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Treat 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. Free and open to the public. This event is made possible by Lifeworks. |
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The Mystic is a catalyst; through music, story, silence and dialogue, we hope to strengthen our attachment to hopes and dreams. In the mystic, diversity is a prerequisite for all creativity, which is why Crosstown Concourse is the perfect home. In The Mystic, the world is far-better served by different beliefs than it could ever be if limited by rigid uniformity. The Mystic is hosted by a rotating panel including Rabbi Micah Greenstein, Chris Miner, Dr. Scott Morris, Dr. Sonia Walker and Kirk Whalum. |
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Join us in The Green Room for a performance by Rescue Animals, a sextet comprised of some of Memphis' finest musicians: Scott Thompson, trumpet; Art Edmaiston, sax; Pee Wee Jackson, drums; Joe Restivo, guitar; Paul Taylor, bass; Pat Fusco, keys. Rescue Animals mixes influences from Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Willie Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, and other shared musical heroes in an improvisational setting, incorporating a "straight ahead" vocabulary into the harmonies and rhythms of R&B, Soul, Latin and Gospel music. |
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Come celebrate students from Soulsville Charter and other schools in their first-ever gallery opening: The Evolution of Creativity. Under the guidance of instructor and artist Terri Phillips, students worked for over 16 weeks on pieces ranging from still-life to artistic recreations to landscape. The Crosstown Arteests are proud to present their work to the public […]
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A class focusing on demystifying computer-aided crafting and small-scale industrial design using CAD (Computer Aided Design) and CNC routers. - CNC Basics and File Workflows (Illustrator, Rhino, AutoCaD, G-Code, etc.) - Use of CNC in the Shared Art Making Space - Project Demos
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Join us for The Groove featuring The PRVLG in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. A blend of Indie pop-esque melodies with some funk, soul, jazz, and R&B, this set of twins creates a timeless sound that seamlessly mixes a vintage flare with a contemporary delivery. |
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"There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained." - W.E.B. DuBois Students from Soulsville Charter School and JIFF partner to bring you a dynamic performance to exemplify DuBois' quotation through spoken word pieces and tap dancing. Students from JIFF, […]
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A night of delta blues, featuring Shaun Marsh playing a traditional set of early acoustic blues from the '20s and '30s, such artists as Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, and Blind Willie McTell. Also on the bill: The OCB - blending delta blues and electronica. Featuring Luis Seixas and Shaun Marsh. |
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Art exhibition with new work by Hope Hudson and Frank Beiser. Organized by the artists |
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Crosstown youth programming students, with Maddie McGhee's guidance, created comic pieces that exemplify their interests and imagination. We invite the public to see their finished works during an open crit featuring their work and light refreshments.
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Join Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis for an evening with our new Memphis-based Brazilian filmmaker, cinematographer, and colorist Ivan Rodrigues. Ivan will discuss several aspects of filmmaking from an unique perspective of having worked in Brazil, Los Angeles, and now Memphis. He will also share his secrets on how to simulate a "film look" in digital cameras, why film is actually dead, and how to produce a high-quality image when operating with a low budget. Shoot & Splice is a monthly forum for filmmakers presented collaboratively by Crosstown Arts & Indie Memphis. |
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Join us for a performance by Memphis-based soul group Black Cream with opening act Abe Partridge (a singer/songwriter from Alabama). |
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A regional quilt challenge in conjunction with Stitched: The Art of Quilting. The BLUE challenge features over 230 quilts in blue made by quilters and artists from the Mid-South. This event is in conjunction with Stitched: Celebrating the Art of Quilting — a festival at Crosstown Arts with art exhibitions, public quilting workshops, and a Gathering of the Guilds showcase. Stitched runs from May 10-July 28, 2019. 
Crosstown Arts welcomes Stitched: Celebrating the Art of Quilting from May 10-July 28, 2019. This festival will feature two art exhibitions, public quilting workshops, and a Gathering of the Guilds showcase. 
These works represent 29 internationally recognized artists working in the quilt form who have been featured in the new book Art Quilts International: Abstract & Geometric by Martha Sielman. Participating artists come from Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, and across the US. The works of art represent a range of styles across the abstract art spectrum. This event is […]
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The Crosstown Arts Weekly Film Series is an arthouse-style film series showcasing a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features. This week: MEMPHIS BI-CENTENNIAL BOOGIE WITH BLUESHIFT ENSEMBLE (FOUND FOOTAGE, 2019) |
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Opening reception for an exhibition that illustrates the diversity of quilting today through quilted art works that represent a range of styles across the abstract art spectrum.
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Opening reception for a regional quilt challenge in conjunction with Stitched: The Art of Quilting. Artists were asked to design traditional, modern or art-focused quilts. These range from appliquéd, pieced, collaged, fused, engineered, hand- or machine-stitched, 3-D, painted, sculpted, and any variation in between. The only thing they have in common: 3 layers and stitching.
