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SUMMARY:Book Release: The Sky Is the Limit
DESCRIPTION:Join Fallen Walls founder\, Daniel Aaron Harris\, for the release of a new children’s book he wrote & illustrated. The Sky is the Limit tells the story of a young girl who finds out that despite her disability\, she can be anything. \nTo see more of Harris’ works\, visit Bobby Blue Books.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sky-is-the-limit/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150515T160000
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SUMMARY:Don Lifted
DESCRIPTION:Don Lifted returns to Crosstown Arts with another exciting live performance. Music show organized by the artist. \nClick here to listen to his latest tracks.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/don-lifted-0515/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150512T130000
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:430 N. Cleveland\nSecond Tuesday of Each Month\nArtist Setup: 5 – 6 pm / Critique & Discussion: 6 – 8 pm \nMay Artists: Jim Anderson\, Elisabeth Eickhoff\, Dan Ross & Meghan Vaziri\nFacilitator: Laurel Sucsy \nCrosstown Arts’ Open Crit series\, organized in partnership with ArtsMemphis\, is a monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. The series will take place at Crosstown Arts exhibition space at 430 N. Cleveland. \nA dedicated facilitator with experience in a group critique setting will guide discussion for each critique event\, which will include up to 4 artists’ work\, with 15-25 minutes devoted to the work of each. \nAll visual artists and anyone interested in joining the discussion are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise\, prior professional art experience or background/education in fine art. Participation is free and open to the public. Input during the critiques from everyone in attendance is welcomed and encouraged. \nNo formal preparation is necessary for participating artists\, who will have an opportunity to introduce and contextualize their work on view at the beginning of each critique. Participating artists are only asked to be open to (and interested in) considering reactions to their work by the group\, which will always be done in a supportive\, constructive and casual environment\, but could at the same time be challenging. \n\nTo participate\, artists can send the following info via email to Brittney Bullock (brittney@ crosstownarts.org) with the subject line “Open Crit.” Submissions will be accepted and scheduled based on availability. There is no submission fee. \n\nName\nPhone number\nEmail address\nGeneral description of the work to be discussed (i.e. “abstract paintings” or “video art”) & sizes of works and/or media types\n\nArtists are asked to bring no more than 8 individual pieces (in any medium). Maximum run time for time-based work(s) is 10 minutes. \nParticipating artists are encouraged to invite friends\, peers and colleagues to the open crits\, both to see their work in progress and to give constructive feedback. \nOrganized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-0515/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150510
DTSTAMP:20260518T135255
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SUMMARY:Johnathan Payne: Meet Me Where I'm At
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Schedule\nFriday\, May 8: Reception\, 6 – 8 pm | Live performance at 6:21 pm\nSaturday\, May 9: Artist talk at 2 pm \nArtist Statement\nIntense preoccupations with self-concept\, desire\, and tribalism are the points of departure for my recent installation and performance work. I tackle these complex personal landscapes in the studio similar to my approach outside of that space: through endurance\, perspective\, minor successes\, immediate pleasures\, Pho Binh lunch buffets\, constant longing\, and inevitable failure. This is all a journey. Utilizing pre-existing cultural objects\, movement\, body fluid\, space\, and meditative processes\, I continue to simultaneously grapple with and reprieve my poly-consciousness. Ultimately\, this show serves as a temporal sanctuary where these performative self-journeys and self-reconciliations shall unfold. \nArtist Bio\nJohnathan Payne is an emerging artist whose creative practice encompasses drawing\, painting\, collage\, performance\, and installation art. He has exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions\, including Voice of the Turtle at Tops Gallery most recently\, New Drawings at Beige in 2014\, and Pyramid Scheme! at Gallery 363 in 2013. He earned his BA in Art from Rhodes College in 2012\, and received the Sally Becker Grinspan Award for Artistic Achievement. Last November\, Johnathan was awarded an ArtsAccelerator grant from ArtsMemphis. He currently lives and maintains a studio practice in Memphis\, TN.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/johnathanpayne-meet-me/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150505T160000
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Film and the Law
DESCRIPTION:Memphis filmmakers are known for a guerrilla\, DIY-style of filmmaking. While the mantra may be better to beg forgiveness than ask permission\, sometimes it pays to get good advice on the front end. Join entertainment attorneys Malcolm Futhey\, Anita Modak-Truran and Bruce Newman as they argue the case that filmmakers should be aware of the law and seek good counsel. \n\nShoot & Splice is presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-the-law/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150501T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150501T123000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135255
