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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Resident Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts Fall 2022 resident artists R Jason Rawlings\, Nelson Gutierrez\, and Angelo Madsen Minax will present artist talks. \nFree and open to the public. Masks are encouraged at this event. \n\nR Jason Rawlings is a filmmaker and visual artist residing and working in Memphis\, Tennessee. His work often revolves around the home and how our living spaces connect us to the world at large. The stories are born from a place\, evolve from there\, and are colored by the intricacies of the location. His most recent work\, Natives\, has been featured in both Indie Memphis and Oxford Film Festivals and awarded Best Director by the Mid-South Black Film Festival. He is a graduate of the University of Memphis film program. \n\nNelson Gutierrez is an artist exploring the constant struggle of individuals and some communities at large for a better life — resilience\, hope\, the search for common ground. His work is informed by personal and collective memories. It is composed of two- and three-dimensional pieces\, conceptual objects and installations that reflect current socio-political issues. Different materials are juxtaposed in a way that provides symbolic relevance to the topic being explored. Diverse mediums are used to express feelings of collective longing\, fear\, grief and hope. \n\nAngelo Madsen Minax is a filmmaker\, visual artist\, performer\, and educator. His projects consider how human intimacies are woven through personal and collective histories\, cultures\, and kinships. His recent film\, North By Current (2021)\, aired on season 34 of POV (PBS)\, was a New York Times Critics Pick\, and has been called “A beautiful\, complex wonder of a film\,” by Rolling Stone. Madsen is currently a Guggenheim Fellow.
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Film Series presents LIQUID SKY
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents LIQUID SKY at Crosstown Theater. \nSlava Tsukerman / 1982 / 112 minutes / Rated R\nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nMargaret (Anne Carlisle) is a fashion model with dreams of stardom\, whose alter ego and rival\, Jimmy (also Carlisle)\, abuses and takes advantage of her to satisfy his rampant drug addiction. Unknown to them\, tiny\, invisible aliens have landed on the roof above the squalor in which they live and begin killing anyone Margaret is intimate with to feed on their pleasure-giving neurotransmitters. All the while\, a German scientist attempts to capture and study them. 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. Set against the visual majesty of New York’s early ’80s New Wave scene\, and filled with arresting cinematography by Yuri Neyman\, along with an acclaimed original soundtrack.” – Vinegar Syndrome. \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-liquid-sky/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Molly Nilsson with Elf Rage and DJ Cole Wheeler
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Molly Nilsson with Elf Rage and DJ Cole Wheeler at the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Green Room\n\nSaturday\, November 5\, 2022\nDoors open at 7:00PM | Show begins at 7:30PM\nTickets: $20 | $15 in advance\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n\n\nRecorded in 2019 and throughout the 2020 global pandemic at home in Berlin\, Extreme is a departure for Molly Nilsson\, an explosion of angry love. It’s an album of anthems for the jilted generation\, soaked with joy and offering solace\, bristling with distorted metal guitars and planet-sized choruses that bring light to the dark center of the galaxy. It’s an album of the times\, by the times\, and for the people. It’s a record about power. About how to fight it\, how to take it\, and how to share it. \nMolly Nilsson’s biggest\, boldest\, and most vital album to date\, Extreme is about power. Against the love of power and for the power of love.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/molly-nilsson/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Unheard-of//Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Theater\nSaturday\, November 5\, 2022\nDoors open at 7PM | Show begins at 7:30PM\nTickets: $20 ($15 if purchased in advance) | Student tickets $10 \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nUnheard-of//Ensemble will perform Fire Ecologies by Christopher Stark\, a fifty-five minute unique musical and visual experience that explores American landscapes through the lens of climate change. Composer Christopher Stark and video artist Zlatko Ćosić embarked on a journey across the United States capturing audio and video for this multimedia experience. The work incorporates field recordings of the 2020 California wildfires along with sonic and visual imagery from Chris’s trip across Montana\, Oregon\, and California as well as parts of Colorado. Zlatko gathered footage from the American heartland surrounding Missouri as well as long form explorations of nature surrounding St. Louis. Stark created a work that