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As an Alabama native and former Memphian (now living in Nashville), Will Kimbrough zig-zags the world singing songs and playing guitars, often solo, but also in many other collaborations. Kimbrough is a former member of Todd Snider and The Nervous Wrecks. His most recent solo recording, “I like it Down Here" is his 9th solo release since 2000. Opening act: Jeremy Stanfill |
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From award-winning singer-songwriter Jamie Purnell, Proud Penguin tells the feel-good tale of a penguin whose spirits are lifted from building a new friendship with a seagull. Proud Penguin will delight and entertain families as they read and sing along to the free downloadable song and story that embodies a universal message of kindness and self-acceptance. This interactive event includes a discussion of penguins and seagulls, a reading of the story, singing and dancing to a live performance of the "Proud Penguin" song by Jamie Purnell, and a booksigning, all promoting the message of Proud Penguin: BE HAPPY TO BE YOU. A fun event for all ages.
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Informative and inspiring presentation by Martha Sielman, the Executive Director of Studio Art Quilt Associates, the world’s largest organization dedicated to the art quilt. Sielman is the author and curator of “Masterworks: Abstract & Geometric,” a traveling exhibit which comes to Crosstown as part of STITCHED. She will talk about the Art Quilt Movement, based on the research for her highly-acclaimed book, Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation.
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Join for in The Green Room for "real-deal country music" by the TN Screamers. Featuring Jesse Davis (aka Yesse Yavis), Keith Cooper, Frank McLallen, and Graham Winchester. Also featuring DJ Andrew McCalla. |
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Students from Northwest Prep Academy High School are some of the most brilliant, unheard voices in Memphis. Watch their creative minds and talents on display at this intimate screening of their new film, THE LOCK-IN 2. This is a sequel to the 2017 film THE LOCK-IN, which was created by Northwest Prep students, in collaboration […] |
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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. Facilitator: Kristin McWharter
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Enjoy an evening with New Orleans-based seven-string jazz guitarist Ted Ludwig with drummer Brian Brown and bassist Joe Vick at the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. |
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The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is celebrating the Memphis Bicentennial with BiSOULtennial, a unique list of 200 indelible soul songs recorded in Memphis between 1957 and 1975. Join us for a special ballot release and conversation event taking place on May 15. The listening party and conversation event will feature an all-star panel of Memphis musicians, fans, DJs, scholars, and writers will discuss the song selections. Panelists include Dr. Charles Hughes (Rhodes College), DJ Eddie Hankins (WEVL-FM), Tonya Dyson (Memphis Slim House), Kameron Whalum (Stax Music Academy artist in residence and Bruno Mars’ trombone player), and Jared Boyd (The Daily Memphian newspaper). Each panelist will select and discuss two songs from their choices for Top Ten. |
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The Crosstown Arts Weekly Film Series is an arthouse-style film series showcasing a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features. This week: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS (NARRATIVE, 1982)
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Join us in The Green Room for Songwriters in the Round, featuring Will Sexton, Marcella Simien, and Delta Joe. |
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Roll Call is a pop-up exhibition and film screening devoted to offering a platform for women and queer artists of color, who often have trouble finding space or platforms for their work. A majority of the artists represented are Memphis based. This event is curated by NuJas, a multi-disciplinary co-operative dedicated to creating programing and content that is relevant to black women and LGBTQA + Memphians.
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Short films based on the life’s work of William Ferris, an audio recordist, filmmaker, folklorist, and teacher with an unwavering commitment to establish and to expand the study of the American South. Indie Memphis Nights presented by Orion FCU. Presented with Crosstown Arts.
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Join Crosstown Arts in welcoming Memphis' own Grace Askew, in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. This will be a fully curated, Southwestern/Southern-Gothic full-band show, including all musicians featured on the much-anticipated Summer 2019 album release, plus a screening of old road footage and many more aesthetic surprises. The Swamp-Soul queen herself, Marcella Simien, to kick things off. |
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What makes your family special? Tell the story of your family by creating a hand-sewn crest. Family groups will work together to design and stitch a one-of-a-kind appliquéd wall hanging. Family groups can be up to 6 people and must include at least 1 adult. All materials will be provided and no prior sewing experience is needed.
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Come enjoy Once Upon a Star, an original children's story featuring audience participation and musical accompaniment by members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Created by MSO principal oboist Joseph Salvalaggio, Babu Press performances use classical music to help kids develop an appreciation for the arts and foster a love of reading. The performances are entertaining for audiences of all ages, from toddlers to adults. This performance features MSO musicians Barrie Cooper (violin), Nobuko Igarashi (clarinet), and Joseph Salvalaggio (oboe). Narrated by Todd Berry. |
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Lifeworks, in conjunction with Crosstown Arts, is pleased to host Los Angeles-based artist, Pamela Jorden, to lead a painting workshop. In Simultaneous Contrast: Experiments with Color, Jorden will guide participants through considerations of color, texture, and unexpected juxtapositions that inspire experimentation with paint and process. Registration fee $125 (materials not included). Lunch will be provided.
