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SUMMARY:Open Crit
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts’ Open Crit series is a monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice. \n\n\nFacilitators: Kimberly Jacobs\n\n\nPresenting artists: Ziggy Mack\, Cameron Long\, Joshua Asante \nA dedicated facilitator with experience in a group critique setting will guide discussion for each critique event\, which will include up to 4 artists’ work\, with 15-25 minutes devoted to the work of each. \nAll visual artists and anyone interested in joining the discussion are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise\, prior professional art experience or background/education in fine art. Participation is free and open to the public. Input during the critiques from everyone in attendance is welcomed and encouraged. \nNo formal preparation is necessary for participating artists\, who will have an opportunity to introduce and contextualize their work on view at the beginning of each critique. Participating artists are only asked to be open to (and interested in) considering reactions to their work by the group\, which will always be done in a supportive\, constructive and casual environment\, but could at the same time be challenging. \nSpecial thanks to Art Center Supply Store for donating a $25 gift certificate for each participating artist. \n\nTo participate\, artists can sign up here: \nOpen Crit Request form \n  \nContact Mary Jo at maryjo@crosstownarts.org with any questions!  \nArtists are asked to bring no more than 8 individual pieces (in any medium). Maximum run time for time-based work(s) is 10 minutes. \nParticipating artists are encouraged to invite friends\, peers and colleagues to the open crits\, both to see their work in progress and to give constructive feedback.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-39/
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse Presents Women Pioneers of Cinema — BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features. This week: BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ  \nFilms begin at 7:30 pm sharp.\nTickets are $5 (at the door only) \nNarrated by Jodie Foster\, BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ is a documentary about the first female filmmaker\, Alice Guy-Blaché\, which explores the heights of fame and financial success she achieved before she was shut out from the very industry she helped create. \nGuy-Blaché started her career as a secretary to Léon Gaumont and\, at 23\, was inspired to make her own film called La Fée aux Choux (The Cabbage Fairy)\, one of the first narrative films ever made. After her filmmaking career at Gaumont (1896-1907)\, she had a second decade-long career in the U.S.\, where she built and ran her own studio in Fort Lee\, N.J. \nOver the span of her career\, she wrote\, produced\, or directed 1\,000 films\, including 150 with synchronized sound during the silent film era. Her work includes comedies\, westerns\, and dramas\, as well as films with groundbreaking subject matter such as child abuse\, immigration\, Planned Parenthood\, and female empowerment. She also etched a place in history by making the earliest known surviving narrative film with an all-black cast. \nGreen has dedicated more than eight years of research in order to discover the real story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873-1968)\, not only highlighting her pioneering contributions to the birth of cinema but also her acclaim as a creative force and entrepreneur in the earliest years of movie-making. Green interviewed Patty Jenkins\, Diablo Cody\, Ben Kingsley\, Geena Davis\, Ava DuVernay\, Michel Hazanavicius\, and Julie Delpy  to name a few. Green discovered rare footage of televised interviews and long-archived audio interviews which can be heard for the first time in Be Natural\, which affords Alice Guy-Blaché to tell her own story.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-women-pioneers-of-cinema-be-natural-the-untold-story-of-alice-guy-blache/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Blueshift Ensemble & Iceberg New Music: Continuum Festival Pre-Show
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the 2019 Continuum Music Festival with a FREE pre-festival concert at the Crosstown Brewing Company! \nThe festival features exciting collaborations among musicians and other artists from Memphis and beyond\, including a collaboration between Memphis-based Blueshift Ensemble and NYC-based composer collective Iceberg New Music. \nThe program features a wide variety of pieces by Max Grafe\, Drake Andersen\, Yu-Chun Chien\, Stephanie Ann Boyd\, and Victor Baez. Performers include Delara Hashemi\, Bill Shaltis\, Catherine Lee\, Jenny Davis\, Priscilla Tsai\, Jennifer Puckett\, and Jonathan Kirkscey. \nThe rest of the festival’s genres span from\nclassical to electro funk to experimental rock to neo-soul\, hip-hop\, and more. Friday\, August 16 & Saturday\, August 17 at Crosstown Arts. More info at Continuum Music Festival.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/blueshift-ensemble-iceberg-new-music-continuum-festival-pre-show/
LOCATION:Crosstown Brewing Co.\, 1264 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis TN 38104
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SUMMARY:Continuum Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:A festival of collaborations among musicians and artists of diverse genres from Memphis and beyond\, bringing to life unique performances and workshops in the award-winning Crosstown Concourse. Now in its third year\, this festival for the adventurous listener will include performances at Crosstown Theater\, The Green Room\, East Atrium Stage\, and a special collaboration with Opera Memphis.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA free festival kick-off performance featuring Blueshift Ensemble and ICEBERG New Music will be held at Crosstown Brewing Company on Thursday\, August 15. \nTime: Friday 6pm-10pm / Saturday 10am – 11pm\nTickets: $30/day & $55/weekend pass \n\nPerformances:\n‘As One’\, a chamber opera created by Laura Kaminsky\, Mark Campbell\, and Kimberly Reed and presented by Opera Memphis\nProject Logic with DJ Logic\, MonoNeon\, Vernon Reid and Daru Jones\nDuet for Theremin and Lap Steel\nBlueshift Ensemble performs ICEBERG New Music\nTwo Way Street performs Sarah Hennies’ ‘The Reinvention of Romance’\nNew Memphis Colorways\n& more \nInteractive Workshops & Talks:\nSweet Soul Restorative – Yoga with Live Music\nThe Quest for the Perfect Pop Song\nThe Metaphysics of Sound\nSheltering Voices: Impactful Community Storytelling\nBreaking Boundaries: The Music of ShoutHouse\nThe Sounds of ‘Starry Night:’ Writing Music to Van Gogh’s Masterpiece \nFilm:\n‘Prodigal Sons’ with filmmaker Kimberly Reed\nCrosstown Arthouse Presents Women Pioneers of Cinema — BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ (free with festival pass) \n\nSchedule of events:  \nFriday 8/16 \n5:00 – 5:20pm Welcome and opening performance – CENTRAL ATRIUM \n5:30pm Film: Prodigal Sons: A Kimberly Reed Film – CROSSTOWN THEATER\nReturning home to a small town in Montana for her high school reunion\, filmmaker Kimberly Reed hopes for reconciliation with her long-estranged adopted brother\, Marc. But along the way she uncovers stunning revelations\, including a surprise relationship to Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth\, intense sibling rivalries and unforeseeable twists of plot and gender that force them to face challenges no one could imagine. \nWinner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival\, Best Documentary Jury Prize at NewFest\, and Special Jury Prizes for Fearless Filmmaking at the Florida Film Festival and Bravery in Storytelling at the Nashville Film Festival\, Prodigal Sons is a raw and provocative examination of one family’s struggle to come to terms with its past and present. \n6:50 – 7:30pm Presentation: “Sheltering Voices: Impactful Community Storytelling”\, Stephanie Ann Boyd – BIG STAIR\nIn Sheltering Voices: Impactful Community Storytelling\, Stephanie Ann Boyd delves into the story behind Eureka Ensemble’s work with women’s shelters in Boston\, and how it inspired her contemporary mass whose performance went viral and changed lives. Stephanie Ann Boyd is a composer based in New York City and is a member of the ICEBERG New Music collective. \n8:00pm Performance: Opera Memphis presents ‘As One’\, a chamber opera created by Laura Kaminsky\, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed. Featuring Blythe Gaissert\, Michael Kelly and Blueshift Ensemble string quartet. – CROSSTOWN THEATER\nThe most produced new American opera in North America\, As One