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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Contingency Plan
DESCRIPTION:On view through January 23 \nContingency Plan showcases the work of nine graduating seniors in Studio Art and Photography at the University of Memphis. Despite quarantine and classes taught on Zoom\, these students have persevered to make work exploring identity\, humor\, vulnerability\, resilience\, function\, intuition\, and memory. \nParticipating student artists: Tess Cleary\, Ethan James McVay\, Reanna Ruddick\, Matthew Shibata\, Erica Vanhaute\, Vlad Volkov\, Faith Waggener\, Ashley Whitt\, and Kristen Williams
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-contingency-plan/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Faculty: Connections
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, Nov. 19 from 6-8 pm \nIn the last five years\, the Department of Art at the University of Memphis has experienced a generational sea change with new faculty and an expanded curriculum. These new voices and fresh viewpoints complement the decades of rich experiences provided by veteran faculty to create a full learning environment for our diverse community of students. \nNew Faculty:  Connections presents the work of the most recent additions to the department\, including seven artists and two art historians. In conjunction with the exhibition\, programming will highlight collaborative curriculums\, insight into reading materials that inform their research as an educator\, artist\, or historian\, and opportunities to create bridges outside of the academic sphere. \nParticipating educators include: Dr. Lucienne Auz\, Hamlett Dobbins\, Kelsey Harrison\, Dr. Rebecca Howard\, Coe Lapossy\, Kate Roberts\, Ramona Sonin\, Ash Thayer\, and Lisa Williamson
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/new-faculty-connections/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Contingency Plan
DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, Nov. 19 from 6-8 pm \nContingency Plan showcases the work of nine graduating seniors in Studio Art and Photography at the University of Memphis. Despite quarantine and classes taught on Zoom\, these students have persevered to make work exploring identity\, humor\, vulnerability\, resilience\, function\, intuition\, and memory. \nParticipating student artists: Tess Cleary\, Ethan James McVay\, Reanna Ruddick\, Matthew Shibata\, Erica Vanhaute\, Vlad Volkov\, Faith Waggener\, Ashley Whitt\, and Kristen Williams \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/contingency-plan/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse presents Million Dollar Mermaid
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents Mervyn LeRoy’s Million Dollar Mermaid  at Crosstown Theater. 1952/115 minutes/Rated G \nTickets: $5 at the door\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \nSwimmer and actress Esther Williams wanted to tell the life story of Australian swimmer and actress Annette Kellerman\, and Million Dollar Mermaid is that film! A feast for the eyes with choreography by Busby Berkeley! Esther Williams broke her neck and was temporarily paralyzed for this entertainment!! With Victor Mature (Head: The Monkees Movie) and Jesse White (The Maytag Repair Man!). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-million-dollar-mermaid/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:A.N.T.E.: A Necessary Timeless Escape at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Memphis producer and musician A.N.T.E. in the Green Room. \n$10 advance | $15 day of show\nDoors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm \nSensual and smooth\, laid back but determined\, A.N.T.E is a born-and-raised Memphis producer and musician with a heart of gold. He has a talent that shines and matures beyond his years. He has been writing and producing his own music since he was 12 years old and does not plan on stopping anytime soon. His sound is critical in music today\, as it provides the rhythm and blues feeling\, along with the smooth jazz vibes with influences of hip-hop. \nA.N.T.E has a strong connection to the greater Memphis community and to the University of Memphis\, where he is studying as a Music Business student at The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. In the words of one of his favorite producers\, Kiefer Shackelford\, “Your job as a musician is not to say how good or bad your work is; your job is to release it and get it out.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/a-n-t-e-a-necessary-timeless-escape-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Blue Tom Records: This Is Memphis
DESCRIPTION:Blue Tom Records\, the student-run record label at the U of M Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, presents This Is Memphis at Crosstown Arts. \nTickets: $10 (University of Memphis Students and Faculty FREE w/ University ID) \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30pm \nBlue Tom Records\, the student-run record label at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, is proud to present its fall music festival “This is Memphis.” Join us at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance featuring all ten of the artists on Blue Tom Records. The festival will feature music from a wide variety of genres\, including R&B\, pop\, rock\, folk\, and hip-hop. Two of the label’s bands\, Lemon’s and Massey Lane\, will be performing recently released singles\, and this will be their first time performing them at a Blue Tom Event. The show will also feature the Blue Tom Records house band and Blue Tom’s very own DJ Bryson Todd. \nArtists Performing include the following: \nKaybree – Kaybree is a rapper\, dancer\, and entertainer from Memphis\, TN. \nEsMod – EsMod is a rap artist from Georgia. \nYasrah – Yasrah is a pop singer/songwriter from Pakistan. \nDiana Rivera – Diana is an R&B\, soul\, and Latin artist from Memphis\, TN. \nRochell – Rochel is hip-hop/R&B artist from Memphis\, TN. \nLemon’s – Lemon’s is an indie pop rock band based in Memphis\, TN. \nMassey Lane – Massey Lane is a modern alternative rock band based in Memphis\, TN. \nAlexis Jade – Alexis is a folk singer/ songwriter from Memphis\, TN. \nJosh Dedrick – Josh Dedrick is a pop singer/songwriter from Memphis\, TN. \nLaDarryl – LaDarryl is hip-hop artist from Memphis\, TN.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/blue-tom-records-this-is-memphis/
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SUMMARY:The University of Memphis MEMPHIS JAZZ COLLECTIVE
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts hosts the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra\, 901 Jazz\, and the U of M Jazz Singers in The Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $10 general admission | free for all University of Memphis students and faculty with University ID \nDoors at 6:30 pm | Show at 7 pm \nSouthern Comfort Jazz\, featuring 901 Jazz and University of Memphis Jazz Singers\, presents a showcase of music from jazz legends and newcomers. 901 Jazz ignites the evening’s performance with high-energy\, melodic beats as they perform the music of be-bop legends Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. \nHeadlining the evening\, Southern Comfort\, featuring the University of Memphis Jazz Singers\, spotlights homegrown talent with new student works\, dueling trumpets with special guest David Spencer\, and an exquisite solo performance by Shelby Sellers.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-university-of-memphis-memphis-jazz-collective/
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SUMMARY:Mahogany Chamber Performances: A Night of Brass
DESCRIPTION:Join us for A Night of Brass chamber music with a program curated by Artina McCain\, featuring works by local composer Evan Williams\, the swinging tunes of David Wilborn\, Gershwin\, and more at Crosstown Theater! \nTickets $15 \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nInternationally acclaimed pianist Artina McCain will share the stage with special guest artists Burt Mason\, Courtney D. Jones\, Martin McCain\, Robert Fant\, and David Spencer. \nARTINA MCCAIN\, piano\nDescribed as a pianist with “power and finesse” (Dallas Arts Society)\, “beautiful and fiery” (KMFA Austin)\, and having a “sense of color\, balance and texture” (Austin Chamber Music Center)\, Artina McCain has a built a three-fold career as a performer\, educator\, and speaker. Recent performance highlights include guest appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra\, Oregon East Symphony\, and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist\, her credits include performances at the Mahidol University in Bangkok\, Hatch Recital Hall in Rochester\, and in 2022\, her debut at Wigmore Hall in London. \nDedicated to promoting the works of Black and other underrepresented composers\, McCain curates Black Composers Concerts for multiple arts organizations and is an American Prize winner for her solo piano recordings of these works. Recently\, she won a Gold Global Music Award for her recent solo album project Heritage. Currently\, she is Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at the University of Memphis. Artina McCain is a Yamaha Artist. \nBURT MASON\, trombone\nBurt Mason performs regularly with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra\, serves on faculty at the Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program and is principal trombone of the Chamber Orchestra of New York. He has appeared as guest artist with the NY Philharmonic and as soloist with numerous ensembles\, performing worldwide. As an advocate for diversity in the arts\, he is founder and director of Ovation Concerts\, an organization dedicated to balanced diversity in orchestral music. He has appeared as a guest on WQXR’s “Conducting Business” with Naomi Lewin to discuss the history and future of classical music and American orchestras. \nMr. Mason holds a BA in Music from the Crane School of Music studying with Mark Hartman\, an MBA in Arts Administration from Binghamton University\, and an MM in Orchestral Performance from the Manhattan School of Music studying with David Finlayson. He has had additional studies with Joseph Alessi and Weston Sprott. Mr. Mason is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician and will make his Carnegie Hall solo debut in March 2018. \nCOURTNEY D. JONES\, trumpet\nThe newest directions in 21st Century trumpet performance are being explored and defined by Courtney D. Jones\, an award-winning Bach-performing and recording artist who has also emerged as a leading figure in contemporary performance and pedagogy\, conducting\, and service to inner-city youth through music outreach programs. An artist who transcends stylistic boundaries\, Courtney has performed with classical ensembles and orchestras throughout the United States and internationally and has won multiple solo awards and accolades through regional and national trumpet competitions.