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The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents: PERSONA

Crosstown Theater

By the mid-’60s, Ingmar Bergman had already conjured many of the cinema’s most unforgettable images. But with the radical Persona, he attained new levels of visual poetry. In the first of a series of legendary performances for Bergman, Liv Ullmann plays a stage actor who has inexplicably gone mute; an equally mesmerizing Bibi Andersson is the garrulous young nurse caring for her in a remote island cottage. While isolated together there, the women undergo a mysterious spiritual and emotional transference. Performed with astonishing nuance and shot in stark contrast and soft light by Sven Nykvist, the influential Persona is a penetrating, dreamlike work of profound psychological depth (Criterion).

Alice Hasen & Josh Threlkeld EP Release Show

The Green Room

Alice and Josh are a folk/rock duo that is both woodsy and jammy. Improvisation is a specialty of both performers, and they will often “go off the beaten track” often in order to keep every show fresh and spontaneous.

The PRVLG

The Green Room

Angelic vocals singing infectious melodies while simultaneously laying down a mesmerizing groove on the bass and drums — The PRVLG, a set of twins hailing from Memphis, Tennessee. Simmered in soul from the birthplace of rock and roll, the pair has crafted a sound that is radically authentic, vintage but modern.

The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents: THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO.

Crosstown Theater

An inside look at The Elephant 6 Recording Co., the ’90s rock collective that launched Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Terror Control, The Apples in Stereo, and other bands. Around 1985, a group of Louisiana high schoolers began experimenting with whatever random instruments and gear they could find. Influenced by psychedelia, and with little to distract them, they birthed a musical revolution.

Opening Reception for Autumn Art Exhibitions

Crosstown Arts

Celebrate the opening of the autumn/winter exhibitions by Ahmad George, Noah Thomas Miller, and Coe Lapossy with an evening of art, conversation, and food at Crosstown Arts. The menu for the evening is prepared by Chef Cole Jeanes, founder of Kinfolk Restaurant, and the food is generously provided by Ben E. Keith Co.

Reba Russell Band

The Green Room

Stalwarts of the Memphis music scene for over 30 years, The Reba Russell Band has traveled the world, released eight albums and four singles. The band received a prestigious Brass Note on Beale Street in 2018 and continues to record and perform their dynamic original blues to audiences everywhere. Vocalist, producer, songwriter Reba Russell is a prolific studio backing vocalist on a variety of projects including artists, Al Green, Tracy Nelson, Duane Betts, U2, and a host of others. A song recently written by Russell, WHY NOT YOU, (Sister Lucille Band) is currently nominated for Song and Video of the year by the Josie Awards, based in Nashville.

“The Molasses Man & Other Delta Tales”

Crosstown Arts

The Molasses Man & Other Delta Tales serves as an anthology of stories based off of Ahmad George’s life and experiences with people they’ve encountered here and not. These works feature scenes with existing and non-existing figures from folklore and mythology sourced from the American South, elsewhere, and created.

“Days”

Crosstown Arts

“Days” follows the everyday observations of the structures we interact with. The houses become more than just a residence, but become individuals themselves. The shadows start to blur the line of where the walls stop and where a presence might begin.

“But Then, Suddenly, I Was Looking From the Inside Out”

Crosstown Arts

“But Then, Suddenly, I Was Looking From the Inside Out” is about “no compartments.” Everything is mashing together in life all the time — and while Lapossy longs for stability and order — it's all happening at once and they love how that feels — what that allows for. Not to be confused with multitasking, this is a kind of nurtured chaos.

Record Swap & Memphis Zine Fest 8

Central Atrium

Memphis Listening Lab/WYXR’s Record Swap and Crosstown Arts’ eighth annual Zine Fest are coming together for one awesome event in the Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium!

Larry & Joe

The Green Room

Larry & Joe is the duo of Joropo maestro Larry Bellorín (Monagas, Venezuela) and GRAMMY-nominated bluegrass and oldtime star Joe Troop (Winston-Salem, North Carolina). These two virtuosic multi-instrumentalists fuse their respective Venezuelan and Appalachian folk traditions on the harp, banjo, cuatro, fiddle, upright bass, guitar, and maracas to prove that music has no borders. Their bilingual (esp / eng) program includes storytelling, humor, and singalongs.

Record Swap & Memphis Zine Fest 8

Central Atrium

Memphis Listening Lab/WYXR’s Record Swap and Crosstown Arts’ eighth annual Zine Fest are coming together for one awesome event in the Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium!

1350 CONCOURSE AVE • MEMPHIS, TN • 38104 • 901.203.8300