can be experienced both in concert halls as well as in nature\, from gallery spaces to the Gowanus Canal. \nAbout Unheard-of//Ensemble: \nUnheard-of//Ensemble is a contemporary chamber ensemble dedicated to connecting new music to communities across the United States through the development and performance of adventurous programs\, using technology and interactive multimedia. Unheard-of is committed to the idea that new music belongs in every community\, and implements this mission through concerts and educational workshops throughout New York\, as well as across the United States through touring. Unheard-of’s scope and impact has grown dramatically since forming in 2014\, now a nation-wide community across multiple artistic genres. With an approach that is open and welcoming of all voices\, Unheard-of strives to be a vehicle for imaginative voices novel and experienced\, experimental and traditional\, uncomfortable and accessible. \nUnheard-of commissions large-scale multimedia projects\, runs its own summer workshop for emerging composers (the Collaborative Composition Initiative or CCI)\, and self-presents collaborative concerts with community organizations like the Gowanus Dredgers and Tideland Institute. These innovative projects range from concerts aboard rafts in the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn\, to gallery spaces and concert halls. Unheard-of’s 2022-23 season features new commissions by Nickitas Demos\, Lila Meretzky\, Adam Mirza\, and “Unheard-of plays Unheard-of”\, a concert of premieres written by the ensemble. This October the ensemble tours Ohio\, visiting Kent State University\, Kent State’s Stark Campus\, and Oberlin. In November\, Unheard-of has a residency at Washington University of St. Louis\, visits Illinois State University\, and performs on Crosstown Arts’ series in Memphis\, Tennessee. Unheard-of’s spring features a four-day guest residency with the Northwestern University composition studio\, a concert at Chicago’s Constellation\, and a collaboration with Minnesota-based Spitting Image Collective workshopping and premiering new multimedia works written by the collective. \nUnheard-of//Ensemble’s 2021-22 season took them across the Midwest\, Southeast\, Texas\, and their home state of New York. Unheard-of served as the 2021-22 KEAR ensemble-in-residence at Bowling Green State University. They presented tours of the Midwest\, visiting the Johnstone Fund Series in Columbus\, Ohio\, Miami University\, Ohio University\, and West Virginia University. The group also toured the South with performances at University of Texas- San Antonio\, Texas State University\, Southeastern Louisiana University\, University of Tennessee Chattanooga\, Emory University\, Chattanooga State Community College\, and University of Georgia. In 2020-21\, the ensemble presented virtual residencies at Florida State University\, University of Florida\, University of Central Florida\, and the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. To date\, the ensemble has premiered over 100 works with commissions. \nUnheard-of has received support from the Johnstone Fund for New Music\, the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Foundation\, the Tennessee Arts Commission\, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts\, the Barlow Endowment\, the Alice M. Ditson Fund\, the Aaron Copland Fund\, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council\, the New York Women Composers Organization\, the Brooklyn Arts Council\, and the Puffin Foundation. Unheard-of was a recipient of a Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant to commission recent Rome Prize-winner Christopher Stark\, as well as a Chamber Music America Ensemble Forward Grant made possible with support of the New York Community Trust. \nTheir debut album Unheard-of//Dialogues was released to critical acclaim: “a fantastic debut by a group that has been doing more than their part to inject vitality into the new music scene for the last few years” (Jeremy Shatan\, An Earful). The album’s eclectic repertoire has garnered the attention of critics from ArtsATL (“Powerfully evocative”)\, Steve Smith of National Sawdust Log (“scintillating and evocative”)\, and Creative Loafing Atlanta (“mellifluous magic”). \nThis programming is made possible in part thanks to an Organizational Development Fund grant from New Music USA.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/unheard-of-ensemble/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:The Chills’ Soft Bomb 30th Anniversary Tour with Unwed Sailor and Ibex Clone
