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SUMMARY:Tom Guarna with Ted Ludwig\, Liam O'Dell\, and James Sexton
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Grammy-nominated guitarist\, composer and arranger Tom Guarna in the Green Room. He will be joined by Ted Ludwig (guitar)\, Liam O’Dell (bass)\, and James Sexton (drums). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $18 at the door \n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination OR a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of the event. At-home tests and rapid tests are accepted.  \nGrammy-nominated guitarist\, composer and arranger Tom Guarna began his musical studies at age fifteen\, rapidly demonstrating a natural ability to play and compose. After studying classical guitar and composition at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in 1986\, he played local gigs in New York and fine-tuned his education with John Abercrombie. He earned a Bachelor Degree from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and a Master’s Degree at The Juilliard School. \nAfter working with several jazz bands\, he joined Blood Sweat and Tears in 1995 and toured extensively with them for the next three years. Since then\, he has forged his own voice as a modern jazz guitarist\, performing with a wide range of artists including Wallace Roney\, Stanley Clarke\, Mark Turner\, Branford Marsalis\, Randy Brecker\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, Mulgrew Miller\, Fred Wesley\, Mike Clark\, Uri Caine\, The Allman Brothers\, The Yellowjackets\, and Gary Bartz. \nGuarna has toured five continents with his own quartets and as a top sideman in several exciting groups led by Lenny White\, E.J. Strickland\, and Les McCann. He was a featured artist on over thirty albums\, and composed “If You Dare\,” a funk-rock song on Lenny White’s 2010 Anomaly CD. Guarna also toured the United States with pianist Manuel Valera\, after playing on the Grammy Award-nominated 2012 album\, New Cuban Express. \nAs composer and leader\, Guarna has recorded: Get Together (2005)\, Out from the Underground (2007)\, Wingspan (2008)\, Major Minor (2009)\, Bittersweet (2011)\, and the hard-grooving Rush (2014)\, which garnered wide acclaim. His seventh album\, The Wishing Stones (2017)\, featuring an all-star quartet of drummer Brian Blade\, bassist John Patitucci and pianist Jon Cowherd\, was lauded a 4-star rating in DownBeat Magazine. \nTom Guarna\, a guitarist whom DownBeat magazine has praised for the “emotion\, tension\, surprise and passion” in his playing on Rush\, assembled what he calls “a dream team” for The Wishing Stones. The album\, his first for the Destiny Records label\, was released in November of 2017. The 11 hook-laced Guarna originals\, produced by the guitarist and performed with warmth and élan by his all-star quartet\, were masterfully engineered by George Shalda. It was recorded at Sear Sound\, the New York site of historic studio sessions for artists such as David Bowie and Wynton Marsalis. \nThe Wishing Stones was inspired by his accidental discovery of Aruba’s Rock Wish Garden\, a peaceful beach featuring stone structures that visitors have built over the years as totems. Guarna explains: “Each of these stacks of stones has a story\, representing the desires\, aspirations and memories of many people. I’d like my songs – my stacks of stones\, as it were – to have a similar resonance with listeners. That’s been a goal as I evolve\, to convey life’s emotions in music\, whether it’s in my writing or the textures I create on the guitar. I want to get to the heart of the matter.” \nGuarna incorporates many styles (jazz\, funk\, latin\, soul\, pop\, R&B\, world music) into his own blend of unique and engaging music\, as he forges ahead within his forte: modern jazz with a touch of classical influence.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/tom-guarna-with-ted-ludwig-liam-odell-and-james-sexton/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Eighth Blackbird
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the dynamic GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird at Crosstown Theater. \nTICKETS: $20 ($10 student tickets with ID) plus fees\nDoors open at 7:00pm / Performance at 7:30pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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. \nEighth Blackbird\, hailed as “one of the smartest\, most dynamic ensembles on the planet” (Chicago Tribune)\, began in 1996 as a group of six entrepreneurial Oberlin Conservatory students and continues today under the leadership of founding members Lisa Kaplan (executive director) and Matthew Duvall (artistic director). \nEighth Blackbird has won four Grammy Awards for Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music Performance over its 23-year history and has become “a brand-name defined by adventure\, vibrancy and quality” (Detroit Free Press). It has commissioned and premiered hundreds of works by established and emerging composers\, including Steve Reich’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet and works by Andy Akiho\, Bryce Dessner\, Michael Gordon\, Jennifer Higdon\, Amy Beth Kirsten\, David Lang\, David T. Little\, Nico Muhly\, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez\, Julia Wolfe\, and Pamela Z. Through performances in its Chicago home base and at venues across the U.S. and around the world\, Eighth Blackbird has brought innovative presentations of works by living composers to tens of thousands of music lovers. \nThe ensemble’s extensive recording history\, primarily with Chicago’s Cedille Records\, encompasses more than a dozen acclaimed albums. Its most recent release on 37d03d/Secretly Canadian\, 2019’s When We Are Inhuman\, is a collaboration with The National’s Bryce Dessner and Will Oldham (aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) that features new arrangements by Lisa Kaplan\, who also co-produced the album with Dessner. Singing in the Dead of Night\, written for Eighth Blackbird by Michael Gordon and Pulitzer Prize winners David Lang and Julia Wolfe\, will be released on Cedille Records on June 12\, 2020. Other collaborations with some of today’s most well-regarded artists include heralded performers such as Dawn Upshaw and Jeremy Denk\, seminal composers such as Philip Glass and Nico Muhly\, and genre-fluid composers and performers Dessner\, Oldham\, Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry\, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver\, My Brightest Diamond frontwoman Shara Nova\, and Iarla Ó Lionáird of The Gloaming. \nIn addition to its Grammy Awards\, Eighth Blackbird’s many honors include winning the 1998 Concert Artists Guild Competition; pioneering a year-long residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art—Chicago in 2016\, during which the ensemble served as a living installation with open rehearsals\, performances\, guest artists\, and public talks; receiving the prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions and Chamber Music America’s inaugural Visionary Award; and being named Musical America’s 2017 Ensemble of the Year. \nThe members of Eighth Blackbird value their roles as curators\, educators\, and mentors. The ensemble was named music director of the 2009 Ojai Music Festival\, has held residencies at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the University of Chicago\, and serves as ensemble-in-residence at the University of Richmond. In 2017 and 2018\, Eighth Blackbird led its boldest initiative yet\, the Blackbird Creative Laboratory\, an inclusive\, two-week summer workshop and performance festival for performers and composers in Ojai\, California. During the 2018–19 season\, some of the Lab’s network of 60 alumni presented regional events and side-by-side concerts across the U.S. and in Melbourne\, Australia with members of Eighth Blackbird. In the 2019–2020 season\, Eighth Blackbird performs works by Lab alumni Fjóla Evans\, Nina Shekhar\, and Viet Cuong. In 2020\, it will give the world premiere of a new work for sextet and the U.S. Navy Band by Cuong in conjunction with Chicago’s Year of Music. \nThe name “Eighth Blackbird” derives from the eighth stanza of Wallace Stevens’s evocative\, imagistic poem\, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: “I know noble accents / And lucid\, inescapable rhythms; / But I know\, too\, / That the blackbird is involved / In what I know.” \nMatthew Duvall\, Artistic Director \nLisa Kaplan\, Executive Director \nLina Andonvoska\, flutes \nZach Good\, clarinets \nMaiani da Silva\, violin \nAshley Bathgate\, cello \nMatthew Duvall\, percussion \nLisa Kaplan\, piano \nEighth Blackbird is managed by David Lieberman Artists. Carol Fox & Associates is Eighth Blackbird’s Public Relations Agency.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/eighth-blackbird/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Doll's Playlist
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Doll’s Playlist in The Green Room. \nTickets: $15 (plus fees) in advance | $20 (plus fees) day of the show\nDoors open at 6 pm | Show at 6:30 pm \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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 Doll’s Playlist\, a show where the audience picks the music! Doll McCoy has curated a playlist of songs you can find on Apple Music & Spotify that are compiled of her favorite B-side music\, requests from you\, and original music! Follow the playlist\, send your request\, and she’ll perform it at the show! This show features a special opening performance by Nashville saxophonist/singer/producer Michael Holt. \nAbout Doll McCoy:\nDoll McCoy is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Memphis\,TN. She formed her roots singing\, and directing in the church choir at Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Going on to become a student at Ridgeway Jr. High/High School\, she met her 3 sisters and together they formed the group “ADAJYO” and have been together for 17 years. With a desire to expand her artistry\, she relocated to Los Angeles\, CA from 2011-2015\, working with artists such as Raphael Saadiq and Leonna Lewis. In 2015\, she went on to work for the B.B. King Blues Club\, traveling the world aboard Holland America Cruise Lines until 2018. Now back in Memphis\, she uses all that she has learned and continues to perform in the city and create new music with ADAJYO and plans to release her own new music soon!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/dolls-playlist-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Iris at Crosstown: Celebrating the Upside
