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SUMMARY:“Entrances\, Exits and the Spaces Betwixt”
DESCRIPTION:On view April 22\, 2023\, to August 6\, 2023\nCrosstown Arts Galleries\nFree and open to the public \nGallery Hours\nTuesday–Friday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.\nSaturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\nSunday: noon– 6 p.m. \n“Entrances\, Exits and the Spaces Betwixt” by Tangela Mathis presents contrasting aspects of personality\, showcasing the yin and yang of pneuma. The exhibit represents a mental\, emotional\, and spiritual transformation within a palpable dreamscape. Works presented depict and embrace ideas of transitory spaces visually\, mentally and physically.  \n“Entrances\, Exits and the Spaces Betwixt” offers the public a glimpse into the unfiltered psyche of TANGELA. The exhibit presents contrasting aspects of her personality\, showcasing the yin and yang of her pneuma. TANGELA is undergoing a mental\, emotional\, and spiritual transformation\, and invites visitors to witness her journey as she ebbs and flows. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/entrances-exits-and-the-spaces-betwixt/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, West Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Edgewise: Exploring Pattern and Rhythm with Line”
DESCRIPTION:On view April 22\, 2023\, to August 6\, 2023\nCrosstown Arts Galleries\nFree and open to the public \nGallery Hours\nTuesday–Friday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.\nSaturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\nSunday: noon– 6 p.m. \n“Edgewise: Exploring Pattern and Rhythm with Line” by Khara Woods presents a collection of paintings\, sculpture and creative devices developed since 2016. The works examine the creation of movement and texture focusing on a restricted set of grids\, bold colors and shapes inspired by basic geometry. Within these confines\, there are arrangements that intertwine\, shift and vibrate across canvas and wood.\n\nKhara Woods was born and raised in Memphis\, Tennessee. She comes from a family of artists and craftspeople. She continues the tradition with her geometric abstract paintings and sculpture. Woods began working as a public artist in 2015\, creating and installing murals. In 2016\, she began her studio practice. Woods works primarily with wood\, using it as a canvas or to make 3D art. Mural Arts Philadelphia commissioned Woods as a lead artist for its Art & Environment Initiative in 2019. She completed her first large-scale data visualization mural\, “Basin Portraits\,” in October of that year. She created paintings and mini sculptural studies for her first solo exhibition in October 2020 at the Beverly and Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University. Some of Woods’ latest op-art-inspired paintings and a layered wood sculpture were displayed in the Axis exhibition at Hilliard Art Museum in Lafayette\, Louisiana in 2021. Since then\, Woods is continuing to develop her studio practice and making more 3D works. and State Fellowship Program\, and was the finalist for the Southern Prize.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/edgewise-exploring-pattern-and-rhythm-with-line/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, East Gallery\, Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Gallery
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SUMMARY:“Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Seas”
DESCRIPTION:On view April 22\, 2023\, to August 6\, 2023\nCrosstown Arts Galleries\nFree and open to the public \nGallery Hours\nTuesday–Friday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.\nSaturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\nSunday: noon– 6 p.m. \n“Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Seas” is composed of videos from McLean Fahnestock’s Stratagem series\, where the sea and sky flip and merge to generate a new\, seductive yet false horizon. Stratagems are plans or schemes that are designed to deceive. Usually referring to warfare\, they are a well-executed artifice upon an enemy. Working with her interest in desire as it manifests in the landscape\, these works present the ways that our desires can open a door to our ultimate deception.  \nIn a presentation unique to Crosstown Arts\, the videos have been loaded into a custom program that randomly chooses the video and the length of time the video will loop before the next one is randomly chosen to play. Viewers will have a shifting experience that will never repeat. \nThe title for the exhibition comes from the first of the 36 Stratagems – a 6th century Chinese text covering political\, military\, and social strategy written by an unknown scholar.   \nMcLean Fahnestock works with the dynamically changing landscape. Her practice is centered on our desire for specific visual and physical landscapes as manifested through the concept of paradise. This has led to investigations into how this desire has been the catalyst for climate change\, colonialism\, and ecocide. She utilizes digital forms of collage\, video\, and new media. McLean received a BFA from Middle Tennessee State University and MFA from California State University Long Beach. Her work has been exhibited and screened across the United States and internationally. Her work was selected for Off the Screen at the 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival. She has been an artist in residence at Stove Works in Chattanooga\, Tennessee\, and The Lock-Up in Newcastle\, New South Wales\, Australia. McLean keeps her studio in Old Hickory\, Tennessee.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/deceive-the-heavens-to-cross-the-seas/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening Room
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SUMMARY:Shoot & Splice: Filmmaker Speed Meetings
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis present the fourth annual Filmmaker Speed Meetings at Crosstown Theater. \nCrosstown Theater at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, May 2\, 2023\n7 pm \nEVENT UPDATE: All spots for the Speed Meetings have been filled and the wait list is at capacity. However\, Indie Memphis staff will be in attendance and happy to speak with you about our artist development opportunities and offer advice on other ways to get involved in the film community. Thank you! \nThink of it like Speed Dating\, but for filmmaking guidance and mentorship. This is a great opportunity for new/rising/new-to-Memphis filmmakers to connect with other Memphis-based industry professionals. \nHOW IT WORKS \nFor one hour every 15 minutes\, filmmakers will rotate to different tables to meet and talk shop with other Memphis film professionals. These professionals will be writers\, directors\, actors\, editors\, technicians\, producers\, etc. Everyone is matched up — as best as possible — with people that share common interests or goals. \nThis is intended for filmmakers with either little experience and/or are new to Memphis and have not had many networking opportunities. \n\nNot all that apply may be selected to participate. Selection will depend on volume and how best the applicants can be matched with the attending professionals.\nIf you are not selected and just want to attend Shoot & Splice as usual\, fear not! Indie Memphis staff members will be on hand in the “lobby” to chat with you and answer any questions you may have about our filmmaker development opportunities.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/15927/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sean McConnell & Garrison Starr Present: My Sister\, My Brother
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nWednesday\, May 3\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 day of show | $75 VIP \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nIf trust had a sound\, it’d be My Sister\, My Brother. \n“Sometimes you just immediately trust somebody––you’re at ease from the beginning\,” says Garrison Starr “You know they’ve got your back. It feels easy. I immediately felt that way with Sean.” \nGarrison is talking about Sean McConnell\, her musical partner in My Sister\, My Brother\, a new group with the kind of natural magic that only happens when kismet masquerades as coincidence. Individually\, they are independent solo artists known for smart songwriting and breathtaking vocals. Together\, their voices reach that rarefied air typically reserved for families: harmonies that twin and snake around each other to hypnotize and soothe. “When we started writing and especially when we started singing together\, it was like\, ‘Wow. This is not normal. This feels very natural\,’” Sean says. “It feels like singing with a sibling you’ve sung with for a long time. Very quickly\, it became a special collaboration.” \nThe two artists formed My Sister\, My Brother\, not because they’d planned to\, but because they had to. They first sat down to write during a songwriting retreat. They emerged with “Nothing Without You\,” a stunner with its heart on its sleeve. \nVIP: Early entry directly after sound check (6:30 pm). 15-20 minute Q&A with Garrison and Sean.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/sean-mcconnell-garrison-starr-present-my-sister-my-brother/
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:Valerie And Her Week of Wonders
