ARTSmemphis April 19-25
April 19 - 25 - 1
This week, Broadway and a nationally acclaimed pianist return to Memphis, and art takes over gallery walls—and even a parking lot. Experience the arts all over town through events, exhibits, and more at ARTSmemphis’ event calendar.
Parking Lot Party
Mary Sims - A Retrospective
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Jazz Jam Session - Hosted by University of Memphis Combo
On Stage with Iris Collective - Awadagin Pratt
Interior design firm Lindsey Black Interiors has curated a one-day-only parking lot pop-up featuring local artists, craftsmen, vintage sellers and curators selling one-of-a-kind goods.
Lindsey Black Interiors | April 19, 10:00am-2:00pm
Painter and printmaker Mary Sims (1940–2004) was a Memphis original. This exhibition, the first museum survey of Sims’s extraordinary career, celebrates the artist as the distinctive late twentieth-century Southern force of nature that many in this city and beyond remember her to be.
Dixon Gallery and Gardens | On view through June 7
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak, bringing energizing, inspirational illumination to the Broadway stage.
Orpheum Theatre | April 21 - 26
Jazz Jam Session: Hosted by University of Memphis Combo 1
Hosted this month by the University of Memphis Combo 1, young up-and-coming musicians and local jazz veterans come together for spontaneous evening of music making, tackling the expansive body of repertoire found within the jazz idiom.
Crosstown Arts Green Room | April 21, 7:30-10:00pm
On Stage with Iris Collective: Awadagin Pratt
GPAC and Iris Collective present nationally acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt, who returns to Iris for an evening of solo and chamber music after his Grammy-Award winning recording and performance.
GPAC | April 23, 7:00-8:00pm
