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  • Sketches of Crosstown

    Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN

    In 2011, Sean Murphy began recording an album in the Sears Crosstown building using only its vast and abandoned spaces to capture and create a one-of-a-kind recording, Sketches of Crosstown. We're pleased to commemorate the record release with a live performance at the building followed by a reception and talk with the artist and his […]

  • Theaster Gates: A Way of Working

    Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN

    In partnership with VO2 Networx, the University of Memphis Department of Art, Memphis College of Art, and Rhodes College Art Department, Crosstown Arts is pleased to welcome internationally-recognized installation and social practice artist Theaster Gates for a public lecture and panel discussion at Sears Crosstown on the evening of Saturday, November 16.

  • Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh: Are There Fish in Lick Creek?

    V&E Greenline Tutwiler and Avalon

    Sculpture Unveileing: Are There Fish in Lick Creek? by Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh, Winner of Memfeast 2013 V&E Greenline at Evergreen Street near Tutwiler Join us for the unveiling of "Are there Fish in Lick Creek" with live music, food, drinks and fun for the whole family! Bluegrass by Eric Lewis and others, plus the Tamale Trolley. […]

  • Rise Mural Project

    Klondike Smokey City CDC

    Rise Up: Mural Makeover In Klondike-Smokey City Neighborhood by Natasha Main, Crosstown Development Intern Big changes are in the works for an abandoned storefront on the corner of Looney and Decatur. Middle school students from Humes Preparatory Academy will work with a local artist to complete a mural on the façade of a blighted building at […]

  • Visiting Writer James Scott

    story booth 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, United States

    Please join us for a reading of “The Kept” and conversation with the writer and WKNO’s Justin Willingham Booksigning to follow Free admission Recent review in the New York Times “James Scott has written a riveting and memorable debut novel.” —Tom Perrotta, author of "Little Children" and "Election" “Scott is both compassionate moralist and master […]

  • Inspired Resistance

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

    A group show curated by Ian Lemmonds with work by  Emily Cifaldi, Melissa Dunn, Carl E. Moore, Alex Paulus, Nick Pena, Joey Slaughter, Bobby Spillman & Melanie Spillman https://vimeo.com/86553963

  • Healing Space

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

    An environment of selected works by the artists and patients of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Tower 2 Project, organized and curated by Youngblood Studio.

  • Visiting Writer Bill Cotter & The Grown Up Lady Story Company

    story booth 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, United States

    Crosstown Arts and The Booksellers at Laurelwood present visiting writer Bill Cotter and The Grown Up Lady Story Company The author will read from his most recent novel "The Parallel Apartments" Justine Moppett is 34, pregnant, and fleeing an abusive relationship in New York to dig up an even more traumatic childhood in Austin. Waiting for her […]

  • Visiting Writer Holly George-Warren

    story booth 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, United States

    An event to celebrate the release of A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton The first biography of the influential musician and forebear of the indie-rock scene by Holly George-Warren presented by Crosstown Arts and The Booksellers at Laurelwood Conversation with the author and Andria Lisle at 7 pm Live performance by Loveland Duren at 8 pm […]

  • Cedar Lorca Nordbye: To Frame, To Construct, To Occupy

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

    https://vimeo.com/95392983  Utilizing the approximate quantity of wood used to frame a small house, the installation explores questions of diaspora, exile and relocation, with occupancy as a form of resistance, and construction as a metaphor for idea formation.The colorful and fragmented imagery of houses, figures and abstract designs cast on a variety of standard, wooden framing […]