DESCRIPTION:Join Iris Orchestra for a concert honoring the life of Peter Formanek at Crosstown Theater. \nTICKETS: $40 advance general admission | $45 day of show general admission\nDoors open at 2:30 pm | Show at 3 pm \nIris Orchestra honors the life of Memphis philanthropist Peter Formanek with a special concert featuring pianists Inon Barnatan and Alon Goldstein. These international concert artists\, welcomed as guests and friends in the home of Peter and Mary Lee Formanek during their visits to Memphis as Iris concerto soloists\, will each perform music for solo piano and then join forces in music for piano four-hands. The Sunday concert at Crosstown Theater completes a weekend honoring Peter that begins with the orchestral program featuring the two pianists at Germantown Performing Arts Center on Saturday\, March 5. \nProgram \nDebussy: Estampes\nBernstein: “The Masque” from Symphony No. 2\, Age of Anxiety\nAlon Goldstein\, piano \nGershwin: Prelude No. 2\nGershwin/Wild: I Got Rhythm\nChopin: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Major\, Op. 22 \nInon Barnatan\, piano\nSchubert: Fantasia in F minor\, D.940 for piano four-hands\nInon Barnatan and Alon Goldstein\, piano \nMasks are strongly recommended. Read HERE about Iris Orchestra’s COVID season health and safety protocols. Presenting sponsor: nexAir \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/iris-at-crosstown-celebrating-the-upside/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The U of M Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra featuring Charlton Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra featuring Charlton Johnson in The Green Room. \nDoors open at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm\nTICKETS: $10 | Free for University of Memphis students and faculty with university ID \n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n\nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. \n\n\n\n\nThe University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music treats the audience to a special performance by Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra with featured guest Charlton Johnson. This 17-piece jazz ensemble will thrill music lovers with the sounds of legendary Harlem Renaissance artists such as Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday\, along with modern composers such as Jim McNeely and Bob Brookmeyer.\n\nJazz legend Charlton Johnson headlines the performance bringing his global experiences back to his hometown in this collaboration with his alma mater. Johnson started his career at 14 influenced by Memphis’ rich mixture of musical styles\, homegrown talent and playing in local nightclubs on historic Beale Street. Taking his guitar skills around the world\, he has played with jazz icons and all-stars including the Count Basie Orchestra\, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald\, along with recording five albums\, one of which won a GRAMMY award.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-u-of-m-southern-comfort-jazz-orchestra-featuring-charlton-johnson/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Mark Edgar Stuart Album Release Show
DESCRIPTION:THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT. \nCrosstown Arts presents Mark Edgar Stuart in an album release show in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $12 plus fees\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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. \nJoin us for a very special evening to celebrate the release of Mark Edgar Stuart’s brand new album\, “Until We Meet Again\,” from Madjack Records. Mark will be playing a full band show with Memphis’ finest\, including Reba Russell\, Will Sexton\, Art Edmaiston\, Landon Moore\, and Shawn Zorn\, plus a few surprises. There will also be a very special guest opener\, critically acclaimed\, singer-songwriter and former Memphian Kelley Mickwee from Austin\, TX. \n\nAbout Mark Edgar Stuart:\nYou can learn a lot about a person by the company he keeps. As a sideman\, Mark Edgar Stuart has toured and played on dozens of critically acclaimed records\, including an appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman.” \nWith little fuss or fanfare\, he became the go-to bass player for an elite group of record producers and artists. His no-nonsense style always played a supporting role that was close to the spotlight\, but not too close. \nCancer changes things\, and so does losing your father. When all of these things happened in rapid succession\, Mark took some time to heal and reevaluate. In 2010\, he put down his bass\, picked up a guitar\, and started writing songs he never thought anybody outside his family would ever hear. It’s possible nobody ever would have heard them either\, if not for the encouragement of his colleagues. \nHis debut album earned him Memphis Flyer “Record Of The Year.” Soon\, he was opening for all his heroes including Leon Russell\, Chuck Berry\, Levon Helm\, and Billy Joe Shaver. His recent albums have been featured in Garden & Gun\, No Depression\, NPR\, and Paste Magazine. \nThe story you’ll hear over and over again as people discover Mark’s music is how it was triggered by this period of sickness and sorrow. Mark’s stories are sweet but never saccharine\, even-keeled but deeply affecting. His songs are at once sad\, nostalgic\, knowing\, funny\, even cheerful. He’s lovable and literary\, smart yet plain-spoken\, heartening\, funny\, and always memorable. He sounds new and familiar\, fresh yet timeless. His songs sound like your favorite stories\, retold by a friend.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mark-edgar-stuart-album-release-show/
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SUMMARY:The Memphis Symphony Orchestra: Vaughan-Williams Fantasia
DESCRIPTION:The Memphis Symphony Orchestra presents Vaughan-Williams Fantasia\, with works by Fela Sowande\, Ralph Vaughan-Williams\, and Camille Saint-Saëns. Featuring pianist Maxim Lando. \nCrosstown Theater | 6:30pm (doors open at 6:00pm)\nCrosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event.  \nTickets: $35  \nRobert Moody\, conductor\nMaxim Lando\, piano \n  \nSOWANDE  African Suite\nVAUGHAN-WILLIAMS  Tallis Fantasia\nSAINT-SAËNS  Piano Concerto No. 2 \nThe young pianist\, Maxim Lando\, has been described as “individualistic with over-the-top charisma”. Nigerian composer Fela Sowanda’s music integrated musical ideas from his West African musical traditions with his love for the music of Bach and Handel. The Vaughan-Williams Fantasia is one of the most hauntingly beautiful string works ever composed. \nClassic Accents Series Sponsored by Paul and Linnea Bert. \n \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-memphis-symphony-orchestra-presents-vaughan-williams-fantasia/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents TO SIR\, WITH LOVE
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents TO SIR\, WITH LOVE at Crosstown Theater.\n\nJames Clavell / 1967 / 105 minutes / Rated M\nTickets: $5 at the door\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nIn memory of the great actor Sidney Poitier\, Crosstown Arts is excited to screen TO SIR\, WITH LOVE. Poitier plays Mark Thackeray\, an immigrant from British Guiana who wants to be an engineer but takes a job as a teacher in an inner city school in London. Without experience\, Thackeray (Poitier) powers through changing the lives of his young and troubled charges\, as well himself. \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. \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-to-sir-with-love/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Lily Afshar
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents guitarist Lily Afshar in The Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $20 plus fees\nDoors open at 7 pm | Performance at 7:30pm \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \nAn extraordinary artist\, Lily Afshar has grounded her career on a strong foundation of excellent formal education\, upon which she has built an exceptional record of innovative achievements. With a bachelor’s degree from The Boston Conservatory\, she earned her Master of Music at The New England Conservatory and went on to study at Florida State University\, where she became the first woman in the world to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Music in guitar performance. She pursued greater proficiency with summer studies at the Banff Centre for Fine Arts and the Aspen Music Festival\, advanced training at Gargnano\, Italy\, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena\, and master classes with Andrés Segovia at the University of Southern California. \nSince becoming a tenured professor and head of the guitar program at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, Afshar has received the 2000 Eminent Faculty Award\, and in 2011 she was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Boston Conservatory. She conducts master classes worldwide and has released six instructional DVD’s “Classical Guitar Secrets”\, Vols. I & II for beginner to Intermediate guitarists\, and six instructional DVD’s “Classical Guitar Collection”\, Vols. I & II for Intermediate to Advanced guitarists. Both are released with Guitarcontrol.com. She also produced a DVD entitled “Virtuoso Guitar”featuring live performances and an interview with Mel Bay.As a performing guitarist\, she has won a top prize in the Guitar Foundation of America Competition\, Grand Prize in the Aspen Music Festival Guitar Competition\, the Orville H. Gibson Award for Best Female Classical Guitarist\, and a National Endowment for the Arts Recording Award\, among others\, and she was chosen as an “Artistic Ambassador” to Africa for the United States