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SUMMARY:Memphis Jazz Through the Lens with Michael Kelley
DESCRIPTION:Memphis Listening Lab\nWednesday\, March 22\, 2023\nTalk begins at 6 pm\nTickets: Free and open to the public \nMemphis-based jazz aficionado Michael Kelley presents his collection of photographs of jazz luminaries preserving the deep\, rich history of the artform.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/memphis-jazz-through-the-lens-with-michael-kelley/
LOCATION:Crosstown Concourse\, 1350 Concourse Ave\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:(SOLD OUT!) SONGBIRDS: A Tribute to Women in Jazz
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Stax Music Academy: SONGBIRDS: A Tribute to Women in Jazz in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, March 21\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $10 GA (Free for SMA students and faculty) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nTo celebrate Women’s History Month\, the jazz department at the Stax Music Academy will present a tribute to the pioneers and powerhouses that have blazed trails for women worldwide in jazz. The concert will feature SMA’s jazz vocal ensemble\, Kind Of Blue\, named after the iconic 1959 Miles Davis album. The vocalists will be accompanied by a band of instrumentalists from the SMA Jazz Department. This tribute includes nods to the music of Ella Fitzgerald\, Nancy Wilson\, Nina Simone\, and even contemporary artists like Esperanza Spalding and Jamila Woods. The music will speak to the strength\, elegance\, innovation\, and devotion that women have embodied in the evolution across the diaspora of modern jazz music. \nThe Stax Music Academy jazz department\, under the direction of SMA alumnus Kori Wallace\, currently hosts three main ensembles. The premiere group\, The Legacy Quintet\, boldly carries the torch of Memphis’ rich musical history and features the program’s four top performing instrumentalists and top performing vocalist. Kind Of Blue\, our jazz vocal ensemble\, provides vocalists the opportunity to dive deeply into the nuances of the jazz language spoken by some of the greatest voices in American music. Lastly\, we have the newly minted Phineas Newborn Jazz Orchestra. The PNJO shines a light on one of the titans of Memphis jazz\, and creates the space for students to develop in large ensemble performance. The overall mission of the jazz department is to provide an environment for students to tap into the roots of Memphis music through its deep connection to jazz. Through that connection\, students are also able to develop in their approaches to the many styles synonymous with this great city.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/songbirds-a-tribute-to-women-in-jazz/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:The Otis Mission
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Otis Mission in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, March 17\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door ($10 students) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe Otis Mission is led by veteran drummer and prominent Memphis musician\, James Otis Sexton. \nWhile James is widely known as a versatile drummer\, having performed\, toured\, or recorded with several world renowned and Grammy-winning artists\, he is least known as a composer. For this reason\, “The Otis Mission” was created\, and it will solely perform James’ original musical compositions. \nBecause he’s performed in a plethora of musical genres including gospel\, jazz\, fusion\, rhythm & blues\, hip hop\, salsa\, and more\, it’s no surprise that his music would reflect just that. \nThis promises to be a fun night of music and the inception of a new staple in Memphis music heritage. \nThis ensemble consists of James Sexton (drums)\, Tony Dickerson (keys)\, Alvie Givhan (keys)\, Deante Payne (mallets)\, Joe Restivo (guitar)\, and Ted Partin (bass).
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/the-otis-mission/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:University of Memphis Jazz Combo 1
DESCRIPTION:The Central Atrium\nFriday\, March 17\, 2023\nShow begins at 6 pm\nTickets: Free \nUnder the direction of Dr. Michael Shults\, University of Memphis Jazz Combo 1 is the top performing small group jazz ensemble at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. The all-star combo specializes in compositions by post-bop jazz masters including Wayne Shorter\, Christian McBride\, Kenny Garrett\, and Memphis’s own James Williams. \nNathan Graybeal\, alto saxophone \nEli Wyatt\, tenor saxophone \nJacob Loreant\, guitar \nLogan Clark\, bass \nJacob Bross\, drums
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/university-of-memphis-jazz-combo-1/
LOCATION:Central Atrium
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230315T210000
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SUMMARY:MicroCinema: A String of Pearls
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts and Indie Memphis present MicroCinema: A String of Pearls – The Films of Camille Billops and James Hatch.  \nCrosstown Theater\nWednesday\, March 15\, 2023\nDoors at 6:30 pm | Screenings begin at 7:00 pm\nTickets: Pay-What-You-Can \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nIndie 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. \nMany of the six films they made together pull from and explore Billops’ specific point of view\, her life\, and the lives of her family. These films are singular\, deeply creative\, and incisive in their examination of the stripping of culture and identity because of slavery (Take Your Bags)\, the experiences of love and dating later in life (Older Women and Love)\, and the deep ripple effects that abuse has on a relationship between mother and daughter (Suzanne\, Suzanne). \nWe’re grateful to Malkah Manouel and Third World Newsreel for making this MicroCinema possible!
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/microcinema-a-string-of-pearls/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Peter Bernstein with the Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Modern Masters: Peter Bernstein with the Ted Ludwig in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, March 14\, 2023\n$25 | $20 in advance ($10 student tickets at the door)\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n​​Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in numerous recordings and performances with musicians from all generations. As a leader\, Peter has released nine albums and a DVD. As a sideman Peter has appeared in groups led by Sonny Rollins\, Bobby Hutcherson\, George Coleman\, Lou Donaldson\, Dr. Lonnie Smith\, Fathead Newman\, Joshua Redman\, Brad Mehldau\, Diana Krall\, Lee Konitz\, Jimmy Cobb\, and many more. Current projects include his album\, Monk\, with Doug Weiss and Bill Stewart\, a recently released solo record\, Solo Guitar – Live at Smalls\, and the highly acclaimed organ trio with organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart. \n“Peter’s an extremely elegant musician with a gorgeous tone that seems to relax you when you hear it.” – The Jazz Bakery\, Los Angeles \n“The jazz guitarist\, among the most sought after in the New York area\, has a feather-light touch\, an encyclopedic knowledge of chords and the ability to play standards like he’s inventing them on the spot.” – The Los Angeles Daily News \n“Mr. Bernstein is a fluidly improvising guitarist in the post-bop tradition\, with control over harmony and a beautiful sound.” – The New York Times
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/peter-bernstein-with-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Dave Spencer Quartet
DESCRIPTION:The Central Atrium\nTuesday\, March 14\, 2023\nShow begins at 6 pm\nTickets: Free \nDave Spencer\, trumpet\nAlvie Givhan\, piano\nJames Sexton\, drums\nSam Shoup\, bass
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/dave-spencer-quartet/
LOCATION:Central Atrium
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SUMMARY:Deepstaria Enigmatica