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents Valerie And Her Week of Wonders at Crosstown Theater. \nJaromil Jireš / 1970 / 76 minutes / Not Rated \nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nA girl on the verge of womanhood finds herself in a sensual fantasyland of vampires\, witchcraft\, and other threats in this eerie and mystical movie daydream. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders serves up an endlessly looping\, nonlinear fairy tale\, set in a quasi-medieval landscape. Ravishingly shot\, enchantingly scored\, and spilling over with surreal fancies\, this enticing phantasmagoria from director Jaromil Jireš is among the most beautiful oddities of the Czechoslovak New Wave. \nThe Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground\, and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/valerie-and-her-week-of-wonders/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:RoSaWay
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents RoSaWay in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, May 4\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nVocal\, flute\, drums\, & machines — that’s ROSAWAY: a pop-jazz band hailing from Paris. Distinctly French\, somewhat theme-tune-style\, and a whole lot of groovy\, this duo is a blend of past and present. \nFounding members Rachel Ombredane and Stéphane Avellaneda have some serious weight behind them. Rachel studied classical flute and music at the Sorbonne and sang vocals for artists\, including Ed Sheeran. SteF is an internationally renowned blues drummer who’s played with and for the likes of BB King\, Ben Poole\, and Ana Popovic. \n“The care given to image and sound shows an artistic maturity\, a taste for innovation associated with an innate sense of melody and arrangements\,” — Rolling Stone \nRachel received her Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance\, a Diploma in Music Education\, and a Masters in Musicology at the Sorbonne in Paris and later pursued vocal studies. Rachel is passionate about many musical genres. Thus\, her music career has extended into numerous avenues\, including TV performances singing with international artists such as Ed Sheeran\, Jain\, Brocken Back\, etc.\, and in prestigious venues such as the Zenith in Paris. \nSteF is a drummer and international touring artist. He started his professional journey as part of the band Mercy and later collaborated with Serbian guitarist Ana Popovic. He became her official drummer and has toured worldwide to over 30 countries. He has played with: Carlos Johnson\, Ben Poole\, and Robyn Bennett… and shared the stage with musicians such as Jonny Lang\, BB King\, Keb Mo\, and Buddy Guy. Stef was voted as one of the TOP 5 Blues Drummers by the ”Drummies” award 2015. SteF played with several artists such as Ben Poole (UK)\, Carlos Johnson (USA)\, Robyn Bennett (USA-FR)\, MontparnassE (FR)\, Marko Balland (FR)\, Vinnie’s Vice (NL) and many more.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/rosaway/
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:Modern Masters Jazz Series: Chico Pinheiro
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, May 9\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\n$25 | $20 in advance ($10 student tickets at the door) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nAn exceptional guitarist with a beautiful sound and great fluidity\, a unique composer that blends Brazilian music\, classical music\, and jazz\, Chico’s been nominated twice for the American Grammy Awards (in 2019 & 2020). \nBorn and raised in São Paulo\, Brazil\, he started playing the guitar when he was 6 years old. At 14\, he started working as a studio session guitarist and soon began to be called to collaborate with a wide range of artists in his hometown\, then in Brazil\, then abroad. In 2002 Chico put together a band of his own and started recording as a leader. His first album\, ‘Meia Noite Meio Dia’ (Sony Music/ 2003)\, was released in 2003 with great reviews at all the most important newspapers and music magazines in Brazil and abroad and was included in the ‘Top 10 Brazilian albums of the year’ in the major newspapers of Brazil: ‘O Estado de São Paulo\,’ ‘A Folha de São Paulo’ and ‘O Globo.’ This well-received debut included special guest vocalists Lenine\, Ed Motta\, Chico César\, and Maria Rita. \nHis second release\, ‘Chico Pinheiro’ (Biscoito Fino/ 2005)\, enjoyed great critical and audience acclaim\, once more being included in the ‘Top 10 Brazilian albums of the year’ by newspapers’ O Estado\,’ ‘O Globo’ and ‘Folha de São Paulo.’ The third album\, NOVA\, was released in Dec/ 2007 in collaboration with the American guitarist and composer Anthony Wilson. It was\, again\, celebrated by critics and the audience. \nHis fourth album\, There’s a Storm Inside (CT Music Japan/ Sunnyside Records\, NY\, 2010)\, was released in 35 countries. It included guests such as Dianne Reeves and Bob Mintzer. It was featured on the downbeat\, Revista Veja\, O Estado de São Paulo\, Folha de São Paulo\, Jornal O GLOBO\, and Revista Rolling Stone among the ‘best albums of the year.’ This record also won prizes as Best Brazilian Jazz Álbum of the year and Best Latin Jazz Composition of 2010 with ‘Mamulengo’ in the Latin Jazz Corner Association\, USA. Chico also won as Best Latin Jazz Guitarist in the same association. \nIn 2012 he released the CD’ TRIZ’ in partnership with the pianist and composer André Mehmari and singer and composer Sergio Santos. Meanwhile\, in the Downbeat Magazine Annual Critics Poll\, Chico has been listed (three times) as “Rising Star – Guitar.” In 2017 Chico released “Varanda\,” a unique collaboration project which all major papers and magazines in Brazil and abroad included as ‘best of the year’ again. His composition “Varanda” is performed by Vince Mendoza and the WDR Big Band on the Project “Focus on Brazil”\, along with Milton Nascimento\, Edu Lobo\, Gilberto Gil\, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Villa Lobos. \nToday Chico is considered a leading figure in – and outside the Brazilian music scene\, who has distinguished himself as a guitarist\, composer\, and arranger. Alongside with his main projects as leader\, he also has collaborated with artists such as Placido Domingo\, Brad Mehldau\, Dave Grusin\, Dianne Reeves\, Kurt Elling\, Danilo Pérez\, Nnenna Freelon\, Bob Mintzer\, Herbie Hancock\, Brian Blade (IJD)\, Ron Carter\, Chris Potter\, John Patitucci\, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra\, The Israel Chamber Orchestra\, The Bob Mintzer Big Band\, The Paris Jazz Big Band\, The Swiss Jazz Orchestra\, The Danish Radio Big Band\, The Seasons Guitar Quartet with Anthony Wilson\, Julian Lage & Steve Cardenas\, Esperanza Spalding\, Joyce\, Ivan Lins\, Rosa Passos\, Dori Caymmi\, Danilo Caymmi\, João Donato\, Johnny Alf\, Chico César\, Ed Motta\, César Camargo Mariano\, Elza Soares\, Luciana Souza\, Monarco\, Mark Turner\, Tom Scott\, Joe Lovano\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Eddie Gomez\, Gary Novak\, Lee Ritenour\, Abraham Laboriel\, Paulinho da Costa\, Sammy Figueroa\, Cachaíto Lopez (Buena Vista Social Club)\, Roberto Fonseca\, Ari Hoenig\, Claudio Roditi\, Duduka da Fonseca\, Peter Erskine\, Giovani Hidalgo\, amongst others.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/chico-pinheiro-with-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts The Green Room
CATEGORIES:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:MicroCinema: Shifting Lines - New Queer Animation
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis present MicroCinema: Shifting Lines: New Queer Animation in Crosstown Theater.  \nCrosstown Theater\nWednesday\, May 10\, 2023\nDoors at 6:30 pm | Screenings begin at 7:00 pm\nTickets: Pay-What-You-Can \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nIndie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are honored to present Shifting Lines: New Queer Animation from Frameline Distribution. These six shorts traverse various styles of distinctive animation and live-action to explore relationships\, family\, and the development of identity in ways that are as thoughtful as they are stunning to watch. \nFrom the tenderness and awkwardness of first crushes in high school\, the warmth of chosen family\, to the honor and power in intergenerational Indigenous knowledge\, these expansive films remind us how much of our lives are formed by the intimate bonds we form with each other\, how they bend and fray\, and most importantly\, how we maintain them. \nMany thanks to Frameline Distribution for this program! \nContent Advisory: While these films are animated\, some films contain references and depictions of drugs and alcohol that make this program best suitable for those who are 16 and up.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/microcinema-shifting-lines-new-queer-animation/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Graber Gryass
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Graber Gryass Album Release Show in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, May 11\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“If Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros relocated to Tennessee and sold their Burning Man innuendo for something more wholesome and Renaissance\,we’d get the scene and sounds of Graber Gryass.”— Glide Magazine \n“Funky\, grassy\, trippy sort of style.”— Bluegrass Today \n“Like a Wokingman’s Dead or Basement Tapes outtake.”— Rock ‘n’ Load Magazine \n“An immersive journey into an original expansive\, exploratory song catalogue.”