is a chamber opera in which two voices—Hannah after (Blythe Gaissert\, mezzo-soprano) and Hannah before (Michael Kelly\, baritone)—share the part of a sole transgender protagonist. Fifteen songs comprise the three-part narrative; with empathy and humor\, they trace Hannah’s experiences from her youth in a small town to her college years—and finally traveling alone to a different country\, where she realizes some truths about herself. Created by Laura Kaminsky\, Kimberly Reed\, and Mark Campbell. Produced by Opera Memphis. \n  \nSaturday 8/17 \n10:00-11:00am Sweet Soul Restorative\, yoga and live music presented by Sean Murphy and Anne J. Froning – STUDIO 208\nTreat yourself to the gift of Restorative Yoga with Live Music! This workshop focuses on the breath\, supported yoga poses\, and gentle somatic movements. Live music\, vibrational sound\, and healing touch will sustain and deepen your experience. A wide range of ancient instruments from around the world combined with modern looping technology are used to weave an atmospheric soundscape. The music works twofold: first\, it gives the mind a place to focus as the body begins to relax and open; second\, the vibratory nature of this music is very balancing. \n12:00am – 12:30pm Presentation: “A Brief Metaphysics of Sound”\, Jonathan Russ – EAST ATRIUM\nIn “A Brief Metaphysics Of Sound”\, Jonathan Russ uses the properties of sound waves and the basics of musical cognition as a jumping-off point for a wider discussion of what music is\, how it is written\, and what role it can play in our lives. Jonathan Russ is a composer based in New York City and a member of ICEBERG New Music. \n12:40 – 1:30pm Presentation: “The Sounds of ‘Starry Night’: Writing Music to Van Gogh’s Masterpiece”\, Derek Cooper – EAST ATRIUM\nIn “The Sounds of ‘Starry Night\,'” Derek Cooper explores the setting of Van Gogh’s Starry Night and the way that it inspired the sounds and atmospheres of his new composition for chamber orchestra. Derek Cooper is a composer based in New York City and a member of ICEBERG New Music. \n1:30 – 2:00pm Performance: Spottswood Flute & Guitar Duo (Kelly Herrmann and Ben Minden-Birkenmaier) – CENTRAL ATRIUM\nFlutist Kelly Herrmann and guitarist Ben Minden-Birkenmaier perform works by . Jacques Ibert\, Heitor Villa-Lobos\, and Máximo Diego Pujol. \n1:30 – 2:20pm Presentation: “The Quest for the Perfect Pop Song”\, Alex Burtzos – EAST ATRIUM\nIn “The Quest for the Perfect Pop Song”\, Alex Burtzos explores attributes that tie together great songs from different eras\, searching for constants that will illuminate why we like the songs we do\, and how we can create great songs going forward. Alex Burtzos is a composer based in New York City and Orlando\, FL. He is the founder and director of ICEBERG New Music. \n2:30 – 3:00pm Performance: Michael Shults\, saxophone & Alvie Givhan\, piano – EAST ATRIUM\nSaxophonist Michael Shults has been praised for his “strong\, imaginative” improvisations (Downbeat Magazine) and “fresh and intelligent musical ideas” (The Pitch). A first-call musician on the Kansas City jazz scene for nearly a decade\, Shults remains an active performer in the Fountain City and beyond\, and has twice appeared as a sideman on the Jazzweek National Radio Airplay Charts. Michael is Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Memphis. Prior to Memphis\, he taught for four years at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is a Yamaha and D’Addario performing artist and performs on their instruments and reeds exclusively. \nAlvie Givhan has played with numerous pop\, jazz and classical artists including Wayne Newton\, Marvin Stamm\, Mable John\, Bill Easley\, Slide Hampton\, Joe Lovano\, Roseanna Vitro\, Luis Bonilla\, Kathy Kosins\, Mika Nakashima\, Kirk Whalum\, Kallen Esperian\, Calvin Newborn\, and Joyce Cobb. He has worked with the Jackson\, Tupelo\, and Memphis Symphony Orchestras and has been featured at the IAJE Conference in New Orleans. \n2:30 – 4:30pm Performance: Opera Memphis presents ‘As One’\, a chamber opera created by Laura Kaminsky\, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed. Featuring Blythe Gaissert\, Michael Kelly and Blueshift Ensemble string quartet. – CROSSTOWN THEATER\nThe most produced new American opera in North America\, As One is a chamber opera in which two voices—Hannah after (Blythe Gaissert\, mezzo-soprano) and Hannah before (Michael Kelly\, baritone)—share the part of a sole transgender protagonist. Fifteen songs comprise the three-part narrative; with empathy and humor\, they trace Hannah’s experiences from her youth in a small town to her college years—and finally traveling alone to a different country\, where she realizes some truths about herself. Created by Laura Kaminsky\, Kimberly Reed\, and Mark Campbell. Produced by Opera Memphis. \n4:30 – 5:00pm Presentation: “Breaking Boundaries: The Music of ShoutHouse”\, Will Healy – EAST ATRIUM\nIn “Breaking Boundaries”\, Will Healy discusses what it’s like to compose for MCs and pop musicians alongside classical instrumentalists\, and shares excerpts from NYC ensembles ShoutHouse’s latest record. Will Healy is a composer based in New York City and a member of ICEBERG New Music. \n5:00 – 5:30pm Panel with ‘As One’ opera creators Laura Kaminksy\, Kimberly Reed\, and Mark Campbell – THEATER STAIRS \n5:00 – 6:30pm Performance: Two-Way Street performs Sarah Hennies’ ‘The Reinvention of Romance’ – STUDIO 208\n“The Reinvention of Romance” by Sarah Hennies is a new work for percussion and cello that examines the care and empathy that emerge when two lives share space. Over 90 minutes\, a series of repeating patterns creates a peculiar kind of harmony in which two musicians are rarely “playing together” but are nonetheless intimately bonded. The Knoxville-based duo Two-Way Street (Ashlee Booth and Adam Lion) commissioned Hennies to compose “a very long piece;” for this performance they step into its two intertwining roles. \n6:30 – 7:15pm Performance: Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel – GREEN ROOM\n“The name of this Atlanta duo implies a proper classical recital\, a rigid formality. But Scott Burland (theremin) and Frank Schultz (lap steel) don’t do scripted\, improvising not so much distinct sounds as evolving eddies of sound\, vapors of tones that develop and transform gracefully. Hypnotic pulses and dreamy drones weave together to form a kaleidoscope of sounds and moods\, ambient clouds and swooning collages that are as much about texture as they are timbre\, like a long-lost soundtrack to a deep-sea documentary.” -P. Wall\, Columbia Free Times \n7:20 – 8:00pm Performance: New Memphis Colorways – EAST ATRIUM\nOne of the best kept secrets from Memphis\, yet well respected by those who know of him outside of the city= multi ­instrumentalist\, singer/songwriter and producer\, Paul “Snowflake” Taylor has been writing and recording his own material as a one man band since very early childhood and working as a professional musician since he was 14 years old. With 3 solo releases under his belt – “Open Closed” (2007) & “Share It” (2009) both on Makeshift Records\, and self released The Old Forest Trail EP (2015)\, Paul has now embarked on a new project called New Memphis Colorways and released a new EP\, Old Forest Loop\, which embodies wide ranging influences from his storied career as a Memphis musician. \n8:15 – 9:15pm Performance: Blueshift Ensemble performs ICEBERG New Music – GREEN ROOM\nBlueshift is a Memphis­ based contemporary chamber music ensemble dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together through artistic collaboration. By programming both new and existing classical repertoire alongside multi­-genre collaborations\, Blueshift aims to connect a wider audience to today’s classical music. The ensemble draws upon Memphis’s uniquely diverse musical heritage by combining classical music with popular music genres such as rock\, blues\, soul\, and hip hop and featuring local musicians\, visual artists\, and composers. \nThis performance features works composed by ICEBERG New Music composers Alex Burtzos\, Will Healy\, Jonathan Russ\, Harry Stafylakis\, and Derek Cooper. \n9:15 pm Project Logic with MonoNeon\, Vernon Reid and Daru Jones Official – CROSSTOWN THEATER\nThe theorem of turntablist as musician has been long proven in the capable hands of DJ Logic\, whom with jazz as his foundation has become a wax innovator by crossing genres and mixing his sound across the map. As one of the world’s most accomplished turntablists\, DJ Logic is widely credited for introducing jazz into the hip–hop realms and is considered by most as a highly-respected session musician and an innovative bandleader. \nDywane Thomas\, Jr. also known as