensively, developing a tight-knit ensemble that, despite inevitable personnel changes, has attained a distinctive and inimitable voice by concentrating on all-original repertoire for almost 18 years. During that period, having collaborated with musicians residing in both the U.S. and Europe and having built up a circuit of welcoming venues, the Amina Figarova Sextet has triumphed at the main stage of the Newport Jazz Festival, been invited repeatedly to New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, won critical and audience acclaim in Chicago, Detroit, Paris, Amsterdam — and of course New York.
Amina’s pieces strike a perfect tone, employing genuinely beautiful harmonizations, to capture fleeting thoughts that accompany those precious moments when the puzzling jostle of daily existence comes into unexpected but deeply satisfying sync.
This tour is a CD release tour for the new album JOY.

Concert personnel:
Amina Figarova on piano
Ryan Sands on drums
Yasushi Nakamura on bass
Wayne Escoffery on sax
Alonzo Demetrius on trumpet
Jenny Davis on flutes

Frankenstein
2022-10-08 09:30 - 11:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Theater
Saturday, October 8, at 2:30 p.m.
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Director James Whale’s 1931 American Pre-Code science-fiction/horror film based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel about a scientist who uses corpses to create a monster, who later incurs the wrath of the local villagers. Rated PG. 1 hour and 11 minutes. 2:30 p.m.
Crosstown Concourse presents the next season of the annual Fright-tober film series, programmed by Crosstown Arts. The events are free and open to the public.

The Birds
2022-10-08 13:30 - 15:30 | TN
Crosstown Theater
Saturday, October 8, at 6:30 p.m.
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Director Alfred Hitchcock’s apocalyptic, allegorical thriller centers on an avian assault on a California coastal town, where ferocious fowl fall upon a chicken farmer, a schoolyard full of children, and a socialite. Rated PG-13. 1 hour and 59 minutes. 6:30 p.m.
Crosstown Concourse presents the next season of the annual Fright-tober film series, programmed by Crosstown Arts. The events are free and open to the public.

Folk All Y'all presents Lilli Lewis
2022-10-08 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm
Tickets: $20+
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Lilli Lewis has composed in every tradition that inspires her, including soul, Americana, hip hop, classical, folk, jazz, rock, gospel, blues, soul and R&B. She integrated elements of New Orleans funk while co-writing and co-producing “Mask Up” in the summer of 2020. After carving out space for herself as an African-American lesbian of size, Lewis has lent her voice to the inclusion and equity in the music industry by speaking in conferences and seminars for Americana Music Association and Folk Alliance International in her role as VP & Head of A&R at Louisiana Red Hot Records. And she’s further sharing her message in the music of her eagerly awaited “Americana” album, following 2019’s critically acclaimed “We Belong.” In all things, Lewis does her best to live by the creed she and her ensemble have become known for: Practice Radical Decency. That’s a belief system we can get behind!
Minimum ticket price is $20 but you can name-your-own price above that if you’re feeling it. 100% of ticket revenue goes to our artists (you can see where any fees go in the check-out breakdown). Yep, all of it. Folk All Y’all is volunteer-run and subscriber-supported. Shows are presented in partnership with Crosstown Arts at The Green Room in Crosstown Concourse.
About Folk All Y’all: Intimate, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters, proudly presented in Memphis, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences.

CANCELLED: William Basinski
2022-10-09 14:30 - 16:00 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
UPDATE: We are sorry to announce that William Basinski at Crosstown Arts has been cancelled. Unfortunately, through no fault of his, William’s flight was cancelled and he is stuck in a city too far from Memphis to make the drive in time for the performance. William and his production crew tried to find alternatives, but all possibilities were exhausted. We know you were looking forward to this performance at least as much as we were, and we apologize for the disappointment and for any inconvenience.
Refunds will be issued for the entire purchase—that includes the ticket price and Eventbrite’s fees.
William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 30 years in NYC and, most recently, California. Employing obsolete technology and analogue tape loops, his haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life and resound with the reverberations of memory and the mystery of time.
His epic 4-disc masterwork, The Disintegration Loops received international critical acclaim and was chosen as one of the top 50 albums of 2004 by Pitchfork Media. The Temporary Residence deluxe LP box-set reissue from 2012 was awarded best re-issue of the year and a score of 10 on Pitchfork. Installations and films made in collaboration with artist-filmmaker, James Elaine have been presented in festivals and museums internationally, and his concerts are presented to sold out crowds around the world.
Basinski was chosen by Music Director, Antony Hegarty to create music for the Robert Wilson opera, The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic which had its world premiere at the Manchester International Festival in July 2011 and toured Europe in 2012 and North America in 2013. Orchestral transcriptions of The Disintegration Loops by Maxim Moston have been performed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Queen Elizabeth Hall and La Batie Festival in Geneva, Switzerland, Dark Mofo Festival in Hobart Tasmania and most recently Pitchfork Midwinter Festival with the Chicago Philharmonic.
Basinski is currently touring the world in support of his latest work, “On Time Out of Time” which was released on March 8th, 2019 on Temporary Residence/2062/USA.