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Deepstaria Enigmatica: Memphibians Rising from the Mud\, Making Musical Moods in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, March 11\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nDeepstaria Enigmatica is a quintet of improvisers from Memphis\, Tennessee\, dedicated to creating otherworldly soundscapes. Named for a rarely seen\, bell-shaped jellyfish discovered by Jacques Cousteau\, the group’s every note is inspired by that famous ocean explorer’s sense of discovery. But don’t assume the five veteran musicians create only chaos: they are as attuned to melodies and harmonies as they are to fine gradations of noise. What emerges with each extemporaneous performance can range from dark swirls of frenetic fury\, to interplanetary hard bop\, to sunlit\, ambient dreamscapes punctuated with snatches of folk song. \nThe diverse experience of the players sets the tone for their deep dives: \nDavid Collins is the composer and guitarist behind Frog Squad\, a Memphis group who have blended jazz improvisation with visionary music as disparate as that of Horace Silver and Erik Satie; he’s equally at home playing simple\, unfettered guitar lines or rocking\, effects-drenched rave ups. \nChad Fowler played alto saxophone with both Frank Lowe and George Cartwright in the 1990s\, and now teams up with the likes of William Parker\, Kidd Jordan\, Ivo Perelman\, Zoh Amba\, Matthew Shipp\, or Brian Blade for music released on the Mahakala Music label; in Deepstaria Enigmatica\, he also plays bass flute and an Otamatone portable synthesizer. \nKeyboardist Alex Greene first studied musique concrète and computer synthesis with composer Judy Klein in the 1980s\, before playing in a variety of Memphis groups ranging from Alex Chilton to Big Ass Truck to Reigning Sound\, not to mention over twenty years of work with New York composer Dave Soldier; now he improvises with multiple keyboards simultaneously\, including a vintage Roland Juno-106. \nSince completing his jazz studies at the University of Memphis in 2016\, drummer Jon Harrison has cast a wide stylistic net with the groups he’s joined\, which include the Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra\, Frog Squad\, Hope Calyburn’s Soul Scrimmage\, Joe Austin\, Roderick Duran\, PXLS\, and the Church Brothers. \nBassist Khari Wynn\, best known as the guitarist for hip hop sensations Public Enemy\, regularly tests more unorthodox waters with groups such as Energy Disciples\, often under the name Mysterioso Africano. \nTogether\, these five musos cohere with a surprising unity of purpose\, as their listening and playing gel into what often sound like prepared compositions. Sharing an uncanny telepathy\, they transport listeners to new worlds of musical possibility.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/deepstaria-enigmatica/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Ole Miss Jazz Combo
DESCRIPTION:The Central Atrium\nSaturday\, March 11\, 2023\nShow begins at 6 pm\nTickets: Free \nWith a lineage that goes back to the late 1890s\, the University of Mississippi’s jazz ensemble is one of the oldest in the nation. By 1927\, the group adopted the name “The Mississippians\,” which is still in use today by the premier ensemble of Ole Miss Jazz. Throughout the 20 th century\, Ole Miss Jazz groups performed regularly at social functions on campus\, gave concerts\, and toured throughout the South. More recently\, Ole Miss Jazz groups have performed at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival in South Bend\, IN\, the National Convention of the Jazz Education Network\, and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy. The Mississippians Jazz Ensemble will perform this summer at Jazz à Juan and Jazz in Marciac festivals in France and Jazzaldia in Spain. \nDirected by Dr. Michael Worthy\, Ole Miss Jazz includes two 18-piece big bands (The Mississippians and The Collegians)\, two student combos\, a faculty combo\, a traditional jazz combo\, and the UM Salsa Project in collaboration with the Percussion Studio under the direction of Prof. Ricky Burkhead. \nLearn more at: www.jazz.olemiss.edu
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/ole-miss-jazz-combo/
LOCATION:Central Atrium
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SUMMARY:MAR10 Day
DESCRIPTION:The Central Atrium\nFriday\, March 10\, 2023\nEvents: 6-8 pm\nTickets: Free and open to the public \nMar10 Day is an annual salute to the entire Mario franchise. It takes place on March 10 each year because the date\, written as “Mar10\,” looks uncannily like “Mario.” The event gained traction on the internet as fans of the Mario franchise shared their love for the character online. \nCrosstown Concourse will celebrate the holiday with a performance from Memphis’ own video game-themed band PXLS\, old school arcade games\, video game-themed mini golf\, a portrait booth (perfect if you’re dressing up in video game-inspired attire!)\, video game-themed temporary tattoos\, and more! \nPXLS\, returning to Crosstown Concourse in celebration of the Better Together event\, is a Memphis-based video game music cover band with their own unique take on video game music. They play classic 8-bit and 16-bit era songs and invite listeners to relive the soundtrack to their childhoods. In addition to classic console game-inspired music\, the band’s repertoire spans several genres like rock\, jazz\, and reggae.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/mar10-day/
LOCATION:Central Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230309T210000
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Film Series presents THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE at Crosstown Theater. \nLuis Buñuel / 1972 / 102 minutes / PG \nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nIn Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece\, an upper-middle-class sextet sits down to a dinner that is continually delayed\, their attempts to eat thwarted by vaudevillian events both actual and imagined\, including terrorist attacks\, military maneuvers\, and ghostly apparitions. Stringing together a discontinuous\, digressive series of absurdist set pieces\, Buñuel and his screenwriting partner Jean-Claude Carrière send a cast of European-film greats — including Fernando Rey\, Stéphane Audran\, Delphine Seyrig\, Jean-Pierre Cassel\, and Bulle Ogier — through a maze of desire deferred\, frustrated\, and interrupted. The Oscar-winning pinnacle of Buñuel’s late-career ascent as a feted maestro of the international art house\, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is also one of his most gleefully radical assaults on the values of the ruling class. \nThe Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground\, and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/crosstown-arts-film-series-presents-the-discreet-charm-of-the-bourgeoisie/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Standard 4-Pack
DESCRIPTION:The Central Atrium\nThursday\, March 9\, 2023\nShow begins at 6:30 pm\nTickets: Free \nStandard 4-Pack is led by Victor Sawyer and features Randy Ballard (trumpet)\, Victor Sawyer (trombone)\, Stephen Lee (piano)\, and Neal Bowen (bass)\, performing a selection of favorite jazz standards.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/standard-4-pack/
LOCATION:Central Atrium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230304T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230304T220000
DTSTAMP:20260416T052904
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SUMMARY:Charu Suri
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Charu Suri in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, March 4\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 ($10 students) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“Charu’s raga-based improvisations are singular.” – Multi Grammy-award winning pianist Arturo O’Farrill \nPianist and composer Charu Suri treads fearlessly between genres\, pulling global influences that range from the mood-anchoring Indian ragas\, Sufi music\, to the trio. Her ground-breaking albums\, The Book of Ragas\, and its sequel\, The Book of Ragas vol. 2 have often elicited the response\, “I’ve never heard this type of sound before.” \nOne of the few female composers from India to perform work at Carnegie Hall\, Charu has lived in four continents\, and writes music that reflect her journey as both a traveler and her training as a classical music piano prodigy. She has been playing the piano since the age of five\, and performing since the age of nine\, and one of her best memories is winning an international piano competition at the age of 15. \nWhat started purely as an experiment with her “Book of Ragas” has turned into a niche that she is now increasingly becoming known for. Her latest album is RAGAS & WALTZES\, a first collaboration between her and Preservation Hall’s jazz drummer\, Joe Lastie. \nIn this album\, dedicated to her late father\, she explores European waltzes through her own jazz lens. The album also includes two ragas\, performed by guitarist Noshir Mody and flutes by Al Jewer. RAGAS & WALTZES has received a lot of praise from critics. JAZZIZ Magazine has praised its classic reinvention of the European waltz\, and All About Jazz said\, “These are all Suri originals\, with which she creates a mood that is a mix\, tune-by-tune\, of longing and solemnity\, then of a lilting and uplifting beauty\, segueing into tender reverence that shifts gear into a segment of lively swing before drifting back to loving respect. And that swing is surely inspired by New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s drummer\, Joe Lastie\, Jr.\, sitting in the recording session’s drummer’s chair.” \nBut she is no stranger to the art of the Songbook too (attribute this to her listening to numerous records of Bill Evans and Billie Holiday as a kid). “The New American Songbook” has garnered many awards\, including a “Band Single of the Year” crystal trophy for her song\, Bluesy\, awarded by the International Singer-Songwriters Association (ISSA) in 2021. \nCharu has performed at Lincoln Center and other prestigious concert halls around the world\, including St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She often performs with her band\, and sometimes as a soloist. She embarks on a multi-city RAGAS & WALTZES tour to India starting with a performance at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Mumbai\, on September 16th.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/charu-suri/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Patrice Williamson\, Jenna McLean\, and Deborah Swiney
