Crosstown Theater
Events at this venue
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Shoot & Splice: Filmmaker Speed Meetings
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThink 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.
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Mahogany Chamber Music Series: “Mahogany Magic”
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThe Mahogany Chamber Music Series is a series of three chamber music concerts curated by Dr. Artina McCain, spotlighting Black and other underrepresented composers and performers.
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Opening Night
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesJohn Cassavetes’ hymn to that berserk business of performing, Opening Night is enhanced by its intense “old Hollywood” pedigree as Ben Gazzara, John Blondell, Paul Stewart and Cassavetes himself are the backing band for Rowlands’ knife-edged soloing.
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Kafé Kirk with Kirk Whalum & Jazzmeia Horn (SOLD OUT)
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesJoin Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum for Kafé Kirk, an ongoing jazz series in Crosstown Theater featuring musical and spiritual collaborations with special guest artists. This iteration’s performance will feature jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn.
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Little Richard: I Am Everything
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesLike a quasar burning past the gaslight, director Lisa Cortés’ eye-opening documentary explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music. Little Richard: I Am Everything shines a clarifying light on the Black, queer origins of rock ’n’ roll, and establishes the genre’s big bang: Richard Wayne Penniman.
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MicroCinema: IF/Then Southern Shorts
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesFor this month’s MicroCinema, Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are ecstatic to have partnered with IF/Then Shorts to present an array of incredible, often touching documentary shorts from filmmakers throughout the South. We’re glad to be able to include in this program a preview screening of Zaire Love’s SLICE, which was a part of the 2021 IF/Then + Hulu Short Documentary Lab and the recipient of the 2020 Black Creators Forum Short Film Grant!
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Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesThe father of video art and coiner of the term “electronic superhighway,” Nam June Paik was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Director Amanda Kim tells the remarkable story of Paik as a citizen of the world and trailblazing artist, who both saw the present and predicted the future with astonishing clairvoyance.
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Shoot & Splice: Intimacy on Set
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesIndie Memphis & Crosstown Arts are excited to present a panel and conversation on Intimacy Coordinating. While not a new position, intimacy coordination has recently become an on-set film industry expectation whenever actors are needed to perform vulnerable scenes that require high levels of trust and communication.
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The Bad Plus & Marc Ribot and the Jazz Bins
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesCrosstown Arts presents The Bad Plus & Marc Ribot and the Jazz Bins at Crosstown Theater.
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Makaya McCraven
Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United StatesMakaya McCraven is a prolific drummer, composer, and producer. His newest album, In These Times, is the triumphant finale of a project seven-plus years in the making. It’s a preeminent addition to his already-acclaimed and extensive discography, and it’s the album he’s been trying to make since he started making records.