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Join us for a very special evening with award-winning improv saxophonist Michael Shults with Carl Maguire, Alan Maguire, and Alvie Givhan. |
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The secret is out! Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for an intimate, acoustic performance from Garrison Starr and LOLO. |
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Monthly short film screening series, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts. This month is a Memphis in May salute to Memphis presented with the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission. This month: Memphis Women in Film
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Join Andrew Crust, Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and a chamber orchestra comprised of members of the MSO for a special evening of music at the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. The program was selected by Andrew Crust and features works by Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, and Richard Wagner. Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche will perform as soloist for the Mahler selections. Also a talented visual artist, Andrew Crust will be displaying some of his artwork available for purchase at the concert. |
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A one-night art event featuring new works by Jeshua Schuster, Meredith Lones, Sara Moseley, and Stacy Kiehl. With DJ Damp Velour.
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Chris Milam's Kids These Days (2017) debuted in the iTunes Top 40 amid critical acclaim. The album's stunning poetry, infectious melodies, and innovative sonic landscape earned the Memphis artist a wider audience and rapturous reviews.
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The Crosstown Arts Weekly Film Series is an arthouse-style film series showcasing a diverse collection of independent, international, historically significant, artistic, experimental, cult, underground and documentary features. This week: STRANDED IN CANTON (DOCUMENTARY, 1974) |
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Kyle Pruzina is a soul/pop singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN. His voice and melodic style show elements of soul and pop while being influenced by folk and rock. For fans of Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Allen Stone, and Vance Joy, Kyle is sure to bring something both fresh and familiar. The LIVE from THE GREEN ROOM music series offers an intimate experience featuring some the best up-and-coming artists in the region. |
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A live monthly DJ series at Crosstown Arts. This month: Qemist (house/electronic/dance) The SPINS series will feature music as diverse as the City of Memphis. Each month, a rotating line-up of DJs will play everything from old-school Hip-Hop and House to Ultra Lounge and Afrobeat. There’s something for everyone to enjoy. So, come chill. Come hang. Come party!
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Jazz tribute to American jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins featuring Bryant Lockhart (tenor sax) and Alvie Givhan (piano).
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In order to honor the legacy and works of avid Memphis photographer Eric Janssen, Crosstown Arts has partnered with Grind City Meet to host a "Benefit Art Show" with a goal of supporting the Janssen Family. Photos from local Memphis photographers such as Alex Cruz, Adarryll Jackson Sr., Connor Ryan Photo & Film, David Roseberry, Ariel Aleks […] |
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On the last Tuesday of each month join Crosstown Concourse neighbors and friends for The Mystic. The 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. The Mystic is […] |
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Need information on how to submit a competitive residency application? Crosstown Arts Residency Manager Mary Jo Karimnia will answer your burning questions about what a residency is, where to find the right one for you, and how to present your work and write a strong application.
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Join pianist Artina McCain and trombonist Martin McCain for a special performance in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. The McCain duo will perform an eclectic concert from composers around the world. The evening will be filled with personal musings and facts about the works by David Wilborn, Plog, Lebedev, and Marcus Wilcher. Featuring music from spirituals to classical, ragtime to jazz there is something for every musical palette. Come enjoy these rare gems of the repertoire for bass trombone and piano. |
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Show and sale of paintings by Ethan Taylor On view: Friday, May 31, 6-9 pm and Saturday, June 1, noon-4 pm Organized by the artist
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Indie Memphis Night presented by Orion FCU Screening of Time for Ilhan — A documentary on the journey of rising political star Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the nation’s first Somali Muslim Legislator, and her quest to redefine politics in America. Pay what you can
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Join Luna Nova Music musicians Daniel Gilbert (violin), Sabrina Laney Warren (soprano), and Brian Ray (piano) for Summer Thoughts, a program of works by J.S. Bach, Alfred Schnittke, Claude Debussy, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Samuel Barber. Luna Nova Music supports performances of a wide range of twentieth century classics, music of established living composers, and premieres by emerging composers. With concerts, masterclasses and private instruction, Luna Nova Music maintains a strong commitment to the education of performers and listeners, and to the cause of new music in educational institutions and beyond. |
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A musical performance series presented by Sonosphere in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. Nadah El Shazly is a singer and composer living and working in Cairo. She released her critically acclaimed debut album AHWAR in November 2017 via Nawa Recordings. Backing up her release with extensive world wide touring as a solo set and a four-piece band, El Shazly has been featured in local and international festivals including Le Guess Who?, REWIRE, Best Kept Secret, Supersonic, and many more. |
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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 guests: Kortland and Kameron Whalum. |