There are 114 article(s) tagged Crosstown Arts:

• March 2023

  • The To-Do List: Alvin Ailey, Black country music and lot of Elvises

    This week, the Dixon and Theatre Memphis celebrate women in the arts, Step Afrika steps into GPAC and there’s a chili showdown at Memphis Made.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Blair Kinsey March 02, 2023

• February 2023

  • Crosstown Arts to launch first ‘Jazz Month’

    Jazz Month at Crosstown Arts includes more than 40 jazz musicians and band performances, many of which are free.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 28, 2023

  • To-Do List: Blaxploitation on the big screen and belated Mardi Gras parties

    This week, the U.S. Poet Laureate will read at Rhodes, Spillit stops in Orange Mound and Ballet Memphis pays homage to love.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry February 24, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Count birds, eat soup and celebrate Mardi Gras

    This week, Leyla McCalla plays Crosstown Theater, Kristin Chenoweth signs her book and Ukrainian artists share how war has changed their culture.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry February 16, 2023

  • The To-Do List: TEDx, pinball and your Valentine’s Day events guide

    This week, the Memphis Botanic Garden pairs Phillip Ashley Chocolates with whiskey, and Old Dominick pairs whiskey with the Super Bowl. Plus, Don Bryant and The Bo-Keys play the Halloran.

    By Bianca Phillips, Blair Kinsey, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Jasmine McCraven February 09, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Black lit, Black art and ‘Works of Heart’

    This week, Hattiloo Theatre and Crosstown Arts share coming-of-age stories on the stage and screen. And Tennessee Shakespeare Company shares a classic love story switcheroo. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Jasmine McCraven February 02, 2023

• January 2023

  • The To-Do List: Lunar New Year parties, Tommy Kha and 250 years of American art

    This week, NKA Gallery shows work by Black male artists, Opera Memphis presents a political thriller and you can learn to play the harmonica (for free).

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington January 26, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Photos at Tone, AI at MoSH and two Dolly Parton parties

    This week, the late George Hunt has a posthumous exhibition, Playhouse presents the story of Alabama’s “Scottsboro Boys” and Black Lodge hosts a showtunes rave.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry January 19, 2023

  • The To-Do List: Beer for wizards, Sondheim’s greatest hits and MLK Day events

    This week, a TheatreWorks play centers on Chicago’s Pekin Theater, the Mid-South’s wilderness is on display at the Dixon and the 1980s are back at Minglewood.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry January 12, 2023

• December 2022

  • The To-Do List: Victorian caroling, Christmas on Beale and Corey Feldman

    This week, cuddle up by a fire pit near the river, celebrate Latin American and Caribbean holiday traditions and get buck at Imagine Vegan Cafe.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington December 09, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Raised By Sound, Emily Dickinson on stage and stumbling Santas

    This week, Crosstown Concourse and Overton Square light up the night, a photo exhibit offers a glimpse into evictions and a folk music concert raises funds for the aquifer.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry December 02, 2022

• November 2022

  • The To-Do List: Christmas creep, Reba, and Cory Branan’s album release

    This week, Devan Shimoyama discusses his portraits of queer Black men, a Memphis publishing icon signs his first novel and a pop-up offers Thanksgiving dinner without the meat.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington November 17, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Downtown has a field day, and Bigfoot stomps in one last time

    This week, The PRLVG plays a free happy hour show, Visible Music College students drum for 24 hours and coffee lovers perk up at the Grind City Coffee Xpo. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry November 03, 2022

• October 2022

  • The To-Do List: Dancing vampires, brewing witches and the ‘Evil Dead’

    This week offers Halloween happenings galore; plus, the Buckman Arts Center turns 25 and Rick Springfield plays Graceland on “General Hospital” fan weekend.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry October 27, 2022

  • Visual arts and medical science merge at Crosstown’s ‘The Art of Science’

    Epigenetics, asthma, polyps and mitral valve regurgitation might seem unlikely subjects of artistic inspiration, but the marriage of medical science and visual art is drawing visitors to “The Art of Science.”

    By Aisling Mäki October 08, 2022

• September 2022

  • The To-Do List: Gonerfest, Veganfest, Arcade fest and Martin/Short

    This week, Crosstown Arts screens a Japanese gangster film, Cynthia Daniels hosts five parties in one and the Pink Palace Crafts Fair is back for the 50th time.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington September 22, 2022

  • The To-Do List: A Classic game, a weenie race and Backstreet’s back

    This week, decompress with a day-long yoga fest, drink wine in the name of science and jam out to Americana music at the Lucero Family Block Party.

    By Abigail Warren, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry September 08, 2022

• August 2022

  • The To-Do List: ‘Soul queen’ King, ‘Moonlight,’ and the Golden Age of Magic

    This week, view the sunset with your dog, watch 2016’s Best Picture Academy Award winner on the big screen and party hop between Grind City, Wiseacre and Hampline breweries.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry August 31, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Splash down and drink beer with a mastodon

    This week, Cowboy Mouth brings roots rock to Railgarten, Black Lodge turns back time and Emerald Theatre Company tackles anti-LGBTQ sentiment with humor.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington August 18, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Warm up at Shangri-La, cool down at Woodruff-Fontaine and see Hitchcock on a really big screen

    This week, travel back to 1987 with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey at Malco Theatres, watch a woman swallow swords at Lafayette’s Music Room and catch the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history at the Orpheum Theatre.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington August 11, 2022

  • The To-Do List: A ‘solid gold’ party, a beautiful birthday and Elvis everywhere

    This week, hear music by Bruno Mars (but with lasers) and G. Love (as in Special Sauce), dust off your boots for the “Gay Ole Opry,” and celebrate 10 years in the garden. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry August 05, 2022

  • Sacred soul singer part of Crosstown Arts’ concert lineup

    The arts organization will host a dozen performances in the Green Room at Crosstown Arts and Crosstown
    Theater, in August.

    By Jasmine McCraven August 03, 2022

• July 2022

  • The To-Do List: Summer booze, South Main and a fest for Black and brown filmmakers

    This week, see cult classics from John Waters and David Lynch, explore an interactive art exhibition made from guitar cords and microphones and take a trip to Southern Decadence at MOSH.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry July 28, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Party with Yo Gotti, watch a movie with Craig Brewer and Al Kapone

    This week, Hattiloo Theatre opens its 16th season with a jazzy jukebox revue, singer-songwriter John Darnielle’s alter-ego “Mountain Goats” climbs onstage at Minglewood and Darius Rucker plays Live at the Garden (for the third time!).

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington July 15, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Masked celebrities on stage, aliens on the big screen and ‘slicing’

    This week, see artist Jamond Bullock’s new mural while you slice the pool at Gooch Park, get a glimpse into artist Tangela’s “Splendid Mind” at Crosstown Arts and catch the world premiere of “Shanktown” at TheatreWorks.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry July 07, 2022