— VENTS Magazine \nWaking Up\, the third album of all original songs by Memphis jamgrass band Graber Gryass will be released on May 11\, 2023. Waking Up has nine songs\, all written by Michael Graber. “We wanted to push the boundary limits even more on this one\, staying song-centered\,” says Graber. \nThe album begins with a rambunctious saga of pent-up domesticity\, “All the Time.” The pensive meditation “Morning on the Water” follows with lead vocals by Kitty Dearing. “Taproot” starts with a 12-string\, followed with saxophone and hand percussion\, and features guests Hope Clayburn and Jesse Dakota. “Waking Up” is an “Astral Weeks in Memphis”-type of dream song\, about waking up in all connotations. “Living on a Faultline” finds the band at their funky best. Then Kitty takes the microphone again to lead “Hardcore Heartbreak”. Two more folk pop structured songs follow: “Okay” and “Good to You”. “Faultline”\, a Carter-family inspired song about living on the New Madrid Faultline closes the set. \nGraber Gryass includes Michael Graber (Guitar and Vocals)\, Kitty Dearing (Vocals and Saw)\, Andy Ratliff (Mandolin and Vocals)\, Andrew Geraci (Bass)\, Clint Wagner (12-string and Fiddle)\, Randal Morton (Banjo)\, Caleb Ryan Martin (High-strung Guitar and Baritone Banjo) with these guests: Jesse Dakota (Percussion)\, Hope Clayburn (Flute and Sax)\, and Joe Mahanahan (Vibraphone). The album was recorded at High/Low\, engineered by Pete Matthews\, mixed by Matt Qualls\, and produced by Michael Graber. \nGraber Gryass is an all-original\, acoustic jam-grass band from Memphis\, Tennessee. Take an award-winning writer\, have him craft songs\, and then layer in some of the regions hottest players\, including a Winfield-winning banjo champion\, the musical director of Public Enemy\, members of such bands as Rumpke Mountain Boys\, and others—and you have Gryass. This six-piece band can sing harmonies like the Mamas and the Papas\, stretch out and jam like the Dead or New Grass Revival all while keeping audiences moving and inspired.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/graber-gryass/
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SUMMARY:Brazil by Day
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Concourse\nSaturday\, May 13\, 2023\nTime: 12-4 pm\nTickets: Free and open to the public \nGet immersed in the rich and diverse cultures found throughout the regions of Brazil — from  the Amazon to Bahia\, Rio and beyond\, through fine art\, live music\, dance performances\, Capoeira demonstrations\, local cuisine\, and so much more! \nThis celebration of Brazilian culture is free\, family-friendly\, and open to everyone! The performances will begin on the South Plaza\, move to the Central Atrium\, then the West Atrium\, and then back to the Central Atrium. \nPerformances include:\n– Capoeira and Percussion performance (South Plaza)\n– Iris Collective live musical performance\n– Collage Dance Collective performance\n– Cazateatro Story-Telling\n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/brazil-by-day-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104
CATEGORIES:Central Atrium,Plaza
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SUMMARY:Drag Is Art
DESCRIPTION:Art Bar at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, May 13\, 2023\nShow begins at 7 pm\nTickets: Free\n18+ \nArt Bar at Crosstown Arts is hosting a drag performance. Drag is an art form with deep roots in United States’ culture\, and Art Bar is celebrating that history with a special night of performances from nine artists. The event is free\, but it is for those 18 and up. \n“At its core\, drag is an art form that for over a century has affirmed and uplifted LGBTQ people who perform and enjoy it\,” writes journalist Scottie Andrew for CNN. Drag is art. It’s that simple.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/drag-is-art/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Art Bar\, 1350 Concourse Ave\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Bar
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Residency Application Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Glassroom Classroom\nMonday\, May 15\, 2023\n6-8 pm\nTickets: Free \nThese in-person workshops with Residency staff will highlight the Crosstown Arts application and will give tips for any residency application. ⁠\n⁠\nThe dates are:⁠\n• Monday\, May 15: 6 to 8 pm\n• Tuesday\, June 6: 6:30 to 8:30 pm (Bilingual workshop!)⁠\n• Thursday\, June 15: 6 to 8 pm⁠\n• Thursday\, June 22: 6 to 8 pm ⁠\n⁠\nGlassroom Classroom at Crosstown Arts (next to Farmburger)⁠
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/15982/
LOCATION:Classroom Glass Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Serial Mom
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents Serial Mom at Crosstown Theater. \nJohn Waters / 1994 / 95 minutes / Rated R\nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nSerial Mom is a 1994 American black comedy written and directed by John Waters. Happy housewife Beverly Sutphin has a charmed life — a beautiful suburban home\, a successful dentist husband\, and two normal teenagers. However\, when one of her son’s teachers speaks disparagingly of the boy at a parent-teacher conference\, Bev runs the instructor over in the school parking lot. Suddenly she has an insatiable taste for murder. Six homicides later\, the cops get wise to her crimes.  \nThe Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground\, and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/serial-mom/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Saddle Tramp with Benton Parker + Jon Hay
