Crosstown Arts
General Admission: $5 in advance | $10 at the door
VIP Ticket: $15
Join Anitra Jay & The Rebellion for a night of not-so-ordinary live music. This full band show is a raw, nitty-gritty, soulful musical experience for the conscious rebel.
Also featured is the soulful, rugged sound of FredX and the visual art of Rodan Ross.
Throughout the year, Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts brings cinematographers, directors, editors, writers and technicians to Shoot & Splice, our monthly film making forum.
Come help us celebrate the end of another year with the Second Annual Cinema Trivia blowout.
Test your filmmaker mettle! Prizes! Holiday cocktails! Peppermint cake!
Doors: 6:30 pm | Presentation: 7 pm
Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis invite you to look skyward, toward the increasingly popular world of aerial drone cinematography. With the advent of more affordable tech, snagging high-flying shots in your low-budget short or commercial project is no longer a pie-in-the-sky dream.
For this edition of Shoot & Splice, we’re discussing what it takes to be an aerial maverick with three of the best drone cinematographers in Memphis.
PANELISTS
WIL “HYPE” EVANS
Wil “Hype” Evans is a highly skilled producer, UAV/drone pilot, USAF veteran and part of the team at House of Shoots. At 15, he began producing television shows and commercials in the Memphis area, alongside his Emmy-winning brother, Rahn. To earn money for college, he joined the USAF at 18, where he received a wide variety of training in mechanics and communication. After his service, Wil harnessed his diverse interests, skills and military experience to become an entrepreneur in the world of video/tv production, eventually finding aerial film a perfect match.
His aerial film credits include music videos with artists such as Future and Hot Boys rapper, Turk, as well as television shows like So You Think You Can Dance. Hype has a high-energy personality and a keen attention to detail. A club DJ by hobby, he has a love for music and never stops dancing. (Some may call him hyper-active.)
RYAN GOBLE
Ryan Goble is a Memphis-based Director of Photography well-versed in lighting, sound and editing with over 17 years of experience shooting everything from Emmy/Academy Award-winning documentaries to commercial productions to reality television. His gear of choice for aerial filming are CineStar copters and Jimmy Jibs.
AARON JAFFE
Born and raised in Memphis, Aaron Jaffe has an extensive background in marketing, management and creative direction, which makes him an excellent fit to bring the Flyral concept to the Mid-South. The company successfully launched in July of 2014 as a drone services startup and transformed into a multi-faceted content marketing company in 2015, with the addition of graphic design, branding and digital marketing services. With a portfolio featuring clients such as Volvo, AEP River Operations, Pannattoni Development, Crown Winery, CB Richard Ellis, West Clinic and the Shopping Center Group, Flyral has proven that the sky is not the limit, just a source of endless possibility.
Aaron earned his BA and MSBA from the University of Memphis and has held leadership positions in the startup, healthcare, technology and marketing fields ever since. A lifelong creative, he is an experienced graphic designer and proficient in a wide variety of Adobe Creative Cloud programs.
Diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic at the age of three, Aaron also spends time speaking to Diabetic groups throughout the US about his accomplishments, challenges and experience as an endurance athlete. When not working or traveling, he can usually be found trail running or spending time with his loving family: wife, Devon; daughter, Ellis; and son, Owen.
Join us for a night of good music, good vibes and good people — with all proceeds going to a great cause, The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. Featuring performances from lots of local musical guests.
Featuring performances by The Lagoonas, Flirting With Sincerity and other local musical guests.
Light refreshments will be available.
main stage at Playhouse on the Square
join us as we take center stage for the unveiling, reading, and signing of story booth’s 2014-2015 literary anthology of original work from the past year-and-a-half of our afternoon creative writing workshops, featuring the stories of more than thirty-five middle- and high-school youth from seven Memphis schools. these young writers will read from and sign their stories, and we’ll have copies of the book for sale. this event will be the first time the writers will have the book revealed to them, so please join us for the big surprise and celebration.
part of the 2015 Mid-South Book Festival programs
located in the Ballet Room at Playhouse on the Square
readings, workshops, and publishing opportunities have long been associated with academic or mainstream environments, perhaps limiting access to the greater public. Sundress Publications and Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) in Knoxville, the Porch in Nashville, and story booth in Memphis have each carved out distinct literary “space” across the state, working to provide valuable opportunities for writers, readers, and youth — rural retreats, workshops, writing contests, and reading series, to name a few. Jim Warner, Susannah Felts, and Nat Akin discuss the role of writer-as-organizer, and the kind of partnerships and programming it takes to make these spaces vibrant contributions to a city’s broader literary community.
part of the 2015 Mid-South Book Festival programs