Crosstown Theater

"There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained." - W.E.B. DuBois Students from Soulsville Charter School and JIFF partner to bring you a dynamic performance to exemplify DuBois' quotation through spoken word pieces and tap dancing. Students from JIFF, […]

An original play written and performed by the Crosstown Youth Theatre Into the Hoods is an adaptation of Into the Woods tailored to address real issues that students in Memphis face. Ranging in age from 10 to 17 years old, Crosstown Youth Theatre students come from schools across the city. The student devise, write, and […]

Join Crosstown Arts Residents Pierre Primetens and Matteo Servente as they screen some of their short films and discuss their process as filmmakers.  

Doors at 7 pm | screening & talk at 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public
Location: Crosstown Theater

John Kilzer album release concert with John Kilzer (vocals, guitar), Steve Selvidge (vocals, guitar), Steve Potts (drums), Dave Smith (vocals, bass guitar), and Rick Steff (keys). 

Tickets are $30

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation, filmmaker Lance Bangs will present a program of Daydream Nation-related films on January 11th. After the screening, local Grammy Award-winning writer and filmmaker Robert Gordon will moderate a Q&A with Bangs and Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley.

The program will include a Put Blood In The Music documentary excerpt  from 1989 (a new restoration). Lance Bangs will also present excerpts from his new concert film of the band performing the album in its entirety in Glasgow in 2007. A few unseen gems from the band’s archives will round out the bill.

Doors at 7 pm | Screening at 7:30 pm
Tickets available by donation (click through for info)

The Jay-Z: Fade to Black screening has SOLD OUT. We will not be able to accommodate extra seats if you do not already have a ticket. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Join us in the new Crosstown Arts Theater for a FREE screening of AC/DC: Let There Be Rock, a documentary on the legendary rock band, AC/DC. Let There Be Rock was filmed in 1979 in Paris, France and features interviews with members of the band, including lead vocalist Bon Scott, who died two months after filming. The […]