Hailed by Time Magazine as a “two hour act of imagination,” Slava Tsukerman’s LIQUID SKY is “an underground masterpiece of avant-garde science-fiction filmmaking.
Two films will be screened — by fall session artists in residence R Jason Rawlings and Angelo Madsen Minax — with a brief Q&A with the artists after the screening.
Frog Squad is an outlet for creative expression and sound exploration based in Memphis, Tennessee. Their songs pull heavily on improvisation within loose structures, creating a psychedelic, avant-garde jazz sound.
BlueTom Records, the student-run record label at the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, is proud to present BlueTom Live featuring Alexis Jade in celebration of the release of her EP, “With Love, Alexis Jade.”
Triad gangsters call Superman out of retirement to kidnap a scientist who solved the global food shortage crisis. Superman agrees to the deal in exchange for “money, plenty of girls, and booze.”
“Those Who Hold Dominion Here” by Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo takes inspiration from serpents in Incan Mythology, and Southern snakes to create a liminal space at the center of the earth presided over by deities capable of transgressing the boundary between this subterranean spiritual realm and our current lived reality.
“Mending in a State of Abundance” explores the emotional and physical labor of repair, offering an alternative response to the modern realities of material excess. Through slowly mending both found and personal objects by hand, textile artist Katrina Perdue investigates connections and relationships between sentimental and material worth, surplus and enough, holding on and letting go.
Portraits of a rainy street in the Former French Concession, ships on the Huangpu River and people in Fuxing Park, culminate in Summer in Shanghai, a series about finding connections during uncertain times.
Searching for a fresh start in Paris, Dale Turner strikes up an unlikely friendship with a struggling single father and ardent jazz fan who finds his life transformed as he attempts to help the self-destructive musician.
On the first three Fridays of December, Crosstown Concourse and Crosstown Arts will present a series of festive, holiday-themed music, movies, and more.
Memphis-based, Arkansas-born singer-songwriter Mark Edgar Stuart performs a very special concert with Blueshift Ensemble, a Memphis-based contemporary chamber music ensemble dedicated to bringing artists and audiences together through artistic collaboration. Stuart’s acclaimed songwriting will be paired with all-new arrangements written by Jonathan Kirkscey, for a one-of-a-kind performance featuring a string quartet, flute, clarinet, oboe, and upright bass.
Big Star’s 50th Anniversary of #1 Record features Jody Stephens (Big Star), Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Pat Sansone (Wilco) Jon Auer (The Posies) and Chris Stamey (The dB’s) plus special guest performances by Greg Cartwright (Reigning Sound) and Andrew VanWyngarden (MGMT) in Crosstown Theater.