\nBesides performing with well-known jazz and popular artists\, he has shared the stage with famous artists or groups such as Kenny Burrell\, B.B. King\, Dee Dee Bridgewater\, Rihanna\, Lalo Schifrin\, Vanessa Williams\, Boy George and The Culture Club\, and Stevie Wonder. In addition to his solo performance career\, Courtney has performed classical music as a featured soloist or collaborative artist with the Golden States Pop Orchestra\, the Southeast Symphony Orchestra\, the Macao Orchestra (China)\, the Pasadena Orchestra\, the Debut Orchestra\, the Inspiravi Chamber Orchestra\, the Orchid City Brass Band\, the Oslo Philharmonic (Norway)\, the Long Beach Opera\, Symphony of the Americas\, the Los Angeles Trombone Collective in collaboration with James Miller\, the Salt-River Brass Band\, the Gateways Festival Orchestra\, and was appointed Musical Director of the Orchid City Brass Band of South Florida. Courtney is also represented by the Naxos and Summit Music labels and his feature film and television credits include music performed for Glee\, Notes from Dad\, Cougar Town\, and Criminal Minds\, among other works mentioned on his personal website’s media category. \nMARTIN MCCAIN\, trombone\nBass trombonist Martin McCain’s career spans an impressive range of musical genres. He is a four-time winner of the Global Music Awards and was featured as their “Emerging Artist” in Billboard magazine. A third-generation musician\, Martin maintains a versatile performance schedule as a soloist\, recording artist\, chamber\, orchestral\, jazz/commercial musician\, and educator. His performances have been described as “solid and masterful\,” (International Trombone Association Journal) with a “warm and beautiful” tone (Glissando Magazine). \nMcCain’s international recital credits include concerts at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (Singapore)\, Mahidol University in (Thailand)\, the Zagreb Academy of Music in (Croatia)\, and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. His performances and arrangements have been broadcast on CKWR Toronto\, Radio Television Hong Kong\, and NPR’s “Performance Today.” \nAs a soloist\, Martin has performed with the Croatian Army Wind Band\, United States Army Concert Band “Pershing’s Own” and the United States Army Brass Quintet. He is a prizewinner in multiple competitions including the International Trombone Association’s Donald Yaxley Solo Bass Trombone Competition\, the Kai Winding Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition\, in addition to the American Trombone Workshop’s National Bass Trombone Solo Competition and Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition. \nDAVID SPENCER\, trumpet\nDavid Spencer is one of the few musicians of his generation to enjoy international acclaim in so many diverse areas of the profession. His orchestral career as principal trumpet has spanned the continents of Asia\, Europe\, and the Americas in addition to the numerous guest principal posts he has served in worldwide. He is active as a soloist on almost every continent and enjoys a rich body of collaborative work with chamber ensembles\, singers and in television and film. In the late ’80s\, he was a fixture on the K-Pop scene\, arranging and recording numerous number-one selling singles in Asia\, fusing his abilities as a jazz musician with a keen sense of regional tastes and popular forms. Today\, he continues to inspire with an increased focus on teaching the musicians of the 21st century. His ongoing appointments as a visiting artist and professor in both China and Brazil\, have attracted countless students to his studio. A passionate advocate for music education\, Dr. Spencer serves as a mentor and consultant to numerous international schools focused on developing innovative curricula\, it’s implementation\, and assessments. Trained in the best of both European and American pedagogical traditions\, Dr. Spencer began his musical studies as a young boy while living in Western Scotland. His research interests are currently focused on the delivery of high-quality applied music instruction and synchronous performance in innovative ways across networks\, integrating the latest and best technologies. \nROBERT FANT\, French horn\nDr. Robert Fant is a highly sought after teacher\, musician\, and composer who brings a world perspective to his work. He is currently the Assistant Professor of Horn at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis in Memphis\, Tennessee. Previous positions include Assistant Professor of Horn at Southwestern Oklahoma State University\, Professor of Horn at MidWestern State University in Texas\, and scholar\, teaching\, guest\, or assistant positions at the University of North Texas\, Trinity College London (guest)\, Royal Northern College of Music (ABRSM Scholar)\, University of Wisconsin\, and the College Conservatory of Music – University of Cincinnati. He has regularly maintained a studio of private students during his performance career and strives to always inspire students to reach their goals. He has guided students to further study programs\, full-time employment in performing ensembles\, and increased their joy of horn and music. Early development of horn players is a particular education goal. For example\, while in Texas he maintained a large studio of private students in Texas and had multiple “All-Staters” in the competitive state audition system at all levels from 7th to 12th grade. Robert spends most summers teaching children in India and performing around the country for a charity.
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SUMMARY:Marc Ribot
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents guitarist Marc Ribot in The Green Room. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $20 \nEnigmatic guitarist Marc Ribot has released six very diverse solo guitar albums\, including John Zorn’s Book of Heads\, Plays the Works of Frantz Casseus\, Saints\, Don’t Blame Me\, Exercises in Futility\, and 2010’s Silent Movies (Pi Recordings). Silent Movies has been described as a “down-in-mouth-near master piece” by the Village Voice and has landed on several “Best of 2010” lists\, including in the LA Times. His live solo performances are unpredictable events which may draw upon a sonic matrix of memory\, free improvisation\, zeitgeist\, extra-terrestrial radio signals\, and much more — always leaving the listener on the edge of their seats. \n“In the hear-a-pin-drop setting of Cafe Oto\, Ribot’s intense\, heartfelt commitment invited not only the closest of listening but also allowed scrutiny of his technical approach\, offering a minor spectacle\, as well as a rare\, transportative musical experience.” – London Jazz News\, review of his 2015 OTO residency \n“… he can sit down with just his guitar and simultaneously confound you with technique\, beauty\, and surprise.” – John Garratt and Will Layman\, PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2010 for the album “Silent Movies.” \n“In discussing the guitarist Marc Ribot\, it’s more efficient to wonder what he hasn’t done than to list what he has actually accomplished. Across four decades\, Ribot’s career has spanned smooth soul and gnarled blues\, blaring no wave and elegant film scores\, solo composer roles\, and Tom Waits supporting work; that’s only a sliver of his prolificacy. … Though his solo range is only slightly less boundless than his overall discography\, he favors quiet\, intricate improvisations around standards that you will recognize in flashes but will rarely sound repetitive of their sources. Ribot is a master of timing\, tone\, and taste\, with a bank of experiences so vast and varied he can navigate his way through any song or situation with panache. Consider this visit a master lesson.” —Grayson Haver Currin\, indyweek.com
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/marc-ribot/