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Chills with Unwed Sailor and Ibex Clone in collaboration with Goner Records. \n\nDoors at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20 \nPurchase tickets here \nOriginally released in 1992\, The Chills’ third album Soft Bomb is often stated as their finest hour. \nIn 2022\, as their monumental record approaches its 30th Anniversary\, The Chills will be heading to the US for a North American tour that sees them performing a three decade career spanning set. This milestone tour will see The Chills perform music from 1992-2022\, it will also include music from their most recent album Scatterbrain which they’ll be touring in the US for the first time since its release. \nA conceptual classic that embraces styles and genres\, Soft Bomb is an eclectic slow cooked musical stew\, rich and rewarding from the much-loved storytelling songwriter Martin Phillipps. It features contributions from giants of contemporary American music including Van Dyke Parks and ex dB’s Peter Holsapple as collaborators. \nMartin Phillipps (Guitar/Vox) \nJames Dickson (Bass/Backing Vocals) \nTodd Knudson(Drums/Backing Vocals) \nErica Scally (Guitar/Keyboards/Violin/Backing Vocals) \nOli Wilson(Keyboards/Backing Vocals) \n  \nUnwed Sailor \nThe journey of Unwed Sailor began in Seattle\, WA in 1998\, shortly after Johnathon Ford departed critically praised bands Roadside Monument and Pedro the Lion. While working within those projects\, Ford began writing instrumental music after listening to Tortoise\, Pullman\, and seeing bands like Physics perform live. After recruiting Dave Bazan (Pedro the Lion)\, Casey Wescott (Fleet Foxes)\, and Melissa Palladino (Danielson Famile) to play on the now classic Firecracker EP\, Unwed Sailor was born. Two decades and seventeen releases later\, Ford has continued to rely on the band as a device for personal exploration and emotive narration. Unwed Sailor now joins forces with Spartan Records for the release of their latest moody and cinematic journey\, Truth or Consequences\, a sonic examination of particular memories or moments in Johnathon Ford’s life\, with each song serving as a unique snapshot of an overarching narrative. Truth or Consequences is shaped around familiar musical DNA. Heavily present\, driving\, and stacked bass lines; wandering and evolving song structures; soaring crescendos and moody diminuendos; and\, of course\, a gripping sense of sonic storytelling.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/the-chills-with-unwed-sailor-ibex-clone/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Film Screening by Resident Artists R Jason Rawlings and Angelo Madsen Minax
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents NATIVES and NORTH BY CURRENT at Crosstown Theater. \nFree and open to the public\nDoors at 6:00 p.m.\, and films begin at 6:30 p.m. in Crosstown Theater. \nTwo films will be screened\, with a brief Q&A with the artists after the screening. \nIn Natives\, a short film by fall session artist in residence R Jason Rawlings\, two years after Hurricane Katrina\, a claims adjuster returns home to The Delta to little fanfare. \nIn fall session artist in residence Angelo Madsen Minax’s feature-length film North by Current\, after the inconclusive death of his young niece\, the filmmaker returns to his rural Michigan hometown\, preparing to make a film about a broken criminal justice system. Instead\, he pivots to excavate the depths of generational addiction\, Christian fervor\, and trans embodiment. Lyrically assembled images\, decades of home movies\, and ethereal narration form an idiosyncratic and poetic undertow that guide a viewer through lifetimes and relationships. Like the relentless Michigan seasons\, the meaning of family shifts\, as Madsen\, his sister\, and his parents strive tirelessly to accept each other. Poised to incite more internal searching than provide clear statements or easy answers\, North by Current is a visual rumination on the understated relationships between mothers and children\, truths and myths\, losses and gains.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/film-screening-by-resident-artists-r-jason-rawlings-and-angelo-madsen-minax/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Film Series presents ALPHAVILLE
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents ALPHAVILLE at Crosstown Theater. \nJean-Luc Godard / 1965 / 99 minutes / Not Rated \nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nLemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun\, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s beautiful daughter Natasha (Anna Karina)\, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.” \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-alphaville/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Frog Squad Plays Horace Silver
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Frog Squad in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Green Room\nFriday\, November 11\, 2022\nDoors at 7PM | Show at 7:30PM\nTickets $15 | $12 in advance \nFrog 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. \nThe group curates and arranges songs from artists such as Thelonious Monk\, Erik Satie\, and Horace Silver\, and bandleader David Collins composes eclectic\, original music. Overall\, Frog Squad gently defies the standards of what defines “good music” by composing song templates with experimental elements. In autumn of 2019\, Frog Squad released Solar System in Peabody\, a full-length work funded by the UrbanArts Commission. The Memphis Flyer called it “one of the most incredible pieces of music that came across our threshold this year.”