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Patrice Williamson\, Jenna McLean\, and Deborah Swiney with the Michael Shults Quartet in the Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, March 3\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door | $10 student tickets available \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThree of the most legendary women in jazz unite for one special performance\, backed up by the Michael Shults Quartet. \nPATRICE WILLIAMSON \nJazz Times magazine states that “Patrice Williamson isn’t a singer\, she’s a one-woman jazz sampler. –­ She is a woman of many voices\, each distinctly intriguing all distinctly her own.” \nPatrice Williamson’s childhood home in Memphis\, Tennessee\, was filled with song. Her late father\, Webster Williamson\, an avid amateur singer\, choir director\, and pillar of the St. Stephen’s Baptist Church music ministry\, introduced his children to both sacred music and the secular styles of greats like Louis Armstrong\, Nat King Cole\, and Lena Horne. With the encouragement of her mother\, Lillie Rivers Williamson\, Patrice followed in the footsteps of her elder sister\, Denise\, taking up the violin and making her debut at age four. From then on\, she was hooked on music and performing. \nA favorite of the Boston music scene\, Patrice’s sensitive ballad work and fluent scat style have garnered invitations to perform at the famed Blue Note Jazz club in New York City\, and with many well-known instrumentalists such as Danilo Perez\, Joe Lovano and Terri Lyne Carrington. As a Professor of Voice at Berklee College of Music\, her work has taken her to Perugia\, Italy\, Seoul\, South Korea\, Peru and India\, where she performed with saxophonist Donald Harrison in the New Delhi Jazz Festival. \nHer independent recordings\, My Shining Hour and Free to Dream\, have received high praise from jazz critics around the country. In 2014 Patrice started The Ella Project\, a multi-faceted tribute leading up to Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday\, including a concert series\, biographical performance\, and recordings\, including Comes Love\, an album celebrating the collaboration between Fitzgerald and legendary guitarist Joe Pass. \nJENNA MCLEAN \nJenna McLean is a jazz vocalist and Lecturer in Music and Entertainment at the University of Memphis Lambuth in Jackson\, Tennessee. As an accomplished performer\, vocal technician\, songwriter\, and educator\, she finds her artistic drive in bringing new twists to timeless standards of the Great American Songbook as well as pop\, funk\, and soul tunes. With a love and devotion for jazz\, opera\, R&B\, and folk music\, she maintains the belief that all music is good music as long as it speaks to the soul and grooves. \nJenna was the 2019 winner of the Downbeat Student Music Awards Graduate Vocal Soloist Category\, and a 2019 recent recipient of the Pathways to Jazz Grant. She performs regularly at renowned Colorado Jazz Venues including Dazzle and Nocturne\, and has performed and presented multiple times at the Jazz Education Network conference and the Five Points Jazz Festival in Denver. She has had the pleasure of performing alongside renowned musicians such as Bobby McFerrin\, Aubrey Logan and the New York Voices\, and also performs regularly with incredible Denver-based jazz musicians such as Steve Kovalcheck\, Ben Markley\, Eric Gunnison\, Tom Amend\, Dawn Clement\, Annie Booth and others. \nDEBORAH SWINEY \nDeborah Swiney has definitely earned the title of a true chanteuse. Throughout her performance\, you get to enjoy a trip back to Harlem to experience the iconic era of Billie Holiday\, Ella Fitzgerald\, and Sarah Vaughn; you get to dance across the Great American Songbook; and you get to take a flight to Rio where you could close your eyes and imagine relaxing on a Copacabana or Ipanema beach. Being a Memphis native\, you might even get a splash of blues. \nIn a city that loves its blues\, rock\, jazz\, and gospel\, Deborah has carved out a niche uniquely her own. This is evident with her highly praised co-produced debut album\, I Remember Rio\, a Brazilian-inspired album with “Memphis-Soul seasoning” (All about Jazz). I Remember Rio is filled with classic Bossa Nova standards and tunes written by the legendary Antonio Carlos Jobim as well as Deborah Swiney’s “Bossa Nova Casanova” and guitarist\, Ed Finney’s title song\, “I Remember Rio”. Jazz Weekly describes her as bringing “ a strong and Sarah Vaughan-esque voice to deliver soulful reads of Brazilian…” Transcending the standard definition of a Jazz songstress\, her melodic and sultry approach to Bossa Nova and other Brazilian stylings are natural without betraying her Bluff City roots.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/patrice-williamson-jenna-mclean-and-deborah-swiney/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Jazz Month Kick Off with Central High School Big Band
DESCRIPTION:The Central Atrium\nFriday\, March 3\, 2023\nShow begins at 6 pm\nTickets: Free \nFounded in 1909 and known as “THEE” high school because Central was the first High School in Memphis\, the bandprogram was vital to the school culture from its inception. The award-winning Memphis Central High School Jazz Bandhas been in existence for many years and has produced many talented musicians such as pianist James Williams\, saxophonist Gary Topper\, pianist Dr. Ashley Davis. The band has been the winner of the University of Memphis JazzBand festival as well as Jazz Festivals in St. Louis; Mobile\, AL; in Disney World; and others around the mid-South. Central High SchoolJazz Band students are routinely members of the West Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association’s All-West Jazz Band as well as Tennessee’s All-State Jazz Band. The Jazz Band was selected\, through a blind peer review process as a finalist for the 2014\, 2015\, 2017\, and 2019 Savannah Swing Central National Jazz BandCompetition in Savannah\, GA. The band won the Jean Faircloth award and first place in 2019. In 2020\, The Memphis Central High School Jazz band was named finalist for the 25 th and 26 th Annual Essentially Ellington Competition and Festival. More recently\, the jazzband was selected and performed at the 2022 Tennessee Music Educators State Conference and the 2023 Jazz Education Network International Conference. The Jazz band is one of several performing ensembles in the Central High band program which includes marching band\, wind ensemble\, symphonic band\, concert band\, pep band\, percussion ensemble\, as well as other small chamber ensembles.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/jazz-month-kick-off-with-central-high-school-big-band/
LOCATION:Central Atrium
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Film Series presents WINGS OF DESIRE
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents WINGS OF DESIRE at Crosstown Theater. \nWIM WENDERS / 1987 / 128 minutes / PG-13\nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nWings of Desire is one of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel\, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts — fears\, hopes\, dreams — of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist\, he is willing to give up his immortality and come back to earth to be with her. Made not long before the fall of the Berlin wall\, this stunning tapestry of sounds and images\, shot in black and white and color by the legendary Henri Alekan\, is movie poetry. And it forever made the name Wim Wenders synonymous with film art. \nThe Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground\, and documentary features.