MonoNeon\, is an American bassist and experimental musician. He is known for his presence on YouTube playing bass guitar and known for being one of the last people to work with Prince. Thomas also played with Grammy Award-winning R&B artist\, Ne-Yo\, on his fourth studio album. He is a native of Memphis\, Tennessee. \nAs the lead guitarist of Living Colour and a co-founder of the Black Rock Coalition\, Vernon Reid has done a great deal to undermine stereotypical expectations of what music black artists ought to play; his rampant eclecticism encompasses everything from hard rock and punk to funk\, R&B and avant-garde jazz\, and his anarchic\, lightning-fast solos have become something of a hallmark as well. \nDaru Jones is one of the most respected drummers of his generation. Born to two professional musicians\, he began playing the drums at the age of four. Though he got his start in the church\, Jones has been influenced by musicians from a wide range of genres. These eclectic musical tastes have carried over into his own career as he has recorded\, performed\, and toured with renowned artists and producers such as: Jack White\, Slum Village\, Talib Kweli\, Black Milk\, Dwight Yoakam\, Jamie Lidell\, Pete Rock\, Salaam Remi\, Gloria Gaynor\, Kim Burrell\, Rance Allen\, Black Violin\, Ski Beatz & The Sensei’s\, Lorenzo Jovanotti and Jon B and more.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/continuum-music-festival-3/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Avenue\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater,East Atrium,The Green Room
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SUMMARY:The Perfect Summer Pop-Up Market
DESCRIPTION:Shop from original artworks by members of the Memphis Arts Collective. \nOrganized by the artists \nLearn more about Memphis Arts Collective on their website or follow them on Facebook\, Instagram\, or Twitter.
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SUMMARY:MicroCinema: Best of Ottawa International 2018
DESCRIPTION:MicroCinema is a monthly screening of short films presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts. Pay what you can. \nBest of the 2018 Ottawa International short films\, from cutting-edge to quirky\, the largest animation event in North America. \n\n\nScreening:\nFEST\n2018 | NIKITA DIAKUR | GERMANY | 2:55\n*CRAFT AWARD FOR BEST TECHNIQUE*\nDrone. Stunt. Rave.\n\n  \nFACING IT\n2018 | SAM GAINSBOROUGH | UK | 7:32\n*PUBLIC PRIZE*\nAs Sean anxiously awaits a meeting in the local pub\, he is forced to explore his own unhappy memories and relationships in an evening that will that will leave him changed forever. \nHEDGE\n2018 | AMANDA BONAIUTO | USA | 6:01\n*AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT ANIMATION*\nA family visits a funeral home. \nBIRD MILK\n2018 | CHRISTOPHER STRICKLER | CANADA | 4:33\n*CANADIAN STUDENT COMPETITION AWARD WINNER*\nUsing a macro lens\, the artist focuses on the magni ed details of inks\, stencils\, and printed media. Traditional media is brought together with chaotic digital music to create an immersive audio-visual experience. \nKENSINGTON MARKET\n2017 | BRUCE ALCOCK | CANADA | 1:00\n*AWARD FOR BEST COMMISSIONED ANIMATION*\nKENSINGTON MARKET depicts the evolution of a small shop within a vibrant community as new arrivals make their home in Canada. This is the 88th short in the Heritage Minute series and the rst to be fully animated. \nIII\n2018 | MARTA PAJEK | POLAND | 12:00\nA Man and a Woman meet in a waiting room and immediately get closer to each other. They commence a game that gradually gets more and more ferocious. Their faces resemble masks while shapes slowly lose their integrity. III is a portrait of a woman in an exhausting relationship with a man\, which allures and repulses at the same time. The lm is the third part of the triptych\, IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES AND OTHER STORIES II. \nMY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES\n2018 | CHARLIE TYRELL | CANADA | 13:38\n*VIMEO AWARD WINNER*\n*BEST CANADIAN ANIMATION AWARD WINNER*\nFilmmaker Charlie Tyrell seeks to better understand his emotionally distant late-father through the personal belongings he left behind… including a stack of VHS dirty movies. Narrated by David Wain. \nSOLAR WALK\n2018 | RÉKA BUCSI | DENMARK | 20:51\n*NELVANA GRAND PRIZE FOR SHORT ANIMATION WINNER*\nThe journey of individuals and their creations through time and space. Any meaning of action is only existent from the perspective of the individual\, but never mandatory when looking at it from the perspective of a solar system. It’s about the melancholy of accepting chaos as beautiful and cosmic.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-best-of-ottawa-international-2018/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Concert Series: Lenore McIntyre\, Shelly Sublet\, and Tingting Yao
DESCRIPTION:Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance of the Spotlight Concert Series\, featuring Lenore McIntyre\, Shelly Sublet\, and Tingting Yao of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. \n\n\nDoors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm\nAdmission $10 (or $5 w/ student ID) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Spotlight Concert Series showcases members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra in the intimate Green Room at Crosstown Arts. The series provides the Memphis community the opportunity to get to know and learn more about the talented musicians that make up the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Each month will feature a different musician or small chamber group as soloist or featured ensemble. \nProgram:\nJ.S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor BWV 1060\nBrahms: Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano\nRachmaninoff: Vocalise Opus \nAbout the artists :\nLenore McIntyre has been a core member of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Violin section since 2005 and will celebrate her 15th Season in 2020 as Assistant Principal Second Violin of the MSO. As a celebrated violinist in the United States and Canada\, she has brought exceptional musicianship and virtuosity to many Solo and Chamber Music performances. Lenore is enthusiastic about performing the Classical repertoire as well as modern day compositions. She has performed on stage for world premieres of some very relevant compositions by modern composers Jennifer Higdon\, Mason Bates\, D.J. Sparr and John Corigliano. \nTingting Yao is currently Staff Pianist at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. Before joining the staff of the University of Memphis\, she was a freelance pianist in Oklahoma City area\, the University of Oklahoma\, and University of Central Oklahoma. \nShelly Sublett has been Solo English horn and assistant principal oboewith the Memphis Symphony Orchestra since 1985. She has also held theposition of second oboe and English horn with the American Sinfonietta andthe Tennessee Summer Symphony. Her recordings are available on the Pro Organo label.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/spotlight-concert-series-lenore-mcintyre-shelly-sublet-and-tingting-yao/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hopeless Fashion Show
DESCRIPTION:Debut fashion show with music and an art showcase. \nDoors open at 6 pm | show starts at 6:30 pm \nOrganized by the artist
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/hopeless-fashion-show/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse Presents Women in Horror: THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features. This week: THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE \nFilms begin at 7:30 pm sharp.\nTickets are $5 (at the door only) \nAmy Holden Jones turned down an editing job on E.T. to direct this movie. She made the right choice! Rita Mae Brown wrote the screenplay of THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE sometime between when she wrote the classic lesbian coming-of-age tale Rubyfruit Jungle and her long series of cat mystery novels. SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE was intended to be a commentary on the inherent sexism of the slasher genre but was filmed completely straight. THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE is a terrific inside joke that also delivers the goods as a skid row photocopy of HALLOWEEN\, complete with a killer who’s figuratively castrated when the tip of his power drill is hacked off.  With its stylized photography\, plot points involving pizza and an endlessly cool homemade synth score\, THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE is a drop-dead masterpiece of subversive trash-horror.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-women-in-horror-the-slumber-party-massacre/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Michael Shults Quintet featuring Clint Ashlock