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Saddle Tramp with Benton Parker + Jon Hay in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, May 18\, 2023\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $25 in advance | $30 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nSaddle Tramp\, the newest dance work by choreographer Neile Martin\, is inspired by the music of country singer Marty Robbins. Her driving movement style combined with the narrative styles of country music reveal a story of love\, jealousy\, murder\, and redemption. Each performance will open with a unique performance by a Memphis musician. Come witness the wild west that is still deep in our bones. \nContent Warning: The performance contains some adult content and some violence. Viewer discretion is advised.  \nMusicians: \nThursday\, May 18’s performance will feature Benton Parker + Jon Hay. \nNeile Martin is a Memphis native who started her training at Ballet Memphis then went on to pursue dance at Interlochen School of the Arts. After dancing professionally with companies in New York\, Chicago\, and Cincinnati she came back to Memphis to make her own work\, with a focus on narrative dance. Her previous work includes FireBird at Off the Walls Arts and Carnival Vitas at the University of Memphis. She is thrilled to be back creating dance in her hometown.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/saddle-tramp-with-benton-park-jon-hay/
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:Saddle Tramp with The John Paul Keith Duo
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Saddle Tramp with The John Paul Keith Duo in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, May 19\, 2023\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $25 in advance | $30 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nSaddle Tramp\, the newest dance work by choreographer Neile Martin\, is inspired by the music of country singer Marty Robbins. Her driving movement style combined with the narrative styles of country music reveal a story of love\, jealousy\, murder\, and redemption. Each performance will open with a unique performance by a Memphis musician. Come witness the wild west that is still deep in our bones. \nContent Warning: The performance contains some adult content and some violence. Viewer discretion is advised.  \nMusicians:\nFriday\, May 19th’s performance features The John Paul Keith Duo. \nNeile Martin is a Memphis native who started her training at Ballet Memphis then went on to pursue dance at Interlochen School of the Arts. After dancing professionally with companies in New York\, Chicago\, and Cincinnati she came back to Memphis to make her own work\, with a focus on narrative dance. Her previous work includes FireBird at Off the Walls Arts and Carnival Vitas at the University of Memphis. She is thrilled to be back creating dance in her hometown.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/saddle-tramp-with-the-john-paul-keith-duo/
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:Saddle Tramp with Bailey Bigger
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, May 20\, 2023\nDoors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $25 in advance | $30 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nSaddle Tramp\, the newest dance work by choreographer Neile Martin\, is inspired by the music of country singer Marty Robbins. Her driving movement style combined with the narrative styles of country music reveal a story of love\, jealousy\, murder\, and redemption. Each performance will open with a unique performance by a Memphis musician. Come witness the wild west that is still deep in our bones. \nContent Warning: The performance contains some adult content and some violence. Viewer discretion is advised.  \nMusicians:\nSaturday\, May 20th’s performance features Bailey Bigger. \nNeile Martin is a Memphis native who started her training at Ballet Memphis then went on to pursue dance at Interlochen School of the Arts. After dancing professionally with companies in New York\, Chicago\, and Cincinnati she came back to Memphis to make her own work\, with a focus on narrative dance. Her previous work includes FireBird at Off the Walls Arts and Carnival Vitas at the University of Memphis. She is thrilled to be back creating dance in her hometown.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/saddle-tramp-with-bailey-bigger/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seven Samurai