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LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The Freedom Affair
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Freedom Affair in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, February 28\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 | $15 in advance \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“The vibe is very early ’70s soul flirting with both gospel and a few psychedelic R&B touches\, and their choir of voices should appeal to both the dusty soul junkie and the choral aficionado who deeply appreciates group singing.” – TANKBOY \nThe Freedom Affair is a 9-piece soul juggernaut from Kansas City\, MO. The band formed in 2017 with a vision to write original soul music inspired by the traditions of the genre’s past with a universal message looking toward the future. \nWith their debut album Freedom Is Love\, The Freedom Affair has received critical acclaim and have established themselves as a force in the soul music scene across the states and abroad. Keep your eyes and ears open for their songs and album art featured in the series Bel-Air\, an Apple commercial\, a Netflix series\, etc… This band is just getting started. \nThe Freedom Affair’s live shows have proven to be soul-stirring\, transformative events moving audiences both physically and emotionally to joy\, tears\, and elation. Crowds rave about the fireworks these folks bring to the stage. Run\, don’t walk\, to catch one of this band’s live shows.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/the-freedom-affair/
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SUMMARY:Mahogany Chamber Music Series: “Vocal Juggernauts” at Crosstown Arts
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Mahogany Chamber Music Series: “Vocal Juggernauts” at Crosstown Theater. \nCrosstown Theater\nSunday\, February 26\, 2023\nDoors at 5:30 pm | Concert at 6 pm\nTickets: $20 | $5 students \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE  \nThe 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. \nFeaturing: \nAngela Yoon\, soprano \nPaulina Villareal\, mezzo soprano \nMarcus King\, tenor \nJason Terry\, piano \nArtina McCain\, piano \nAngela Yoon\, soprano \nColoratura soprano Angela Yoon is known for her delightful and beautifully expansive voice and her ability to deliver texts through music. As a soprano soloist\, she has been named as a winner and finalist in various competitions and has performed solos\, recitals\, and concerts as a guest artist throughout the United States\, South Korea\, Germany\, Canada\, and France. Her performances include a wide range of genres. She has been featured on radio broadcasts and recordings such as National Public Radio (NPR) and appeared as the soloist and principal artist in oratorios\, cantatas\, and operas including Poulenc’s Gloria\, Phan’s Vietnamese Requiem\, Orff’s Carmina Burana\, Handel’s Esther\, Haydn’s Nelson Mass and Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo\, Willcock’s Magnificat\, Allegri’s Miserere\, Bach’s St. John’s Passion\, and Perez-Velazquez’s Ídolos del Sueño. Her roles have included Kitty (The Last Savage)\, Thi Mao (The Tale of Lady Thị Kính)\, La fée (Cendrillon)\, Madame Goldentrill (Impresario)\, Sandman (Hansel and Gretel)\, the Plaintiff (Trial by Jury)\, and Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance). \nShe is interested in creating interdisciplinary musical experiences for her audiences through collaborating with other fields such as visual art\, science\, social justice\, history\, and even political science. Her current performance programs include WWI program Broken Harmony: Reconstructing Art\, diversity concert program Colorful Harmony: Melodies from Near and Far\, and a social justice concert program on refugee\, human trafficking\, marginalized youth\, and undocumented immigrants entitled Songs of Hope: Unveiling Darkness. Songs of Hope will be premiered at Birmingham Museum of Art in the fall of 2022 followed by performances at Johns Hopkins University and Carnegie Hall. \nShe serves on the voice faculty at Belmont University\, and prior to Belmont she was on the faculty at Samford University and Baylor University. As an educator\, Yoon has had diverse experiences with musicians and non-musicians alike. Her voice and musical theatre major students have been accepted to music schools in the U.S. and abroad as well as professional opera houses\, theaters\, and cruise lines. Non-musicians\, too\, have benefited from her expertise in vocal pedagogy and voice therapy\, helping to place them in nationally-syndicated broadcasting companies. \nPaulina Villareal\, mezzo soprano \nMexican mezzo-soprano Paulina Villarreal is a prominent recitalist\, cabaret\, operatic\, and musical theater singer around the United States and Mexico. A graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music\, Dr. Villarreal has been a soloist and resident artist in important companies and orchestras around the United States like Opera Saratoga\, Cincinnati opera\, Opera Fusion: New Works\, the prestigious Tanglewood Music Center\, the Boston Pops (Boston\, MA)\, Opera Memphis\, Opera Steamboat\, Princeton Symphony Orchestra\, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra\, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra\, Appalachian Symphony Orchestra and the Decatur Millikin Symphony Orchestra. In the entrepreneurship and administrative world\, Dr. Villarreal is the founder and artistic director of the annual concert series “Cantos para Hermanar al Mundo”\, devoted to the promotion of classical vocal genres hosted in Northern Mexico. She is currently a professor of voice at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music\, and the Young Singer Program Director at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival\, a prestigious summer training program in the United States. \nTrained as a classical vocalist\, Villarreal is now in demand for her singing versatility in musical theater\, and commercial music genres. An advocate of new music and crossover works\, she has closely collaborated with contemporary American composers like William Bolcom\, Laura Kaminsky\, Ricky Ian Gordon and Derek Bremel\, and recognized by important foundations like the Kurt Weill Foundation in New York\, and the Comic Opera Guild in Michigan for performing a wide variety of vocal genres. \nRecent performance credits and career highlights include the world premiere of Mango Suite with the Princeton Symphony\, Simply Sondheim: Stephen Sondheim’s 85th Birthday Celebration with the Boston POPS\, Sondheim vs Webber with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra\, Macy’s ArtWave Sampler with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra\, Alma de España with Cincinnati Song Initiative\, featured performances with the Wagner Society of Cincinnati\, HPAF’s Hollywood Hits season opener at the Big Island of Hawaii\, a tour of William Bolcom’s Complete Cabaret Songs (Die Neue Galerie\, NYC; National Women Museum of Arts\, Washington DC\, Cohen Studio Theater\, Cincinnati) and multiple recitals promoting her extensive research on Mexican composer Maria Grever. \nMarcus King\, tenor  \nMarcus King is a graduate of the University of Memphis with a bachelor’s degree in music education\, cum laude\, and a master’s in vocal performance. In the summer of 2009\, he premiered the John Baur opera Magdala at the Chautauqua Institute in Chautauqua\, NY\, in the role of St. Peter. During the summer of 2008\, he attended the International Institute of the Vocal Arts program in Chiari\, Italy\, studying with Mrs. Mignon Dunn. His home voice teacher is Pamela Gaston of the University of Memphis. He is the 2010 first-place winner of the Memphis Beethoven Club Competition\, district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions (2008 and 2009) and first-place winner of the N.A.T.S competition district level in Memphis\, TN. He also participated in the AIMS program in Graz Austria\, where he made it to the finals of the annual Aims Meistersinger Competition. In 2013 he made his European debut in Norfolk\, England\, as Demetrius in the Yorke Trust Summer Opera production of Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and in 2014 rejoined the company as Ubalde in Gluck’s Armide. In December of 2014\, he traveled to Japan as a soloist in the New York-based professional touring group\, D&P Joubert LLC/ The Glory Gospel Singers. He has been a young artist for the Utah Festival Opera as well as The Charlottesville Opera\, formerly known as Ash Lawn Opera. For Charlottesville Opera\, he played the role of Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto. For Opera Memphis\, he has had many solo roles\, such as Mr. Gobineau in The Medium\, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas\, Samuel in Pirates of Penzance\, Joe Harland in Later the Same Evening\, and the doctor in La Traviata. In the Spring of 2018\, he played the role of Erminio in The Triumph of Honor for Opera Memphis’ Midtown Opera Festival. Soon after\, he debuted at Opera on the Rock in Little Rock Arkansas\, in a new work entitled Troubled Island \nJason Terry\, piano \nPraised for his “passion and commitment” at the keyboard\, Jason Terry has given performances throughout North America\, Asia\, and Europe as both a soloist and collaborative pianist. His performances have been broadcast on NPR stations from border to border. During the 2022—23 season\, he will appear throughout the U.S. including Carnegie Hall\, the Peabody Institute\, and the National World War I Museum. In addition to live performances\, he was recently invited to serve as a recording artist for Steinway’s Spirio piano and is a recording artist for a forthcoming music theory textbook which promotes diverse examples of literature. An artist-teacher\, he continues to serve as a piano faculty member for the world-renowned Interlochen Arts Camp and has been on faculty for the Beijing International Music Festival as a master teacher. He is an