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SUMMARY:Garrison Starr & Matthew Mayfield at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:The artists have requested proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. \nCrosstown Arts presents Garrison Starr and Matthew Mayfield in The Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVIP 6:45 pm | Doors 7 pm | Show 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 advance | $25 day of show | $75 VIP* \n* VIP includes early admission and 15-minute Q&A with artists before the show \nSinger/songwriter Garrison Starr is an individualist with a streak of passion. Having spent her life growing up in the South\, her work mixes up Nashville country twang with a hearty rock appeal. \nMatthew Mayfield is an American singer-songwriter from Birmingham\, Alabama. Originally the lead singer in the group Moses Mayfield\, which disbanded in 2008\, Matthew has moved on to a solo career. \n\nGarrison Starr thought she was done playing music. A lifetime of trauma\, from her upbringing in a fundamentalist Christian household to more than two decades navigating the music industry\, left her spirit broken. With her days as a major-label artist behind her\, the Grammy-nominated singer\, songwriter\, and producer was ready to pack it in. \n“I could never get free from the feeling that what I had to say didn’t matter to anybody. And that I was a failure\,” says Starr. “I was like\, ‘You know\, I’m just gonna stop trying.’ So I stopped trying and just started working on myself.” \nThat an artist of Starr’s caliber should feel this way seems unfathomable. She scored her first hit with 1997’s acclaimed “Superhero\,” then went on to release 15 solo albums and tour with Melissa Etheridge\, Mary Chapin Carpenter\, and Lilith Fair. Starr’s songs appeared on countless TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy and Pretty Little Liars. She even collaborated with close friend Margaret Cho on a comedy album and podcast. \nBut from a young age growing up in Mississippi\, Starr had a sense of self-doubt ingrained deep within her from growing up in Evangelicalism. “I can remember being a little kid and struggling with my sexuality and all these feelings that were coming up for me\,” she says. “I was struggling inside. Like\, this is wrong. I don’t feel supported. It doesn’t feel loving. All this talk of redemption? I don’t feel any of that shit.” \nAs Starr made a name for herself as a musician in Los Angeles in the 1990s\, she still found herself trying to meet others’ expectations. Pigeonholed by the narrow expectations of female singer-songwriters and never one who was afraid to speak her mind\, she grew consumed by her anger. She even abandoned her first love\, the acoustic guitar. “I kind of lost myself trying to work from the outside in\, you know? Like\, trying to figure out what people wanted from me\, instead of figuring out what it is that I wanted to say\,” Starr says. By the time she self-released Amateur in 2012\, she was convinced her time as a performer was over. \nStarr always prided herself on writing her own material — a fact driven in part\, she admits\, by her own insecurities. Looking to open a new chapter in her life\, she decided it was time to work behind the scenes. She threw herself into songwriting collaborations and a new role penning songs for other artists. \nOr so she thought. Having learned to exercise her creative muscles once more\, she discovered a voice that was distinct\, powerful: Garrison Starr’s. “I started realizing\, wow\, you know\, I am the artist in the room. I’m the one. I do still have a lot to say\,” Starr recalls. “That was a great gift for me\, because I thought that part of my life was over. I just thought\, well\, I’m too old to be an artist\, I’m too outspoken. I’m too this\, or too whatever it is. I’m not cut out for this industry.” \nGirl I Used to Be is the fruit of those labors\, a nine-track album of self discovery due to be shared with the world by Soundly Music on March 5\, 2021. Starr’s first new music since her 2017 EP What if There is No Destination and first full-length in nearly a decade\, it was produced by longtime friend Neilson Hubbard\, engineered by Danny Aldredge\, and features cowrites with talented young songwriters like Carly Paige\, Katie Pruitt\, and Dominique Arciero. \nSongs like “Just a Little Rain\,” “Don’t Believe in Me\,” and “Nobody’s Breaking Your Heart” not only find Starr confronting her own demons but\, perhaps more importantly\, holding herself accountable for her own happiness. Her performances — often recorded solo\, in one or two takes — sound loose\, free\, and unburdened by her past\, no matter how heavy the subject matter. That\, she says\, is all down to the women she wrote with. “When I’m writing for myself\, all that baggage is always there. I always have to navigate that regardless. But when I write with other people\, they’re not bringing that baggage to the situation\,” Starr says. “I was able to access some pain\, some sadness\, some joy. I wouldn’t have been brave enough to walk into that dark corner by myself. I had to go there with somebody else.” \nStarr’s singing is both warm and bold throughout\, her words softened by the perspective gained from her cohorts without losing the fire of her convictions. She mixes compassion with a sense of purpose that hearkens back to the message-forward spirit of the 1960s folk movement. It’s a matter\, she says\, of being pointed without being angry. “One of the things I’ve learned is that\, if you want to communicate something to somebody\, you have to do it in a way that they can hear you\,” Starr says. \nThat clarity is never sharper than on opening track “The Devil in Me\,” written with the help of a then-19-year-old Carly Paige. Starr was stunned\, invigorated even\, to find herself learning from an old soul more than 20 years her junior. The result signals the upward trajectory of this album\, starting with Starr and her acoustic guitar and ending with a triumphant clamber of handclaps and percussion. “Honestly\, it’s one of my favorite songs I’ve ever been a part of writing. It feels so much like me. It feels like a bigger version of me\,” she says. \n“The Devil in Me” shows how fully Starr has come back around on herself\, and on learning to love who she is. That required lots of hard work outside music as well\, from attending Alanon to doing yoga to finding a happy\, healthy relationship. “How can you look at me and make up your mind about who I am because of one facet of my essence?” she asks\, looking back on those who came so close to snuffing out her light. On “The Devil in Me\,” Starr embraces those very facets she was taught to deny in the hopes of encouraging others to find the same strength for themselves. \nTwo of the tracks on Girl I Used to Be were written by Starr alone. “The Train That’s Bound for Glory\,” inspired by a favorite saying of her grandfather’s\, is a rerecording of a song that first appeared on 2013’s Amateur. It’s an opportunity to revisit the gospel music she grew up with and still loves\, without the dogma that scarred her so. “It made me feel like I was bridging the gap for myself like\, you know\, I don’t have to throw the baby out with the bathwater\,” she says. \nThe other is “Dam That’s Breaking\,” a haunting parable with a very different spiritual message — one about the truth to power\, and the power of being true to one’s self. Though it deals with ancient themes\, it draws its strength from the hard-earned wisdom of Starr’s own journey. Coming at the end of the album\, “Dam That’s Breaking” isn’t just the final word\, but the inspiration for Girl I Used to Be’s title. \n“I used to be that girl who was trying so hard to please everybody\, who was trying so hard to do the right thing in everybody else’s eyes\,” Starr says. “But I can’t be that anymore. I know what you want me to be\, but I’m not that person. I can’t do it. I’m dying inside. I can’t hold back.” \n—– \nFrom haunting acoustic ballads to gritty rock-and-roll songs filled with swagger and attitude\, Matthew Mayfield has spent the past decade releasing music that has changed the hearts and lives of his listeners. His latest LP\, Gun Shy\, is a collection of songs as varied as the emotions each of us feels. If his previous release\, RECOIL\, was the fruit of an intense effort by Mayfield to depict the good\, the bad\, and the ugly in the world he inhabited\, Gun Shy is a look into all worlds – those full of darkness and hope. \nTo connect with listeners and draw them into these worlds\, Matthew created Inside the Song with Matthew Mayfield\, a podcast dedicated to telling the stories behind the songs of Gun Shy – Mayfield’s most introspective and personal record to date. “Our Winds” speaks of true love and hope in the midst of pressure from external forces while “Broken Clocks” finds him accepting a relationship that is doomed to fall apart. The riffs and hooks found in “Gun Shy” and “Best of Me” show Mayfield as the rock-and-roller he is. \nWhile Mayfield is known for crafting both gripping ballads and eclectic rock songs\, Gun Shy’s greatest triumph lies somewhere in between. “S.H.A.M.E.\,” the album’s third track\, touches on what is currently Mayfield’s deepest concern – a world full of people that feel as if they are alone. “Shame is something that no one wants to talk about\, but we’re all ashamed of something. We all have demons and things that prevent us from seeing our self-worth. The song is about connecting with people and letting them know they are not alone\,” says Mayfield. “Connection is everything\, and music has a unique way of helping people connect to others and to parts of themselves that they might otherwise be unable to access.” \nGun Shy is now available on all digital platforms worldwide. Physical copies are available on matthewmayfield.com.
