Crosstown Arts, The Green Room

Join for a soul performance by Black Cream at The Groove in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts.

The Groove is a series showcasing some of the funkiest bands and musicians around. In this event, the band — rather than the lead singer or frontman — is the star. Each month will feature performances in the premier listening environment, The Green Room — Crosstown Arts’ new venue for live music. Find your groove as we highlight an array of both well-known and little-known musicians.

SPINS is a series featuring music as diverse as the City of Memphis. DJs play everything from old-school Hip-Hop to House, Ultra Lounge to Afrobeat. Each month highlights a DJ spinning their favorites hits for everyone to move to.

This month: Devin Steel

It’s quilt show-and-tell time! As part of the Stitched 2019 festival, Crosstown Arts is creating a video entitled “This Quilt.”

Did you make a quilt that has a story? Is there an heirloom in your family that needs its time in the spotlight? Did your newborn receive a quilt from a friend?

Bring it into The Green Room at Crosstown Arts on March 30 between 10 am and 2 pm, and we will add you and your quilt to the film. The video will debut at the STITCHED festival at Crosstown Arts May 10, 2019 and run through July. Mark your calendar and be part of the fun!

Let us know if you can make it! RSVP to stitched2019@gmail.com.

With a line-up of Philadelphia musicians whose influences range from Sun Ra to Bulgarian brass bands, West Philadelphia Orchestra is a unique live ensemble in today’s auto-tuned musical world. They began playing Romanian ballads, Macedonian folk-dance songs, Bulgarian wedding music, and Klezmer in late 2006, and have continued expanding their repertoire of Eastern European music.

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.

Join Memphis Symphony Orchestra clarinetist Rena Feller for the second Spotlight Concert Series performance at Crosstown Arts. Rena will be joined by flutist Delara Hashemi, bassoonist Susanna Whitney, and pianist Susan Snyder for a program of works by Johann Joachim Quantz, Georg Philipp Telemann, Jacques Ibert, Walter Piston, and Max Friedman (premiere).

Crosstown Arts presents Chicago-based drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven in the Green Room on Thursday, March 21.

Makaya McCraven is a beat scientist. The bleeding edge drummer, producer, and sonic collagist is one of Chicago’s savviest cultural players and a multi-talented force whose inventive process & intuitive, cinematic style defy categorization.

Join us for a performance by the Obruni Dance Band in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts on Wednesday, March 20.

The Obruni Dance Band specializes in West African highlife music, the eminently danceable grooves that have dominated popular music in Ghana for nearly a century, where cascading guitar arpeggios swirl around intricately locked bass and drums. Obruni is the brainchild of bassist and singer Adam Holton, who studied the music of Ghana for a time. (from Alex Greene, The Memphis Flyer)

The LIVE from THE GREEN ROOM music series offers an intimate experience with some of the best up-and-coming artists in the region. Enjoy an inviting lounge setting and an array of artists — some you’ll already know and others you're waiting to discover.

Tonya Dyson is the real deal in the revival movement and the new soul underground. She seamlessly blends gospel, jazz, and R&B, instantly rebooting Memphis' soul legacy.

Join us in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts for Chinese Connection Dub Embassy, Memphis' premier reggae soul band. This popular Memphis-based group describes their sound as "Reggae/Lover's Rock/Dancehall/DUB/ STAX Soul."