enthusiast of arts advocacy\, especially in matters of social and cultural diplomacy. Since 2017\, he has been affiliated with the NGO American Voices and has traveled to teach and perform throughout the Middle East. Moreover\, recent grants have supported his work using art to fight against social injustices such as human trafficking. \nAside from teaching and performing\, Terry is interdisciplinary in his research. Since 2020\, he has worked with physical therapist Dana Daniel Blake (DPT) to create resources for pianists to better understand the musculoskeletal system and how it most efficiently operates while sitting at the piano. So unique is this research that it was selected for presentation at the 2021 national conference of the American Physical Therapy Association and the 2022 Performing Arts Medicine Association’s International Symposium. Moreover\, this research earned him the 2022 Innovator of the Year national award from Physical Therapy Learning Institute. Alongside his interest in the physical requirements needed to play the piano is his work with the physical instrument itself. Since 2020\, Terry has been an apprentice in the piano technology field and is currently working towards earning the Registered Piano Technician (RPT) credential. Merging physical performance techniques and a comprehension of the mechanics of the instrument is the basis for a graduate piano pedagogy course he has developed. \nJason remains active as a music researcher and writer and continues to present and publish throughout the world. During this past year\, he has received invitations to present and perform on a range of diverse topics such as “Genderism & the Arts” (University of Gothenburg-Sweden)\, “Music & Cultural Diplomacy” (Tampa\, FL)\, and “The Solo Piano Literature of Hazel Scott” (University of Arizona). Since 2018\, Jason has authored and published biographies for Steinway & Sons’ Immortal Artists. His scholarship in the field of piano performance history is extensive\, and portions were recently included in the Carnegie Hall archives. Furthermore\, his investigation on the origin of the plagal-amen cadence has been accepted for presentation at several prestigious institutions around the world including Oxford University. \nDr. Jason Terry is currently Assistant Professor of Piano at Samford University where he serves as Director of Keyboard Studies. \nArtina McCain\, piano \nDescribed as a pianist with “power and finesse”\, “beautiful and fiery” (KMFA Austin) and having a “sense of color\, balance and texture” (Austin Chamber Music Center) Artina McCain\, has built a three-fold career as a performer\, educator and speaker. As a recitalist\, her credits include performances at Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre in London\, Weill Hall at Carnegie and Merkin Hall in New York City and more. Other highlights include guest appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra\, Memphis Symphony Orchestra and Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra. \nDedicated to promoting the works of Black and other underrepresented composers\, McCain curates Underrepresented Composers Concerts for multiple arts organizations. She is an American Prize winner for her solo piano recordings of these works and won a Gold Global Music Award for her recent album project Heritage. In 2021\, Hal Leonard published her transcriptions of Twenty-Four Traditional African American Folk Songs. In 2022\, she was the mistress of ceremony for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. \nMcCain was a featured inspirational leader in the award-winning PBS documentary series Roadtrip Nation: Degree of Impact in an episode exploring the real-world impact of professionals with doctoral degrees in and outside of academia. \nMcCain’s performances have been heard on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)\, Germany’s WDR and television appearances including features on CSPAN for the MLK 50 Commemoration. McCain is a three-time Global Music Awards winner including collaborative projects I\, Too (Naxos)\, with soprano Icy Monroe\, focused on African American Spirituals and Art Songs and Shades\, a collaboration with her husband and duo partner Martin McCain. \nAfter not performing for 6 years while battling a performance injury\, she now enjoys a prolific concert career with more than 10 years of full injury recovery. She uses her recovery to serve as an advocate of musicians’ wellness–curating articles\, lectures\, and forums to educate teachers and students. Her article on performance injury and Muscle Activation Techniques was published in the Piano Magazine. McCain has presented on wellness and other topics at Universities and the Music Teachers National Association Conference and the National Conference of Keyboard Pedagogy. \nMcCain graduated cum laude from Southern Methodist University. She received her Master of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music and holds a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently\, she is Associate Professor of Piano and Coordinator of the Keyboard Area at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis and Co-Founder/Director of the Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition. \nIn her spare time\, Artina enjoys boutique shopping\, traveling internationally and is an avid tea aficionado. \nArtina McCain is a Yamaha Artist.
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo and Katrina Perdue
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents an Artist Talk with Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo and Katrina Perdue in the East and West Galleries. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Galleries at Crosstown Arts\nSunday\, February 26\, 2023\nTalks: 2-4 pm\nTickets: Free and open to the public \nCurrent exhibiting artists Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo and Katrina Perdue will discuss their work\, processes\, and influences. It’s a chance to get a special glimpse behind the curtain and better understand the art and the artists. The talks will be presented in each gallery\, which each artist speaking in the gallery where their work is on view. Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo will speak first\, and Katrina Perdue will speak second. The event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Elizabeth Cornejo is an interdisciplinary artist based in Memphis\, Tennessee. She is a co-founder of BASEMENT\, a provisional artist-run space in Chapel Hill\, North Carolina\, where she was also a co-curator from 2019-2022. Her work has been shown throughout the eastern United States and internationally including the Mint Museum\, Ackland Art Museum\, Duke University\, and Field Projects among others. She received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Studio from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, and her BA in Studio Art and English Literature from Davidson College. \nShe was a 10-month artist-in-residence at Crosstown Arts (2021) and is an upcoming artist-in-residence at the McColl Center (2023). She was a 2021 New Public Sculpture Fellow with the UrbanArts Commission in Memphis\, and a 2021 recipient of TriStar Arts’ inaugural Current Art Fund project grant. She was awarded the 2022 Tennessee State Fellowship through the Southern Prize and State Fellowship Program\, and was the finalist for the Southern Prize. \nKatrina Perdue is a textile artist and educator living and working in Memphis\, Tennessee. Her love for hand stitching has grown over the past twenty years from first learning machine sewing\, quickly followed by hand knitting\, and most recently to a full time studio practice focusing on the art and impact of mending and repair. She was selected to be a textile studio assistant at Penland School of Craft for a summer 2019 mending workshop\, a 2020 Arts Memphis ArtsAccelerator Grantee\, and an adjunct instructor of Textiles at the University of Memphis. \nKatrina was born and raised in the Midwest\, spent several years living in the Mid-Atlantic\, and now calls Memphis — the heart of the Mid-South — home.
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SUMMARY:Jim Snidero Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Jim Snidero Quartet in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nFriday\, February 24\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door | $10 student tickets available \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nDescribed in a recent 5-star review in DownBeat magazine as having “incredible prowess and tender musicality\,” New York saxophonist and composer Jim Snidero encapsulates what is both unique and compelling about jazz\, reflected in over 10 million plays on Spotify. Hailed as having a sound “at the highest level among his fellow alto saxophonists of the 21st century” (All About Jazz)\, and improvisation that is “mind-boggling and\, at the same time\, hugely enjoyable” (The Guardian)\, Snidero is a veteran recording artist placing in both DownBeat critic and reader polls (EMI\, Milestone\, Savant …) and sideman (Mingus big band\, Jack McDuff\, Eddie Palmieri\, Frank Sinatra …) who can truly say “been there\, done that.” \nThe players:\nJim Snidero – alto saxophone\nAlvie Givhan – piano\nLiam O’Dell – bass\nJames Sexton – drums
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LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Memphis Symphony Orchestra: SERENADE AND SONG – THE MSO STRINGS
DESCRIPTION:Paul and Linnea Bert Classic Accents · 2\nSERENADE AND SONG – THE MSO STRINGS\nFriday\, February 24\, 2023 · 6:30pm\nCrosstown Theater \nPurchase tickets here \nKalena Bovell\, conductor \nMarcus King\, baritone\nSTILL Danzas de Panamá\nTCHAIKOVSKY  Serenade for Strings\nRAVEL Mother Goose Suite\nCOPLAND Old American Songs \nKalena Bovell and the MSO Strings plumb the musical depths of the music for strings.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/memphis-symphony-orchestra-dark-with-excessive-bright-the-mso-strings/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Making Movies