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by Michael Shults Quintet featuring Clint Ashlock. \nKansas City transplant and current professor of saxophone at the University of Memphis Michael Shults joins forces with one of the central figures of the Kansas City scene – trumpeter and composer Clint Ashlock – and a rhythm section of Memphis stalwarts\, presenting original music and standards. With Alvie Givhan\, piano\, Alan Maguire\, bass\, and James Sexton\, drums. \nTickets: $10\nDoors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm \nAbout Clint Ashlock:\nTrumpeter/composer/bandleader Clint Ashlock grew up in the Kansas City area. A dedicated and tireless contributor to the scene\, Clint has performed with such luminaries as Aretha Franklin\, the Temptations\, Nicholas Payton and Natalie Cole\, as well as being a mainstay on the local KC circuit\, most notably as Artistic Director of the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra\, leader of his own groups of varying size and genre\, and as a member of ensembles such as The Project H and The Marcus Lewis Big Band. Ashlock has produced a number of recordings\, including the latest KCJO album “Rhapsody\,” which includes a 30-minute tour-de-force arrangement of “Rhapsody in Blue\,” “New Jazz Order” featuring Bobby Watson\, and with Denver pianist Ben Markley\, entitled “The Return.” As a trumpeter\, Ashlock reflects the lineage of his hard bop idols such as Lee Morgan\, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw\, and his big band writing is heavily influenced by Duke Ellington\, Thad Jones\, Kerry Strayer and Dan Gailey. Ashlock has been featured as a soloist at the First Jazz Education Festival in Shanghai\, China\, and at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Sydney\, Australia\, as a clinician across the country\, and currently needs to stop buying so many shoes. \nAbout Michael Shults:\nSaxophonist Michael Shults has been praised for his “strong\, imaginative” improvisations (Downbeat Magazine) and “fresh and intelligent musical ideas” (The Pitch). A first-call musician on the Kansas City jazz scene for nearly a decade\, Shults remains an active performer in the Fountain City and beyond\, and has twice appeared as a sideman on the Jazzweek National Radio Airplay Charts. As a graduate student at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music\, Michael was a finalist in the 2012 North American Saxophone Alliance Jazz Artist Competition\, and was the winner of the Graduate College Soloist category in the 2012 Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards Issue. He has performed by invitation as a featured soloist at the North American Saxophone Alliance biennial conference\, the Jazz Education Network conference\, the Wisconsin Music Educator’s Association conference\, the Minnesota Music Educator’s Association conference\, and the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. \nMichael is Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Memphis. Prior to Memphis\, he taught for four years at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is a Yamaha and D’Addario performing artist and performs on their instruments and reeds exclusively.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/michael-shults-quintet-featuring-clint-ashlock/
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:Opening Reception — Scott Carter: Counterpoint
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exhibition of new work by Scott Carter. The artist’s intent is that this body of work reflects a fragile intertwining of music\, performance\, and sculpture while reflecting both digital and intuitive methods of problem solving in the studio. \nAbout the exhibition:\nThis exhibition emphasizes a relationship between disparate voices. As a metaphor\, these\nvoices represent contrasting and divergent forms of the artist’s creative practice. Carter’s\ninterest in music\, performance and sculpture oscillates between utter failure\, disinterest and frustration to moments where both practices seemingly make sense existing in the same place\, both physically and metaphorically. This body of work represents the struggle to produce in both creative fields. \nDuring his recent residency at Crosstown Arts\, Carter was allowed the freedom and space to work intuitively and pursue both of these creative endeavors with the assistance of digital tools and advanced fabrication equipment. The artist’s intent is that this body of work reflects a fragile intertwining of music\, performance and sculpture while reflecting both digital and intuitive methods of problem solving in the studio. \n\nArtist statement:\nThe connections between humans and the built environment interest me\, serving as the\nprimary source material for my work. I formulate thoughtful assessments of my environment\, exploring connections between art\, design and sound. \nThe physical development of my work is related to a tactile sense for materials. Through\nthe process of examining materials and their function\, I am interested in bestowing new\nvalue and subverting function. My practice often involves a re-purposing of materials ranging from drywall\, carpet\, and fluorescent lights to used guitars\, drum sets\, and\nelectronic components. Metaphorically\, these material transitions allow me to explore my\ninterests in the way we experience culture\, objects and physical environments. \n\nAbout the artist:\nSCOTT CARTER (b. 1984\, United States) is a Wisconsin-based artist\, whose work is influenced by the experience of living amongst mass-produced materials\, spaces and objects that are inherent in contemporary architecture and design. His work manifests as immersive installations and interactive objects that facilitate subtle shifts in value and attempt to redefine utility in relation to everyday experiences. His practice parallels contemporary discourse in art\, design\, architecture\, and sound. \nScott received his MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in\n2011\, where he was the first recipient of the Eldon Danhausen Fellowship for Sculpture.\nHe has attended funded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson\, Vermont and the Ox Bow School of Art in Saugatuck\, Michigan. In addition he is a recipient of the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship for Midwestern artists (2013) and a first place recipient of the Beers Contemporary Emerging Artist Award in Sculpture (2013) \nSelected solo shows include include Velocity – Linda Warren Projects\, Chicago\, Il (2017); The Nature of Being – Pinnacle Gallery\, Savannah\, Ga (2015); The Shape of Things – Beers Contemporary\, London (2014); Disonar – Evanston Art Center\, Evanston\, Il (2013) and Force Majeure – Linda Warren Projects\, Chicago\, Il (2012); Recent group exhibitions include as site specific installation for In Situ and Linda Warren Projects at Expo Chicago (2014)\, Building Stories – Kohler Arts Center\, Sheboygan WI (2014) and I am What I am Doing – La Esquina Gallery\, Kansas City\, MO (2014). \nIn addition\, he was a visiting artist as part of DeFINE Art 2015 at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah Georgia and recently completed a three month residency as part of the Kohler Arts/Industry program in Kohler\, Wisconsin.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-scott-carter-counterpoint/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,West Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Jia Wang: Residual Imprint