CREATED:20150707T063813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150724T215456Z
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SUMMARY:Eye on Abstraction: All-Ages Workshop
DESCRIPTION:An after-school workshop all about abstraction. Explore our current abstract painting exhibition\, Between the Eyes (in the gallery at 422 N. Cleveland). Then meet in story booth for hands-on art activities for all ages\, led by artists Laurel Sucsy (Between the Eyes curator)\, Mary Jo Karimnia\, and Brittney Bullock. \nThis is a free\, drop-in program: come when you wish\, no registration necessary! \nChildren must be accompanied by adults.\nSnacks and drinks will be served. \n(Image: Rubens Ghenov)
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/eye-on-abstraction/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,Programs
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SUMMARY:Think Tank Series: Collective Consciousness
DESCRIPTION:The Collective invites you to join them for a discussion about how different ways of creating or being exposed to art can uplift a community\, create support from within\, and provide solutions.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/think-tank-collective-consciousness/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150503
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SUMMARY:Epic Vision
DESCRIPTION:  \nEXHIBITION SCHEDULE\nThursday\, April 30 – Saturday\, May 2 // 10am – 6pm\nSaturday\, May 2: Closing Reception // 6 – 8pm \n\n                 \n\n\n    \n“When I tell people I create\, they think I’m a musician.”- Michael Williams \nCrosstown Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of over 50 paintings by Crosstown residents Michael Williams and his mother\, Mattie Williams. Although working in clearly distinct styles\, their process involves a delicate exchange: Mattie inspired Michael to paint\, and Michael names Mattie’s paintings. Both artists are self-taught and have been painting most of their lives. Michael is visually impaired\, so he uses tools like powerful magnifying glasses and bright lights to enhance his limited field of vision\, seeking to capture realistic perspectives in his landscapes. Mattie uses acrylic paint to create abstract works with bold colors and repeated patterns\, often floral or geometric forms. Together\, their works demonstrate how the act of creating can strengthen the ties that bind people to one another — through family\, through paint. \nMichael was born with an eye disorder known as Stargardt’s Disease and recently founded a non-profit organization\, International Association for Sight Impaired Artists. The organization’s mission is to educate\, empower and support individuals who are blind or visually impaired to be involved in the visual\, performing and literary arts. Michael hopes to inspire others with sight impairments not to limit themselves creatively. \nHe has won many awards in several art competitions\, including Memphis Technical High School “Outstanding Art Student” Award in the 1980s\, St. Joseph Hospital Pen and Ink Art Competition\, Southland Mall Scholastic Art Competition\, Mid South Fair Pen and Ink Art Competition\, and the American Printing House for the Blind International Art Competition in 2009\, 2010\, 2012 and 2014.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/epic-vision/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150425T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150425T140000
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SUMMARY:Centro Cultural Spring Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis invites you to their first exhibition of 2015\, featuring visual art\, as well as musical and dance performances. \nThis program is part of Crosstown Arts & Centro Cultural’s ongoing Spring/Summer 2015 collaboration\, supported by FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst and ArtsMemphis.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/centro-showcase-2015/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150423T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150423T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135256
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SUMMARY:Binaries
DESCRIPTION:Group exhibition of work by emerging Memphis artists Gabriel Pfeiffer\, Gregory Allen Smith\, Pete Hoffecker\, Alexa Zabella\, Anna Irace\, Jesse Delira\, Robert Kyle\, and Adam Clark\, organized by Peter Hoffecker.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/binaries/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150421T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150421T160000
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SUMMARY:Painters on Painting Gallery Talk
DESCRIPTION:A discussion about abstraction with artists Hamlett Dobbins\, Melissa Dunn\, and Laurel Sucsy \nImage: Rob De Oude
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/painters-on-painting-gallery-talk/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150419T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150419T180000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135256
