Events
Calendar of Events
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New work by Tampa, Florida-based artist Ezra Johnson in the Screening Room. 
Group exhibition featuring artists whose use of color is a primary consideration in their work. Our senses are affected by the vibrations of color immediately and intrinsically. This exhibition will focus on the meaning, sensitivity, and passion that the intensity of color creates. 
New work by Crosstown Arts resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash. This exhibition looks deep into the immigration issues that plague our society. It has become a big bone that has stuck in our throat, difficult to chew or swallow. It is a nightmarish, poisonous trauma that has stained our history forever. |
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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 understanding of one another. The 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.This month: Dr. Morris will facilitate and Shaila Karkera, a practitioner of Hindu, will be the guest host. The focus will be on gratitude. |
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North Mississippi Allstars celebrate their latest release, Up and Rolling, on the Kemmons Wilson Family Stage at Crosstown Theater. Welcome Luther and Cody Dickinson back home to Memphis as they celebrate the release of their ninth studio effort, Up and Running. Joining them will be Memphis-born comedian Deric Poston. |
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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 guest: Memphis-based jazz vocalist Wendy Moten. |
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Students will study a piece from Akirash's work in Asiko: Moments, on display in the East Gallery. Then they'll sketch inside his gallery exhibit. Afterward, in the East Atrium, students will finish their work with acrylic paint. They will do this for three weeks, completing 2-3 works, which will be displayed in a pop-up gallery during the final week (December 15-20). This three-part workshop will be held on December 3, 10, and 17. This workshop is for students in the 8th-12th grades.
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Throughout the year, Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts brings cinematographers, directors, editors, writers, and technicians to Shoot & Splice, the monthly filmmaking forum. Come help us celebrate the end of another year with the Sixth Annual Shoot & Splice Cinema Trivia blowout with Trivia Masters Chris McCoy and John Beifuss! Test your filmmaker mettle! Prizes! Holiday cocktails! Food and deliciousness! Did we say, FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? |
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Crosstown Arts resident artist Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash will discuss his work in Asiko: Moments, currently on view in the East Gallery. Free and open to the public. RSVP encouraged at joy@crosstownarts.org.
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Chris Milam With... spotlights the generous spirit of Memphis music and the collaborations that have shaped Milam's recent songs. |
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The final show of the Aaron James and Estes fall series. Aaron James & Estes started with an acoustic show back in October, followed by a collaborative show in November. Now they're ending their series with a rock show at Crosstown Arts' 430 Gallery. Half of all ticket sales are being donated to Memphis Rox, the non-profit rock climbing facility in Soulsville.
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Four years after Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard reimagined the gangster film even more radically with BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Bande à part, 1964, 95 minutes). Two restless young men (Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur) enlist the object of both of their fancies (Anna Karina) to help them commit a robbery — in her own home. |
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All Crosstown Arts spaces — galleries, The Green Room, Crosstown Theater, the cafe, Art Bar, Shared Art Making, and artist studios — will be open to the public. Live music, hot cocoa, performances, tours, art exhibitions, and more. During this event, Crosstown Arts fall 2019 session resident artists will open their studios to the public in a behind-the-scenes look at the residency program. Residents will present musical performances, readings, visual art, and more. Free and open to the public. This event is happening concurrently with the annual Crosstown Concourse holiday lighting party.
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Join us for a performance by Mama Honey and Lorette Velvette. Doors at 7:30 pm | Show at 8 pm |
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Patrons will engage with work from Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity, on view in the West Gallery, before choosing a color to represent their current mood. Using colorful painted objects, participants will create their own still-life sculpture using their chosen color as the focal point of their arrangement. They will then use oil chalk and black paper to create a colorful still-life picture of their arrangement.
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The Dixie Dicks are GAYER THAN CHRISTMAS, |
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Join us for a performance by jazz trio The Bad Plus on the Kemmons Wilson Family Stage at Crosstown Theater. |
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Join us as Rob Jungklas performs songs from his project, "Gone To Water," at The Green Room. |
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Participants will explore Akirash's work in Asiko: Moments, on display in the East Gallery, and spend 10-20 minutes sketching their own inspired works based on the exhibit. Afterward, participants will finish their work with acrylic paint in the East Atrium. All supplies/materials provided. Free and open to the public (children under 12 must be with […] |
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In October 1985, Britain witnessed a spate of civil disturbances in the Birmingham district of Handsworth and in urban centers of London. These were violent, tragic events, marked by the death of an elderly black woman, Joy Gardner, and a white policeman, Keith Blakelock . HANDSWORTH SONGS (BLACK AUDIO FILM COLLECTIVE/JOHN AKOMFRAH)/1986/58 minutes) takes as its point of departure these events and the inability of the British media to go beyond its concern with demonizing or rationalizing the rioters and their motives, to break the anxiety-driven loop of morbid responses to the presence of blacks in Britain. |
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Twenty-two artists converge at Crosstown Arts to create original works that explore today’s America. Up in Arms Collective was born out of the need for the dance community to respond to what is happening in America in an open and affirming environment. What originally began as a community of diverse Memphis dance artists has since grown to include local filmmakers, actors, and artists.