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception of new work by Jia Wang. On view through Oct. 20. \nJia’s work explores the traumatic memories that are prevalent in a family. Examining and displaying how trauma is revealed through complex family relationships and how it alters an individual and a family’s identity when visualized. Her work addresses both a personal and cultural perspectives\, through site-specific installation comprised of video\, collage\, and photographic images. \nIn Jia’s work\, she exploring domestic violence and sharing her visual inquiry into trauma through personal storytelling. These stories are both past’s future and future’s past\, physically and psychologically speaking. In traditional Chinese culture\, the family is the most basic unit and many aspects of Chinese life can be tied to honoring one’s parents or ancestors. Family practices\, such as interactions between family members and disciplinary actions\, are passed down from one generation to another. Family is the most intimate relationship but also the most confusing as love and hostility can be difficult to separate. \nAbout Jia Wang:\nJia Wang was born in Lanzhou\, Gansu Provence\, China. She holds a BFA in Photography from the Beijing Film Academy\, Beijing\, China and an MFA in Imaging Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology\, Rochester\, NY. Jia has exhibited internationally including in the Three Shadows Photography Art Center\, Beijing\, China\, the Yeiser Art Center\, Pauducah\, KY\, and the PH21 Gallery in Budapest\, Hungary. Her art work has published in Art Maze Mag\, UK\, ArtAscent Magazine\, USA\, and the PhotoWorld magazine\, China. Residences include the Chanorth Residency Program and the Crosstown Arts Residency Program. In Fall 2019\, Jia will participate in the Bronx Museum’s AIM (Artist in the Marketplace) Program. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-jia-wang-residual-imprint/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Wang Chen: The Sin Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception of new work by artist Wang Chen. Chen’s work will be on view in the Screening Room at Crosstown Arts and projected onto walls in the East Atrium. On view through October 20. \nWang Chen is a multimedia artist whose work incorporates installation\, performance\, drawing and animation to create digital videos that depict fantasy worlds with humanoid characters\, whom she uses to examine gender\, sexuality\, and politics. By layering different mediums into one digital composition\, Chen creates an overwhelming fantasy world of multiple\, moveable layers and elements that together become unstoppable and continuously transforming as a way of considering the possibilities of imagined worlds. \nIn her videos\, hand-sewn costumes fuse the human body into the virtual space where humanness blends in\, dissolves\, and potentially succumbs to the digital fantasy. As the costumed performer\, Chen herself becomes a physical component of the worlds she creates\, becoming multiple. These clones represent variously unstable identities:  undefined genders\, cartoonish humanoids\, ghostlike apparitions and thus can adopt multiple identities\, abstracting her own role as the artist-architect to become many things at once. \nChen’s playground of electric city-space\, neon landscapes\, and nightmarish amusement parks becomes itself a representation\, if not a fun-house mirror\, of our own reality.  The juxtaposition and melting of these dark yet fantastical scenes act as a playful reflection of Chen’s complicated response and rejection of societal norms while constructing a new vision of gender and sexuality in our world. \nThis work may not be appropriate for younger audiences. \nAbout Wang Chen:\nWang Chen was born in China and is a multimedia artist currently living and working in NYC. The installations that Chen creates begin with physical drawings. Chen makes costumes and props for her videos and builds unimaginable spaces using virtual reality. Chen received her BFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work has been exhibited/screened internationally in China\, UK\, US\, Sweden\, Venezuela\, and Greece. Chen has participated in several residencies including The Studios at MASS MoCA and the NYFA Immigrant Mentoring Program. She is the fellowship recipient of Roswell Artist in Residency\, Vermont Studio Center and Nars Foundation.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-chen-wang-the-sin-park/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Gallery,Screening Room
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190823T150000
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SUMMARY:Chuck Mead "Closer to Home" Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a performance by Grammy-nominated country singer Chuck Mead. Mead’s latest solo album\, Closer to Home\, was produced by Matt Ross-Spang at Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis.\n\nTickets: $15\nDoors at 7:30 pm | Show at 8 pm \n\nAbout Chuck Mead:\n\nCHUCK MEAD is a Country singer with a rock n roll heart. He’s also a renowned songwriter\, producer\, music director\, musicologist and architect behind the rebirth of Lower Broadway and the Global Neo Traditional Country music movement. \nThis Kansas native\, has been at the forefront of what has come to be known as Americana Music for the better part of 25 years. Perhaps best known for co-founding the famed ‘90s Alternative Country quintet\, BR5-49\, whose 7 albums garnered a CMA Award for Best International Touring Act and three Grammy nominations\, helped build an indelible bridge between authentic American Roots music and millions of fans worldwide. \nSince then he’s toured the globe\, entertained thousands on the high seas\, released 3 solo albums\, made 137 appearances on the Grand Ole Opry\, co-produced critically acclaimed tribute albums to Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings\, acted as Musical Director/Supervisor/Producer of the Broadway hit musical Million Dollar Quartet AND the companion CMT television show Sun Records. \nWith a deep connection to Memphis and a burning desire to keep building musical bridges\, Chuck packed up the band and took time out of his crazy schedule last summer to record his fourth solo album with Matt Ross-Spang (Margo Price/John Prine/Jason Isbell/Al Green) at legendary Sam Phillips Recording Studios\, the result of which\, ‘Close To Home’ was released on June 21\, 2019 on Plowboy Records.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/chuck-mead-closer-to-home-tour/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190823
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191022
DTSTAMP:20260518T180119
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SUMMARY:Scott Carter: Counterpoint
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exhibition of new work by Scott Carter. The artist’s intent is that this body of work reflects a fragile intertwining of music\, performance\, and sculpture while reflecting both digital and intuitive methods of problem solving in the studio. \nAbout the exhibition:\nThis exhibition emphasizes a relationship between disparate voices. As a metaphor\, these\nvoices represent contrasting and divergent forms of the artist’s creative practice. Carter’s\ninterest in music\, performance and sculpture oscillates between utter failure\, disinterest and frustration to moments where both practices seemingly make sense existing in the same place\, both physically and metaphorically. This body of work represents the struggle to produce in both creative fields. \nDuring his recent residency at Crosstown Arts\, Carter was allowed the freedom and space to work intuitively and pursue both of these creative endeavors with the assistance of digital tools and advanced fabrication equipment. The artist’s intent is that this body of work reflects a fragile intertwining of music\, performance and sculpture while reflecting both digital and intuitive methods of problem solving in the studio. \n\nArtist statement:\nThe connections between humans and the built environment interest me\, serving as the\nprimary source material for my work. I formulate thoughtful assessments of my environment\, exploring connections between art\, design and sound. \nThe physical development of my work is related to a tactile sense for materials. Through\nthe process of examining materials and their function\, I am interested in bestowing new\nvalue and subverting function. My practice often involves a re-purposing of materials ranging from drywall\, carpet\, and fluorescent lights to used guitars\, drum sets\, and\nelectronic components. Metaphorically\, these material transitions allow me to explore my\ninterests in the way we experience culture\, objects and physical environments. \n\nAbout the artist:\nSCOTT CARTER (b. 1984\, United States) is a Wisconsin-based artist\, whose work is influenced by the experience of living amongst mass-produced materials\, spaces and objects that are inherent in contemporary architecture and design. His work manifests as immersive installations and interactive objects that facilitate subtle shifts in value and attempt to redefine utility in relation to everyday experiences. His practice parallels contemporary discourse in art\, design\, architecture\, and sound. \nScott received his MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in\n2011\, where he was the first recipient of the Eldon Danhausen Fellowship for Sculpture.\nHe has attended funded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson\, Vermont and the Ox Bow School of Art in Saugatuck\, Michigan. In addition he is a recipient of the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship for Midwestern artists (2013) and a first place recipient of the Beers Contemporary Emerging Artist Award in Sculpture (2013) \nSelected solo shows include include Velocity – Linda Warren Projects\, Chicago\, Il (2017); The Nature of Being – Pinnacle Gallery\, Savannah\, Ga (2015); The Shape of Things – Beers Contemporary\, London (2014); Disonar – Evanston Art Center\, Evanston\, Il (2013) and Force Majeure – Linda Warren Projects\, Chicago\, Il (2012); Recent group exhibitions include as site specific installation for In Situ and Linda Warren Projects at Expo Chicago (2014)\, Building Stories – Kohler Arts Center\, Sheboygan WI (2014) and I am What I am Doing – La Esquina Gallery\, Kansas City\, MO (2014). \nIn addition\, he was a visiting artist as part of DeFINE Art 2015 at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah Georgia and recently completed a three month residency as part of the Kohler Arts/Industry program in Kohler\, Wisconsin.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/scott-carter-counterpoint/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,West Gallery