CREATED:20150709T015730Z
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SUMMARY:That Sincere Loss: Losing Mercury\, Flirting With Sincerity and more
DESCRIPTION:Local artists perform acoustic\, hip-hop\, metal\, punk & more. \nAct I\nScene I: Reala & Bass Lord Astro; Hip-Hop/Rap; 6:00-6:25\nScene III: Strange Armada; Hip-Hop/Rap; 6:35-7:00 \nAct II\nScene I: 2 Piece Puzzle; Acoustic; 7:10-7:35\nScene II: Defy the Architect; Metal; 7:45-8:20\n\nAct III\nScene I: Losing Mercury; Punk/Metal; 8:35-9:10\nScene II: Prophasis; Metal; 9:25-10:00\nScene III: Flirting with Sincerity; Pop/Indie; 10:15-10:50
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/that-sincere-loss/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150418T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150418T160000
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SUMMARY:Impossible Language
DESCRIPTION:This installment of Impossible Language features readings by Angie Macri\, John Reed\, and Sandy Longhorn. \nBecome better acquainted with this ongoing poetry reading series by following here: Twitter @impossiblelang\, Facebook or Tumblr.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/impossible-language-0415/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150417T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150417T150000
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary Writers Reading
DESCRIPTION:Talented sixth grade authors from Soulsville Charter School share their original poetry and prose. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/revolutionary-writers-reading/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Between the Eyes
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts is pleased to present Between the Eyes\, a group show about contemporary abstract painting and how we see it.  Just as the relationships of pitch and duration can express emotion in music\, the formal relationships of hue\, value\, shape\, and placement can collect to create meaning in abstract painting.  Featuring the work of six painters exploring distinct modes of abstraction\, the exhibition examines the way each artist uses deliberate choices to engage us in the experience of looking.  Formal cues such as gesture\, color and the use of found objects prompt us to recognize patterns and attribute meaning to certain behaviors.  Physicality contends with the pictorial as we both decipher and project meaning into the space of abstract forms. \nThe exhibition is curated by Laurel Sucsy and features work by New York-based artists Marina Adams\, Rob de Oude\, and Joe Fyfe; LA-based artist Iva Gueorguieva; Philadelphia-based artist Rubens Ghenov; and Laurel Sucsy of Memphis.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/between-the-eyes/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150414T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150414T150000
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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:430 N. Cleveland\nSecond Tuesday of Each Month\nArtist Setup: 5 – 6 pm / Critique & Discussion: 6 – 8 pm \nCrosstown Arts’ Open Crit series\, organized in partnership with ArtsMemphis\, is a monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. The series will take place at Crosstown Arts exhibition space at 430 N. Cleveland. \nA dedicated facilitator with experience in a group critique setting will guide discussion for each critique event\, which will include up to 4 artists’ work\, with 15-25 minutes devoted to the work of each. \nAll visual artists and anyone interested in joining the discussion are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise\, prior professional art experience or background/education in fine art. Participation is free and open to the public. Input during the critiques from everyone in attendance is welcomed and encouraged. \nNo formal preparation is necessary for participating artists\, who will have an opportunity to introduce and contextualize their work on view at the beginning of each critique. Participating artists are only asked to be open to (and interested in) considering reactions to their work by the group\, which will always be done in a supportive\, constructive and casual environment\, but could at the same time be challenging. \n\nTo participate\, artists can send the following info via email to Brittney Bullock (brittney@ crosstownarts.org) with the subject line “Open Crit.” Submissions will be accepted and scheduled based on availability. There is no submission fee. \n\nName\nPhone number\nEmail address\nGeneral description of the work to be discussed (i.e. “abstract paintings” or “video art”) & sizes of works and/or media types\n\nArtists are asked to bring no more than 8 individual pieces (in any medium). Maximum run time for time-based work(s) is 10 minutes. \nParticipating artists are encouraged to invite friends\, peers and colleagues to the open crits\, both to see their work in progress and to give constructive feedback. \nOrganized by Crosstown Arts in partnership with ArtsMemphis ArtsAccelerator.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-0415/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150412T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150412T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135256
CREATED:20150709T024244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150709T024244Z