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LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mempho presents The Wood Brothers
DESCRIPTION:A roots music trio featuring brothers Chris (upright bass\, vocals) and Oliver Wood (guitars\, vocals) along with multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix\, the Wood Brothers bring a distinctive flair to their union of folk\, blues\, gospel\, and jazz. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing an opening performance by Sean McConnell \nDoors at 6 pm | Sean McConnell 7 pm | The Wood Brothers 8 pm \nTickets: $30-$45  \nWill call at 5 pm \n*Mempho Presents has requested proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in. Masks are required and must be worn unless actively eating or drinking. \n* We will be conducting security checks upon entering the venue. Prepare to have your bags searched. No large bags. If your bag is too large\, you will be asked to bring it back to your car.  \n“Everyone has these little kingdoms in their minds\,” says Chris Wood\, “and the songs on this album all explore the ways we find peace in them. They look at how we deal with our dreams and our regrets and our fears and our loves. They look at the stories we tell ourselves and the ways we balance the darkness and the light.” \nThat balance of darkness and light is at the heart of Kingdom In My Mind\, The Wood Brothers’ seventh studio release and their most spontaneous and experimental collection yet. Recorded over a series of freewheeling\, improvised sessions\, the record is a reckoning with circumstance\, mortality\, and human nature\, one that finds strength in accepting what lies beyond our control. Thoughtfully honing in on the bittersweet beauty that underlies our doubt and pain\, the songs grapple with the power of our external surroundings to shape our internal worlds (and vice versa) through vivid character studies and unflinching self-examination. The lyrics dig deep here\, but the arrangements always manage to remain buoyant\, drawing from across a broad sonic spectrum to create a transportive\, effervescent listening experience that’s indicative of the trio’s unique place in the modern musical landscape. \n“My brother came to this band from the blues and gospel world\, and my history was all over the map with jazz and R&B\,” says Chris Wood\, who first rose to fame with the pioneering trio Medeski Martin & Wood. “The idea for this group has always been to marry our backgrounds\, to imagine what might happen if Robert Johnson and Charles Mingus had started a band.” \nKingdom In My Mind follows The Wood Brothers’ most recent studio release\, 2018’s One Drop Of Truth\, which hit #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and garnered the band their first GRAMMY Award-nomination for Best Americana Album. NPR praised the record’s “unexpected changes and kaleidoscopic array of influences\,” while Uncut hailed its “virtuosic performances and subtly evocative lyrics\,” and Blurt proclaimed it “a career-defining album.” Tracks from the record have racked up roughly 8 million streams on Spotify alone\, and the band took the album on the road for extensive tour dates in the US and Europe\, including their first-ever headline performance at Red Rocks\, two nights at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore (captured on their 2019 release\, Live At The Fillmore)\, and festival appearances everywhere from Bonnaroo to XPoNential. \nOn past records\, the band — brothers Oliver and Chris Wood\, and Jano Rix — would often write a large batch of songs and then deliberately capture them all at once\, but when it came to making Kingdom In My Mind\, The Wood Brothers began recording without even realizing it. At the time\, the trio thought they were simply breaking in their new Nashville recording studio/rehearsal space\, laying down a series of extended instrumental jam sessions with engineer Brook Sutton as a way to learn the lay of the land. Some rooms\, they found\, were spacious with natural reverb\, others were tight and dry; some recording setups required a gentle touch\, others encouraged blistering energy. \n“We weren’t performing songs\,” explains Oliver. “We were just improvising and letting the music dictate everything. Normally when you’re recording\, you’re thinking about your parts and your performances\, but with these sessions\, we were just reacting to each other and having fun in the moment.” \nThere was something undeniably alive and uninhibited about those performances\, and after listening back\, the band realized they’d never be able to recreate such spontaneous magic. So\, like a sculptor chipping away at a block of marble\, Chris took the band’s sprawling improvisations and carefully chiseled out verses and choruses and bridges and solos until distinctive songs began to take shape\, songs that reflected influences and elements of the band (like Jano’s smoldering piano work and Chris’s affinity for Latin and African music) that had never shone through in quite the same way before. From there\, the brothers divvied up the material that spoke to them most\, penning lyrics both separately and together as they pondered what it takes to know contentment in our chaotic and confusing world. \nThe jaunty “Little Bit Sweet\,” which was born from the band’s very first session\, learns to appreciate the ups and downs in the circle of life\, while the soulful “Cry Over Nothing” and hypnotic “Little Blue” playfully meditate on ego and perspective\, and the funky “Little Bit Broken” celebrates the imperfections that make us human. Tracks like the bluesy “A Dream’s A Dream” and hypnotic “Don’t Think About My Death\,” meanwhile\, grapple with separating truth from fiction\, ultimately coming to terms with the fact that our brains will always find new ways to blur those lines. Though the album advocates for acceptance\, it’s not a passive brand the brothers sing about\, but rather one rooted in strength and empowerment. To understand exactly what that means\, look no further than album opener “Alabaster\,” which paints a deeply empathetic portrait of a woman who’s broken free from the shackles of her old life and started over fresh. \n“At the same time we were making this album\, we were looking for some sort of philanthropic organization we could support with our music and in a bit of synchronicity\, we came across this great group called Thistle Farms\, which was based just down the street from our studio\,” says Oliver. “Their goal is to help women who have been victims of sex trafficking or prostitution or addiction to get off the street and into safe housing where they can participate in therapy and job training. The work they were doing was so inspiring and it felt like such a fit with the kind of album we were writing that we teamed up with them to donate a portion of ticket sales from all our shows. It’s our way of using what we’ve got to do whatever good we can in the world.” \nMore than anything\, it’s that mindset\, that recognition that we’ve all been dealt our own particular hand of cards and life is in the way we play them\, that defines Kingdom In My Mind. As Oliver sings on the captivating “Satisfied\,” which finds its narrator wondering about the glories of the afterlife before ultimately deciding to make the most of his time on Earth\, “I’ve got nothing left to be afraid of / Because I will be satisfied.” With an album this remarkable\, The Wood Brothers have plenty to be satisfied about.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mempho-presents-the-wood-brothers/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse presents Funeral Parade of Roses
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents Toshio Matsumoto’s Funeral Parade of Roses at Crosstown Theater. 1969/105 minutes/Rated R \nTickets: $5 at the door\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \nA combination of art film\, documentary\, and narrative\, Funeral Parade of Roses takes a deep dive into  gay subculture in late 1960s Tokyo\, Japan. In between the loose narrative\, characters are interviewed about their lives and gender identity and occasionally the fourth wall is broken\, revealing the crew making the film. A wild combination of film technique\, documentation of ’60s Japanese pop culture and gay life\, Funeral Parade of Roses is a CAN’T MISS! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-funeral-parade-of-roses/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Iris Orchestra Chamber Players featuring the Iris Artist Fellows
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Iris Artist Fellow Duo\, featuring Pedro Maia on violin and Gabriel Hightower on cello\, in The Green Room. \nTickets: General admission $10 | Student tickets $5 with student ID\nDoors at 7 pm | Performance at 7:30pm \nThe Iris Artist Fellow Duo\, featuring Pedro Maia on violin and Gabriel Hightower on cello\, specialize in bringing an eclectic mix of music to the concert halls and beyond. Interweaving French avant-garde\, Brazilian dances\, and traditional classics\, the sounds of the violin and cello are showcased in an unforgettable concert with something for everyone. \nGabriel Hightower is a cellist from Columbia\, Maryland\, and the 2021/2022 Iris Artist Cello Fellow. He received his Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from the University of Maryland\, College Park and completed his Master of Music Degree from Carnegie Mellon University. As an avid collaborator\, Gabriel has performed with groups such as the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra\, Prince George’s Philharmonic\, Redline String Quartet\, Kyle Simpson Jazz Collective\, Darlingtonia\, and more. These engagements have had him performing all over the East Coast. \nBrazilian violinist Pedro Maia is a versatile artist\, passionate about chamber music and teaching. He is the 2021/2022 Iris Artist Violin Fellow. As a dynamic chamber musician\, Pedro founded the ensembles Cosmos New Music and Trio Riva that both focus on studying and performing works written by composers of diverse backgrounds. Pedro holds doctoral and master’s degree in performance from Florida State University and a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from the University of Southern Mississippi.