Information Agency. \nWith her passion for going beyond the traditional guitar repertoire\, contemporary classical composers have sought after her for creative collaborations resulting in notable world premieres\, including works by Carlo Domeniconi\, John Baur\, Reza Vali\, Garry Eister\, Gerard Drozd\, Loris Chobanian\,Arne Mellnas\, Kamran Ince\, Barbara Kolb\, Marilyn Ziffrin\, David Kechley\, and Salvador Brotons. Most of these can be heard on her seven CDs. Her first recording\, “24 Caprichos de Goya\, Op. 195′′(1994) composed by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco led her to develop a unique multimedia concert combining performance and commentary along with visual presentation of Francisco Goya’s satirical black and white etchings which inspired the guitar pieces. She still receives special requests to present this unique program today. \nHer second recording\, “A Jug of Wine and Thou\,” (1999) was inspired by the famous Poem of Omar Khayyam and features arrangements of Persian melodies. Afshar was now attracting the interest of international composers and her third and fourth recordings\, “Possession” (2002) and “Hemispheres” (2006) feature a combined total of eight world premieres. “Hemispheres” reached No. 7 on Billboard Magazine’s Chart of Top Classical Albums in 2006 and attracted the attention of National Public Radio’s Robert Siegel\, who featured Afshar on “All Things Considered.” Next came “One Thousand and One Nights\,” (2012) which was recorded and released in Iran. Her sixth album and chamber recording\, “Musica da Camera”(2013)\, featured a world premiere by Russian composer Vladislav Uspensky in addition to compositions by Niccolo Paganini and Astor Piazzolla. Her latest album\, “Bach on Fire” (2014)\, highlights a completely unique and intricate approach to J.S. Bach’s guitar compositions. The arrangements on the album were taken from her book with Mel Bay’s Essential Bach: Arranged for the Guitar by Lily Afshar. \nAfshar’s Persian heritage has given rise to some of her greatest musical innovations. Born in Iran to a musical family\, she has drawn from Persian and Azerbaijani folk music traditions to create arrangements of works for the classical guitar which are as rich and beautiful as a Persian miniature. She arranged for guitar and published Five Popular Persian Ballads with Mel Bay\, and is presently creating a new collection of guitar arrangements of traditional Persian and Azerbaijani songs. She has also fascinated concert goers with occasional live performance on the seh-tar\, a traditional Persian instrument which evolved over many centuries into the guitar. \nA true citizen of the world\, Afshar’s concert touring has taken her to solo\, chamber music\, and orchestral performance venues inNorth and South America\, Europe\, Asia\, and Africa. From Wigmore Hall in London to the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington\, she has played before a wide range of audiences and learned to bridge gaps of culture and distance through her music. \nFor more information please visit www.lilyafshar.com
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/lily-afshar/
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:Mahogany Chamber Performances: Vocal Juggernauts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents an evening of show-stopping vocal music across multiple genres\, featuring works by HT Burleigh and María Grever\, musical theater pieces by Kurt Weill\, and famous arias by Puccini and Wagner. Featuring local artists Paulina Villareal (U of M vocal professor)\, Gavin Wigginson (PRIZM Executive Director)\, and guest artist dramatic soprano Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas. They will be joined by pianists Jonathan Tsay and Artina McCain.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Mahogany Chamber Performances is a series of three chamber music concerts curated by Dr. Artina McCain\, spotlighting Black and other underrepresented composers and performers. \nTICKETS: $15 ($5 with student ID at the door)\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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. \n\nTakesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas\, soprano \nMultidisciplinary creative performing artist and founder of SWAP’ra North America\, Mrs. Takesha Meshé Kizart-Thomas is a vocally and visually stunning force on stage and screen. From leading roles with many storied institutions such as the Metropolitan Opera and Sydney Opera House\, to sharing the stage with the likes of Yo-Yo Ma and Wynton Marsalis\, to collaborating with Broadway in Chicago and HBO\, she also brings her global worldview to building community\, education\, and innovation. This is evidenced by her recent partnerships with Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, as well as her 15+ years of experience as a Master Vocal Technician\, Coach\, Songwriter\, and Arranger who specializes in holistically integrating and freeing the Mind\, Body\, and Spirit to effectively communicate one’s clarity and purpose. A performer since the age of two\, and counting music legends McKinley “Muddy Waters” Morganfield and Tina Turner among her relations\, she consistently propels her vision of uniting tradition with innovation in all she creates. In so doing\, Mrs. Kizart-Thomas recently launched “The Meshé Legacy” with her husband\, Dr. D. Vincent Thomas Jr. and infant daughter\, Little Miss Joëlle Meshé. As marriage and family advocates who believe in the immense power of partnership\, they are collectively driven by their mission to promote Love\, Life\, and Legacy initiatives for families and their children. \nPaulina Villarreal\, mezzo-soprano \nMexican mezzo-soprano Paulina Villarreal is a prominent recitalist\, cabaret\, operatic\, and musical theater singer around the United States and Mexico. A graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music\, Dr. Villarreal has been a soloist and resident artist in important companies and orchestras around the United States like Opera Saratoga\, Cincinnati opera\, Opera Fusion: New Works\, the Tanglewood Music Center\, the Boston Pops (Boston\, MA)\, Opera Memphis\, Opera Steamboat\, Princeton Symphony Orchestra\, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra\, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra\, Appalachian Symphony Orchestra\, and the Decatur Millikin Symphony Orchestra. Trained as a classical vocalist\, Villarreal is now additionally in demand for her singing versatility in musical theater\, and commercial music genres. \nIn the entrepreneurship and administrative world\, Dr. Villarreal is the founder and artistic director of the annual concert series Cantos para Hermanar al Mundo (Songs to Unite the world) devoted to the promotion of classical vocal genres hosted in Northern Mexico. She currently holds the rank of Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and serves as the Young Singer Program Director at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival\, a prestigious summer training program in the United States. \nGavin Wigginson\, tenor \nGavin Wigginson has devoted his career to inspiring youth to explore their musical abilities and open their eyes – and ears – to the countless elements of music. \nWith a bachelor’s and master’s degree in music and in vocal performance from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville\, Gavin has fused his classical training to raise awareness and uplift victims of social injustice. Currently\, Gavin serves as executive director for PRIZM Ensemble and director of concert choir instructor of voice at LeMoyne-Owen College. Previously Gavin has served as a fellowship coach for Memphis Music Initiative\, where he partnered with dozens of local schools and managed a team of music fellows who taught more than 750 students each semester. \nAs PRIZM’s executive director\, Gavin oversees all operations and strategic direction for the nonprofit\, manages development\, drives programming\, recruits mentors\, and fosters community partnerships to support PRIZM’s vast youth outreach efforts. He also leads PRIZM’s largest program\, the Summer Music Camp and International Chamber Music Festival\, and the PRIZM in the Schools (PITS) program\, which provides high-level introductory music classes and orchestral instruction at various schools. \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. \nJonathan Tsay\, piano \nPrior to his appointment as Assistant Professor of Piano at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at The University of Memphis\, Jonathan Tsay served numerous roles in the music community including Head of Collaborative Piano at Conservatory Music in the Mountains\, Head of Piano at the Chloé Trevor Music Academy\, Presenter and Artist for Cliburn in the Classroom (which serves over 50k under-served 2nd-4th graders in the DFW area per year) and Artistic Director of Ensemble75\, a chamber music series based in the North Texas area. \nA sought-after collaborator\, Jonathan has also performed alongside some of the world’s premier musicians\, including Chee-Yun\, David Cooper (Principal Horn\, Chicago Symphony)\, Jing Wang (Concertmaster\, Hong Kong Philharmonic)\, dramatic soprano Alessandra Marc\, the Cézanne Quartet\, and Nathan Olson (Concertmaster\, Dallas Symphony Orchestra). As a solo recitalist\, Jonathan has performed throughout the United States\, Canada\, and Taiwan. \nJonathan earned a Bachelor’s of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Carol Leone at Southern Methodist University and his doctorate at l’Université de Montréal with Marc Durand. \nJonathan’s performances have been broadcast on WRR Classical\, KMFA Classical\, and are featured in the companion CD to “Brahms – A Listener’s Guide: Unlocking the Masters Series.” Jonathan’s album\, “Harmonic Allusions\,” was named in the “Top 5 Albums of 2017” by TheaterJones\, and his YouTube collaboration with Chloé Trevor performing “Danse Macabre” has garnered over 1.3 million views.