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SUMMARY:Sunset Club
DESCRIPTION:Memphis College of Art 2015 BFA photography show with work by Jade Thiraswas\, D’Angelo Williams\, Alexander Swilley\, Doree Woods and Patricia Trahan.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sunset-club/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150409T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150409T190000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135256
CREATED:20150709T023206Z
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SUMMARY:The Gold Room
DESCRIPTION:Live art\, body paint\, PMG apparel and music by DJ Nautics. \nLive musical performances by Cochi$e\, Tmrw and Juvi. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-gold-room/
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Delta Jewels: Visiting Artist\, Alysia Burton Steele
DESCRIPTION:Event Schedule\n6 pm: Fellowship Hour at story booth (438 N. Cleveland)\n6 pm: Exhibition in the Gallery (422 N. Cleveland)\n7- 9 pm: Program & Book-signing in the Gallery \nCrosstown Arts and The Booksellers at Laurelwood welcome photojournalist Alysia Burton Steele to Memphis to celebrate the publication of Delta Jewels\, her collection of portraits and oral histories of church mothers of the Mississippi Delta. \nThe event is free and open to the public and will include a program and book-signing with the artist\, an art exhibition of photo prints from the book\, live choir music\, food & drinks. Several of the church mothers featured in the book will also be present. \nInspired by memories of her beloved grandmother\, photographer and author Alysia Burton Steele–picture editor on a Pulitzer Prize-winning team–combines heart-wrenching narrative with poignant photographs of more than 50 female church elders in the Mississippi Delta. \nThese ordinary women lived extraordinary lives under the harshest conditions of the Jim Crow era and during the courageous changes of the Civil Rights Movement. With the help of local pastors\, Steele recorded these living witnesses to history and folk ways\, and shares the significance of being a Black woman–child\, daughter\, sister\, wife\, mother\, and grandmother in Mississippi–a Jewel of the Delta. From the stand Mrs. Tennie Self took for her marriage to be acknowledged in the phone book\, to the life-threatening sacrifice required to vote for the first time\, these 50 inspiring portraits are the faces of love and triumph that will teach readers faith and courage in difficult times. \n\nAlysia Burton Steele has been a photographer for over 25 years and currently teaches photojournalism\, layout and design\, multimedia\, and journalism writing at the University of Mississippi.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/delta-jewels/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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SUMMARY:Gil Ngole: Displacement
DESCRIPTION:Displacement: A Deconstructed Sound Journey\nFeaturing the art of Gil Ngole\nThis one night only exhibition features sculptures and sound art created by MCA graduate student Gil Ngole. He creates his foam and fabric sculptures quickly to mirror the rate that people in his home of the Republic of the Congo must make their bundles when they are forcefully displaced. Their bundles hold the food\, clothes\, and necessities they will need to survive away from their homes. His sound art focuses on the noises that displaced people in Central Africa hear while they are fleeing from their homes: the sound of falling feet\, explosions\, and the rattle of food cans. These noises\, coupled with the bundles move the viewers from the role of complacent observer and forces them into an empathetic position where they are experiencing forced displacement. This helps Gil deconstruct the image that western media has put forth about forced displacement. The exhibition will take place on a bus\, the location itself emphasizing the theme of movement and transportation that permeates Gil’s work. \nDisplacement will be on view in the parking lot of Crosstown Art’s Flea Market\, as part of Crosstown’s mission to expose the community to diversity and bring diverse communities together. \nThe exhibition is organized by Sadie Yanckello\, Amaris Prechtel and Mohib Khan\, with support from the Rhodes College Gallery Management class and a Center for Outreach and Development of the Arts (CODA) Grant. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/gil-ngole-displacement/
LOCATION:Cleveland Street Flea Market\, 438 N. Cleveland\, Memphis\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150407T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150407T150000
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: What It Means to Be a Producer