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/iris-orchestra-chamber-players-featuring-the-iris-artist-fellows/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts Fall 2021 resident artists Anthony Wilson\, Tm. Prudhomme\, Sharon Havelka\, and Melissa Dunn will present artist talks. \nFree and open to the public. Masks are required at this event. \n\nAnthony Wilson is a guitarist and composer from Los Angeles\, California. \nHe is known for a wide-ranging body of work that moves effortlessly across genres. In recent years\, his growing dedication to songcraft and photography have added further depth to an already diverse catalog of works. \nHis most recent releases are the album/photobook “Songs and Photographs” (2019) and “The Plan of Paris\,” to be released in Fall 2021. \n\nMr. Prudhomme has steadily performed and recorded with a variety of musical acts around the country and abroad for the past 35+ years. While having experience as a record producer\, music publisher\, booking agent\, and label chief\, he primarily identifies as a songwriter\, credited with over 100 original compositions released on over 10 studio albums by various artists and labels. \n\nSharon Havelka was born in Memphis\, TN\, and graduated with a BFA from Memphis College of Art in 1994. She received her registered nurse licensure in 2009\, and she currently works as an ICU RN at the Veterans Administration. She has a history of painting\, mixed-media construction\, wood work\, and bookmaking but is currently focused on mixed-media quilting. She received the ArtsAccelerator Grant in 2019\, and her work has been exhibited in such shows as the Dixon Memphis 2021\, Quilt National ’21\, Art Quilt Elements\, 62nd Delta Exhibition\, and SAQA 3D Expressions. \n\nMelissa Dunn’s studio is in her house in Memphis\, TN\, the city where she was born and has spent most of her life. Her contemplative drawings and paintings are based in abstraction and informed by her musical life\, her gardening life\, her personal collection of artwork\, and a close study of the world. She exhibits locally and regionally and is an active member of her local arts community. She has taught at Flicker Street Studio for over 10 years and Carpenter Art Garden for over seven years and served on the ArtsMemphis Artist Advisory Council for three years. Among Melissa’s most recent projects is a large piece for the newly renovated Memphis International Airport awarded by the Urban Art Commission.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-13/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse presents No Ordinary Man
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents Aisling Chin-Yee & Chase Joynt’s No Ordinary Man at Crosstown Theater. 2020/83 minutes/Rated M \nTickets: $5 at the door\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \nAmerican jazz musician Billy Tipton developed a reputable touring and recording career in the mid-twentieth century\, along with his band The Billy Tipton Trio. After his death in the late 80s\, it was revealed that Tipton was assigned female at birth\, and his life was swiftly reframed as the story of an ambitious woman passing as a man in pursuit of a music career. The genre-defying documentary No Ordinary Man seeks to correct that misrepresentation by collaborating with trans artists. As they collectively celebrate Tipton’s story as a musician living his life according to his own terms\, they paint a portrait of a trans culture icon. No Ordinary Man features leading voices and breakout stars in the trans community\, including Marquise Vilsón\, Scott Turner Schofield\, Susan Stryker\, C. Riley Snorton\, and Thomas Page McBee\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-no-ordinary-man/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Frog Squad Plays Erik Satie
DESCRIPTION:Frog Squad performs a special show featuring their interpretation of works by composer Erik Satie on November 4th at Crosstown Arts. \nTickets: $10 \n\n\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nFrog Squad is an outlet for creative expression and sound exploration based in Memphis\, TN. Their songs pull heavily on improvisation within loose structures\, creating a psychedelic\, avant-garde\, jazz sound. \nThe group curates and arranges songs from artists such as Theloinous Monk\, Erik Satie\, and Horace Silver\, and bandleader David Collins composes eclectic\, original music. Frog Squad gently defies the standards of what defines “good music” by composing song templates with experimental elements. In fall of 2019\, Frog Squad released “Solar System in Peabody\,” a full-length work funded by UrbanArt Commission. The Memphis Flyer has called it “one of the most incredible pieces of music that came across our threshold this year.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/frog-squad-plays-erik-satie/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Bobby Watson/Curtis Lundy & Umoja with Terreon Gully and Marc Payne
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents world-renowned jazz musicians Bobby Watson and Curtis Lundy and Umoja with Terreon Gully and Marc Payne. \nTickets: $20 advance | $25 day of show \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nSaxophonist\, composer\, producer\, and educator Bobby Watson grew up in Kansas City\, Kansas\, and his playing is steeped in the roadhouse blues tradition of his native city. He got his formal education at the University of Miami\, where his fellow students included Pat Metheny\, Jaco Pastorious\, and Bruce Hornsby. The college has a distinguished\, long-running\, and well-respected jazz performance program. \nAfter he was graduated in 1975\, he moved to New York City\, the jazz capitol of the world\, and soon found employment as musical director for Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Watson stuck with Blakey’s group from 1977 to 1981 and then pursued session and tour work with more vigor\, working with drummers Louis Hayes and Max Roach\, saxophonists George Coleman and Branford Marsalis\, multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers\, guitarist Carlos Santana\, and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. He’s also worked with a “who’s who” in the jazz vocal world\, including Joe Williams\, Dianne Reeves\, Lou Rawls\, Betty Carter\, and Carmen Lundy. \nFinally\, he launched his own group\, Bobby Watson & Horizon\, with bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Victor Lewis\, and they recorded for Blue Note and Columbia Records. Watson and Horizon were in demand and on the road from the mid-’80s to the late ’90s\, and he still performs with the group\, with differing sidemen. Watson has amassed nearly 30 recordings as a bandleader and he’s a veteran session man\, having recorded on more than 100 other recordings. As a composer\, he has recorded more than 100 of his original compositions\, and his arrangements for big bands have circulated internationally. \nWatson\, basing himself alternately in New York City and Kansas City\, has been a first-call musician for more than three decades now\, and he also served as a member of the adjunct faculty at William Paterson University in the mid-’80s and at the Manhattan School of Music from 1996-1999. In 2000\, he was selected as the first William D. and Mary Grant/Missouri Distinguished Professor of Jazz Studies\, and he’s been working at the University of Missouri/Kansas City\, balancing live concerts around the world with his teaching responsibilities. Since 2000\, Watson’s recordings under his own name include three excellent releases for the Palmetto Records label\, based in New York City. They include Live & Learn (2002)\, Horizon Reassembled (2004)\, and From the Heart (2008). \n——- \nBorn in 1955\, Curtis Lundy is a double bassist\, composer\, producer\, choir director\, and arranger. Lundy began his musical career in the All Miami Youth Jazz Band and was classically trained at the University of Miami under the tutelage of renowned bassist Dr. Lucas Drew. He has studied privately with Cecil McBee\, Linda McKnight\, Jaco Pastorius\, and Ron Carter. \nBest-known for his work as part of jazz vocalist Betty Carter’s band\, Lundy made his debut on the New York jazz scene in 1978. Over the years\, he has performed with an impressive list of musicians\, including: Art Blakely\, John Griffin\, Freddie Hubbard\, Paroah Sanders\, John Hicks\, Wynton Marsalis\, Branford Marsalis\, George Coleman\, Clark Terry\, Sam Rivers\, the Savoy Sultans\, Bobby Watson\, Stanley Turnetine\, Idris Mohamed\, Steve Nelson Quintet\, Mulgrew Miller\, Hammiet Bluiet\, Don Pullen\, Elvin Jones\, Hank Jones\, Sonny Stitt\, Jon Faddis\, Hilton Ruiz\, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis\, Phyllis Hyman\, Lionel Hampton\, Phineas Newborn\, Johnny Hartman\, Charlie Persip\, Louis Hayes\, Bobby Hutcherson\, Barry Harris\, and Frank Morgan. \nIn the late 1980s\, he issued Just Be Yourself (1989)\, and a decade later\, with Justin Time Records\, he released Against All Odds (1999)\, followed by Purpose (2002). Lundy remains one of the most spiritually uplifting bassists on the jazz scene today. He is featured on the G-Three recording SWIFT with Billy Robinson on sax\, Stacie McGregor on piano\, and Billy Hart on drums. Lundy’s arrangement on “Walk With Me\,” recorded by the ARC Gospel Choir\, was sampled by rapper Kanye West and became the Grammy Award-winning hit “Jesus Walks.” This arrangement was also sampled in “This is Why I’m Hot” by Shawn Mims.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/bobby-watson-curtis-lundy-umoja-with-terreon-gully-and-marc-payne/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Fright-tober at Crosstown Theater: Candyman
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Concourse presents a matinee screening of Candyman at Crosstown Theater. \nThroughout the month of October\, Crosstown Concourse presents Fright-tober at Crosstown Theater! Join us every Saturday in October for spooky\, kid-friendly matinees (2 pm) and even spookier adult-themed horror films in the evenings (7 pm). Films programmed by Crosstown Arts. Tickets are free\, but capacity is limited so registration is required. \nRegister here \nCandyman (1992\, Rated R)\nThe Candyman\, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand\, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster’s myth. \nDirector: Bernard Rose\nStarring Virginia Madsen\, Xander Berkeley\, and Tony Todd
