Events
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Desert Migration (Outflix Film Festival)
Saved by the introduction of protease inhibitors in the mid-1990s, many HIV positive men needed to rebuild the lives they thought they’d never be able to live. In an effort to reach equilibrium with the virus inside them, some migrated to Southern California’s Palm Springs in the hope of finding a healing desert oasis. But […]
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Shoot & Splice
Film professionals Eldon Holliday (Memphis Public Library & Information Center); Chad Schaffler (filmmaker); Danielle Smith (The Withers Museum) and Jonathan Thomason (Master Video) will discuss research, licensing, transferring, and other topics related to the use of historical documents and media. Monthly filmmaking forum presented by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis
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Working Writer’s Cocktail Hour, 4th edition
story booth 438 N. Cleveland St., Memphis, TN, United StatesIn the interests of further cultivating and connecting the writing community of Memphis, story booth is hosting the fourth edition of Crosstown Arts' Working Writers' Cocktail Hour, on Wednesday, June 8, from 5:30 to 7 pm, in conjunction with sponsor Memphis Daily News. All writers who live and work in Memphis--whether writers of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, […]
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The Paw Project Film Screening
Join Memphis Pets Alive! for a special screening of The Paw Project, a documentary whose organizational mission is to educate the public about the painful and crippling effects of cat declawing, to promote animal welfare by ending the practice of declaw surgery, and to rehabilitate declawed big cats. Doors will open at 6:30 and the […]
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Maestras: A Night for Women’s Art
An initial event to encourage the display and support for women artists. Sometimes women want a special moment to tell the world our thoughts and dreams. Featured works from Barbara J. Lester, Lurlynn Franklin, Dawn Kimble, and Beverly Dorsey. Exhibition organized by WfPAC for Privy Concepts
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Say Hello to America!
Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United StatesGroup exhibition opening June 10
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Analog Rituals
A night of hip hop, presented by FREED. (@freedlabel) Noises made by Alexander Fre$co (Jackson, MS) alexanderfrescomusic.com Carlos Bean$ & Krucial soundcloud.com/thebandofbeans & youtube.com/watch?v=R5axop35Q3U ONE Justis youtube.com/watch?v=kJ1l3BKhIhI A Weirdo From Memphis youtube.com/watch?v=BpSEJgzf00U Nic Pavement soundcloud.com/nicpavement Hotel soundcloud.com/yunghotel Y.R Generation soundcloud.com/yrgeneration Matt Lucas soundcloud.com/iam_mattlucas $5 cover. Doors @ 7:00 Ladies free until 10pm. A dope night […]
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Hustling Muzik
A night of art and music hosted by DJ Louis P
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Hustle: Travel and Art
Hustle: professional development for artists is a free program organized by ArtsMemphis, UrbanArt Commission, and Crosstown Arts. The series will provide visual artists with information, resources, and opportunities to support them in the development of their professional careers.
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Vanilla Extract Volume 2: Fairly Vain or Vanity Fair
New work by Lester Julian Merriweather Discussion/artist talk: Wednesday, June 15, 6 pm Reception: Friday, June 17, 6-9 pm "The Vanilla Extract© Series was established in 2002 as a catalyst for examining the infrastructural practices of racial representation by print media corporations. As found images are collected, they are then altered with the removal of Caucasian […]