DESCRIPTION:Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts announce the return of Shoot & Splice! \nEver wonder what it takes to produce an independent film or commercial project? Have you ever asked yourself what a producer even does?! \nFilm Producers raise money for projects\, hire directors\, DP’s\, actors and editors\, manage schedules\, find distributors\, massage egos and everything in between. Please join us for a discussion with three of the most talented producers in Memphis\, Waheed AlQawasmi\, Laura Jean Hocking and Ryan Watt. \n\n  \nWaheed AlQawasmi started his career as a producer and filmmaker in high school\, where he garnered a number of awards including the first National Student Emmy Awards at the age of 15. Waheed’s work includes Home Town Glory and Scorned. Waheed produced and directed a variety of music videos for artists such as Taylor Swift\, The Band Perry\, The Delta Saints\, as well as TV commercials and web content for GoDaddy and Google. His most recent project includes a one-hour TV special titled Outnumbered Hunger\, which is fronted by Reba McEntire to raise awareness about the hunger issues facing the United States. \nLaura Jean Hocking is a Memphis filmmaker best known for producing Indie Memphis award winners Antenna and Automusik Can Do No Wrong\, as well the popular feature\, Eat\, with her husband C. Scott McCoy and Oddly Buoyant Productions. She is currently editing and associate producing Bad\, Bad Men for Old School Pictures. \nRyan Watt is a media producer and marketing consultant\, as well as Director of Development at New School Media\, Inc. He has produced numerous independent feature films plus shorts\, music and web videos. His feature productions include Pilgrim Song\, Forty Years From Yesterday\, Open Five\, The Romance of Loneliness and Daylight Fades. Ryan is a board member of the Indie Memphis film festival and an alumnus of the Venice Biennale Cinema program. \n\n  \nShoot & Splice is made possible with the support of ArtsMemphis and FirstTennessee Foundation | ArtsFirst.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-producer/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150403T160000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135256
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SUMMARY:She's Silver and Orange
DESCRIPTION:Group exhibition curated by Barrett Smyth featuring works by Brittany Vega\, Courtney Whitlow\, Emily Miller\, Kristen Rambo\, and Amanda Nalley. \nA portion of sales proceeds will benefit Girls\, Inc. of Memphis.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shes-silver-and-orange/
CATEGORIES:430
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150401T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150401T153000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135256
CREATED:20150709T025614Z
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SUMMARY:PechaKucha Night Volume 11
DESCRIPTION:PechaKucha Nights began in Tokyo as an opportunity for artists\, designers and architects to show samples of their work through a concise\, timed presentation in a relaxed community setting. Now\, PechaKucha Nights take place all over the world and feature presenters from innumerably diverse backgrounds. \nThe key to PechaKucha Night is the 20×20 format: all presenters show 20 slides for 20 seconds each\, making each presentation succinct and dynamic. \n\nHere are the PechaKucha Night Volume 11 presenters:\nJohn Klyce Minervini\, Jody Stokes-Casey\, Hunter Braithwaite\, Eileen Havant Townsend and Anna Mullins
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/pechakucha-night-volume-11/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150331
DTSTAMP:20260518T135256
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SUMMARY:Mark Nowell: New Work
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Schedule\nOn view Friday\, March 27- Monday\, April 30\nOpening Reception: Friday\, March 27\, 6 – 9 pm \nLong-time Memphis sculptor Mark Nowell presents a new installation at the Flea Market this spring.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mark-nowell-new-work/
LOCATION:Cleveland Street Flea Market\, 438 N. Cleveland\, Memphis\, 38104\, United States
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150330
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SUMMARY:Belongings
DESCRIPTION:An open call exhibition organized by Crosstown Arts and the Cleveland Street Flea Market \nA flea market is filled with unique objects invoking curiosity\, nostalgia\, humor and surprise. A blue and white Pyrex bowl recalls helping Grandma mix stuffing for holidays past. A cut-crystal candy dish reminds us just how much we love that old-world pink color. A darkly framed formula-landscape evokes dreams of scary monsters. A planet-shaped radio\, reflecting design aspects of the early Star Wars days\, reminds us of the exact one we had as a kid\, except in yellow. These objects and curiosities are a ripe cache for inspiration – as is the community at the Cleveland Street Flea Market where some of the vendors have been in business there since the market opened sixteen years ago. \nArtists are invited to participate in the Belongings exhibition by purchasing any object of inspiration from the Cleveland Street Flea Market to transform into (or use as inspiration for) a new work of art. \nAll artists are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise or prior art experience. \n***Opening Reception: Friday\, March 27\, 6-9 pm PLUS installation by Mark Nowell at the Cleveland Street Flea Market AND open hours at you+me on view at 422 N. Cleveland Gallery\n***Gallery Crawl + Group Discussion: Saturday\, March 28\, 2 pm\n***Exhibition open: Friday-Sunday\, March 27-29\, noon – 6 pm \nAn open call exhibition organized by Crosstown Arts and the Cleveland Street Flea Mark \nDownload Belongings artwork list \nPlease contact Mary Jo Karimnia (626-6298 / maryjo@crosstownarts.org) or individual artists with sales inquiries. Crosstown Arts does not manage sales or take commissions.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/belongings/