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/fright-tober-at-crosstown-theater-candyman/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211030T110000
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SUMMARY:Fright-tober at Crosstown Theater - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Concourse presents a matinee screening of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit at Crosstown Theater. \nThroughout the month of October\, Crosstown Concourse presents Fright-tober at Crosstown Theater! Join us every Saturday in October for spooky\, kid-friendly matinees (2 pm) and even spookier adult-themed horror films in the evenings (7 pm). Films programmed by Crosstown Arts. Tickets are free\, but capacity is limited so registration is required. \nRegister here \nWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit (2005\, Rated G)\nWallace and his loyal dog\, Gromit\, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable-growing contest. \nDirectors: Steve Box\, Nick Park\nStarring Peter Sallis\, Helena Bonham Carter\, and Ralph Fiennes
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/fright-tober-at-crosstown-theater-wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-wererabbit/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211029T160000
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SUMMARY:Don Lifted
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Lawrence Matthews\, also known as Don Lifted\, at Crosstown Theater. \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 8 pm \nTickets: $15 general admission \n$10 student tickets (limited availability\, available at the door) \nMultidisciplinary artist Lawrence Matthews\, also known as Don Lifted\, will transform Crosstown Theater visually and sonically with new music from his Fat Possum debut “325i.” The performance\, which will have limited capacity to ensure the health and safety of guests\, features immersive visual installations following the narrative of the new record and staples from his previous releases\, Alero and Contour (2017\, 2018). \nNew merchandise will be available for purchase\, as well as vinyl copies of the new album. After the performance\, stop by Memphis Listening Lab for a meet-and-greet and vinyl signing with Don Lifted. \nProduction on his most recent album began in late 2019\, after his first national tour. 325i finds the artist physically stuck\, but emotionally and romantically expanding. Written and recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic\, the album explores the artist’s navigation of his future\, both romantic and physical\, as well as their anxieties surrounding isolation\, queerness\, and past traumas. The album represents transition\, not only artistically\, but in the embracing of an identity suppressed by an outside world he can no longer touch. In 2021\, the record was finished and mastered in Hollywood by Grammy Award-winning Engineer Mike Bozzi (Flower Boy\, Ctrl\, Good Kid\, Maad City\, To Pimp A Butterfly\, IGOR\, This is America). \nAll attendees are required to wear masks regardless of vaccination status. Seating will be socially distanced based on ticket grouping\, and the show will start promptly at 8pm. \nArtist Bio \nMatthews is a multi-disciplined creative\, predominantly working in music\, visual arts\, and film. Matthews’ style incorporates elements of hip-hop\, alternative rock\, and electronic music\, resulting in emotionally vulnerable storytelling and eclectic production. After receiving his B.F.A. from The University of Memphis\, Matthews carved out a career in fine art with his socially informed painting\, photography\, and non-profit work becoming a beacon for aspiring black youth in Memphis and resulting in multiple awards\, collection acquisitions\, and exhibitions spanning galleries and museums across the Mid-south. As Matthews maintained a successful visual art career and released various free albums under the name Don Lifted\, he built the resources and fanbase to release his first two commercial projects\, Alero and Contour in 2017 and 2018. In the fall of 2019\, supported by EgglestonWorks\, he booked his first tour; it started in Memphis before hitting Brooklyn\, Los Angeles\, and San Francisco. At a mid-tour hometown show\, he caught the eye of famed producer Matt Ross-Spang\, which led to Matthews signing a deal with Fat Possum Records. Matthews then spent 2020 in near-isolation crafting what would be his label debut “325i\,” slated for release on October 22\, 2021.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/don-lifted-3/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T163000
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse presents The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari w/ live score by The Pop Ritual
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari with a live score by The Pop Ritual at Crosstown Theater. 1920/75 minutes/Rated M \nTickets: $5 at the door\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \nThe Masterpiece of German Expressionism and horror\, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the story of a megalomaniac doctor who uses a sleepwalker that he seems to control to carry out a series of murders. Crosstown Arts’ presentation of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari will feature a live score featuring the original music of The Pop Ritual\, a Memphis-based industrial\, psyche-pop trio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-w-live-score-by-the-pop-ritual/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T160000
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SUMMARY:Steve Selvidge
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Memphis-based guitarist/vocalist Steve Selvidge in The Green Room. \nTickets: $10 \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nSteve Selvidge was born into Memphis music. His earliest musical influence was his father Sid Selvidge\, a folk blues musician and gifted singer who was known for his solo performances\, for playing with Furry Lewis\, and for his longtime association with Jim Dickinson\, Lee Baker\, and Jimmy Crosthwait in the supergroup Mudboy and the Neutrons. To this day\, Steve continues the tradition\, keeping their repertoire alive with the group Sons of Mudboy\, alongside Jimmy Crosthwait\, Luther and Cody Dickinson\, Ben Baker\, and extended Mudboy family members. \nCo-founder of 1990s-era psychedelic-funk group Big Ass Truck\, Steve is known for his virtuosity on the guitar\, his voice\, and his ability to fully engage an audience\, whether he’s playing blistering rock guitar solos at sold-out concerts on big stages or singing folk blues favorites in a tiny\, packed bar in Memphis. He has performed at Carnegie Hall\, Royal Albert Hall\, and on late-night shows with David Letterman\, Conan O’Brien\, Stephen Colbert\, Seth Meyers\, and Jools Holland. As a touring musician for the past 25 years\, he’s played across the United States\, Europe\, and Australia. As a session musician\, he’s played guitar on more than 60 albums. \nHe is currently a member of the Brooklyn based group The Hold Steady.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/steve-selvidge-at-crosstown-arts/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211026T133000
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts resident artists Jessica Sabogal and Shanna Strauss will present artist talks. \nFree and open to the public \n\nJessica Sabogal is a cuir Colombian-American muralistx from San Francisco whose large-scale public artworks attempt to document and disrupt. Sabogal has consistently reinvented what it means to be a female muralist in a male-dominated industry by utilizing her medium for social change\, action\, and empowerment. \nHer murals have been commissioned by Facebook\, Google\, 20th Century Fox\, the University of Southern California\, the University of California\, the University of Arizona\, and the University of Utah\, among many others. In 2016\, Sabogal received KQED’s Women to Watch Award and the following year was commissioned by the Amplifier Foundation for the 2017 Women’s March\, after which her “Women Are Perfect” campaign gained international acclaim. Sabogal’s work has since been featured in national and international news and media sources including CNN\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Huffington Post\, and The New York Times. \nJessica Sabogal often works with artist Shanna Strauss\, her life and collaborative partner. Essential to their practice is a system of similar core beliefs — feminist\, radical\, pro-people\, and engaged in social change. Their interdisciplinary work implies that collaboration is at the heart of self and community. Both draw inspiration\, connection\, and influence from contemporary political and social movements\, which have always used artistic expression as a critical form of resistance against forces that wage and risk their erasure. For their viewers\, Sabogal and Strauss create collective narratives of diaspora rooted in kinship and solidarity. The pair have been commissioned by The California Endowment\, the University of California San Francisco\, the Euphrat Museum\, and the PHI Foundation. Most recently\, they received the Kala Art Institute 2020-2021 Fellowship Award. \n\nAs a Tanzanian-American\, biracial\, bilingual woman\, who was raised in Tanzania and later moved to the U.S. and Canada\, Shanna Strauss has had to navigate multiple identities\, geographic locations\, histories and cultures. This reality led her to an interest in diaspora identities and what it means to live between different worlds. In her work\, she explores identity and belonging and how oral tradition\, spirituality\, and family legacy are transmitted inter-generationally\, across time and place. Working predominantly on found wood\, she creates mixed-media portraits by combining photo transfer\, painting\, wood burning\, wood carving\, beads\, fabric and other materials — all selected for their symbolic and cultural significance. \nStrauss often works with artist Jessica Sabogal\, her life and collaborative partner. Essential to their practice is a system of similar core beliefs — feminist\, radical\, pro-people\, and engaged in social change. Their interdisciplinary work implies that collaboration is at the heart of self and community. Both draw inspiration\, connection\, and influence from contemporary political and social movements\, which have always used artistic expression as a critical form of resistance against forces that wage and risk their erasure. For their viewers\, Sabogal and Strauss create collective narratives of diaspora rooted in kinship and solidarity. The pair have been commissioned by The California Endowment\, the University of California San Francisco\, the Euphrat Museum\, and the PHI Foundation. Most recently\, they received the Kala Art Institute 2020-2021 Fellowship Award.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arts-resident-artist-talk-12/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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SUMMARY:BlueTom Live