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents Seven Samurai at Crosstown Theater. \nAkira Kurosawa / 1954 / 207 minutes / Not Rated \nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nOne of the most thrilling movie epics of all time\, Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) tells the story of a 16th-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa — featuring legendary actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura — seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment\, delicate human emotions\, and relentless action\, into a rich\, evocative\, and unforgettable tale of courage and hope. \nThe Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground\, and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/seven-samurai/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:KrisO: “A Night of R&B”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents “A Night of R&B” (featuring R&B DJ set by IBJOHNDOE) in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nThursday\, May 25\, 2023\n$15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nWith a sound that can be likened to that of the ’80s and ’90s — smooth\, soulful\, and memorable — KrisO delivers show-stopping performances with his ‘round-the-way guy charm and notable vocal range. Performing songs from his EP “Love Levels” and notable R&B classics\, KrisO is set to croon his way through the ins\, outs\, and various levels of love with A Night of R&B. With a mood-setting set by DJ IBJOHNDOE and vocals from Memphis natives Doll McCoy and HarleyQuinn\, the night will be one to remember.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/kriso-a-night-of-rb/
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:Joe Rainey
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Joe Rainey in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, May 26\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 day of the show \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nJoe Rainey is a Pow Wow singer. On Niineta\, he demonstrates his command of the Pow Wow style\, descending from Indigenous singing that’s been heard across the waters of what is now called Minnesota for centuries. Depending on the song or the pattern\, his voice can celebrate or console\, welcome or intimidate\, wake you up with a start or lull your babies to sleep. Each note conveys a clear message\, no matter the inflection: We’re still here. We were here before you were\, and we never left. \nRainey grew up at Red Lake Ojibwe in Minneapolis\, a city with one of the largest and proudest Native American populations in the country. The Red Lake Reservation sits five hours to the North\, a sovereign state unto itself\, but Rainey grew up down in what Northerners call “The Cities\,” in his mom’s house on historic Milwaukee Avenue on Minneapolis’ South Side. He was raised less than a mile away from Franklin Avenue\, the post-Reorganization Act urban nexus of local Native American life\, a community centered in the Little Earth housing projects and the Minneapolis American Indian Center. The neighborhood still serves as a home for both the housed and the un-housed\, and the don’t-even-wanna-be-housed Native. It is the birthplace of the American Indian Movement (AIM)\, the pioneering grassroots civil rights organization founded to combat the colonizing forces of police brutality. Rainey came of age in the heart of this community\, but always felt like he was living in a liminal space—not that he was uncomfortable with that. “Growing up\, knowing that you weren’t from the Rez\, but you were repping them\, was kind of weird\,” he says. “But I liked that.” \nRainey became interested in Pow Wow singing as a child—at the age of five\, he started recording Pow Wow singing groups with his GE tape recorder\, and his mom enrolled him in a dancing and singing practice with the Little Earth Juniors soon thereafter. As a pre-teen he began hanging out around The Boyz (a legendary Minneapolis drum group) at a house some of them stayed at in the Little Earth projects. “They knew me as a Little Joey\,” he remembers. “As in\, ‘Hey I tried to get Little Joey to sit down and sing\, but he’s too shy.” By the time he was a teenager\, however\, he had found enough courage to help start The Boyz Juniors\, his first drum group\, before going on to sing with Big Cedar\, Wolf Spirit\, Raining Thunder\, and Iron Boy. Eventually\, his voice grew strong enough to sing in Midnite Express\, a new drum group featuring some of The Boyz themselves. They were professionals\, city Indians travelling all over the north country\, repping their reservations and their neighborhoods on every side of every conceivable border—competing for cash and cred\, carousing\, providing the beat to the grass dances\, always striving to capture that “Pow Wow feeling” of togetherness. Rainey was always just as much of a fan as he was a participant—when he wasn’t at his own drum\, he was recording other drums\, then studying the tapes when he got home\, admiring and cataloging the different singing styles\, whether it was Northern Cree\, Cozad or Eyabay. Now