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Join us at The Green Room for a special concert of Chris Stamey’s New Songs for the 20th Century (Omnivore Recordings), new original compositions inspired by the canon of the Great American Songbook. With a full acoustic band and guest singers Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Django Haskins, and more. As well as classic songs from Chris’s days with lauded pop-rock icons the dB’s. |
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Join us at the cafe at Crosstown Arts for a vegan potluck. Bring a vegan dish to share, and mingle with like-minded folks. This event is open to everyone — vegans, vegetarians, and the veg-curious, but please bring a dish prepared without meat, dairy, and eggs. There’s no set standard for how many people your dish […]
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Cory Branan's turning 45. That's hilarious in so many ways. But regardless, let's celebrate with him. Maybe there will even be surprise guests, who knows?
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Join us for a performance of Big Star's Third and more on the Kemmons Wilson Family Stage at Crosstown Theater. Featuring Big Star's Jody Stephens and conducted by Carl Marsh, the album's original arranger. Plus, Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Chris Stamey (the dbs), Mitch Easter, Skylar Gudasz, Django Haskins (the Old Ceremony), Brett Harris, Charles Cleaver, Dale Baker, Jimmy Stephens, and members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. |
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Monthly screening of short films presented by Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts. This month: Catch ann encore screening of documentary shorts in competition from the 2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival, curated by Senior Programmer Brighid Wheeler. Pay what you can.
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Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance from The Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra. The Sanctuary Jazz Orchestra has performed in a variety of venues including local music festivals such as the annual Memphis Heritage Festival, The Bartlett Festival, The Whitehaven Jazz Festival (which featured Donald Brown and John Birdsong); The Center for Southern Folklore; Rhodes College; Tennessee Cultural Heritage Preservation Society Benefit Galas; and church galas. The Orchestra has performed with Memphis' premiere jazz, blues, and gospel vocalist Erliz Taylor in a benefit jazz concert for missions charity relief for Haiti at Bridges of Memphis. |
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Inspired by the work of Joey Slaughter, participants will engage in a conversation about controversial topics before spending 10 minutes creating visual representations of how the conversation affected them via drawings of wavelengths.
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The Nick Black Band is home for the holidays, and you're invited out to an unforgettable night of songs, laughs, and special guests at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts. Memphis born-and-bred soul singer-songwriter Nick Black is taking a detour down Christmas lane, through the seven levels of the candy cane forest, through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops, through the Lincoln Tunnel, and all the way back home to the Mid-South to celebrate Christmas like only he and his band can. |
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After viewing Ezra Johnson's film What Visions Burn, on view in Selected Animations in the Screening Room, participants will spend some time reflecting on an exciting story from their life. Using four pre-cut squares, participants will create a four-panel storyboard to share with the group. |
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Join us for a jazz tribute to American jazz pianist and vocalist Nat King Cole featuring Kennard Farmer (vocals), Carl Caspersen (bass), Darryl Sanford (piano), Jonathan Bass (guitar), and Mike Assad (drums). The 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.
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Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum presents his 8th annual "A Gospel According To Jazz" Christmas Tour with John Stoddart and Kevin Whalum, along with this year's featured guests, vocalist Maysa and guitarist Adam Hawley. |
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Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance by D'Monet. On February 28, 2019, D’Monet released her new single “Dry” which is now available on all major digital outlets and streams. Her next single “Trauma” soon followed on May 31, 2019, which talks about a physical assault that left her traumatized for a long time. On September 6, 2019, D’Monet released her Chrysalis EP, which signifies the evolution of her life and her music.
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The Gamble Brothers Band and CYC join forces for a double bill reunion at Crosstown Theater. |
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Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a performance by Don Bryant feat. The BoKeys. |
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Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for a special performance by The Love Light Orchestra. The Love Light Orchestra celebrates the Memphis big band blues-style found on the 1950s and ’60s singles of Bobby “Blue” Bland, B.B. King and Herman ”Junior” Parker. The band of seasoned Memphis musicians derives their name from Bland’s 1961 hit “Turn On Your Love Light.” Their sound is completed with the soulful voice of bluesman John Nemeth. |
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Drawing inspiration from Akirash's beautiful hanging sculptures in Asiko: Moments in the East Gallery, participants will use bottles, cans, plastics ,and other recycled items to build their own hanging piece. |