DESCRIPTION:BlueTom Records\, the student-run record label at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, is proud to present BlueTom Live on October 24. Join us at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts as we feature five artists from the label performing R&B\, pop\, and hip hop. \nTickets: $10 general admission | University of Memphis Students and Faculty free with university ID \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nArtists Performing include the following:\nEsMod – EsMod is a rap artist from Memphis\, TN.\nJosh Dedrick – Josh Dedrick is a pop singer/songwriter from Memphis\, TN.\nYasrah – Yasrah is a pop singer/songwriter from Pakistan.\nRochel – Rochel is a Hip-Hop/R&B artist from Memphis\, TN.\nLaDarryl – LaDarryl is a Hip-Hop artist from Memphis\, TN.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/bluetom-live/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211023T160000
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SUMMARY:Spree Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Spree Wilson in The Green Room in a special performance featuring a string quartet composed of musicians of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. MSO musicians Marisa Polesky\, Yennifer Correia\, Hannah Whitehouse\, and Estefan Perez will join Spree on stage for several songs arranged just for this performance.\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 day of show \nBorn in Nashville\, Tennessee\, Spree Wilson’s approach to music has always been driven by his boundless creativity and vision. The singer-songwriter began his musical journey at home\, with a father who sang and toured in a doo-wop group called The Blue Shirts and a mother who kept artists like Elton John\, Fleetwood Mac\, Minnie Ripperton\, and Whitney Houston in constant rotation. Those early influences would become his musical foundation\, the bedrock for a career that would lead to him meeting and working with two giants of popular music: his mentor Dallas Austin and legendary rapper/producer Q-Tip. \nWhile attending Clark University in Atlanta\, Georgia\, Spree met Austin\, who was immediately impressed by the young man’s guitar skills and offered him an internship at his famous studio\, Dart. Spree’s hard work and dedication to learning the music industry served notice that there was more to the multi-talented young artist than just raw talent— there was the focus and drive to maximize his potential and realize his ambitions. Austin would soon offer him a recording contract\, which Spree turned down in order to pursue his career in New York City. \nAfter selling his car and purchasing a one-way ticket to the City of Lights\, Spree arrived in NYC with just his suitcase and guitar. He found himself homeless and living in Penn Station for several weeks. A mutual friend eventually introduced him to Q-Tip\, who was impressed by Spree’s songwriting. Q-tip would ultimately help land the upstart a major label deal with Jive Records. During his time with Jive\, Spree began working on his album — writing songs constantly and ultimately landing a publishing deal with Universal Music Group. \nSince then\, Spree has co-written Afrojack’s single “The Spark\,” which he is also featured on as an artist. “The Spark” has been A-listed on BBC’s radio 1. In addition\, he has co-written “Sin City” on Good Music compilation album Cruel Summer with Teyana Taylor. The album went #1 on the US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums\, US Top Rap Albums\, and #2 on US Billboard 200. He has collaborated with noteworthy producers such as Q-Tip\, Novel\, No ID\, Jim Jonsin\, Infamous\, Malay\, Robin Hannibal (of Rhye)\, Frequency\, and Mark Maxwell. \nEven with his successes\, Spree remains as creatively progressive as ever and has never limited himself to one specific style or genre of music. His upbringing in Nashville exposed him to everything from George Jones to George Harrison to George Benson. He’s as much hip-hop as he is pop\, a rock star rebel with the spirit of a b-boy. This love of all musical styles is what drives Spree’s ever-broadening sound\, musicianship\, songwriting\, and style.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/spree-wilson/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211023T160000
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SUMMARY:Fright-tober at Crosstown Theater: Us
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Concourse presents a matinee screening of Us at Crosstown Theater. \nThroughout the month of October\, Crosstown Concourse presents Fright-tober at Crosstown Theater! Join us every Saturday in October for spooky\, kid-friendly matinees (2 pm) and even spookier adult-themed horror films in the evenings (7 pm). Films programmed by Crosstown Arts. Tickets are free\, but capacity is limited so registration is required. \nRegister here \nUs (2019\, Rated R)\nA family’s serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them. \nDirector: Jordan Peele\nStarring Lupita Nyong’o\, Winston Duke\, and Elisabeth Moss
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/fright-tober-at-crosstown-theater-us/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211023T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211023T110000
DTSTAMP:20260516T114347
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SUMMARY:Fright-tober at Crosstown Theater: The Nightmare Before Christmas
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Concourse presents a screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas at Crosstown Theater. \nThroughout the month of October\, Crosstown Concourse presents Fright-tober at Crosstown Theater! Join us every Saturday in October for spooky\, kid-friendly matinees (2 pm) and even spookier adult-themed horror films in the evenings (7 pm). Films programmed by Crosstown Arts. Tickets are free\, but capacity is limited so registration is required. \nRegister here \nThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993\, Rated PG)\nJack Skellington\, king of Halloween Town\, discovers Christmas Town\, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. \nDirector: Henry Selick\nStarring: Danny Elfman\, Chris Sarandon\, and Catherine O’Hara
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/fright-tober-at-crosstown-theater-the-nightmare-before-christmas/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211022T160000
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SUMMARY:ONE NIGHT ONLY: Don Bryant & The Bo-Keys Live with Chamber Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Hear Don Bryant & The Bo-Keys in a very special\, one-night-only performance with members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra will also be performing music from Craig Brewer’s 2019 film Dolemite Is My Name (music written by Scott Bomar of the Bo-Keys). \nDoors at 6:30 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nTickets: $35 first-level seating | $25 balcony seating \nYou know that old song that O. V. Wright did so well in 1971 that no one can ever do that song again — “Nickel and a Nail”? O. V. Wright has held tight to that song and rightfully so. But not no mo. Not to take anything from O.V.— but after nearly half a century\, now you gotta step aside. Don Bryant is here. \nThough it ain’t like he just showed up. The roots of this record are in the Memphis church\, where Don Bryant began singing when he was 5. He joined his father’s family vocal group\, then formed a gospel quartet for a high school radio gig. Broadcasting broadened the audience and they went secular\, singing pop at WLOK on Dick “Cane” Cole’s popular show. After parting with the DJ\, they took a very real step toward careers when\, as the Four Kings\, they began fronting Willie Mitchell’s band. \nWillie Mitchell led the swingingest\, groovin’est band in the Memphis-Mississippi-Arkansas area — the American music floodplain. Willie’s band was known for instrumental records\, but when they’d play at Danny’s in West Memphis\, Don’s group fronted them. But the group broke up and Willie\, who was touring concert venues and dance halls\, needed a vocalist who could play with his supple\, slinky funky beats\, and anointed Don Bryant as his leading man. \nDon could also write songs. He was still in his teens when\, in 1960\, Willie was producing the 5 Royales\, and Don handed him “I Got To Know.” The 5 Royales put it on wax. Don was hot in the spotlight and in the writer’s room. \nAs Willie Mitchell carved out his place at Hi Records\, Don was close by. Don cut songs at Hi under the Four Kings moniker (“That Driving Beat”) and as a solo artist (“Don’t Turn Your Back On Me”). He wrote material for other Hi artists\, including Janet & the Jays and Norman West. In 1969\, still in the age of 7” singles\, Don was popular enough to release an album — though the big breakout hit stayed elusive. \nAround 1970\, Willie put Don with the Hi label’s newest act\, Ann Peebles\, who burst on the scene with “Part Time Love.” Don looked at this slight young lady and penned “99 Lbs” for her: “You wouldn’t know what I’m talking ’bout/ If you never