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Making Movies in The Green Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nThursday\, February 23\, 2023\nDoors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $20 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nBio: English (Spanish below) \nMaking Movies is a psychedelic Panamanian band that makes American music with an asterisk: because Making Movies’ sound encompasses the entirety of the Americas. It’s through this broader perspective that Making Movies crunches classic rock into Latin American rhythms — African-derived percussion and styles like rumba\, merengue\, mambo and cumbia — in a way that feels oddly familiar\, yet delivers the invigorating chills of hearing something singularly special. \nOver the course of their career\, the quartet has turned heads as a Tiny Desk newcomer (with “A La Deriva”)\, a voice for immigrant rights (with “I Am Another You” which reached #3 on Billboard‘s Latin Pop Album chart)\, and as a co-writer alongside salsa icon Rubén Blades (with Latin GRAMMY nominated song “No Te Calles”). \nMaking Movies has toured extensively\, appearing with the likes of Arcade Fire\, Rubén Blades\, Los Lobos\, Hurray For the Riff Raff\, Bomba Estereo\, Galactic\, Flor De Toloache\, and Thievery Corporation. The band’s fourth album XOPA was just released on L.A.-based label Cósmica Artists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nen Español: \nYa sea que canten en inglés o en español\, o que toquen guitarras eléctricas o instrumentos autóctonos\, Making Movies está causand un revuelo por su sonido original descrito por Rolling Stone como “una mezcla ecléctica de percusión de rumbero\, órganos delicados y rock grunge distorsionado.” \nDurante el transcurso de su carrera\, el cuarteto ha llamado la atención como debutante en Tiny Desk (con “A La Deriva”)\, como voz en pro de los derechos de inmigrantes (con “I Am Another You”\, que llegó al n.° 3 en la lista de álbumes de Pop Latino de Billboard)\, y como coautores con el ícono de la salsa Rubén Blades (con el tema “No Te Calles” nominado a un GRAMMY Latino). \nLa banda emplea un complemento normal rock de guitarra/bajo/batería/percusión\, pero sus miembros incorporan sintetizadores\, efectos e instrumentos autóctonos de América Latina a su música. Entretejen estilos tan diversos como la cumbia y el blues\, la salsa y el soul\, el son cubano y el rock’n’roll — todo combinado para formar su propio sonido original. \nMaking Movies ha realizado muchas giras\, presentándose con figuras tales como Arcade Fire\, Rubén Blades\, Los Lobos\, Hurray For the Riff Raff\, Bomba Estéreo\, Galactic\, Flor de Toloache y Thievery Corporation. El cuarto álbum de la banda se lanzará durante el verano del 2022\, bajo el sello Cósmica Artists de Los Ángeles. \n“por su contenido y sonido\, uno de los mejores albums del año” – National Public Radio \n“(Making Movies)\, íconos del movimiento pro-inmigrante” – Chicago Tribune \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/making-movies/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI at Crosstown Theater. \nJim Jarmusch / 1999 / 116 minutes / R \nThursday\, February 23\, 2023\nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nJim Jarmusch combined his love for the ice-cool crime dramas of Jean-Pierre Melville and Seijun Suzuki with the philosophical dimensions of samurai mythology for an eccentrically postmodern take on the hit-man thriller. In one of his defining roles\, Forest Whitaker brings a commanding serenity to his portrayal of a Zen contract killer working for a bumbling mob outfit\, a modern man who adheres steadfastly to the ideals of the Japanese warrior code even as chaos and violence spiral around him. Featuring moody cinematography by the great Robby Müller\, a sublime score by the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA\, and a host of colorful character actors (including a memorably stone-faced Henry Silva)\, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai plays like a pop-culture-sampling cinematic mixtape built around a one-of-a-kind tragic hero. \nThe Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground\, and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/the-crosstown-arts-film-series-presents-ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230221T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230221T220000
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SUMMARY:The Project H
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nTuesday\, February 21\, 2023\nDoors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $15 in advance | $20 at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe Project H has become one of the most recognizable acts within the Kansas City music scene. This 7-piece instrumental group has shared the stage with Snarky Puppy\, The Bad Plus\, The Rebirth Brass Band\, Here Come the Mummies\, and the Mark Lettieri Trio. Their relatable brand of crossover jazz has landed them spots at regional festivals such as The Middle of the Map Festival\, Boulevardia\, Plaza Art Fair\, Porchfest\, and the Prairie Village Jazz Festival. The Project H also played opening day and playoff games for the Kansas City Royals\, as well as the opening of the Streetcar in Kansas City. They have travelled to Austin\, Texas\, to take part in Nextbop’s “Jazz for the Masses” party\, as well as the Midcoast Takeover the last two of the last three years. In 2014\, The Project H won the Pitch Music Award for “Best Jazz Ensemble.” Their record\, We Live Among the Lines was named the second-best Kansas City release of any genre by The Deli magazine in 2014. Their fourth record of original music\, Everyday\, Forever\, reached #7 on iTunes in March of 2018.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/the-project-h/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230218T220000
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SUMMARY:Sound Fuzion
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, February 18\, 2023\nDoors at open 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm\nTickets: $10 GA (Free for U of M students\, faculty\, and staff) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nSound Fuzion is a sixteen-piece commercial band that was formed and founded at the University of Memphis. Founded in 1988\, the vision/ goal for the premiere commercial ensemble is to prepare students for the professional world of touring and performing. Over the years\, Sound Fuzion has helped enhance and cultivate artists including Jordan Occasionally\, Kyndle Wylde\, The PRVLG\, Jessica Ray\, and The Band Camino. With high enrollment and determined students\, Sound Fuzion equips and develops students to prepare them for the music industry and the world.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/sound-fuzion/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230217T210000
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SUMMARY:Leyla McCalla
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Theater\nFriday\, February 17\, 2023\nDoors 6:30 pm | Show 7:30 pm\nTickets: $30 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nLeyla McCalla finds inspiration from her past and present\, whether it is her Haitian heritage or her adopted home of New Orleans\, she — a bilingual multi-instrumentalist\, and alumna of Grammy award-winning African-American string band\, the Carolina Chocolate Drops — has risen to produce a distinctive sound that reflects the union of her roots and experience. McCalla’s music is at once earthy\, elegant\, soulful and witty — it vibrates with three centuries of history\, yet also feels strikingly fresh\, distinctive and contemporary\, sonically blending New Orleans influences and Haitian rhythms\, with lyrics sung in English\, French and Haitian Creole. \nMcCalla’s widely-acclaimed collaborative project\, Songs of Our Native Daughters (Rhiannon Giddens\, Amythyst Kiah\, Leyla McCalla\, and Allison Russell)\, released via Smithsonian Folkways in 2019. The album pulled influence from past sources to create a reinvented slave narrative\, confronting sanitized views about America’s history of slavery\, racism\, and misogyny from a powerful\, modern Black female perspective.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/leyla-mccalla/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230216T210000
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SUMMARY:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents COOLEY HIGH
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents COOLEY HIGH at Crosstown Theater. \nMichael Shultz / 1975 / 107 minutes / PG \nThursday\, February 16\, 2023\nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nMichael Schultz directed this deeply felt recollection of adolescent life on Chicago’s near North Side in 1964. Like American Graffiti\, Cooley High deals with girl\, school\, and police troubles as a group of high school seniors prepare for post-high-school life. The chums are Glynn Turman as “Preach\,” who loves to read poetry and history and wants to become a Hollywood screenwriter\, but who has the worst grades in the school; and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Cochise\, the high school basketball star and suave lady-killer. Preach has to contend with love problems in the form of Brenda (Cynthia Davis)\, school problems with emphatic teacher Mr. Mason (Garrett Morris)\, and law problems with street toughs Stone (Shermann Smith) and Robert (Norman Gibson). \nThe Crosstown Arts Film Series showcases a diverse collection of independent\, international\, historically significant\, artistic\, experimental\, cult\, underground\, and documentary features.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/the-crosstown-arts-film-series-presents-cooley-high/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230212T210000
