Crosstown Theater

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1350 Concourse Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104 United States Get Directions

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  • Kafé Kirk with Kirk Whalum & Jazzmeia Horn (SOLD OUT)

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Join 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.

  • Little Richard: I Am Everything

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Like 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.

  • MicroCinema: IF/Then Southern Shorts

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    For 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!

  • Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    The 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.

  • Shoot & Splice: Intimacy on Set

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Indie 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. 

  • The Bad Plus & Marc Ribot and the Jazz Bins

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Crosstown Arts presents The Bad Plus & Marc Ribot and the Jazz Bins at Crosstown Theater.

  • Makaya McCraven

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Makaya 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.

  • (SOLD OUT) Iron & Wine: Back to Basics – Part Three With Anna Mieke

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Iron & Wine’s music has captured the emotion and imagination of listeners with their distinctly cinematic songs. As the world continues to spin — so do Iron & Wine continue on their path of releasing new music and touring.

  • MicroCinema: A String of Pearls – The Films of Camille Billops and James Hatch

    Crosstown Theater 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Indie Memphis and Crosstown Arts are proud to present three films from A String of Pearls: The Films of Camille Billops and James Hatch. Newly restored, these three shorts, Take Your Bags, Older Women and Love, and Suzanne, Suzanne, highlight the longtime creative partnership of artists, writers, and filmmakers Camille Billops and James Hatch.