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/frog-squad-plays-horace-silver/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Memphis Crafts & Drafts ​Festival Holiday Market
DESCRIPTION:Memphis Flyer is hosting a free\, fabulous\, fun\, family-friendly\, and locals first shopping event at the Crosstown Concourse Plaza and Atrium.  Join them for a beautiful weekend in midtown Memphis!\n\nFeaturing more than 150+ curated local makers\, crafters\, and artists!  A fine selection of regional and local beers at our Crafts & Drafts Beer Garden!  Special tastings from our beer partner Cash Saver of Memphis!  Live music from DJ Zetta!\nHosted outside at the Crosstown Concourse Plaza and inside in the Crosstown Concourse Atrium.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/memphis-crafts-drafts-festival-holiday-market/
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SUMMARY:Folk All Y’all presents Carsie Blanton
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7pm | Show begins at 7:30pm\nTickets: $20+ \nPurchase tickets here \nCarsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and Randy Newman\, her songs encompass a wide range of genres\, from sultry pop to punk-tinged Americana. Whether alone with her electric guitar or fronting her four-piece “handsome band\,” Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief\, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. We have been trying to get her to Memphis for YEARS\, and trust us\, this is a show worth waiting for. \nAbout Folk All Y’all: Intimate\, attentive performances by exceptional singer-songwriters\, proudly presented in Memphis\, Folk All Y’all is a public listening room series dedicated to providing artists and audiences with unforgettable music experiences.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/folk-all-yall-presents-carsie-blanton/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Memphis Crafts & Drafts ​Festival Holiday Market
DESCRIPTION:Memphis Flyer is hosting a free\, fabulous\, fun\, family-friendly\, and locals first shopping event at the Crosstown Concourse Plaza and Atrium.  Join them for a beautiful weekend in midtown Memphis!\n\nFeaturing more than 150+ curated local makers\, crafters\, and artists!  A fine selection of regional and local beers at our Crafts & Drafts Beer Garden!  Special tastings from our beer partner Cash Saver of Memphis!  Live music from DJ Zetta!\nHosted outside at the Crosstown Concourse Plaza and inside in the Crosstown Concourse Atrium.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/memphis-crafts-drafts-festival-holiday-market-2/
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SUMMARY:BlueTom Live: The Clover Sessions hosted by Alexis Jade
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSunday\, November 13\, 2022\nDoors at 7 p.m. | Show at 7:30 p.m.\nTickets: $10 (Free for U of M students and faculty with university ID) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n\n\n\n\nPresented by Blue Tom Entertainment in collaboration with Crosstown Arts. \nIn this new series\, Alexis Jade will host Memphis songwriters to discuss their creative choices and share the stories behind their music. This exclusive listening room will get a sneak peek of Alexis Jade’s debut EP “With Love\, Alexis Jade” which will be released on November 18 on all streaming platforms. \nThis series will serve to uplift the local songwriting community and support young songwriters in an educational environment. Special guests Kelsey Taylor and Rachel Maxann will join Alexis in the first songwriter round at The Green Room at Crosstown Arts\, November 13 at 8 p.m. The three talented artists will share their craft and take part in a Q&A with the attendees. Join us on this special night to uplift the songwriting community and get a sneak peek of “With Love\, Alexis Jade.” \nAbout Alexis Jade: \nAlexis Jade\, simply put\, is an old soul with a new sound. Her relationship with music was cultivated with her grandmother as they sang together on the front porch. During Alexis’s freshman year of college\, she began to seriously pursue a career in music. In the fall of 2021\, Alexis signed to Blue Tom Entertainment at the University of Memphis to release her first solo single\, “Return to Sender.” \nFollowing its success\, Alexis recorded and self-produced her debut EP at Easley & McCain\, a local Memphis studio. Alexis remembers the unwavering\, fearless trailblazers who carved a path for women in country music while bringing a new sound to the time old tales of heartbreak and loss. \nAlexis Jade’s debut EP\, “With Love\, Alexis Jade” will be out on all platforms Friday\, November 18. \nAbout Rachel Maxann: \nRachel Maxann is a diverse vocalist hailing from Memphis\, Tennessee. Rachel has had the pleasure of being able to move to different areas in the world and perform. Each new space has allowed her to grow in a new way while experimenting with different styles in every location. Rachel’s genre is self-described as Post-Modern Folk and Vintage Indie-Rock with a dash of blues and soul. \nRachel’s musical accomplishments range from performing alongside Valerie June on her Moon and Stars Tour\, to performing at festivals around the country. You can follow Rachel Maxann at www.rachelmaxann.com\, and on social media under Rachel Maxann Music. \nAbout Kelsey Taylor: \nMemphis-based singer/songwriter\, Kelsey Taylor\, has been refining her original musical style for the last three years. Growing up as a classical pianist\, she developed an appreciation for the intricacy and beauty of music at an early age; she began writing in 2019\, and has since released an EP (Silencer\, 2020)\, three more singles\, and her debut full-length album (The Frost\, 2021). Her music is steeped in poetry and storytelling\, and she strives to create music that listeners can hear themselves in. \nPulling influence from folk\, rock\, indie\, and classical genres\, Kelsey’s music stands firmly in a captivating blend of styles. Her songs are deeply\, thoughtfully crafted\, and her voice is rooted in artful intentionality. \nKelsey’s debut full-length album\, “The Frost”\, is out everywhere now.