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mahogany-chamber-performances-a-night-of-song/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Back in Memphis! The Alex Nollan Jazz Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Alex Nollan Jazz Quintet in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $10 advance | $15 day of show\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \nCrosstown Arts presents the Alex Nollan Jazz Quintet\, featuring international award-winning jazz pianist and composer Alex Nollan and distinguished musicians Don Aliquo (saxophone)\, Neal Bowen (bass)\, Renardo Ward (drums)\, and Johnny Yancey (trumpet).  Alex has performed throughout the South\, including Austin\, Lubbock\, Knoxville\, Pensacola\, and Gulf Shores.  Tennessee-based\, the quintet has performed together many times. The Alex Nollan Jazz Quintet works closely with jazz great Donald Brown\, who produced the group’s latest album\, Stand. \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \n\nAlex Nollan \nAn award-winning* jazz pianist\, composer\, and recording artist. He earned a B.A. in music at Rhodes College and studied jazz on the master’s level at the University of Tennessee. His teachers include Michael Jefry Stevens\, Gerald Stephens\, Bobby Lyle\, and Donald Brown. Brown is also his mentor and the producer of his debut CD\, titled Stand (2019). The CD features saxophonist Don Aliquo\, bassist Neal Bowen\, drummer Renardo Ward\, and trumpet player Johnny Yancey. Alex has over seventeen years of performance experience in jazz\, with engagements in Memphis\, Knoxville\, Pensacola (Jazz Fest)\, Orlando\, and Lubbock\, TX (Hub City Jazz Orchestra). He currently is working on his second CD\, which will be produced by Donald Brown. Visit his website alexnollan.com. \n*Downbeat Magazine\, Unsigned Only (top ten Honorable Mention for jazz composition 2020) \nDon Aliquo \nAn active performer and recording artist\, saxophonist Don Aliquo has released five solo recordings and several collaborations\, including with trumpeter Clay Jenkins (New Ties and Binds). Don has performed in concerts and on recordings with many world-class jazz artists\, such as Gary Burton\, Greg Osby\, Roger Humphries\, Rufus Reid\, Harold Danko\, Scott Robinson\, and Jim McNeely. He is Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. \nNeal Bowen \nNeal Bowen is an electric/acoustic bassist\, and accompanist for New York City-based artist Brennan Villines\, L.A. vocalist Alexis Grace\, Lucky 7 Brass Band\, and Memphis guitarist Garry Goin & G3. He has performed with numerous prominent artists and provided bass for countless recording sessions. He has also mentored several notable musicians. Neal resides in Memphis\, TN with his wife and two children. \nRenardo Ward \nRenardo Ward is an international instructor\, jazz Ambassador\, and local first-call musician in the Memphis area. He has performed with many jazz luminaries\, including Donald Brown\, George Coleman\, Bill Mobley\, Roseanna Vitro\, Don Aliquo\, Clavin Newborn\, Jonathan Wires\, Michael Jefry Stevens\, Joyce Cobb\, and Kirk Whalum. He is a former Kennedy Center and U.S. Department of State Jazz Ambassador to West Africa. \nJohnny Yancey \nHome-grown “Johnny” was inspired to play the trumpet by his older brother\, a saxophonist. At Southside High School in Memphis he was mentored by a senior classmate\, Donald Brown\, who later became an internationally-acclaimed pianist. At Memphis State University he majored in Music Education. He formed his own group in 2002\, the Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra. Johnny is quoted as saying\, “Jazz is the true music from the soul and for the soul.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/back-in-memphis-the-alex-nollan-jazz-quintet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Black Bettie with Jeremy Stanfill
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed to Friday\, February 25\, 2022 due to winter weather. Tickets will automatically be transferred to the new date\, but refunds will be given to those that request them.  \nCrosstown Arts presents Joshua Cosby’s solo project\, Black Bettie\, with special guest Jeremy Stanfill in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $10 advance | $15 at the door\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \nJoin Black Bettie in his first live show performance since early 2020. Listen as he walks through the nostalgic stories of his songs\, which range from the joys of childhood to the hardships of growing up. He’ll be bringing a visual and intimate element to the performance and songs. \nNative Memphian Joshua Andrew Cosby writes and sings songs that take the simple pleasures of life\, love\, family\, and friends\, and turn them onto their underbelly\, exposing what’s there to a pure and gentle light that he is uniquely gifted to shine. He has been doing so for upwards of 10 years as a founding member of Star & Micey\, and more recently\, his solo project “Black Bettie\,” named after his 17-year-old dog. Her fierce\, whimsical independence inspired him to hunker down and make his first proper solo record. Spurred on by friends and collaborators across the community\, his faith swelled that this new collection of songs could be something worth sharing.
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SUMMARY:Hub New Music
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Boston-based contemporary chamber music trailblazers Hub New Music in Crosstown Theater. This performance is sponsored in part by Concerts International. \nTICKETS: $20 ($10 with student ID at the door)\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \nCalled “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe\, Hub New Music – composed of flute\, clarinet\, violin\, and cello – performs on the Kemmons Wilson Family Stage at Crosstown Theater. The ensemble will perform works by Christopher Cerrone\, Takuma Itoh\, Christian Quiñones\, Du Yun\, and Eric Nathan. \nThis concert is presented in collaboration with Concerts International. \n\nAbout Hub New Music: \nCalled “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe\, Hub New Music – composed of flute\, clarinet\, violin\, and cello – is forging new pathways in 21st-century repertoire. The ensemble’s ambitious commissioning projects and “appealing programs” (New Yorker) celebrate the rich diversity of today’s classical music landscape. Its performances have been described as “gobsmacking” (Cleveland Classical)\, “innovative” (WBUR)\, and “the cutting edge of new classical music” (Taos News). \nHub’s 2021-22 highlights include concerts presented by the Morgan Library and Museum\, Celebrity Series of Boston\, Seattle Symphony\, Soka Performing Arts Center\, and Williams Center for the Performing Arts. Season residencies include visits to Baylor\, Portland State\, Illinois State\, and Georgetown universities. The coming season brings premieres of new works by Nathalie Joachim\, Laura Kaminsky\, and Nina C. Young. In fall 2021\, the Library of Congress presents the “virtual premiere” of Hub’s collaboration with composer Carlos Simon\, Requiem for the Enslaved\, which will tour in 2022-23. Simon’s large-scale work honors the lives of 272 slaves sold by Georgetown University (where Simon serves on the faculty) in 1838\, and features spoken-word artist Marco Pavé\, trumpeter Jared Bailey\, and Simon on piano. \nHub’s debut album\, Soul House\, released on New Amsterdam Records in 2020 was called “ingenious and unequivocally gorgeous” by the Boston Globe. The ensemble’s upcoming recording with Silkroad’s Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi) and Asia-America New Music Institute (AANMI) will be released on Tōrō Records in 2022. Other upcoming recording projects include Carlos Simon’s Requiem for the Enslaved\, and Michael Ippolito’s abstract- expressionist inspired work\, Capriccio. The group will also be featured on Eric Nathan’s portrait album\, Missing Words\, to be released on New Focus Recordings. \nHub New Music is a group of passionate educators whose approach to teaching melds the artistic and entrepreneurial facets of modern musicianship. The ensemble was recently in residence with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellowship program\, working with 10 outstanding high school aged composers. Other residency activities include those at New England Conservatory\, Princeton\, Harvard\, \nUniversity of Michigan\, University of Texas-Austin\, UC Irvine\, and University of Nebraska- Lincoln. In 2021-22\, the ensemble continues its K-12 program\, HubLab\, that uses graphic scores and improvisation to create group compositions with students of all levels. \nHub New Music owes thanks to its supporters including Chamber Music America\, the Cricket Foundation\, Boston Cultural Council\, the Florence & Joseph Mandel Family Foundation\, Johnstone Fund for New Music\, Amphion Foundation\, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation\, and Alice M. Ditson Fund for Contemporary Music at Columbia University. The ensemble’s name is inspired by its founding city of Boston’s reputation as a hub of innovation. Hub New Music is exclusively represented by Unfinished Side.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/hub-new-music/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents  WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA at Crosstown Theater. \nIn advance of the Memphis release of Sony Pictures Classics’ “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America\,” the focus of the documentary Jeffery Robinson and the directors (Emily and Sarah Kunstler) will be hosting an exclusive showing and Q&A at the Crosstown Theater on Thurs.\, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m.\n\nEmily & Sarah Kunstler / 2022 / 118 minutes / Rated PG-13\nTickets: $5 at the door (or purchase presale tickets HERE)\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \n\nInterweaving lecture\, personal anecdotes\, interviews\, and shocking revelations\, in WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA\, criminal defense/civil rights lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States\, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America. \n\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. \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-film-series-presents-who-we-are-a-chronicle-of-racism-in-america/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:BlueTom Live