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SUMMARY:Jia Wang: Residual Imprint
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exhibition of new work by Jia Wang. Jia’s work explores the traumatic memories that are prevalent in a family. Examining and displaying how trauma is revealed through complex family relationships and how it alters an individual and a family’s identity when visualized. Her work addresses both a personal and cultural perspectives\, through site-specific installation comprised of video\, collage\, and photographic images. \nIn Jia’s work\, she exploring domestic violence and sharing her visual inquiry into trauma through personal storytelling. These stories are both past’s future and future’s past\, physically and psychologically speaking. In traditional Chinese culture\, the family is the most basic unit and many aspects of Chinese life can be tied to honoring one’s parents or ancestors. Family practices\, such as interactions between family members and disciplinary actions\, are passed down from one generation to another. Family is the most intimate relationship but also the most confusing as love and hostility can be difficult to separate. \nAbout Jia Wang:\nJia Wang was born in Lanzhou\, Gnasu Province\, China. She holds a BFA in Photography from the Beijing Film Academy\, Beijing\, China and an MFA in Imaging Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology\, Rochester\, NY. Jia has exhibited internationally including in the Three Shadows Photography Art Center\, Beijing\, China\, the Yeiser Art Center\, Pauducah\, KY\, and the PH21 Gallery in Budapest\, Hungary. Her art work has published in Art Maze Mag\, UK\, ArtAscent Magazine\, USA\, and the PhotoWorld magazine\, China. Residences include the Chanorth Residency Program and the Crosstown Arts Residency Program. In Fall 2019\, Jia will participate in the Bronx Museum’s AIM (Artist in the Marketplace) Program. \n\nTOMORROW at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts! Come hear the TULSA REVUE featuring John Fullbright\, Paul Benjaman\, Jacob Tovar & special guest Jesse Aycock! Experience individual sets from each artist with a supporting cast of players\, as the the evening wraps with all joining together for a family jam of epic proportion.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/jia-wang-residual-imprint/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery,Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190823
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SUMMARY:Wang Chen: The Sin Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Screening Room at Crosstown Arts for a new exhibition of work by Wang Chen. Chen’s work will also be exhibited on the pop-out walls in the East Atrium. \nWang Chen is a multimedia artist whose work incorporates installation\, performance\, drawing and animation to create digital videos that depict fantasy worlds with humanoid characters\, whom she uses to examine gender\, sexuality\, and politics. By layering different mediums into one digital composition\, Chen creates an overwhelming fantasy world of multiple\, moveable layers and elements that together become unstoppable and continuously transforming as a way of considering the possibilities of imagined worlds. \nIn her videos\, hand-sewn costumes fuse the human body into the virtual space where humanness blends in\, dissolves\, and potentially succumbs to the digital fantasy. As the costumed performer\, Chen herself becomes a physical component of the worlds she creates\, becoming multiple. These clones represent variously unstable identities:  undefined genders\, cartoonish humanoids\, ghostlike apparitions and thus can adopt multiple identities\, abstracting her own role as the artist-architect to become many things at once. \nChen’s playground of electric city-space\, neon landscapes\, and nightmarish amusement parks becomes itself a representation\, if not a fun-house mirror\, of our own reality.  The juxtaposition and melting of these dark yet fantastical scenes act as a playful reflection of Chen’s complicated response and rejection of societal norms while constructing a new vision of gender and sexuality in our world. \nThis work may not be appropriate for younger audiences. \nAbout Wang Chen:\nWang Chen was born in China and is a multimedia artist currently living and working in NYC. The installations that Chen creates begin with physical drawings. Chen makes costumes and props for her videos and builds unimaginable spaces using virtual reality. Chen received her BFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work has been exhibited/screened internationally in China\, UK\, US\, Sweden\, Venezuela\, and Greece. Chen has participated in several residencies including The Studios at MASS MoCA\, the NYFA Immigrant Mentoring Program\, and the Crosstown Arts artist residency program. She is the fellowship recipient of Roswell Artist in Residency\, Vermont Studio Center and Nars Foundation.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/chen-wang-the-sin-park/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Gallery,Screening Room
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190824T150000
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SUMMARY:Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory at The Green Room
DESCRIPTION:Roots\, Rock\, Rebellion. Grammy-award winning artist Alvin Youngblood Hart returns home to Memphis for a special night in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nAlvin is the cosmic American love child of Howlin Wolf and Link Wray. Respected around the world as a “musician’s musician\,” Alvin Youngblood Hart’s praises have been sung by everyone from Bob Dylan to guitar gods Eric Clapton & Mick Taylor. \nTickets: $10\nDoors 7:30pm | Show at 8pm
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/alvin-youngblood-harts-muscle-theory-at-the-green-room/
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:The Mystic
DESCRIPTION:On the last Tuesday of each month join Crosstown Concourse neighbors and friends for The Mystic. \nThe Mystic is a time set aside each month to experience the undefinable together through music\, dialogue and silence.  The Mystic is not affiliated with any defined belief system\, but is a shared listening experience intended to deepen our understand of one another. \nThe Mystic is hosted by a rotated panel including Rabbi Micah Greenstein\, Chris Miner\, Dr. Scott Morris\, Dr. Sonia Walker\, and Kirk Whalum\, with a variety of musical guests.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-mystic-5/
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:Remission
DESCRIPTION:Art exhibition featuring new work by Noah Miller \nThis series of work was made by Miller during a season of treatment and recovery during chemotherapy. He self labels this as “not my best artwork\, but necessary for the process and for the mind\, a self catharsis in a way.” \nBy placing this artwork out of his mind and having it published\, he plans to move forward in life and with his work. This is a celebration of life in addition to an exhibition of thought. Projections\, photography\, poetry\, and collages were made as a way to not let his hands or mind be idle during the process of treatment.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/remission/
LOCATION:TN
CATEGORIES:430
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SUMMARY:Austin Lucas at The Green Room