CATEGORIES:430,Programs
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Jamie Kornegay
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our latest collaboration with The Booksellers at Laurelwood as we welcome Jamie Kornegay to Memphis to read from and sign his first novel\, SOIL. Jamie is also the owner of Turnrow Book Co.\, in Greenwood\, MS\, so please help us celebrate this writer who daily champions other writers in his work as an independent bookseller.With elements of rural noir\, dark comedy and domestic dysfunction\, SOIL – published by Simon & Schuster – is a modern tragedy that pays homage to Mississippi’s great literary tradition — from William Faulkner to Larry Brown and Barry Hannah — and adds a manic dose of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment for good measure. \nDistrustful of modern society\, environmental scientist Jay Mize moves his family off the grid to a stretch of riverbottom farmland in the Mississippi hills\, where he hopes to position himself at the forefront of a revolution in agriculture. After suffering drought\, flood\, pestilence and family turmoil\, Jay uncovers a dead body in his water-logged field. Rather than alert the authorities\, he mounts a paranoid cover-up\, which invites more unwanted trouble to his sacred homestead. \nBeset by a growing madness\, Jay is pitted against his estranged wife\, who has become unhinged by her own trials\, and a local deputy\, whose interest in the family is not strictly in the pursuit of justice. Through a maze of misperceptions and personal obsessions\, these characters endeavor — however clumsily — to uphold their own sense of honor as they tumble toward a showdown in the treacherous mudflats.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-jamie-kornegay/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150306T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150328T130000
DTSTAMP:20260518T135256
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SUMMARY:you+Me
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Mary Jo Karimnia \nFeaturing work by Kathy Barnes\, Melissa Farris\, Keiko Gonzalez\, Richard Lou\, Lester J. Merriweather\, Haley Morris-Cafiero\, John Q (Wesley Chenault\, Andy Ditzler\, and Joey Orr)\, Joel Parsons & Jeff Unthank \n\n                 \n\n\n    \nFrom the Curator: you + me explores a range of relationships\, from the intimate\, personal one-on-one of lover\, spouse\, parent\, friend to the broader aspects of relationships in the community surrounding race\, gender\, sexual orientation and our historic pasts. The real meat of a relationship is experienced in a personal way by individuals. you + me acknowledges the delicate balancing act of these relationships and the connections and disconnects that we form among ourselves and with the communities that surround us.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/youme/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150304T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150304T140000
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Amy Greene
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Booksellers at Laurelwood and Crosstown Arts \nReading and discussion with the author and WKNO’s Darel Snodgrass\nFree admission and refreshments \nAuthor’s website \nReviews of “Long Man” \n“The Tennessee Valley Authority was designed to help modernize the state during the Great Depression\, but [it] only spells destruction for the town of Yuneetah. Greene’s excellent second novel focuses on the holdouts who refuse to leave\, chief among them a husband and wife [whose] 3-year-old daughter goes missing. The lead suspect in her disappearance is a one-eyed Yuneetah native who’s spent much of his life as a drifter connected to violent protests against [the] government. Greene’s [prose] is sinuous and tonally mythic; Gracie’s disappearance\, alongside Amos’ cat-and-mouse game with authorities\, gives the novel a welcome propulsion. Long Man fully inhabits the ironies inherent in destroying a place in the name of progress . . . A smart and moody historical novel that evokes the best widescreen Southern literature.” —Kirkus (starred review)\n\n“Haunting . . . Long Man revisits blue-collar Appalachia with the same lyricism Greene brought to her magnificent first novel\, Bloodroot . . . With searing eloquence\, she seems to channel the frustrations of generations of rural poor in this stark indictment of a government hell-bent on destroying a long-standing community. Her stunning insight into a proud and insular people is voiced with cold clarity and burning anger.” —Joanne Wilkinson\, Booklist (starred review)\n\n“Unforgettable. Like a classical myth\, Greene’s second novel\, set in the summer of 1936\, transforms a period of cataclysmic history into a gorgeous\, tragic tale filled with heroes and heroines . . . Greene’s enormous talent animates the voices and landscape of East Tennessee so vividly\, and creates such exquisite tension\, that the reader is left devastated.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)\n\n“A gem. Long Man is so palpably real that I feel I’ve spent the last few days actually living in Greene’s corner of Depression-era Tennessee. Only a handful of writers can bring a place to life with this much texture\, and bring characters to life in such a visceral manner. These people and this place will live on in my imagination for the rest of my life. Greene is a special writer\, and Long Man is a special book—a beautiful piece of work. How I long for more novels like hers.” —Steve Yarbrough\, author of Prisoners of War and The Realm of Last Chances