with an upgraded workhorse Sony tape recorder\, he was a student of the game\, a maven\, a bootlegger extraordinaire. \nOn Niineta\, Rainey finds himself in between cultures again. This time collaborating with the producer Andrew Broder\, who brought his multi-instrumentalist\, turntablist sensibility to the project. The two of them first met backstage at Justin Vernon’s hometown Eaux Claires music festival before encountering each other more frequently through Vernon and Aaron and Bryce Dessner’s 37d03d collective—both contributing to the last Bon Iver album before broaching the possibility of working together sometime in the future. “At first I didn’t know what I could add to Joe’s incredible recordings\,” Broder says. “But eventually I came to understand everything is rooted in the drum—even the songs on our record that have no drum\, they’re still rooted in the drum.” So each song started with Broder’s beats\, the two of them experimenting with various sounds and tempos\, before bringing in other 37d03d collaborators to orchestrate and recontextualize the ancient Pow Wow sound in strange\, new in-between places. The album pulls from Rainey’s vast sample folder of Pow Wow recordings\, layering and remixing slices of his life of singing in venues across the upper Midwest and Canada. \nRainey got his title\, Niineta\, from his drum brother Michael Migizi Sullivan\, who suggested a short version of the Ojibwe term meaning\, “just me.” But he’s using the term only in the sense that he’s taking sole responsibility for its content. Rainey is protective of Pow Wow culture—which was outlawed by the United States government for a generation\, defiantly maintained in secret by Native elders he deeply respects—while trying to figure out exactly where he fits into it and how he can fuck with it on his own terms. “These are all my creations\, but they’re Pow Wow songs\, and our language is sacred\,” he says. “And I was like\, okay\, I understand that\, so our album is only vocals. I’m not recording when we’re not supposed to and I’m not giving our shit away.” He uses the analogy of working the hotel room door at a Pow Wow. “If we are partying with one of our older bros\, he’d always make me in charge of the fucking door\,” he says. So Rainey would like you to conceptualize this album as him working the door at a Pow Wow after party. “You can think of this like\, hey man\, if all these people are going to be fucking knocking and I’m the one answering the door\, you’re going to realize that I’m not the only one in this motherfucker. There’s tons of people in here. So if I’m answering that door\, I want to be like\, hey\, yeah\, come on in. There’s fucking tons of us in here. It ain’t just me.”
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/joe-rainey/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Alex Greene & the Rolling Head Orchestra in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, May 27\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nSession keyboardist and composer Alex Greene (Reigning Sound\, Big Ass Truck\, the Kropotkins\, Deepstaria Enigmatica) has over three decades of experience in Memphis and New York\, and has performed and recorded albums and soundtracks with the Rolling Head Orchestra since 2009. Whether he’s in singer/songwriter mode or leading a jazz band\, his compositions combine strong melodic lines with unexpected\, shape-shifting harmonies. Combining themes worthy of the Golden Age of Hollywood with more modernist sonic textures\, and echoing artists as diverse as Thelonious Monk\, Duke Ellington\, and Sun Ra\, the classic jazz sextet of the Rolling Head Orchestra is now augmented by the eerie wail of the Theremin. \nIn 2010\, the Rolling Head Orchestra scored the documentary Citizens Not Subjects: Reawakening Democracy in Memphis\, leading to the album Depression Jubilee. The group has gone on to perform original scores for silent films since 2019\, when Greene was a Resident Composer at Crosstown Arts\, including soundtracks for A Trip to the Moon; Aelita\, Queen of Mars; Buster Keaton’s The Cameraman; Flesh and the Devil with Greta Garbo\, and\, as commissioned by the Indie Memphis Film Festival in 2022\, Häxan. \nIn this one of a kind show at The Green Room\, Greene and the Rolling Head Orchestra will focus on these cinematic set pieces as stand-alone works. Free to stretch out over Greene’s compositions\, the band\, featuring some of Memphis’ finest players\, will bring the music to life as never before\, blending jazz rhythms and horns with the haunting tones of the Theremin.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/alex-greene-the-rolling-head-orchestra/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, The Green Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Suite 280\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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