DESCRIPTION:Austin Lucas returns to Memphis for a performance at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts with his band\, The Bold Party\, on their fall US tour. \n\nTickets: $10\n\nDoors 7:00pm | Performance 7:30pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Sometimes an artist just has a voice that’s so true and so clearly coming directly from the soul that you just can’t argue with it\, and Austin Lucas is one of those guys.” – BBC Radio \nIt’s been over two decades since the songwriter packed his bags and left Bloomington\, Indiana\, the Midwestern town where he spent his childhood years falling in love with rock & roll\, embracing his punk roots\, and standing his ground whenever intolerant locals didn’t understand his way of life. He returns to that place – both creatively and physically – with his seventh studio album\, Immortal Americans. Written after a tumultuous period that found Lucas getting sober\, supporting his partner through a battle with cancer\, and breaking up with his longtime record label\, Immortal Americans is a clear-eyed album for murkier times\, rooted in stripped-down heartland rock songs that find the artist reflecting upon the changes in both his hometown and himself. \nCo-produced by Lucas and Will Johnson (Centro-matic)\, recorded/engineered by Steve Albini\, and captured in a series of live\, full-band performances\, Immortal Americans was written after Lucas resettled in Bloomington. He’d been away for years\, touring the world as an independent solo artist before signing a record deal with New West in 2013. In many ways\, the albums he released during that period were reflections of the music he’d grown up with\, from the mountain music of his father (bluegrass musician Bob Lucas) to the punk records that soundtracked his teenage years. Appropriately\, Lucas earned a fanbase as a folksinger with punk roots – or was it the other way around? – while touring the country with artists who represented both ends of that spectrum\, sharing shows with Willie Nelson one minute and Chuck Ragan the next. \n\n                 \n\n\n    \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/austin-lucas-at-the-green-room/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse Presents Avant-Garde Cinema: ERASERHEAD
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features. This week: ERASERHEAD \nFilms begin at 7:30 pm sharp.\nTickets are $5 (at the door only) \nThis is it — David Lynch’s 1977 avant-horror masterpiece\, ERASERHEAD.  Henry (JACK NANCE!) finds out he has a child with someone he isn’t quite sure he has been with.  Henry invites his girlfriend and the baby to come live with him in his apartment. Dad\, mom\, and baby bring to life every nightmare you have ever had — on the big screen. Come for the monster baby\, and stay for the lady in the radiator singing the great Peter Ivers’ “In Heaven.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presnts-avant-garde-cinema-eraserhead/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The PRVLG at The Green Room
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Green Room for a performance by The PRVLG\, a musical twin duo from Memphis. This is a benefit concert for their mother who has Multiple Sclerosis. All funds raised will be donated towards her treatment \n\n\nTickets: $10\n\nDoors at 7pm | Performance 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA privilege is considered a rare opportunity\, which is exactly why The PRVLG fits this dynamic duo so effortlessly. Their act brings the rhythm section to the forefront of the stage unlike any other band around. \nThe duo\, consisting of twin brothers Christian and Christopher Underwood\, grew up surrounded by music. The brothers developed a very unique musical connection\, which is on full display in their live performances. As bass and drum players\, the pair have the ability to lock in a powerful rhythm and bass foundation\, effortlessly making up for each other’s shortcomings and complementing one another’s strengths. \nGrowing up in a musical family and listening to their father – a guitarist – play classics by the likes of Jimi Hendrix\, The Isley Brothers\, and Earth Wind & Fire\, it was only natural for them to begin writing together at the age of 16 and continue to develop their writing talent from then. Since officially forming in early 2017\, the duo named themselves The PRVLG\, chosen due to the privilege they experienced by growing up playing music together and connecting with others through the universal language. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-prvlg-at-the-green-room/
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:Grace Askew at The Green Room
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Green Room for a performance by Memphis musician Grace Askew\, celebrating her first full-length album release in five years. \nThe 12-song culmination of writing and performing a new song every day for over 500 days straight\, Denim & Diesel is a raw and vulnerable collection of stories about the struggles of daily life. The album was self-produced and recorded at Grace’s home — a.k.a “Tumbleweed Ranch\,” a creaky\, old\, tin-roofed ranch house on 100 acres in Eads\, TN\, and features two co-writes with Mike Doughty (of ’90s cult band “Soul Coughing). \nJana Jana\, one of Memphis’ hottest\, new female-led bands\, is fronted by Jana Misener (founding member of Memphis Dawls and Giant Bear). With live cello loops and soaring vocals\, Jana Jana’s soul-inspired indie rock is an orchestrated tempest. \n$25 presale | $30 night of show\nDoors at 6:30 pm | show at 7 pm \nAbout Grace Askew:\nGrace Askew is a sixth-generation Memphian and a highway child. With seven studio albums\, two international songwriting competitions\, gold medals\, multiple appearances on NBC’s The Voice\, and over a decade of touring under her belt\, Grace has established herself as a relentlessly creative artist and a powerhouse of talent. Growing up to the humming lullaby of the nearby interstate\, she fell asleep imagining all the places she would travel one day. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/grace-askew-at-the-green-room/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:WLOK Black Film Festival presents Dreamgirls
DESCRIPTION:WLOK presents a screening of Dreamgirls at Crosstown Theater as part of its annual Black Film Festival. \nDeena (Beyoncé Knowles)\, Effie (Jennifer Hudson) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose) form a music trio called the Dreamettes. When ambitious manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx) spots the act at a talent show\, he offers the chance of a lifetime\, to be backup singers for a national star (Eddie Murphy). Taylor takes creative control of the group and eventually pushes the singers into the spotlight. However\, one becomes the star\, forcing another out\, which teaches them about the high cost of fame. \nBlack Film Festival Ticket Cost: $5.00 adult\, $3.00 child; $12.00 for all five films for adults; $8.00 for all five films for children \nTo Purchase Tickets\, Call WLOK at (901) 527-9565; more info: http://www.wlok.com/wlok-black-film-festival/ \nWLOK is hosting its annual Black Film Festival from August 29-September 1 at Levitt Shell\, The Memphis Pink Palace Museum IMAX Theater\, The Malco Paradiso\, The National Civil Rights Museum\, Southwest Tennessee Community College\, and Crosstown Theater.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wlok-black-film-festival-presents-dreamgirls/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The Music of Al Jarreau
DESCRIPTION:Jazz tribute to American jazz singer Al Jarreau\, featuring Ashley K. Davis (Keys/MD)\, Donald Thomas (Vocals)\, Marlon Branch (Guitar)\, Eddie Gatewood (Bass)\, and Cedric Keel (Drums). \nTickets: $15\nDoors at 6:30 pm | Show at 7 pm \nThe Crosstown Jazz Series\, presented by Strictly Jazz Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts\, is designed to salute classic jazz music as contemporary musicians perform the work of the legends. \n\nAbout Strictly Jazz:\nStrictly Jazz Entertainment is committed to cultivating a growing community in the knowledge and appreciation of jazz. We facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the devoted supporters of jazz and the brand new constituents – those new to the genre – for the furthering of the jazz community. We provide a bridge between leading artists and a community that typically does not embrace jazz by promoting concerts in various venues to generate an atmosphere that is viable for the absorption of pure jazz.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-music-of-al-jarreau/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Memphis On Set