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SUMMARY:Khari Allen Lee with the Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the Modern Masters Jazz Series: Khari Allen Lee with the Ted Ludwig Trio in The Green Room. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSunday\, February 12\, 2023\nDoors: 6:00 pm | Show begins at: 6:30 pm\nTickets: $20 in advance | $25 at the door | $10 student tickets at the door \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nKhari Allen Lee has arisen as one of the most in-demand saxophonists\, educators\, composers\, and multi-instrumentalists of his generation. He has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Alvin Batiste\, Ellis Marsalis\, Edward ‘Kidd’ Jordan\, Aretha Franklin\, Dr. John\, Branford Marsalis\, Terence Blanchard\, DeeDee Bridgewater\, Stevie Wonder\, Raphael Saadiq\, the Treme Brass Band\, Herlin Riley\, Nicholas Payton\, the Astral Project\, Shannon Powell\, Wes ‘Warmdaddy’ Anderson\, Jason Marsalis\, Bill Summers\, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts\, Ravi Coltrane\, Kenny Barron & more. In addition to his own the group\, the New Creative Collective\, he is lead saxophonist & touring member of Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra\, Sextets & Quintets\, former lead saxophonist of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra directed by Adonis Rose\, and was a faculty member at the University of New Orleans & Loyola University\, following his extended tenure at the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). He was recently chosen to become the Auburn University Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar in Residence for the Arts & Humanities. \nAs leader\, Khari Allen Lee & the New Creative Collective has released three albums\, Conscious Evolution (2012)\, Our Great Awakening (2014) & A New Earth (2016)\, all to enthusiastic praise. In 2015\, he was chosen as newest artist endorser of the family of Jody Jazz Mouthpieces\, & in 2017 was chosen as newest artist ambassador for the family of Rovner Ligatures. \nHe is featured on recordings with Grammy & Tony-winner DeeDee Bridgewater & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (DeeDee’s Feathers\, 2015)\, New Orleans legend Dr. John (Ske-Dat-De-Dat\, The Spirit of Satch\, 2014)\, The Treme Brass Band (New Orleans Music\, 2008)\, & recently released albums by octogenarian blues man\, Bobby Rush (Porcupine Meat [2017 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album])\, multi Grammy-winning trumpeter & composer Terence Blanchard (The Comedian [Original Motion Picture Sountrack]\, 2017)\, & NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra (Jazz Party\, 2019). He was also featured in the Oscar-winning film Green Book (2018). \nAs an educator\, Lee has served as Director of Music at the International School Moshi\, Tanzania\, East Afrika at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro\, and as a clinician nationally and internationally. In addition to his current faculty appointment at Auburn University as Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar in Residence for the Arts & Humanities\, he has served as faculty at Loyola University\, the University of New Orleans & Tulane University\, as well as a decade’s long appointment at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). \nHe earned his Bachelors of Science in Music Education from Auburn University\, attended the Berklee College of Music as a scholarship recipient\, graduating with an Artist Diploma in Professional Music\, & earned his Masters of Music from the University of New Orleans as a member of the Louis Armstrong Quintet.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/khari-allen-lee-with-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230212T150000
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SUMMARY:Juilliard String Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Concerts International and The Memphis Chamber Music Society present the Juilliard String Quartet at Crosstown Theater in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. \nCrosstown Theater\nSunday\, February 12\, 2023\nShow at 3 pm\nTickets: $55 General Admission | $10 student tickets \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nProgram:\nBeethoven\, String Quartet No. 16 in F\, Op. 135\nRavel\, Quartet in F Major\nDvořák\, String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major\, Op. 105 \n“The Juilliard String Quartet can plausibly be called the most important American quartet in history. … Some groups seem to wrestle with their past and legacy; the Juilliard seems completely revitalized. … It may be just hitting its stride.” — The Boston Globe  \nWith unparalleled artistry and enduring vigor\, the Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) continues to inspire audiences around the world. Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history\,” the ensemble draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics\, while embracing the mission of championing new works\, a vibrant combination of the familiar and the daring. Each performance of the Juilliard String Quartet is a unique experience\, bringing together the four members’ profound understanding\, total commitment\, and unceasing curiosity in sharing the wonders of the string quartet literature. \nMolly Carr joins the JSQ as violist in May 2022 — following in the footsteps of her late mentor\, Roger Tapping — to close out the 2021-22 season\, which marks the Juilliard String Quartet’s 75th anniversary. Performances of the season include cities such as New York\, San Francisco\, and Detroit as well as a European tour including stops in Berlin\, Dresden\, and Essen. A special highlight of the upcoming 2022-23 season is the premiere of two string quartets by celebrated German composer Jörg Widmann to perform alongside late quartets by Beethoven. \nAdding to its celebrated discography\, an album of works by Beethoven\, Bartók\, and Dvořák was released by Sony Classical in April 2021 to critical acclaim. Additionally\, Sony Masterworks released a JSQ catalog release (The Early Juilliard Recordings) in June 2021. In the fall of 2018\, the JSQ released an album on Sony featuring the world premiere recording of Mario Davidovsky’s Fragments (2016)\, together with Beethoven’s Quartet Op. 95 and Bartók’s Quartet No. 1. Additionally\, Sony Classical’s 2014 reissue of the Juilliard Quartet’s landmark recordings of the first four Elliott Carter String Quartets along with the 2013 recording of Carter’s fifth quartet traces a remarkable period in the evolution of both the composer and the ensemble. The quartet’s recordings of the Bartók and Schoenberg Quartets\, as well as those of Debussy\, Ravel and Beethoven\, have won Grammy Awards\, and in 2011 the JSQ became the first classical music ensemble to receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. \nDevoted master teachers\, the members of the Juilliard String Quartet offer classes and open rehearsals when on tour. The JSQ is string quartet in residence at The Juilliard School and its members are all sought-after teachers on the string and chamber music faculties. Each May\, they host the five-day internationally recognized Juilliard String Quartet Seminar. During the summer\, the JSQ works closely on string quartet repertoire with Fellows at the Tanglewood Music Center. \nAbout the Artists: \nAreta Zhulla | 1st Violin\nPraised by the critics for her “rare emotional sensitivity and internal articulation\,” Greek violinist Areta Zhulla has gained recognition as a passionate and poetic artist. She has been recently named “Young Artist of the Year” by the National Critics Association in Greece and is a recipient of the prestigious Triandi Career Grant as well as the Tassos Prassopoulos Foundation Award. In 2018\, Ms. Zhulla joined the Juilliard String Quartet as their first violinist and serves on the violin and chamber music faculties at The Juilliard School. \nMs. Zhulla has appeared as soloist\, recitalist\, and chamber musician throughout the United States\, Europe\, Canada\, and Asia\, at venues such as Carnegie Hall\, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris\, Alice Tully Hall\, Kennedy Center\, Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and National Arts Centre of Canada. Ms. Zhulla was a member of Chamber Music Society Two of Lincoln Center\, where she performed and toured regularly with some of today’s most acclaimed artists. Memorable collaborations include performances with Itzhak Perlman at Carnegie Hall\, Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center\, as well as collaborations with legendary conductor Michel Plasson\, Pinchas Zukerman\, Gary Hoffman\, Gilbert Kalish\, Colin Carr\, and members of the Cleveland\, Emerson\, and Cavani String Quartets. Her performances have been broadcast on PBS “Live from Lincoln Center\,” The Kennedy Center Honors\, and on WQXR\, among other radio stations throughout the world. \nA passionate educator\, Ms. Zhulla has served as teaching assistant to Itzhak Perlman at Juilliard for the past two years. She is on the violin and chamber music faculties at Juilliard’s Pre-College division\, and serves as chamber music faculty at the prestigious Perlman Music Program\, of which she is an alumna. Ms. Zhulla is Artistic Director of the newly formed Perlman-Genesis Violin Project\, a series of workshops at the Tel-Aviv Conservatory in Israel. \nMs. Zhulla holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School in New York City\, where she studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho\, and was a recipient of the Vergotis Scholarship. Other teachers include Pinchas Zukerman\, Patinka Kopec\, and her father\, Lefter Zhulla. \nRonald Copes | Violin\nPraised by audiences and critics alike for his insightful artistry\, violinist Ronald Copes has received international acclaim as concerto soloist\, recitalist\, and chamber musician. Having appeared as a featured performer in the Marlboro\, Tanglewood\, Bermuda\, Cheltenham\, Colorado and Olympic music festivals\, Mr. Copes has toured extensively with Music From Marlboro