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/bluetom-live-featuring-alexis-jade/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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SUMMARY:Adam W. Sadberry: “Musical Journalism”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Adam W. Sadberry: “Musical Journalism” in Crosstown Theater. \nDoors open at 7PM | Performance begins at 7:30PM \nTickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door ($5 student tickets available) \nPurchase tickets here \nThis is a concert inspired by Adam W. Sadberry’s late grandfather and unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement\, L. Alex Wilson. Wilson’s work as an editor and journalist changed the world through covering pivotal Civil Rights events including the lynching of Emmett Till\, the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the desegregation of Central High School by the Little Rock 9\, the last of which played a part in Wilson’s transformation into a martyr. In this concert\, Adam intertwines articles that he collected from the archives of the Tri-State Defender\, Wilson’s newspaper in Memphis\, Tennessee\, with music that contextualizes the humanity and inhumanity of the stories. \nAdam will be joined on stage by pianist Dr. Artina McCain and clarinetist Dr. Andre Dyachenko. \nThis programming is made possible in part thanks to an Organizational Development Fund grant from New Music USA.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/adam-w-sadberry-musical-journalism/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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SUMMARY:Ed Cherry with The Ted Ludwig Trio
DESCRIPTION:The Green Room\nTuesday\, November 15\, 2022\nDoors at 7 p.m. | Show at 7:30 p.m.\n$20 door | $15 in advance | $10 student tickets \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \n“An expressive instrumentalist\, Cherry has a hip\, melodic approach that is a refreshing contrast to guitarists who frequently resort to playing ‘finger music’\, the execution of rapid streams of notes that serve no musical purpose other than to fill space” – Jim Ferguson: Jazztimes – 06/02 \nBorn in New Haven\, Connecticut\, Ed moved to New York in 1978 to play guitar with Dizzy Gillespie from 1978 to 1992 performing in Gillespie’s quartet\, big band and with The United Nation Orchestra which recorded the Grammy Award-winning Live at Royal Festival Hall (Enja). Gillespie died in 1993\, and Cherry released his first recording as a leader\, ‘First Take’ (Groovin’ High). That same year\, Ed recorded with Paquito D’Riveras’ small group which recorded “Havana Cafe” (Chesky Records). Ed also worked with composer/saxophonist Henry Threadgill for two years and recorded three cds with Henry’s ‘Very Very Circus’ group. \nIn 1995\, Cherry released his second project as a solo artist\, entitled A Second Look (Groovin’ High Records). During that same period Ed worked with Hammond organist John Patton recording three critically acclaimed CDs with Patton’s quartet — ‘Blue Planet Man’\, ‘Minor Swing’ and ‘This ones for Jah’ (DIW). From 1997 to 1998\, Cherry worked in Roy Hargrove’s “Crisol” Latin jazz band\, which performed in Havana\, Cuba. During this same period\, he also worked with baritone saxophonist\, Hamiett Bluiett\, recording Bluiett’s CD ‘With Eyes Wide Open’ on Justin-Time records. In 2001\, Cherry toured Europe for the first time with his own group. He also released his CD\, ‘The Spirit Speaks’ on the Canadian Justin Time Records label\, inspired by the great jazz organist Jimmy Smith with whom he had also recently worked. Ed was asked to perform at the ‘Vodaphone Madarao Jazz festival’ in 2002 in Madarao\, Japan\, with his quartet featuring trumpeter Jon Faddis. \nMore recently\, Ed toured with the great Hammond organist Dr. Lonnie Smith\, recording one critically acclaimed CD\, ‘In The Beginning’ on Pilgrimage Records in 2012. \nCurrently Ed has a brand new second recording released on Posi-Tone Records. (‘It’s All Good’ his first release in 2012 for Posi-Tone stayed in the JazzWeek charts for three months) His second recording for the label is titled “Soul Tree” ( release date February 19\, 2016 ) featuring Kyle Koehler on Hammond B3 organ and drummer Anwar Marshall. \nEd continues to work nationally and internationally ; concerts\, workshops\, jazz clubs.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/ed-cherry-with-the-ted-ludwig-trio/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221117T210000
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SUMMARY:Crosstown Arts Film Series presents BRUCE LEE VS. SUPERMAN
