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  • Women in the Arts Cocktails & Chit-Chat

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

    Female artists of all genres and women who work in the arts sector are invited to join us for cocktails and conversation at Art Bar at Crosstown Arts. Stick around […]

  • Crosstown Arthouse presents Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is an artful and intimate meditation on legendary storyteller Toni Morrison. It examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, history, America and the human condition.

  • A Celebration of Black Composers

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Come join us at Crosstown Theater as we celebrate the works of composers of African descent from around the world.

    Featuring rhythms from gospel to jazz, the serene to classical influences, there is something for everyone. Featuring award-winning artists James Rodriguez (baritone), Gwendolyn Alfred (soprano), Alisa Horn (cello) and Artina McCain (Piano).

  • Kevin Morby – Duo Tour w/ Support from William Tyler

    Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Join us for a performance by singer-songwriter Kevin Morby in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. Opening for Kevin is William Tyler (Lambchop/Silver Jews). Kevin Morby released his beloved solo debut Harlem River in 2013 and has released a full-length nearly every year since. His latest, 2017’s City Music, is a collection Kevin says "is a mix-tape, a fever dream, a love letter dedicated to those cities that I cannot get rid of, to those cities that are all inside of me.”

  • Crosstown Arts Workshop: Ego Puppets

    Crosstown Arts East Atrium 1350 Concourse Avenue, Memphis, TN, United States

    Focusing on the work of artist Wang Chen, participants will explore their inner-selves and challenge the concept of alter egos to create a puppet representation of themselves. Wang Chen's work […]

  • Katharine Hedlund at The Green Room

    Crosstown Arts, The Green Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Join us in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by Katharine Hedlund.

    Join jazz vocalist/pianist Katharine Hedlund for a special live album recording performance at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts with Paul Taylor, Jim Spake, and Carl Caspersen. Katherine Hedlund was becoming quite the fixture and turning heads in Memphis before she departed for San Francisco in 2018, and we are thrilled to be hosting her in a rare return appearance.

  • Kafé Kirk with special guest Bernie Williams

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Join Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum for Kafé Kirk, a monthly jazz series in Crosstown Theater featuring musical and spiritual collaborations with special guest artists. This month’s guest: former New York Yankees center fielder and World Series Champion/jazz guitarist Bernie Williams.

  • Panel Discussion: Sexuality & Politics

    Crosstown Arts East Atrium 1350 Concourse Avenue, Memphis, TN, United States

    Crosstown Arts staff will moderate a conversation with Mauricio Calvo and Sharolyn Peyton exploring how sexuality and sexual expression are linked to, and affected by, social and civic politics.

  • Crosstown Arthouse presents A Face in the Crowd

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    A FACE IN THE CROWD chronicles the rise and fall of Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes (Andy Griffith), a boisterous entertainer discovered in an Arkansas drunk tank by Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal), a local radio producer with ambitions of her own.

  • A Night of Memphis Deep Soul Gospel at Crosstown Theater

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Join Bible & Tire Recording Co. and D-Vine Spirituals for a night of Memphis Soul Gospel featuring The Sensational Barnes Brothers, Elizabeth King, D-Vine Spiritualettes, The Vaughn Sisters, the Rev. John Wilkins, Elder Ward, Liz Brasher, and Gary "Lucky" Smith on the Kemmons Wilson Family Stage at Crosstown Theater.

    The concert will celebrate the launch of The Sensational Barnes Brothers’ newly recorded, rugged ‘Nobody’s Fault But My Own' and Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls’ 1970s gems ‘The D-Vine Spirituals Recordings.’ Both recordings will be released on September 20th from the new Bible & Tire Recording Co., headed up by Bruce Watson of Fat Possum Records with the aim of showcasing new and archival Memphis gospel releases.