ensembles\, the Los Angeles and Dunsmuir Piano Quartets\, and\, since 1997\, with the Juilliard String Quartet in concerts throughout Europe\, Asia\, Australia and North America. During the 2011-13 seasons\, he and Seymour Lipkin performed cycles of the complete Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival and the Juilliard School. \nHe has recorded numerous solo and chamber music works for radio and television broadcast as well as for labels including Sony Classical\, Orion\, CRI\, Klavier\, Bridge\, New World Records\, ECM and the Musical Heritage Society. Devoting considerable energy to the development and presentation of contemporary string literature\, he has worked closely with composers including Stephen Hartke and Donald Crockett\, and has given the first performances of solo and chamber works by Stephen Dembski and Robert Kraft\, among others. With the New York New Music Ensemble\, he recorded Ralph Shapey’s Three for Six\, and was presented in solo recital by the International Society of Contemporary Music in New York. \nMr. Copes has garnered prizes in several national and international competitions including the Artists’ Advisory Council International Competition\, the Merriweather Post Competition and the Concours International d’Exécution Musicale in Geneva. For two decades\, he served as Professor of Violin at the University of California\, Santa Barbara\, and\, in 1997\, joined the faculty of The Juilliard School\, where he serves as chair of the violin department. With the JSQ and individually\, Mr. Copes has coached string quartets and given master classes at Juilliard\, Tanglewood and on tour. During the summer he is on the artist-faculty of the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival. \nMolly Carr | Viola\nViolist Molly Carr enjoys a diverse musical career as recitalist\, chamber musician\, educator\, and artistic director. Hailed as “one of the most interesting interpreters of the viola today” (Codalario Spain) and praised for her “intoxicating” (The New York Times) and “ravishing” (The Strad) performances\, she has been the recipient of numerous international awards\, including the Primrose International Viola Competition\, Chamber Music America\, ProMusicis Foundation\, and the Davidson Institute. In 2018\, she was honored at the United Nations for her work with refugees\, named by the Sandi Klein Show as one of America’s leading “Creative Women\,” and awarded the ProMusicis International Father Eugène Merlet Award for Community Service for her work in prisons as the Founding Director for Project: Music Heals Us\, a non-profit which brings free chamber music performances and interactive programming to marginalized populations with limited ability to access the Arts themselves. Her performances have taken her across North America\, Europe\, the Middle East\, and Asia and been featured in The New York Times\, Forbes\, and The Wall Street Journal\, as well as on PBS\, CNN\, NPR\, and BBC World News. She is the violist of the Juilliard String Quartet and the Carr-Petrova Duo\, and serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School\, Manhattan School of Music\, and Bard College Conservatory. \nAstrid Schween | Cello\nCellist Astrid Schween has gained a rich following and enjoys a varied career as a soloist\, chamber artist and teacher. Since joining the Juilliard String Quartet in 2016\, she has appeared at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw\, the Musikverein in Vienna\, the Berlin Konzerthaus\, London’s Wigmore Hall\, Yamaha Hall in Tokyo\, and in Hong Kong\, Singapore\, Greece\, China\, Spain\, Scandinavia and throughout the US\, with concerts at the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society\, New York’s 92nd Street Y\, Ravinia\, Tanglewood and the Kennedy Center. With degrees from the Juilliard School\, Astrid Schween received her training under the guidance of Leonard Rose\, Harvey Shapiro\, Bernard Greenhouse\, Ardyth Alton and Dr. H.T. Ma\, and was mentored as a young cellist by Jacqueline Du Pré and Zubin Mehta. She participated in the Marlboro Music Festival\, the William Pleeth Cello Master Classes in Aldeburgh and made her debut at the age of 16 with the New York Philharmonic. \nThis season\, Astrid Schween will appear as soloist-special guest artist at the Violoncello Society of New York\, Seattle Chamber Music Festival\, Cleveland Cello Society\, Gather NYC\, Aronson Cello Festival and in Minneapolis at the 20th Biennial Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference. In the spring\, she will host a special event in honor of the Guarneri String Quartet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Other recent solo engagements have taken her around the US\, with a performance of the Elgar Concerto in Boulder\, CO last season and performances with the Memphis Symphony and at the Peninsula\, Interlochen and Sewanee festivals. Astrid Schween was recently featured in Strings and Strad magazines\, on various NPR programs\, and was a guest speaker on Women in Music at the Library of Congress. She also appears on classical music internet platforms such as “Living the Classical Life\,” The Violin Channel and CelloBello. Her current collaborations include frequent appearances at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival\, recitals with pianists Victor Asuncion\, Randall Hodgkinson and a soon-to-be-released CD of Romantic cello sonatas with pianist Michael Gurt. Recent collaborative releases appear on the Sony\, Centaur and JRI labels. \nAstrid Schween is a member of the cello faculty at Juilliard and the Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island. She was for many years\, senior cello faculty at Interlochen\, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Mount Holyoke College. She was also cellist of the Boston Trio\, a frequent guest with the Boston Chamber Music Society and a longtime member of the Lark Quartet\, with whom she earned the Naumburg Chamber Music Award\, appeared at Carnegie Hall\, Lockenhaus\, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival and other prestigious venues. Additional recordings appear on the Arabesque\, Decca/Argo\, New World\, CRI and Point labels. She is represented by Thomas Gallant of General Arts Touring.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/juilliard-string-quartet/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T160000
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SUMMARY:TEDxMemphis: Truth or Dare
DESCRIPTION:Truth or dare? At TEDxMemphis\, you can do both — we dare you to seek the truth at this 901-of-a-kind experience on Saturday\, February 11\, 2023! \nCourage looks different for everyone\, but it’s something we are all called to display at some point or another. TEDxMemphis Truth or Dare\, the 2023 conference theme\, will explore bravery through the lens of the classic party game we all experienced in childhood. We might not have realized it then\, but the heart-pounding sensation when your turn was called was your first step into the unknown. Those tiny steps forward propelled your thinking and now impact your daily decision-making. Whether you’re choosing to venture into the vulnerability of truth or exploring a new daring opportunity\, how will you show your bravery? Join us to be inspired to take a leap forward. \nDon’t miss the opportunity to learn from the movers\, shakers\, and momentum-makers that are shaping our community for the better. Get your tickets today! \nHear from the 2023 speakers with talks ranging from the benefits of garden tourism and the psychology of interior design to leadership lessons from horses. Attendees will emerge from the auditorium energized to activate and celebrate our city. Be a part of the magic and the momentum in-person on February 11! \n  \n2023 TEDx Memphis Speakers \nSession 1 9:30am-12:00pm (Doors open at 9:00am) \nRoshun Austin | Community + Social Services Visionary \nA Great Awakening for Building Community \nJennifer Balink | Creative Strategist + Family Connector \nThe Cave You Fear to Enter \nKelly English | Executive Chef + Restaurant Owner + James Beard Award Semifinalist \nThe Fear of Being First \nKim Halyak | City Champion of Garden Tourism \nNeighborhood Beautification Grows Greenbacks \nCarmeon Hamilton | Environmental Curator + Content Creator + HGTV Star \nEnvironmental Truths \nDavid Jamison II | “The Dope Educator” \nReaching the Heart of Students \nSam O’Bryant | Literacy Advocate \nFrom Desert to Oasis: Literacy as Liberation \nMatt Ross-Spang | Record Producer + Grammy Award-Winning Engineer & Mixer \nLet it Be: Perfectly Imperfect! \nLar’Juanette Williams | Award-Winning Singer\, Dancer\, Actress & Writer + Arts Administrator \nLIFE – Two Choices: Ascend to Your Purpose or Fall for the Gimmick \n  \nSession 2 1:30pm-4:00pm (Doors open at 1:00pm) \nJanet Boscarino | Sustainability Supporter + Co-Founder of Clean Memphis \nEnvironment & Us: What Students Can Teach Us \nFletcher Cleaves | Motivational Speaker + Advocate for Accessibility \nThe Dangers of the World’s Smallest Slot Machine \nDwayne Spencer | Affordable Housing Advocate \nWhat My Childhood in Substandard Housing Taught Me About Social Determinants of Health \nKathleen Terry-Sharp | Equine Experiential Educator \nHorses\, Hippogriffs\, & Insights for Humanity \nSubha Vadlamannati | Teenage Nonprofit Founder + Passionate Linguistics Scholar \nAre We Ignoring 3 Billion Voices? \nYancy Villa | Socially Engaged Artist \nFinding Healing Through Vulnerability\, Connection\, & Art \nDarius Wallace | Award-Winning Performer + Speaking Coach \nStorytelling as a Yoga of the Soul \nKirk Whalum | Soulful Grammy-Award Winning Saxophonist + Songwriter \nMeaning\, What You Think You Know Can Change in an Instant \n\n\n\n\n  \nThis event is generously supported by: New Memphis\, Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors\, Baker Donelson\, The Hyde Foundation\, Memphis University School\, the Hyde Foundation\, and the Daily Memphian.
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