DESCRIPTION:The Crosstown Arts Film Series presents BRUCE LEE VS. SUPERMAN at Crosstown Theater. \nChia-Chun Wu / 1975 / 86 minutes / Rated R\nTickets: $5 at the door\nDoors at 6:30 p.m. | Films begin at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at Crosstown Theater \nAlong with THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN\, BRUCE LEE VS. SUPERMAN is easily one of the most synapse-frying entries in the magical sub-genre known as Bruceploitation. 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.” The authorities enlist Kato (Bruce Li)\, the Green Hornet’s partner\, to help. Kato hires his friend Carter (also Bruce Lee)\, who looks\, dresses\, acts\, and wields nunchucks just like Bruce Lee. The result is total madness. A fascinating time capsule from the golden era of gonzo exploitation filmmaking\, BRUCE LEE VS. SUPERMAN has been preserved from the only known 35mm print in existence! \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-bruce-lee-vs-superman/
LOCATION:Crosstown Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T200000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for “Those Who Hold Dominion Here”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the opening reception for “Those Who Hold Dominion Here” by Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo. \nNovember 18\, 2022\n6-8 p.m.\nCrosstown Arts Galleries\nFree and open to the public \n“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. After the violence of our present\, portals on the walls reminiscent of black holes observe and allow entry and exit to the space. Observing through these windows our human actions on earth\, these yonic\, serpentine deities rise encrusted from the deepest earth\, unknowable\, and as guides responsible for the passage of knowledge. Bringing humanity to a negotiation of human time on earth\, they facilitate the decision to exit the space through another portal\, on to an unknown world to come\, or the possibility of complete non-existence. \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. She 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.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/opening-reception-for-those-who-hold-dominion-here/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T200000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for “Mending in a State of Abundance”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the opening reception for “Mending in a State of Abundance” by Katrina Perdue. \nNovember 18\, 2022\n6-8 p.m.\nCrosstown Arts Galleries\nFree and open to the public \n“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. \nThroughout the exhibition\, damaged objects repaired with colorful threads emphasize and celebrate worn areas — not only to preserve and restore\, but also to offer a renewed sense of value\, appreciation\, and usefulness. Using darning techniques in traditional and nontraditional ways\, stitching serves as a visual representation of mending as an act of care. To fix something — to make it whole again — is an act of healing. \nExtending the life of any object is also a significant gesture towards a more sustainable existence. Displayed alongside the carefully mended pieces are all too familiar scenes of excess — piles of handmade quilts in need of repair\, mass quantities of unwanted clothing bundled in bales like harvest crops. This visual interplay of abundance and scarcity calls into focus the paradox of fixing things in a culture of mass consumerism and disposability. \nFrom emotional repairs like the artist’s own jeans heavily patched with layers of her late father’s clothing\, to a cracked plastic garden tote pulled from the garbage and stitched back together\, “Mending in a State of Abundance” is about seeing the potential in worn-out everyday objects. Through repair\, we can rethink consumption and imbue our own value on possessions and resources. As we navigate the vicissitudes of life\, piecing together broken materials can also make a way forward feel tangible — one thread\, one stitch\, one step at a time. \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. \nInstagram: @katrinaperdue \nWebsite: www.katrinaperdue.com
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/opening-reception-for-mending-in-a-state-of-abundance/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T200000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for “Summer in Shanghai”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the opening reception for “Summer in Shanghai” by Janaye Brown. \nNovember 18\, 2022\n6-8 p.m.\nCrosstown Arts Screening Room\nFree and open to the public \nIn June 2020\, the tropical rainy season cast a shadow over the city of Shanghai. Unfazed by the extreme weather\, e-bikers continued riding through the pouring rain. Day after day\, their ponchos provided protection from the elements while the fabric billowed in the wind. Life must go on. This visual of commuters-cum-knights was the starting point for what became Summer in Shanghai\, a three-part video series of meditations on a unique summer in China’s largest metropolis. \nWhile many cities around the world struggled to find a sense of normalcy during the summer of 2020\, Shanghai was functioning. With low case numbers\, masks came off\, health codes ceased to be scanned and the city vibrated as it once had. When the rain let up it was a good time to get out and connect with others\, because no one was sure