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents BlueTom Live with Alexis Jade and Massey Lane in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $10 (free with student ID at the door)\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nBlueTom Records\, the student-run record label at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, is proud to present BlueTom artists Alexis Jade and Massey Lane. Join us at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts as BlueTom features two artists from the label performing R&B\, Pop\, and Hip-Hop. \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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. \nArtists Performing include the following:\nAlexis Jade\, singer-songwriter\nMassey Lane\, rock band comprised of Grant Carr\, Matthew Sanders\, Miles Norwood\, and Logan Harvey\nDJ Bryce Todd
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/bluetom-live-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sound Fuzion
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Sound Fuzion\, a University of Memphis band\, in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $10 plus fees (free with student ID for University of Memphis students and faculty)\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \nSound Fuzion is a University of Memphis band composed of students from all majors and musical backgrounds. In its 30+ year legacy\, this band has been known for performing covers of popular songs locally as a way to recruit for and represent the university. Most recently\, this band has also released a single\, “Say Nothing\,” on all streaming platforms\, soon to be followed by their seven song debut album\, “Insight.” \nThe diversity of Sound Fuzion members’ majors and musical backgrounds allow for a blend of genres\, often pop and R&B\, but always a few surprises. \nOpening performance by Blu Jay
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sound-fuzion/
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SUMMARY:The Barnes Family at Crosstown Theater
DESCRIPTION:Gospel group The Barnes Family presents a special show at Crosstown Theater. \nTICKETS: $30 first-level seating | $20 balcony seating\nDoors at 6:30 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \n\nWith more than 30 years in the music industry\, The Barnes Family has been called “one of the most influential Gospel families in Memphis\, TN.” They’re reuniting on-stage after a five year hiatus. \nChris and Courtney of the Sensational Barnes Brothers released their critically acclaimed debut album Nobody’s Fault But My Own in 2019. The following year\, in 2020\, Calvin J. Barnes II and Carla Barnes-Anderson released James Anderson\, an album with more R&B influences centered around inspiration and motivation. The success of these projects were the missing piece in reuniting the family on stage and shifting their time and energy on the revival of the Barnes family. \nThis show gives the family an opportunity to have fun and create music on their terms. Since their time apart\, each member of the family has toured and performed with acts\, such as the Bar-Kays\, and in solo ventures in Las Vegas. However\, this time around they are looking forward to sharing their favorite songs in their own way. And more importantly\, they’ll be revisiting the moments that have gotten away from them over the years. \nThe Barnes family has deep ties to gospel\, often bridging the gap between soul and non-secular music. There is a familiarity in the way this family performs as it teeters the line of both fervid and faithful. Although the Barnes family got its start in gospel music\, this concert will be a melting pot of old and new. It will be a raw look at the life that each of them has experienced individually over the last couple of years and how that translates into the way they will perform together. \nThis holiday production will be an elevation of where the Barnes family left off in 2015 after the release of their family album\, Family Tree.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-barnes-family/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Memphis Quarantine
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents an exhibition of photographer Jamie Harmon’s Memphis Quarantine photographs.\n\nFrom March 13-May 31\, 2020\, Jamie Harmon photographed more than 2\,000 people at more than 800 homes in the Greater Memphis area to document life during the quarantine period of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Through portraiture\, the images document Memphis residents’ shared isolation anxieties and bonds renewed by survival\, hope\, and solidarity.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jamie Harmon: \nJamie Harmon is a Memphis-based photographer with decades of experience in documenting both found objects and human subjects through film and digital media. A visual anthropologist\, Harmon’s photographs have been featured in the New York Times\, CBS News\, Bitter Southerner and Memphis Magazine. His latest project “Quarantine Memphis” offers an intimate\, early record of life during the 2020 global pandemic through showcasing home-bound notable local figures and everyday Memphians. Through portraiture\, the images document Memphis residents’ shared isolation anxieties and bonds renewed by survival\, hope and solidarity. His other work includes an ongoing portable studio called “Amurica\,” a renovated midcentury Airstream trailer lit with bright\, whimsical props that help visitors come alive with color in the shutter. Grounded in an exploration of place from community to individual to object\, Harmon’s work breathes in a sincere interest in capturing human emotion and character as story. \nArtist Statement:\nThe Memphis Quarantine Project started on March 13\, 2020\, when I\, along with many others\, officially started distancing from one another. I thought I needed something to keep me busy but still be safe. I assumed this would only be for a few weeks and asked a friend if I could photograph them from outside their home. This led to posting an open invitation on social media\, and the project quickly grew to hundreds of people. I eventually reached over 1\,200 people on the sign up link before I had to put a freeze on it. \nFrom March 13 through May 31\, 2020\, I photographed over 800 dwellings and 2\,000 people with an average of 13 photoshoots a day\, each lasting between 15 -30 minutes. Leah Keys\, my partner\, sorted and scheduled all 800 requests by zip code and surrounding cities in the greater Memphis area with daily efficiency routes\, which made it possible to keep such a tight schedule. After the photos were taken\, there was still editing and sorting to do. Generally 8 hours of shooting would lead to another 8 hours of editing. So even though the shooting stopped at the end of May\, the editing continued every day until July. \nThe project was free for participants. Each home\, person\, or family received a private web link with edited images that they could download at no charge. Although many people donated to the project\, it was never advertised as a requirement in efforts to keep participation equitable.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/memphis-quarantine/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts Galleries\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents A Tree Grows In Brooklyn at Crosstown Theater.\nElia Kazen / 1945 / 128 minutes / Rated PG \nTickets: $5 at the door\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \nWe were originally going to show A Tree Grows in Brooklyn at Christmas as it is is one our favorite Christmas movies here at the Arthouse series!! It was postponed but it is still cold so come see this film and you won’t ever think about Christmas the same way again! A gut punch of a film\,  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn tells the story of an Irish immigrant family\, the Nolans\, living out their lives in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1912. About 100 years before Williamsburg got to be the gentrified Hell hole it currently is\, this story takes place when the neighborhood was filled with thousands of first generation immigrants from all different parts of the world\, crammed together in tenements and hustling every day to put food on the table and maybe a little liquor down their gullet! With Dorthy McGuire (Old Yeller\, Swiss Family Robinson) as stern mom Katie Nolan! Joan Blondell (Glenda in Stay Away\, Joe) as sassy Aunt Sissy!! Come out and get in the spirit with us!!  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn\, 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. \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-crosstown-arthouse-film-series-presents-a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Lisa Nobumoto & Jazz Masters: Tribute to the Music of Diana Ross
DESCRIPTION:This event is postponed until further notice.\n\nCrosstown Arts presents Lisa Nobumoto & Jazz Masters 20-piece Orchestra: Tribute to the Music of Diana Ross in The Green Room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $15 plus fees\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \n\nThis unique show encompasses the essence of singer Diana Ross’ 1973 album “Touch Me In The Morning.” A tribute to the Diva\, this performance extends the music into the various sounds of a 20-piece orchestra with a special one-of-a-kind visual presentation. The Jazz Masters Orchestra features a genuinely diverse group of exciting instrumentalists who offer fiery and inspiring solos\, paying tribute to the legacy of Diana Ross. \nAbout Lisa Nobumoto: \nA California native\, Lisa Nobumoto is a Memphis-based jazz singer who has worked with be-bop pioneers such as Teddy Edwards\, Jimmy Cleveland\, Al “Tootie” Heath\, Larry Gales\, Conti Condoli\, Billy Higgins\, George Gaffney\, and Gerald Wiggins in an abundance of tours and festivals.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/lisa-nobumoto-jazz-masters-tribute-to-the-music-of-diana-ross/
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:Fireside Collective