had a love like this/… 99 lbs of natural born goodness/99 lbs of soul.” The relationship warmed\, they co-wrote the hit “I Can’t Stand the Rain” in 1973 and were married the following year. Ann’s performing career continued\, as did Don’s writing\, and they began raising a family. Occasionally\, Don returned to the microphone\, dueting with his wife\, sometimes releasing gospel material. Always\, he continued to write songs. \nAnd all the while\, that voice was maturing\, mellowing\, until these recordings that find him\, at age 74\, in peak form and taking O. V.’s song. The band is a mix of lifelong cohorts and upstart stalwarts. They understand where he’s been and where he wants to go\, making his song “How Do I Get There\,” a rhetorical question\, because they have clearly found the way. –Robert Gordon\, Memphis\, 2017 \n— \nThrough three critically acclaimed albums\, as well as international appearances at major festivals and clubs\, the Bo-Keys have kept the spirit of classic Memphis music alive while also writing a vital new chapter for the sound and style that’s etched into the fiber of American consciousness. The Bo-Keys performed on the score for Hustle & Flow and appear in the film Soul Men\, performing on-screen with stars Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac. They also appear on three songs Bomar produced for the film’s soundtrack\, including“Soul Music” by Anthony Hamilton\, which was nominated for a Grammy in2010. The Bo-Keys can also be heard performing the song\, “Kick It” in the film and soundtrack for the Paramount animated feature\, Barnyard. The Bo-Keys have also had songs featured in 2013 De Niro/Stallone comedy Grudge Match. the Showtime Series TheChi\, AMC’s Dietland\, the ABC TV series Scandal\, and the CBS TV series Scorpion. \n— \nScott Bomar is a Memphis-based musician\, Emmy Award-winning film/TV composer and producer\, songwriter\, and engineer of multiple Grammy-winning and nominated recordings. Projects include the films Dolemite is My Name\, Hustle & Flow\, Black Snake Moan\, Mississippi Grind\, and Soul Men. Bomar produced and engineered Cyndi Lauper’s Grammy-nominated album Memphis Blues at his Electraphonic Recording Studio and co-wrote the song\, “The House Always Wins” on William Bell’s 2016 Grammy-winning album\, This is Where I Live. \nIn high school\, he began performing with groups at Memphis-area clubs and formed the group Impala. With their ‘60s instrumental sound\, the group toured and released five albums. Impala’s version of the Henry Mancini theme “Experiment in Terror” is featured in George Clooney’s directorial debut\, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. In 2018\, Impala released a new album\, In the Late Hours\, which was described by Rolling Stone as “…combines surf-guitar nostalgia with a minor-key\, spy-movie-worthy riffage.” \nIn 2005\, Bomar composed the score for Craig Brewer’s award-winning film Hustle & Flow\, for which Bomar has received much critical acclaim for his Memphis soul meets hip hop score. Bomar returned in 2006 to collaborate with the filmmakers of Hustle & Flow as Executive Music Producer and composer of the film Black Snake Moan. He worked with film’s stars Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci in the studio to record songs for the film\, which are performed on-screen. He also composed the original score utilizing musicians harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite and Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder sideman\, Jim Dickinson. \nBomar is also the leader of The Bo-Keys\, a Memphis soul group featuring legendary Stax and Hi Records session players.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/one-night-only-don-bryant-the-bo-keys-live-with-chamber-orchestra/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dubois-Yao Duo: Adoration - Music of the Americas
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Dubois-Yao Duo for a performance titled Adoration – Music of The Americas. \nDoors at 5 pm | Show at 5:30 pm\nTickets: $10 general admission | $5 student tickets available with student ID) \nFeaturing works for viola and piano by Florence Price\, Samuel Coleridge Taylor\, Astor Piazzolla\, and more. The program features works from Dubois-Yao Duo’s new album “Adoration – Music of the Americas\,” which will be released on October 20 on Spice Classical Records\, Boston. \n—- \nPraised for having such a powerful and yet welcoming\, warm sound\, Brazilian violist Amaro Dubois has approached his unique playing in many areas of the classical music industry by placing an emphasis on expanding the repertoire for the viola through collaborative projects in Brazil and North America. An avid performer\, Amaro has performed in several professional ensembles\, including the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra\, the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra\, the Paducah Symphony Orchestra\, the Mobile Symphony Orchestra\, the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra\, as well as other orchestras and chamber groups. Additionally\, Amaro was awarded the Iris Orchestra Fellowship under the guidance and mentorship of music director and conductor Michael Stern for the ’19-’21 seasons. He is a recording artist for Breve Classics Records where he debuted his first album\, Preludes by Bach\, a complete album of preludes from the Cello Suites of J.S. Bach\, as well as Spice Records where he will be debuting his latest album\, Adoration. He recently founded the Yao-Dubois Duo with the marvelous collaborative pianist Tingting Yao. Their mission is to share compositions by underrepresented composers\, including African American\, Latin American\, and women composers. Their first album\, Adoration\, is scheduled to be released in mid-October 2021 and features a diverse program of composers\, including Florence Price\, Guerra Peixe\, Villa-Lobos\, and Rebecca Clarke\, among other wonderful artists. \n—- \nTingting Yao is active as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician with singers and instrumentalists throughout North America\, the U.K.\, and China. Since moving to the U.S. in 2016\, she has performed in the Mid-South Flute Festival (UofM)\, Mid-South Horn Workshop (UCA)\, and NASA Regional IV (OSU). She has also worked as a collaborative pianist at the Interlochen Center of the Arts\, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Festivals include SongFest (LA)\, Oxford International Piano Festival (UK)\, Cadenza International Summer Music School (UK)\, Lake District Summer Music International Festival (UK). She is joining Collaborative Piano Institute and Pittsburg Festival Opera in summer 2019 as a collaborative pianist. \nWhile in the U.K.\, Tingting was flourishing as a collaborative pianist when studying at Birmingham Conservatoire. Competition awards as an accompanist include Ambache Prize Performance of Music by Women Composers\, Delia Hall Accompanist Prize for Pianists\, Andrew Downes Performance Prize\, Winfred Micklam Prize\, BC String Prize\, and BC Percussion Prize. Soloist awards include Beryl Chempin Beethoven Prize for Pianists and Renna Kellaway Piano Recital Prize.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/dubois-yao-duo-adoration-music-of-the-americas/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Adam Larson Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Adam Larson Quintet in The Green Room. \nTickets: $10 \nDoors 7 pm | Show 7:30 pm \nOriginally from Normal\, IL\, Adam Larson is an American saxophonist\, composer\, and author. An endorsed artist for P. Mauriat saxophones\, Boston Sax Shop “Heritage” necks and Vandoren reeds\, mouthpieces\, and ligatures\, Adam began playing saxophone at the age of 11. \nDescribed by critic Howard Reich of The Chicago-Tribune as “a player for whom the word ‘prodigious’ was coined”\, by Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen as “a saxophonist who brings Donny McCaslin and Mark Turner to mind”\, and by Nate Chinen of The New York Times as “the sort of jazz musician who gets flagged early on as a promising talent and then hustles to meet every requirement for success”\, Larson has garnered numerous awards that distinguish him as one of the most promising artists of his generation. As a student\, Larson was a member of virtually every national program dedicated to showcasing excellence in young jazz talent including The Grammy Band\, Next Generation Jazz Orchestra\, Betty Carter Jazz Ahead\, YoungArts Jazz Fellows\, Telluride Student All-Stars\, and Jazz Band of America\, among others. Upon graduating from University High School in 2008\, Adam moved to New York City to pursue his BM and MM in Jazz Performance on full scholarship from The Manhattan School\, where he graduated with honors as a Master’s student as the recipient of the William H. Borden Award for Outstanding performance in Jazz in 2014. \nLarson has released five albums: one for Ropeadope Records\, two under the Inner Circle Music label and two produced independently. Larson’s most recent recording\, “Second City\,” received a four-star rating from Downbeat Magazine\, was listed as one of the best releases of 2017 in both Downbeat and Jazziz Magazine\, and was prominently featured in several publications. Larson’s fifth record “Listen With Your Eyes\,” was released on Ropeadope Records on September 6th\, 2019. Larson keeps an active schedule with his own groups and as a sideman\, having performed at several venues across the U.S.\, including The Jazz Standard\, Birdland\, The 55 Bar\, The Jazz Gallery\, The Blue Note\, The Village Vanguard\, Smalls\, Jazz at The Bistro\, The Jazz Estate\, The Jazz Showcase\, and several others. \nLarson continues to perform in NYC with some of the greatest musicians in the genre. \nAs a guest artist\, Larson has been invited to present masterclasses on music business\, improvisation\, and composition at more than fifty universities across the globe. \nAdam has recorded five albums and maintains an active touring schedule year-round playing his original music.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/adam-larson-quintet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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