what the fall would bring. \nIntent on minimizing the distance between herself and her surroundings\, Brown shot familiar spaces near her home. Her camera captured everyday moments while helping to initiate conversations. Utilizing the format of an essay film\, a voice over written and performed by Brown carries through each video\, sharing personal stories\, histories and reflections about the season and this particular period of time. \nPortraits 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. \nJanaye Brown (b. 1987 San Jose\, California; based in Berlin\, Germany) makes work that explores perception of time\, fragmented narratives and the unseen. She has exhibited at venues and film festivals\, including New York City’s Studio Museum Harlem\, Wassaic Project\, Wassaic\, NY\, Anthology Film Archives\, New York\, NY\, the Dallas Video Fest\, The Banff Centre in Alberta\, Canada and Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles. Her residencies include the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, Madison\, ME; Fiskars AiR\, Fiskars\, Finland; the Bruce High Quality Foundation University\, New York\, NY\, and Crosstown Arts\, Memphis\, TN among others. Brown received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and her BA in Cinematic Arts and Technology from California State University Monterey Bay in 2010. Brown resided in China from 2018 to 2021.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/opening-reception-for-summer-in-shanghai/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221118T213000
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SUMMARY:Brooks Robertson
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents Brooks Robertson in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nFriday\, November 18\, 2022\nDoors at 7PM | Show at 7:30PM\nTickets: $20 | $15 in advance \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nBrooks Robertson just doesn’t need much more than two thumbs\, eight fingers\, and six strings on a wooden box to carry his listeners away. \nHailed by prominent exponents of his instrument like Nokie Edwards\, Thom Bresh\, John Jorgenson\, and Mason Williams\, the young fingerstyle guitarist embodies the creative vision of a postmodern world: It’s the music that counts. Brooks utilizes his superb technical abilities to play bass\, rhythm\, and melody simultaneously and surpass the borders of conventional genres. He merges hauntingly beautiful compositions\, country rhythms\, and jazzy harmonies with funky licks into his very own art form — sometimes delivered with a punch\, sometimes with a smile. \nIn addition to worldwide recognition as a performer\, Brooks is regarded as an educated\, experienced\, knowledgeable teacher of fingerstyle guitar lineage\, instructing students from the traditional to the contemporary\, keeping the legacy of fingerstyle alive and well. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Guitar Department at Berklee College of Music in Boston\, MA.  \nBrooks was born in Eugene\, Oregon\, in 1989. Seeing Buster B. Jones perform at a festival near his home town became a life-changing experience for the kid from the sticks. Just eleven years old\, he was immediately inclined to pick up the guitar. Soon\, the world-renowned fingerstyle virtuoso and instructor dedicated his spare time to introducing his new fan into the secrets of the fretboard\, and after six months of lessons the natural talent performed his first show with his mentor. \nWhen Buster B. Jones took him under his wings\, Brooks began playing high-profile gigs such as the Nokie Edwards Festival\, the NAMM Show in Anaheim\, the Montreal Jazz Festival\, and the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield\, among others. By the time he was a teenager he had become the youngest endorsee of Godin Guitars and traveled to several states and foreign countries to perform. Brooks went on to play on Garrison Keillor’s National Public Radio classic “A Prairie Home Companion” in 2004\, where he won first place in a talent competition for 12 to 20 year old participants. \nIn recent years\, while still appearing regularly at prestigious events like the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society (CAAS) Convention in Nashville\, Brooks focussed on perfecting his craft\, soaking up new tunes and styles and techniques as well as blending them into his own groovy and soulful original music. He entered the “Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition”\, which drew participants from more than 40 countries all over the world. Brooks was invited to perform in the finals at the Broad Stage in Los Angeles in March 2010. A star-studded jury\, including Steve Lukather and Lee Ritenour\, eventually chose him as winner of the country category and second place winner overall. \nAlthough he is deeply rooted in the powerful tradition of the genre\, founded by the likes of Merle Travis\, Jerry Reed\, Thom Bresh\, and Buster B. Jones\, Brooks also draws inspiration from the elegant mastery of the legendary Chet Atkins and other phenomenal players. His own compositions and arrangements have even been compared to fingerstyle jazz champions Lenny Breau and Earl Klugh. Now\, as energy and maturity come together\, this young man is ready to step out of his mentors’ shadows and electrify the world with the sheer acoustic beauty his fingers create\, when touching a set of strings.
