Film students at the University of Memphis hold a festival to showcase their best work of the year. Except, it is a private, unpublicized event known as Focus Fest. Sophomore film and video production student, Alex Woodruff, 20, said he did not know anything about Focus Fest until he heard about ...
Crosstown Arts and the Cleveland Street Flea Market unite for the second annual Belongings II exhibition opening on April 29 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Anyone can submit artwork as long as it utilizes or is inspired by an item from the flea market. “Last year there were 130 installations and 120 artists ...
Under a giant moose bust wearing a Budweiser baseball cap with protruding antlers and one missing ear, two members of the local band, Pillow Talk, sat for a chat. Lead singer, Josh Cannon, 23, of Memphis is an alumnus of the University of Memphis in journalism. “Music has been the only thing that ...
A row of women in sweaters and suits sat attentive to campus police Sgt. Marco Anderson in the University Center Ballroom. Anderson talked about defense tactics against potential attackers and provided demonstration through audience participation. Robynn Hopkins, 38, an HR staff member of the University ...
Indie Memphis and Greater Memphis Chamber’s Young Professional Council, SoundCheck, will join forces for the second annual kickoff party of the 2016 festival. This free event, with wine and snacks included, will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday at Circuit Playhouse in midtown. “Growing ...
A sea of blue with bumble bees and hands cupping sunflower seeds. Influential faces of inventors with their inventions floating overhead. One stairwell of three with paintings of these sits under construction behind a tarp and a small piece of wood holding the door closed. Cedar Lorca Nordbye, an ...
Purple carpet, wall-to-ceiling vinyl record sleeves and low-lighting line the path that leads to a glassencased Oscar in front of a slow spinning car. It’s Isaac Hayes’ 1972 Cadillac Eldorado complete with a solid gold grill and trim. Ryan Watt, 35, executive director ...
Rock and roll jams play overhead, while various paintings and drawings cover the walls. A tray full of numerous bottles of different color tattoo ink is pulled forward as Jimmy Duong, 31, of Memphis, Tennessee selects a bottle for use. “Learning how to draw on human skin is different,” ...
On Feb. 1, at Crosstown Arts Sharon Fox O’Guin, deputy film commissioner of the Memphis and Shelby County Film and Television Commission, spoke to an audience of filmmakers. It kicked off the free 2016 speaker series of the Film Fatales Memphis Chapter. “The goal is to break barriers,” said Melissa ...
Huddled over a black and white piece chessboard among eclectic couch cushions with a teapot next to mugs, two skaters wait to be interviewed. On the left is Memphian Zac Roberts, 25, a senior film student at The University of Memphis, and on the right is Germantown High School junior, Adrian Akin, 16. Roberts ...