Tim Fitzgerald
2022-10-11 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door
Purchase tickets here
Tim Fitzgerald is a Chicago based guitarist and bandleader. He is also author of the book 625 Alive: the Wes Montgomery BBC Concert Transcribed, which has been hailed as the “Ultimate Study of Wes Montgomery’s music” (Just Jazz Guitar Magazine) and “One of the 50 greatest guitar books of all time” (The 50 Greatest Guitar Books). He has written columns for Downbeat Magazine, Just Jazz Guitar Magazine and Chicago Jazz Magazine and performed clinics at the Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival.
Tim leads two bands in Chicago — Tim Fitzgerald’s Full House and the Tim Fitzgerald Quartet — and is a sideman in a multitude of other projects.
Tim’s larger group, Full House, is a seven piece, three horn ensemble inspired by the music of jazz great Wes Montgomery. The band features new original arrangements of Wes’ music — not just Wes Montgomery songs, but Wes’ famous chord solos and octaves solos as well.
His smaller group, The Tim Fitzgerald Quartet, features a mix of straight ahead jazz and soul music, including Tim’s original compositions, the music of Wes Montgomery, and the music of soul jazz greats such as Dr. Lonnie Smith.

Crosstown Arthouse presents THE BLACK CAT
2022-10-13 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents THE BLACK CAT at Crosstown Theater.
Edgar B. Ulmer / 1934 / 65 minutes / N/R
Tickets: $5 at the door
Films begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features.

Chinese Connection Dub Embassy: "Crew Vibes"
2022-10-14 14:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Arts, The Green Room, 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Friday, October 14, 2022
Doors open at 7PM | Show begins at 7:30PM
Tickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door
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The Reggae band Chinese Connection Dub Embassy was created by Omar, David, and Joseph Higgins in 2010, bringing hard-hitting originals and revamped covers that leave dance floors Irie all around. They released their first LP in 2013, The Firm Foundation, with the lead singles “Heavy Meditation” and “Tyrant”. They’ve played festivals all over such as Beale Street Music Fest, Wakarusa, Grateful Fest, W.C. Handy Fest, and they’ve opened for such artists as T-Pain, Bone Thugs & Harmony, The Wailers, The Slackers, and Mephiskapheles. After the passing of their fellow band leader/brother Omar Higgins in 2019, Joseph and David are now leading the band to continue the legacy that was built on the foundation of unity. They took a newer Dacehall & Roots Reggae approach to their 2020 project Crew Vibez.
CCDE has been featured in Reggaeville, Memphis Flyer, Irie Magazine, and Afropunk. Now they’re more motivated than ever to continue the legacy of spreading truth and rights, keeping the Good Vibes flowing through and through.

Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters
2022-10-15 09:30 - 11:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Theater
Saturday, October 15, at 2:30 p.m.
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Daffy, Bugs Bunny, and Porky Pig start their own “ghostbusting” service in this compilation of horror spoofs. Included: “The Night of the Living Duck,” “The Abominable Snow Rabbit,” “Hyde and Go Tweet,” and “The Duxorcist.” Rated G. 1 hour and 18 minutes. 2:30 p.m.
Crosstown Concourse presents the next season of the annual Fright-tober film series, programmed by Crosstown Arts. The events are free and open to the public.

The Shining
2022-10-15 13:30 - 16:30 | Crosstown Theater, 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, 38104, United States
Crosstown Theater
Saturday, October 15, at 6:30 p.m.
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Director Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror film based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel. A writer takes a job as a winter caretaker at an isolated (and haunted) hotel. After he and his family move in for the winter, the hotel’s spirits slowly drive the writer mad. Rated R. 2 hours and 26 minutes. 6:30 p.m.
Crosstown Concourse presents the next season of the annual Fright-tober film series, programmed by Crosstown Arts. The events are free and open to the public.