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-amy-greene/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150219T150000
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SUMMARY:Visiting Writer Alan Lightman
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Burke’s Book Store and Crosstown Arts\n  \nMr. Lightman will be reading from and signing copies of his memoir\, Screening Room: Family Pictures ($25.95 hardcover\, Pantheon Books)  \nA Q & A session will be moderated by Memphis historian and author Wayne Dowdy \nFrom the acclaimed author of the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams\, here is a stunning\, lyrical memoir of Memphis from the 1930s through the 1960s that includes the early days of the movies and a powerful grandfather whose ghost remains an ever-present force in the lives of his descendants. Alan Lightman’s grandfather M.A. Lightman was the family’s undisputed patriarch: it was his movie theater empire that catapulted the Lightmans to prominence in the South\, his fearless success that both galvanized and paralyzed his children and grandchildren. In this moving\, impressionistic memoir\, the author chronicles his return to Memphis in an attempt to understand the origins he so eagerly left behind forty years earlier. As aging uncles and aunts begin telling family stories\, Lightman rediscovers his southern roots and slowly recognizes the errors in his perceptions of both his grandfather and his father\, who was himself crushed by M.A. The result is an unforgettable family saga that extends from 1880 to the present\, set against a throbbing century of Memphis–the rhythm and blues\, the barbecue and pecan pie\, the segregated society–and including personal encounters with Elvis\, Martin Luther King Jr.\, and E. H. “Boss” Crump. At the heart of it all is a family haunted by the memory of its domineering patriarch and the author’s struggle to understand his conflicted loyalties. \n2015 marks the 100th anniversary of Malco Theatres\, created by Lightman’s grandfatther in 1915. Available for purchase at this event will be the commemorative Memphis Heritage 2015 calendar\, which showcases vintage photographs of Malco movie marquees\, theater lobbies and other images from decades past. \nAlan Lightman is the author of several novels\, including Einstein’s Dreams\, a New York Times and international bestseller\, and The Diagnosis\, a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award. He is also the author of several collections of essays and numerous books on science. His work has appeared in the Atlantic\, Granta\, The New Yorker\, the New York Review of Books\, and Nature\, among many other publications. A theoretical physicist as well as a writer\, he has served on the faculties of Harvard and MIT\, where he was the first person to receive a dual faculty appointment in science and the humanities. He lives in the Boston area.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/visiting-writer-alan-lightman/
LOCATION:story booth\, 438 N. Cleveland St.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20150206T020000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20150228T110000
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SUMMARY:Public/Art/ists Part I
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts\, the UrbanArt Commission and ArtsMemphis are partnering to present a multi-venue exhibition and programming series throughout 2015 to acknowledge public art makers in Memphis. \nThe series will collectively recognize and share the work of artists who have participated in Memphis’ public art projects and initiatives\, including the studio work (non-public art projects) of these artists\, as well as insight into their processes and involvement in creating public art projects from conception to completion.  The exhibition and ongoing events of Public/Art/ists not only act as a connection point to these artists\, but also reveal the multiple facets of these artists’ practices in the community. \nCrosstown Arts will host part I of Public/Art/ists\, sharing the studio work of over 40 artists who have made contributions to Memphis’ urban landscape: \nBeth Edwards\, Cat Pena\, Greely Myatt\, Anne J. Froning\, Jill Wissmiller\, Jonathan Auger\, Kiersten Williams\, Pinkney Herbert\, Jamond Bullock\, Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh\, Carol Deforest\, Tootsie Bell\, Sean Murphy\, Richard Lou\, Jeane Umbreit\, Jay Crum\, Jason Miller\, Robin Salant\, Tad Lauritzen Wright\, Elisha Gold\, Anne Davey\, Louis Tucker\, Robert Burns\, Kia Lola\, Anthony Lee\, Mary Long\, Justin Bowles\, Bob X\, Annabelle Meacham\, Penny Dodds\, Susan Maakestad\, Suzy Hendrix\, April Pierce\, Stephanie Cosby\, Yvonne Bobo\, Meredith Olinger\, Eszter Sziksz\, Jamin Carter\, Vitus Shell\, Phyllis Boger\, Kristi Duckworth\, Pam Cobb\, Brandon Marshall\, Lea Holland\, Whitney Kerr\, Cedar Lorca Nordbye\, Yancy Villa-Calvo & Erica Qualy \nAdditional information about future exhibitions and programs of Public/Art/ists happening at other venues is forthcoming.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/publicartists-part-i/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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