This week, change up your environment with a live classical performance or new Indie film, or hone a new craft. Find your niche from the selections below and, if you’re interested in more, visit ArtsMemphis' event calendar.
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Sundance Satellite Screenings
Indie Memphis is now an official Sundance Satellite screen partner and will screen a notable selection of 2022 Sundance Film Festival films during its closing weekend. This curated selection is one you won’t want to miss!
- Crosstown Theater
- January 28 - 30
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Matsuriza Taiko
Japanese Taiko drums have been around for centuries. With their enthralling sound, these drums have been paramount in religious ceremonies, festivals, and battlefields — and now you can hear them in Memphis. This performance, which balances traditional and new compositions, is paired with a dazzling display of physical stamina and mesmerizing choreography.
- Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center
- January 28
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Earrings Workshop with BMB Designs
Ready to add new earrings to your collection? Or maybe you’re looking to give a gift with a personal touch? In this workshop, you will design three sets of earrings with new construction techniques taught by Brandy Boyd. Head home with beautiful new accessories that are bound to match your style—since you did make them yourself, after all!
- Arrow Creative
- January 29
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Foundry Classes: Fantastic Creatures
Ready for a new hobby? Metal Museum’s new classes will teach you the basic techniques of metal casting. Tools, molds, and materials are all provided. Learn the difference between oil bonded and resin bonded sand molds, and bring some spectacular metal pieces home to enjoy.
- Metal Museum
- January 29
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Iris Orchestra’s Conducting Pianist: Teddy Abrams
Musical America’s 2022 Conductor of the Year will be performing this weekend with Iris Orchestra. As an accomplished pianist, clarinetist, keyboardist, and conductor, his show is one you will want to see. Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, Haydn’s Symphony No.92 in G Major, and Beethoven’s Concerto No. 5 are all on the program for your listening pleasure.
- Germantown Performing Arts Center
- January 29