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the progressive folk band Fireside Collective in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $12 advance | $15 day of show\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \n\n\nQuickly blazing a name for themselves with their progressive approach to American folk music\, Fireside Collective delights listeners with memorable melodies and contemporary songwriting. Formed in the mountain city of Asheville\, North Carolina\, the band plays original songs on stringed instruments\, intended for a modern audience. Following the release of their debut album “Shadows and Dreams\,” the band hit the road seeking to engage audiences with their energetic live show built on instrumental proficiency\, colorful harmonies\, and innovative musical arrangements. \nWell what do you call it? \n“Bluegrass\, Newgrass\, perhaps Progressive folk…” These are some descriptions mandolinist and songwriter Jesse Iaquinto chooses to identify with. “Depending on where you come from and your experience with folk music\, you may think we’re very traditional\, or on the other hand\, consider us a progressive act. We appreciate both ends of the spectrum and may lie on a different end on any given night.” While roots music lies at the core of the Collective’s songs\, a willingness to explore the boundaries and present relevant new material remains fundamental. \nThe band burst onto the scene in early 2014 following the release of “Shadows and Dreams.” The album weaves bluegrass\, funk\, rock\, and blues influences into a refreshing representation of modern folk music. From the opening track “Poor Soul” with it’s energetic bluegrass overtones to the closer “Shine the Way Home”\, the album takes listeners on a journey through simple love songs to complex themes such as metaphysics and coexistence. The album\, recorded in Asheville at Sound Temple Studios\, features guest musicians from Asheville’s rich acoustic music scene alongside members of the Fireside Collective.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/fireside-collective/
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:Shoot & Splice: Case Study of 'The Devil Will Run' w/ Noah Glenn & IMAKEMADBEATS
DESCRIPTION:Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts are excited to present a case study of the 2021 Indie Memphis Film Festival Jury & Audience award-winning short film\, ‘The Devil Will Run.’ Join writer/director Noah Glenn and producer IMAKEMADBEATS as they share insights and stories from each stage of the production process — from receiving an IndieGrant in 2019 all the way through production and into festival distribution.\n\nThe case study will also feature a screening of the 10-minute film\, ‘The Devil Will Run’.\n\nDoors open 6:30 pm\nBegins at 7:00 pm\n\nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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.\n\nShoot & Splice is a FREE filmmaker forum presented by Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis\, featuring a wide variety of technical\, educational\, and unique topics of interest to the Memphis filmmaking community.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-case-study-of-the-devil-will-run-w-noah-glenn-imakemadbeats/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The Memphis Symphony Orchestra presents Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
DESCRIPTION:The Memphis Symphony Orchestra presents a program titled Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde\, featuring works by Wagner\, Joseph Boulogne de Chevalier de St. George\, Villa-Lobos\, and Haydn  at Crosstown Theater. Featuring cellist Brant Taylor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. \nTickets: $35  \nRobert Moody\, conductor\nBrant Taylor\, cello \n \nBOULOGNE  Symphony No. 1\nHAYDN  Cello Concerto No. 1\nVILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1\nWAGNER  Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde (arranged for chamber orchestra) \nWagner changed the direction of love music forever with Tristan and Isolde. Joseph Boulogne de Chevalier de St. George was a black French contemporary of Mozart\, who was one of France’s most celebrated composers during his life. Brant Taylor\, a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and an accomplished soloist\, performs Haydn’s First Cello Concerto.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-memphis-symphony-orchestra-presents-wagners-tristan-and-isolde/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220210T153000
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse presents The Apartment
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents The Apartment at Crosstown Theater.\nBilly Wilder / 1960 / 125 minutes / Rated M \nTickets: $5 at the door\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \nRestored in 4K from the 35mm original picture negative and 35mm duplicate picture negative! Park Circus in collaboration with Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents The Apartment. From Park Circus: C.C. Baxter is an office clerk who courts favor with the executives in his office by giving them the key to his small apartment for their extramarital flings. Among them is his callous boss\, J.D. Sheldrake\, who Baxter eventually learns is using his place to sleep with Miss Kubelik\, the sweet elevator operator the clerk has loved from afar. When Sheldrake coldly dumps the vulnerable young woman\, she tries to commit suicide in Baxter’s apartment\, giving the clerk the opportunity to save the woman of his dreams but possibly lose his job. \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. \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-the-apartment/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The City of Tomorrow: Waves\, Breaths\, Dead Cities
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The City of Tomorrow: Waves\, Breaths\, Dead Cities in The Green Room. \nTICKETS: $15 plus fees ($5 student ticket with ID at the door)\nDoors open at 7pm | Performance begins at 7:30pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \n\n\n\nFeaturing works by J.S. Bach\, Olof Cornéer\, Adam Scott Neal\, Jacob Druckman\, Luciano Berio\, Leander Star\, and Daniel Cueto. \nElise Blatchford\, flute\nStuart Breczinski\, oboe\nRane Moore\, clarinet\nNanci Belmont\, bassoon\nLeander Star\, horn \nThe City of Tomorrow is a wind quintet that is always more than a wind quintet. Live shows feature lighting\, staging and set pieces\, electronics\, and the kind of ritualistic feel reminiscent of a Yoko Ono or Marina Abramović conceptual performance. The City of Tomorrow: Waves\, Breaths\, Dead Cities is no exception\, featuring a custom set by Memphis carpenter Celeste Von Ahnen\, video work by Breezy Lucia\, also of Memphis\, and choreography by the ensemble’s horn player\, Leander Star. \nThe first half of the show recalls the shutdown and the long months of quarantine\, starting with a blithe reworking of a Vivaldi Concerto and concluding with Jacob Druckman’s mournful Delizie Contente Che L’Alme Beate\, a work for electronics and live winds that quotes liberally from Francesco Cavalli’s 1649 aria of the same name. Olof Cornéer’s minimalist work\, Waves\, Breaths\, Dead Cities and Leander Star’s quarantine project Shoulder to Shoulder take the audience through memories of empty streets and monotonous days. \nThe second half begins with Luciano Berio’s intricate and vibrant work\, riccorenze. Appropriately\, the score calls for the musicians to be spread out as far as possible from each other on the stage\, the perfect music for social distancing. As the musicians become situated closely again\, the concert comes to a powerful and hopeful ending with Puma by the young Peruvian composer Daniel Cueto. \n\nAbout The City of Tomorrow: \nThe City of Tomorrow is an experimental wind quintet with a fearless aesthetic and a commitment to 21st-century music. Their U.S. tours have included concerts at Trinity Wall Street\, Spectrum\, and IN\TER/SECT\, (co-presented by Bryant Park and Chamber Music America) as well as the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series in Chicago\, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival in Michigan\, and Red Note New Music Festival in Illinois. The quintet’s work has been supported by residencies at the Banff Center for the Arts & Creativity and the Avaloch Farm Music Institute. \nIn 2015\, the quintet began exploring physical movement and spatial relationships in their concert programming. Collaborating with lighting designer Alex Deahl\, the quintet has experimented with an ensemble-controlled lighting setup and choreography to create a seamless and immersive musical experience. \nFrom 2012 to 2014\, the quintet was engaged in a musical exploration of climate change\, which culminated in the commissioning of major new works from composers Hannah Lash\, Nat Evans\, and John Aylward. The City of Tomorrow’s first album\, Nature\, released on PARMA/Ravello in 2014\, further wrestled with questions of human involvement in the natural world. Exploration of these natural themes resulted in a new work from Hannah Lash\, which was supported by a 2014 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant. \nThe City of Tomorrow’s members are based in New York\, Boston\, and Memphis and are in demand as new music specialists\, curators\, collaborators\, and teachers. As an ensemble\, they have recently given residencies at Vermont College of Fine Arts\, Berklee College of Music\, Indiana University\, Tufts\, and Yale. Members of the ensemble can also be heard with some of the finest ensembles in New York and beyond\, including Talea Ensemble and the International Contemporary Ensemble.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-city-of-tomorrow-2/
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:POSTPONED John Ellis