DESCRIPTION:National film and television shows (like the Hallmark “Graceland” films & Bluff City Law) have caught on to what an incredible place Memphis is to make their work.  For the September Shoot & Splice\, Sharon O’Guin (Deputy Film Commissioner for the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission) will talk about the hard work the Commission is doing behind the scenes to both bring national level productions to Memphis and assist local  film and television professionals.  Then hear some on-set experiences from some very talented Memphians\, including Kevin Brooks\, Kerri Mahoney and Jil Szewski – all three currently working on Bluff City Law. \nShoot & Splice is a monthly filmmaker forum presented collaboratively by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts. \nFree and open to the public\nDoors at 6:30 pm | Presentation at 7 pm \nKEVIN BROOKS is a multi-talented film director\, writer\, cinematographer and editor.  As a senior in the University of Memphis Film Program\, Kevin was selected to participate in the Sundance Ignite program.  Kevin has since made several  short films and has won the Memphis Film Prize two years in a row.  Kevin serves as a board member at large for the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission.  Kevin is currently in pre-production for a feature and works on the set of Bluff City Law. \nKERRI MAHONEY is a multidisciplinary designer who has developed print\, interactive and product design projects since 1997.  Having a deep love for roots music\, Kerri has been working with the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation based in New Orleans\, LA since its inception to create marketing materials and merchandise for its annual concert\, held in New Orleans. Most recently\, she has been designing album art for clients such as Electraphonic Recording\, Fat Possum Records\, Big Legal Mess Records\, Modern Harmonic\, Amazon\, and Madjack Records.  In between making insanely great record covers\, Kerri works in the Art Department for Bluff City Law. \nSHARON O’GUIN is the Deputy Film Commissioner for the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission.  Founded in 1985 by joint City/County resolution\, The Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission is the official City/County economic development agency for film and television. The Commission Office works primarily to assist and/or recruit funded projects which will economically impact multiple sectors of the local community—local hires\, local vendors\, etc. \nJIL SZEWSKI is currently the Art Department Coordinator for Bluff City Law.  Jil has worked as an art department production coordinator for many television and film productions\, including Bluff City Law\, Truth Be Told\, Wedding At Graceland\, The Kids Are Alright\, How To Get Away with Murder\, Ballers\, Pitch\, Jean-Claude Van Johnson\, Ken Jeong Made Me Do It\, Whitney\, Rock My RV\, Only Lovers Left Alive and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/shoot-splice-memphis-on-set/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Two Tons of Steel at The Green Room
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts welcomes Americana pioneers and legends Two Tons of Steel to The Green Room. \n\nTickets: $10\nDoors 7pm | Performance 7:30pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBefore there was Americana\, before there was Texas Country\, Two Tons of Steel rocked a sound that blended the best of musical worlds and pushed the envelope with a signature brand of country punk. \nThe San Antonio-based group packed the small bars and local hangouts and quickly became the Alamo City’s most-loved band\, earning them a spot on the cover of Billboard Magazine in 1996. It was the beginning of a twenty year journey for the 4-piece ensemble. \nReleasing “Two Tons Of Steel” in 1994 and “Crazy For My Baby” in 1995 on Blue Fire Records\, a sponsorship deal with Lone Star Beer quickly followed. In 1996\, the band began traveling outside of Texas\, including stops at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville\, the National Theater in Havana\, Cuba\, and European tours to greet fans who had embraced their Texas-born sound. \nTwo Tons of Steel continues as an institution at Texas’ Gruene Hall\, where its annual Two Ton Tuesdays summer series draws 12\,000 fans and as a popular act at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. They have been repeatedly voted “Best Country Band” by the San Antonio Current\, one of its hometown weeklies.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/two-tons-of-steel-at-the-green-room/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arthouse Presents Grindhouse Features: SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arthouse Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground and documentary features. This week: SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAADASSSSS SONG \nFilms begin at 7:30 pm sharp.\nTickets are $5 (at the door only) \nBRAND-NEW 4K RESTORATION! Included in MoMA’s permanent collection and considered to be among the most significant features ever by an African-American filmmaker\, SWEET SWEETBACK is a brutal and shocking story of survival and is credited as one of the first blaxploitation films. \nDirector/writer/producer/editor/composer Melvin Van Peebles stars as a black orphan raised in a brothel and groomed to be a sex show performer. Set up by his boss and two corrupt cops for a murder he didn’t commit\, Sweetback escapes custody and is thrust into an increasingly hallucinogenic world of violence and bigotry where no one can be trusted\, and the possibility of death lurks at every corner…Cos Featuring a rousing score from a nascent Earth\, Wind\, & Fire\, as well as surrealist visuals from stalwart genre cinematographer Robert Maxwell (THE CANDY SNATCHERS)\, Van Peebles creates an unforgettable study of perseverance in the face of racism.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/crosstown-arthouse-presents-grindhouse-features-sweet-sweetbacks-baadassss-song/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The Orrin Evans Trio at The Green Room
DESCRIPTION:Join us in The Green Room for a performance by jazz pianist Orrin Evans. \nTickets: $10\nDoors 7pm | Show at 7:30pm \nMany may know Orrin Evans as the pianist for Jazz juggernauts The Bad Plus. But with more than 25 albums to his credit\, without ever relying on the support of a major label\, Evans has become the model of a fiercely independent artist who’s made a habit of rattling the jazz world’s confining cages. That determination has paid off in accolades like topping the “Rising Star Pianist” category in the 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll. \nAs a daring pianist\, Evans combines raw-edged vigor and left-field nuance into a sound wholly his own. As an adventurous composer he traverses stylistic boundaries with abandon\, drawing on full-throttle swing\, deep-rooted blues\, expressive soul\, or bracing excursions into the avant-garde. As an audacious bandleader\, he delights in daring fellow musicians to take bold risks\, whether in mutable small group settings or his raucous Captain Black Big Band. As an inventive collaborator\, his projects range from the nerve-rattling collective trio Tarbaby to the latest twist in his never predictable story\, becoming the first new member to join The Bad Plus in the band’s nearly 20-year history. \nEvans’ broad-minded\, provocative approach has led to a stunning variety of collaborations with a who’s-who of modern jazz including Nicholas Payton\, Sean Jones\, Oliver Lake\, JD Allen\, Christian McBride\, Eric Revis\, Buster Williams\, Karriem Riggins\, Bill Stewart\, Nasheet Waits\, Kevin Eubanks and Kurt Rosenwinkel\, among countless others.  \nIn 2018\, Evans relaunched his Imani Records label with a newfound focus on projects by young\, innovative musicians\, beginning with albums by saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis and bassist Jonathan Michel. He’s also produced recordings by JD Walter\, Denise King\, Joanna Pascale\, Sharel Cassity\, and Eric Revis.  \nEvans pays homage to his mentors and influences while passing the torch to new generations. He’s recently performed concerts paying homage to the late Geri Allen alongside drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and a celebration of the centennial of Thelonious Monk at Duke University\, along with curating concert series at Philly’s South and New York’s Smoke. As an educator he directed the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts’ Jazz Standards and taught at Connecticut’s Litchfield Jazz Camp.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/the-orrin-evans-trio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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