photography courtesy clough-hanson gallery
Reception for Coe Lapossy “School of Ool: Whose Views Ooze Muse”
Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College
Friday, February 2, 5 – 7 p.m.
In this exhibition of new work by multimedia artist Coe Lapossy, the artist, as the gallery states, “revisits artifacts of queerness wedged within a seemingly straight world, choosing references and linking narratives from various times throughout history, things forgotten, erased, messages that 'flew under the radar.’ In reusing these artifacts they create a meditation on what bodies we value, how we memorialize, and who or what survives under the conditions we create.”
The exhibition will be on display through March 22, Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lapossy will give a lecture on Thursday, February 8, at 6 p.m. at Spence Wilson Room in Briggs Hall. Learn more about the artist here.
Photography by Marius Masalar on Unsplash
Beethoven Club presents Perry Mears and Craig Hultgren
Beethoven Club
Saturday, February 3, 3 p.m.
Cellist Craig Hultgren and pianist Perry Mears II will present a program of 20th- and 21st-century composers. The featured work on the program is the Sonata for Cello & Piano composed in 1957 by George Walker, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize in Composition. The program also includes Capriccio by Lukas Foss and a world premiere with the second movement of Mark Volker’s new No Regrets. The event is free and open to the public.
photography by Treb’bor Jones
RISE
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m. | Sunday, February 4, 2:30 p.m.
Collage Dance presents its annual performance of RISE, a history-making ballet, set to Dr. King’s final speech and choreographed by Kevin Thomas. This year’s program ascends even higher with the addition of award-winning choreographic voices: Amy Hall Garner’s transcendent Saint Glory, inspired by her grandparents’ Catholic and Baptist roots; Camille A. Brown’s soul-stirring New Second Line, inspired by the events of Hurricane Katrina; and a world premiere by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater alum, Hope Boykin. Tickets can be purchased here for as low as $20 plus fees.
Photography by Tarina Westlund
The City of Tomorrow
The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Saturday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.
With members based in New York, Boston, Baton Rouge, and Memphis, this experimental wind quintet creates immersive experiences, in which audiences are carried from one piece to the next in a transformative musical art installation incorporating lighting and choreography. For their performance this Saturday, the quintet commissioned and will premiere a brand-new piece by George Lewis, setting “the audience inside a kaleidoscope of culture and memory.” Purchase tickets ($15) here.
Photography by Edward Howell on Unsplash
Memphis Restaurant Association Food Festival
The Kent
Sunday, February 4, 5 – 9 p.m.
The Memphis Restaurant Association invites all to an evening celebrating Memphis’ restaurant community. Guests will enjoy samples from food vendors and an open bar all night, plus Xtreme Bar Bingo, a photo booth, music, and giant chess. A full list of vendors can be found here, and you can purchase tickets ($75) here.