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/brooks-robertson/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221119T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221119T213000
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SUMMARY:The Equinox Frequency Wavelength Consortium
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents The Equinox Frequency Wavelength Consortium in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Green Room at Crosstown Arts\nSaturday\, November 19\, 2022\nDoors 7PM | Concert 7:30PM\nTickets: $20 | $15 in advance \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE \nThe Equinox Frequency Wavelength Consortium\, featuring the music of James Equinox and David Collins. \nThe Equinox Frequency Wavelength Consortium is a revolving think tank of frequency wavelength explorers culled from various locales both regional and national. The Consortium will gather at the Green Room at Crosstown Arts complex to present interpretations of the music of local musician/composers James Equinox and David Collins\, two daring and original modern sound sculptures. The event promises to be a unique and intense journey into sound beyond the scope of perceived reality. \nKhari James Wynn is an American guitarist and recording artist from Memphis\, Tennessee. He is best known for his work in the jazz-rock genre as well as with American hip hop group\, Public Enemy. \nKhari Wynn was born in Boston\, Massachusetts\, son of acclaimed music critic/writer Ron Wynn. He was considered a musical prodigy and possessed and exhibited innate natural musical ability. As a child\, Wynn lived directly across the street from Willie Mitchell’s Royal Studios. At the age of fourteen he began to play electric guitar in the Memphis area for Dominion and Crashpattern in the metal genre\, and for St. Andrews AME Church in the gospel genre. Wynn entered the 1999 National Jimi Hendrix Competition at B.B. Kings in Memphis\, Tennessee\, and placed second with the song “Have You Ever Been To Electric Ladyland”. \nAt the age of eighteen\, Khari Wynn was employed by Carnival Cruise Lines as a staff musician. \nIn 2001 Wynn began recording and rehearsing with 7th Octave\, a group assembled by Professor Griff of Public Enemy. The following year\, Wynn wrote and recorded electric guitar tracks for Public Enemy’s Revolverlution. After four years of touring\, Wynn wrote and recorded again on Public Enemy’s album New Whirl Odorj and in 2007 on the album How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? \nKhari Wynn established the jazz fusion band Solstice and released the debut album Exploration = Discovery independently in Memphis in 2004 with subsequent releases in 2005 and 2007. \nIn 2004\, Wynn toured alongside Stax recording artist\, Shirley Brown. \nAfter James Brown’s passing in late 2006\, Wynn was approached to play guitar on the James Brown Tribute Tour in 2007 which featured him alongside music legends Bootsy Collins and Clyde Stubblefield. He toured with the tribute band for much of 2007 and early 2008. \nIn 2007 Wynn began regularly performing as a bass player with saxophonist Hope Clayburn\, a musician who has been featured with such acts as Allman Brothers Band\, James Brown\, Gov’t Mule\, Maceo Parker\, Soulive\, DJ Logic\, and North Mississippi AllStars. \nStarting in 2008\, Khari Wynn was the working bass player with singer/songwriter Valerie June during the time she was featured on MTV’s $5 Cover\, a reality show created and produced by director Craig Brewer. \nWynn has also served since 2008 as a bass player for the Bluff City Backsliders\, led by Jason Freeman\, an artist with various credits including work performed on soundtrack of the film Black Snake Moan. \nIn 2011\, after a decade with the group\, Wynn became the Music Director for Public Enemy. \nDavid Collins is a Memphis based multi-instrumentalist\, composer\, and arranger. He has recorded music with artists such as Frog Squad\, Syrrup\, Rodrick Duran and the Big Sky band\, Talibah Safiya\, Agori Tribe\, The Burners\, Jareef Greene\, Jupiter Sky Fish and Neptune’s Army\, Misterioso Africano\, New Saturn Collective\, and more. In 2016\, Collins received a B.A. of music in Jazz and Studio Performance from the University of Memphis where he studied with Joe Restivo\, Tim Goodwin\, Jack Cooper\, and Sam Shoup. He took courses in arranging and played in big band\, jazz combos\, and percussion ensembles. He received multiple scholarships and played vibraphone and guitar in the premier jazz band. \nThe performers are: \nKhari Wynn\nDavid Collins\nAaron Phillips\nGerald Stephens\nJaime Davis\nHector Diaz
URL:https://crosstownconcourse.com/event/the-equinox-frequency-wavelength-consortium/
LOCATION:The Green Room
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