There are 8 article(s) tagged Off the Walls Arts:

• December 2023

  • The To-Do List: Holiday burlesque, Rudolph and a peek at Cafe Noir

    This week, Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings lasers and metal, Santa makes a stop at a Hickory Hill pool and two questionable Christmas films screen at Black Lodge.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Kambui Bomani December 15, 2023

• September 2023

  • The To-Do List: Gladys Knight, Cheap Trick and oodles of noodles

    This week, the dream of the 2000s is Live at the Garden, an art exhibition at Rhodes is in “conversation” with one at the Brooks and the weenies will be running in Germantown.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Holly Whitfield September 07, 2023

• May 2023

  • Memphis choreographer fuses country music with modern dance

    “I was looking for my next inspiration, my next project, and was listening to (country) music, and there’s all these stories in cowboy music. It’s kind of like the joke, ‘My wife left me for best friend, my dog died, or I like beer,’ but there’s also something haunting and hard and isolating about country music and the idea of the landscape and Americana.”

    By Elle Perry May 16, 2023

• 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

• May 2022

  • Sculptor Yvonne Bobo’s latest project: Giant paper-mâché puppets

    The large animal puppets will go on parade this weekend and be used in a dance program at the University of Memphis this fall. 

    By Chris Herrington May 10, 2022

• July 2021

  • FIREBIRD blends modern dance, sculpture at uncommon space

    After making a splash with last fall’s BVOE, Off the Walls Arts returns with FIREBIRD, blending modern dance and sculpture at its unconventional South Memphis arts space.

    By Chris Herrington July 29, 2021

• October 2020

  • The Memphis 10: The mind-bending ‘BVOE Multiverse’ gets an extension, still hopes for more

    Putting BVOE in the Mid-South Coliseum remains Reyes’ dream scenario. And, yes, this seems far-fetched. But let me ask you this: What Mid-South Coliseum idea isn’t far-fetched?

    By Chris Herrington October 29, 2020

  • Artist Christopher Reyes’ ‘BVOE’ is an immersive eruption of creativity, and maybe a preview of coming attractions

    Reyes’ collaborated with more than 20 other Memphis artists to create the astounding “BVOE Quadrant 360” on the edges of Downtown Memphis. The multimedia artist launched and operated the late, lamented “Live From Memphis.”

    By Chris Herrington October 03, 2020