DESCRIPTION:John Ellis’ February 8th performance in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts has been postponed. Stay tuned to Crosstown Arts’ socials for a new date. Thank you for understanding! \nCrosstown Arts presents John Ellis in The Green Room\, performing with several of the finest musicians on the Memphis jazz scene. \nTICKETS: $18 advance | $22 day of show\n$10 student tickets available at the door with student ID \nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm \nIf that Dickens chap hadn’t already snagged it\, “A Tale of Two Cities” would make the ideal title for the John Ellis story. The gifted\, versatile saxophonist/clarinetist/composer occupies an imaginary (and extremely imaginative) space directly between the celebratory\, welcoming spirit of New Orleans and the edgy\, frantic streets of New York City. Both as the leader of his own eclectic projects and as an in-demand sideman for a mind-boggling number and variety of artists\, Ellis expresses a keen intellect and easy virtuosity while maintaining a mischievous gleam in his eye and never letting tongue stray far from cheek. \nThat combination is best showcased in Ellis’ eccentric combo Double-Wide\, which recently released its third album\, Charm\, on Ellis’ own Parade Light Records. While the title is an apt descriptor of the band’s inviting\, joyous vibe\, its soul is even better captured by the song that gives the album its name: “Charm is Nearly Always Sinister.” That dichotomy perfectly encapsulates Double-Wide’s split metropolitan personality\, with a chainsaw-juggling balance of bayou brass\, raucous gospel\, and devil-may-care modern jazz. Ellis’ band of merry pranksters includes Gary Versace (organ/piano/accordion)\, Alan Ferber (trombone)\, Matt Perrine (sousaphone)\, and Jason Marsalis (drums). \nEllis also leads his own quintet of A-list players\, whose most recent album was the 2012 Criss Cross release It’s You I Like. Featuring Mike Moreno (guitar)\, Aaron Goldberg (piano)\, Matt Penman (bass)\, and Rodney Green (drums)\, the album definitely leans more toward the NYC end of Ellis’ playing spectrum\, though its two dedicatees still show off his “serious fun” duality: the repertoire includes songs by moody singer-songwriter Elliott Smith and legendary kids’ TV host Mr. Rogers. \nAn ambitious composer as well as an agile musician\, Ellis in recent years has composed three large-scale narrative pieces commissioned by The Jazz Gallery in collaboration with playwright Andy Bragen. The most recent\, MOBRO (released in 2014 on Parade Light)\, looks at environmental issues through the story of the infamous MOBRO 4000 trash barge. \nAs if those three wide-ranging projects weren’t enough to occupy his time and talents\, Ellis also maintains an impossibly busy schedule as a first-call sideman. Having established himself as one of New York’s premier tenor saxophonists since his arrival in 1997\, he’s since worked with artists as diverse as bass great John Patitucci\, organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith\, MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón\, the Brooklyn-bred big band led by composer Darcy James Argue\, guitar groove master Charlie Hunter\, and pop icon Sting. His discography lists more than 100 album credits as a sideman\, with more than a dozen released in 2014 alone\, including acclaimed albums by Zenón\, drummer Otis Brown III\, pianists Helen Sung and Edward Simon\, and blues/gospel/soul trio The Holmes Brothers. \nWhile New Orleans and New York are Ellis’ two spiritual (and\, over the last 22 years\, actual) homes\, he doesn’t hail from either city – or any city at all\, for that matter. He grew up in rural North Carolina\, two and a half miles outside of a tiny town populated by only 200 people. But his mother\, an English teacher at the local community college\, insisted that her sons be exposed to culture\, and the love of music took hold in young John\, who pursued that love to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in the relatively big city of Winston-Salem. \nIn 1993\, Ellis moved to New Orleans to study with renowned jazz family patriarch Ellis Marsalis\, eventually playing in the pianist’s band while jamming with local peers like trumpeter Nicholas Payton. He released his debut album\, The Language of Love\, in 1996 and a year later relocated to New York City. Despite the move\, the name of his 2005 album One Foot in the Swamp captures his continuing ties to the Bayou\, which shines through in the southern-accented\, gospel-tinged funk grooves of his music. Ellis has released nine albums as a leader\, three of those featuring his urban carnival band Double-Wide\, which has toured extensively and was featured on the Main Stage of the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival. \nWhile his presence on countless recordings and stages attests to the esteem in which Ellis is held by his peers\, he’s also received numerous more official accolades. Most prominently\, he was the second place winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition in 2002. He was the recipient of three composition grants through The Jazz Gallery for his collaborations with playwright Andy Bragen (“Dreamscapes”\, “The Ice Siren”\, and “MOBRO”) and was selected as the 2014 Make Jazz Fellow by the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica\, leading to the composition of music for Charm.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/john-ellis/
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:SOLD OUT | Keenan Shotwell presents Notez&Flow
DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out. \nCrosstown Arts presents jazz pianist Keenan Shotwell and guests for special performance of music and spoken word titled Notez&Flow. \nTICKETS: $15 in advance | $20 at the door (plus fees)\nDoors at 7 pm | Performance at 7:30 pm \nPurchase Tickets Here \n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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. \nPrepare to be immersed in an atmosphere of artistic freedom that will take you on a journey through the striking melodies and uncharacteristic rhythms of jazz intertwined with spoken word. This platform will showcase a collaborative experience of the music\, art\, culture\, heritage\, and forms of jazz including renaissance jazz\, be-bop\, cool\, and more. Experience the electrifying sounds of various legends such as Louis Armstrong\, Billie Holiday\, Nat King Cole\, Thelonious Monk\, Art Blakely\, Dizzy Gillespie\, Miles Davis\, Herbie Hancock\, John Coltrane\, and others. Get ready to be caught up in the mix of Notez&Flow! \nKeenan Shotwell is a Memphis native known throughout the region for his striking creative ear for the musical arts. Jumpstarting his legacy\, Shotwell practiced music at a young age with Jackson Studios during the early 90s. He graduated from Whitehaven High School in 1993\, then mastered the piano and organ as a young adult while attending the University of Memphis. The two-time Verizon Wireless How Sweet the Sound winner has mastered evolution within the art of music. His impeccable gift for the piano has made way for his renowned reputation as the master of his abilities. Shotwell has orchestrated and played for The Herbie Hancock Tribute\, A Night with Joe Sample\, the MLK50 Tribute\, and shared the stage with many national artists such as Melba Moore and Kirk Whalum. Keenan has also taken his talent to the movie screen by arranging and performing piano for the 2010 film\, The Grace Card. He is also a seasoned producer and is the co-founder and CEO of WalkWell Productions. Keenan Shotwell has definitely brought nostalgia and excellence to the world of music and has done it flawlessly!
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/keenan-shotwell-presents-notezflow/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mempho Presents Todd Snider at Crosstown Theater
DESCRIPTION:Mempho Presents Todd Snider on the Kemmons Wilson Family Stage at Crosstown Theater on Friday\, February 4\, 2022 and Saturday\, February 5\, 2022. Opening performance by Will Kimbrough. \nTICKETS: Tickets $38-$42 (plus fees)\nDoors at 6:30 pm | Show at 7:30 pm (both nights) \nPurchase Tickets Here \n\n\n*Crosstown Arts is requesting 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.\n \n*Tickets for this event are non-refundable with less than 72 hours before the event.  \n\n\n\n\nYou don’t often hear about an artist reinventing their sound eighteen albums into a celebrated career. But for Todd Snider\, his latest release\, First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder\, isn’t so much a sudden change in direction as an arrival after years of searching. \n“After my last album\, Agnostic Hymns\, I felt like I was out of ideas\, and I just didn’t know where to go next\,” Snider says. “So I did a side project with the Hard Working Americans\, and I learned a ton. I tried to study music by other people and come to this record hoping that I’d have something new to say. I wanted to do what I was calling ‘funk in back and busking up front\, with White Album-y shit scattered about.’ I had done a lot of listening to Parliament and James Brown and lots of reggae music\, too. It’s embarrassing to admit\, but I’ve been trying to think of this sound all my life. This is the closest I’ve come to thinking\, ‘Man\, I don’t know that I’ve heard anything like this before.’” \nEspecially within the often too-purist context of Americana\, the record’s sound is refreshingly experimental. More funk than folk\, more Sly Stone than singer-songwriter\, it’s fatback-style grooves\, full of ghost notes and disparate syncopated elements\, slither and slide around Snider’s acoustic guitar with caduceus-like precision. The arrangements are given extra texture and atmosphere by ace mixer/multi-instrumentalist Tchad Blake (Tom Waits\, Elvis Costello). On songs like “Never Let A Day Go By\,” “Stoner Yodel Number One\,” and “The Get Together\,” there is a taut\, dry snap\, an intimacy that invites you inside and best of all\, opens up space for Snider’s husky voice and thought-provoking lyrics to breathe and connect. It’s music that makes you move\, smile and think all at once. \n“My main collaborator on all the grooves was Robbie Crowell\,” Snider says. “He’d played one show with [my band] the Bulldogs\, and he and I started hanging and listening to funk songs. He gave me an education on drummers. Most of the time\, I started with a basic kick and snare pattern\, and I’d sing. Then he would add more groove\, and I’d chisel more melody out of that. Robbie knew that I wanted to do something idiosyncratic\, without any reference to other records. So a snare might not go with the kick drum in a logical way. We were trying to get drum sounds and grooves that made their own kind of sense. We’d build it up\, add parts\, tear it apart\, build it back up. The songs went through a lot of different incarnations. But we had so much fun trying to find the grooves.” \nSince debuting in 1994\, Snider has gone through his own incarnations. His first single “Talking Seattle Blues” was a head fake that might’ve pointed to goofy novelty songs. But he quickly showed that his artistic quiver was much deeper and more interesting. A storyteller who works a similar creative soil to John Prine and Shel Silverstein\, Snider’s best songs are both sad and funny\, political and entertaining\, and always written with a poet’s eye and a stand-up comedian’s sensibility about the follies of human condition. While he’s made eighteen fine albums\, it’s on stage where Snider is even more potent\, with between-song banter that weaves subtle emotional threads through his sets. A road dog who loves the road\, Snider has toured with Emmylou Harris\, John Prine\, Jimmy Buffett\, and appeared at festivals like Farm Aid\, Newport Folk Fest\, Lockn’ and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. \n“I miss banging around America like it’s my yard\,” Snider says of the lost\, last year. “I like to play for people. Staying home\, I gardened\, I got a boat\, I played guitar a lot. But then I usually don’t make up ten songs in one year\, so that’s one good thing about the pandemic.” \nThe other key framing device for the new songs is the album’s colorful title. “If the gods of folk didn’t want no funk\, they shouldn’t have started none\,” Snider says with a chuckle. “2020 was a terrible year\, and it kept taking people that I loved. So I kept feeling funky\, and the church idea came out of that. I’ve always had the First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder in mind. Aren’t we always hoping for something and wondering ‘What the fuck?’ We hope there’s a God. We wonder if there is. We hope you’re coming. We wonder if you will.” \n“I started realizing because I had this church\, in my mind\, that I could make up different kinds of songs\,” he continues. “I don’t usually like bossy kinds of songs\, where someone tells you to breathe. Me and Neal Casal used to say\, ‘I don’t have to know when to fold ’em. I don’t have to live like I’m dying.’ I’m always telling the radio when I’m listening to it\, ‘No\, I don’t!’ But this is a reverend thing. I have a reverend license. I married Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires\, and my tour manager and his wife. So it just felt like this natural thing for it to be on Sunday mornings where I can do like these pseudo-sermons.” \nHe playfully undermines typical sermon themes like faith can move mountains – on “Turn Me Loose (I’ll Never Be the Same”)\, he reckons “Mountains can get around just fine on their own – and finding meaning on mystical sojourns – “Oh\, shit\, I quit my job\,” the truth seeker on “The Get Together” realizes in a panic. \n“The record is the story of a preacher who starts this church that is total bullshit\,” Todd says. “People start giving him money anyway\, but then they start asking him questions. So then he prays to God and God helps him. But the moral of the story is that God’s hilarious.” \nLike all preachers\, Snider manipulates language\, riffling and sleight-of-handing it like a deck of cards. “I love lyrics\, but I don’t think the alphabet is this magic thing that I thought it used to be\,” he says. “Mostly\, I think the alphabet was a bad idea. I know\, because I use it. It’s a shell game. It feels okay to use this jive language thing that I’ve been learning over the years on the Sunday shows. There are ways to not say stuff. You can go for a great long chunks of time without saying anything. Politicians do it all the time. I’ve been getting into that. I still like making up lyrics. I don’t know that I think there’s anything to say.” \nAmidst the groovier\, more playful songs are two somber centerpieces that have much to say about mortality – “Sail On\, My Friend” and “Handsome John” – the latter a gorgeous tribute to John Prine. Nobody was as important to Snider as a friend and mentor. \nSnider says. “I started singing that song about him almost right after he died. Nobody had ever been kinder to me\, more vulnerable with me. He’d take the time to sit down and generously explain something that he believed was not serving you. I was young when I met John\, so I’m embarrassed to tell you that the lecture that I got from him was a painful one\, but it saved my life. It changed my songs completely. I remember I was withdrawing on a plane\, and he said\, ‘You’re doing this wrong.’ And I had seventeen songs\, and he was the only who’d heard them\, and he said\, ‘You’ve got two songs here.’ And I said\, ‘What about the others? And he said\, ‘Yeah\, let’s talk about those.’ Those conversations changed everything about the way I approached my life. People don’t want to tell everybody what the therapist said\, so I’ll leave it there. But very compassionately\, he said\, ‘Here’s why you’re not happy.’ Of all the people I know who wrote songs and sang\, he was the happiest and the one who’d most dialed the troubadour life in and made peace with it. I loved him.” \nIt feels appropriate that with his latest album\, Snider may play a similar inspirational role for the parishioners in his church. “I’d like it to feel like a drum circle or a revival for listeners. I’d like it to feel like a hippie summer\, where you take acid and listen to the songs by a beautiful lake. There’s a thing called effervescence – that feeling that you’re present\, alive. I’d like for people to have a moment with this record. I think about records that will come into my life and they’ll help put a little more salt on the moment. That’s what I’m going for. But then\, who knows if anyone will like the record. I dig it. I know it’s a cliché for people to say\, ‘This is how I’ve been meaning to sound forever.’ But I swear\, that’s how it feels.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/mempho-presents-todd-snider/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse presents Foxes
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series presents Foxes at Crosstown Theater.\nAdrian Lyne / 1980 / 106 minutes / Rated R \nTickets: $5 at the door\nFilms begin at 7:30 pm (sharp!) \nThe story of four teenage girls living in LA in 1980\, mostly doing what they hell they want\, anytime they want\, with hardly any supervision or input by any sensible adult. Foxes takes place in a world and a time when being a teenager was fun\, free\, and DANGEROUS. Directed by Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction\, Flashdance)!! With a cameo concert by Kiss proteges and fellow Casablanca Records artist Angel (Punky Meadows!!!). Also with Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver\, Bugsy Malone\, The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane\, Freaky Friday – and that was JUST WHAT SHE WAS IN THAT WAS RELEASED IN 1976!!!!!)\, Cherie Currie (THE RUNAWAYS LEAD SINGER YA’LL!!!)\, Randy Quaid (Midnight Express\, The Long Riders\, Independence Day) in an early\, super-creepy role and HOT LIPS Sally Kellerman (MASH\, A Little Romance)\, as Jodie Foster’s uptight but distant mother!! \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. \nCrosstown Arts is requesting 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.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-foxes/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The Fourth Wall Hybrid Arts Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Fourth Wall Hybrid Arts Ensemble’s one-of-a-kind family-friendly variety show\, Fruit Flies Like a Banana. \nTICKETS: $10 plus fees ($5 plus fees with student ID at check-in) \nThe Fourth Wall blends music\, theater\, dance\, and acrobatics into a new hybrid art form. This trio of musicians creates new interdisciplinary works and reinterprets classic repertoire to make music that leaps off the stage. On Saturday\, January 29\, The Fourth Wall presents their one-of-a-kind family-friendly variety show\, Fruit Flies Like a Banana\, in the East Atrium at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Fourth Wall puts a vaudevillian twist on classical chamber music with their one-of-a-kind variety show\, Fruit Flies Like a Banana. Chopin on hoverboards\, Satie performed while hanging upside down\, Joplin on plastic boomwhacker tubes\, and tangos where the musicians are also the dancers! The audience chooses the order of over 20 pieces specially chosen for each show in this fast-paced hybrid arts experience that’s a fan favorite across North America. Interactive online performances of Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Virtual Style put everyone in a front-row seat\, and all are invited to help create a show that leaps off the screen. \nFew musical ensembles earn top marks for their “deft choreography” (The Wall Street Journal)\, but this is no ordinary ensemble. Part chamber music group\, part theatre company\, part modern dance troupe\, part circus act\, The Fourth Wall blends music\, theatre\, dance\, and acrobatics into a new hybrid art form. This trio of musicians creates new interdisciplinary works and reinterprets classic repertoire to make music that leaps off the stage. \nThe Fourth Wall is a 501c3 nonprofit with a mission to create programming that engages everyone from elementary school children to classical performance connoisseurs through a new hybrid of the performing arts in which musicians are also actors\, dancers\, and acrobats. In a theater\, breaking the fourth wall brings the world on stage directly into the audience; as an ensemble\, The Fourth Wall breaks the barrier between serious art and serious fun.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-fourth-wall-hybrid-arts-ensemble/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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