Alex Warble Art Show
West Memorials
Friday, September 6, 5-8 p.m.
While Broad Ave. is hosting its Sidewalk Sale as part of its First Fridays on Broad, Alex Warble will have an art opening of new works. Warble, who finds inspiration from nature, Memphis, and pop culture, is known for his pictograms with teeny tiny characters lined up on the canvas.
Nick Black
Halloran Centre
Friday, September 6, 7:30 p.m.
Remember when that guy was walking around with a mattress on his back and posting it on the ’gram? Well, he’s having a show to release his newest album, THE MAD ALBUM. We’re not sure how necessary the all caps are, but whatever. We’ll let him do his thing. Tickets are $25, and you can get them here.
10 Minute Play Festival
TheatreWorks
Friday-Saturday, September 6-7, 8 p.m. | Sunday, September 8, 2 p.m.
A lot can happen in 10 minutes. That’s 600 seconds. For Emerald Theatre Company (ETC), 10 minutes is all it will take for one vignette to be performed in the 7th Annual 10 Minute Play Festival, which will have 10 vignettes total. For this year’s festival, all the one-scene plays adhere to a theme, “Remember When,” with each one set in a moment of historical significance. Get tickets here.
Clutter from the Crypt Halloween Market
Hi Tone
Saturday, September 7, 5-10 p.m.
Shop till your jaw drops at this market ’cause goodness knows what you’ll find among all the hard-to-find vintage Halloween and utterly spooky art. Entry is free and this is an all ages event!
Cyrena Wages
Overton Park Shell
Saturday, September 7, 7 p.m.
Music is more than a vanity project for Cyrena Wages. (You’ll get that pun in just a second.) This May, she released her debut album Vanity Project (read about it here), and now she’ll be performing at the Shell for the Orion Free Concert Series.
“MANE” and “Hidden Gems”
Crosstown Arts
Closes Sunday, September 8
Crosstown Arts presents “MANE” and “Hidden Gems” curated by Najee Strickland and Kiara Sally in the Galleries at Crosstown Arts. “MANE” explores how Southern speech has shaped Memphis artists’ view of community and themselves while “Hidden Gems” includes artists with modest visibility and offers them an opportunity to show up and be uncovered. This is your last chance to see the shows, so hurry fast.
Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories
Novel
Tuesday, September 10, 6 p.m.
Get baked at Novel as bestselling food writer and Nashvillian Anne Byrn celebrates the release of her new book Baking in the American South: 200 Recipes and Their Untold Stories, filled with Southern recipes and the stories behind them. Byrn will be in conversation with Kat Gordon, owner of Muddy’s Bake Shop.
Spillit: Life Is a Festival
Theatre South at First Congo
Thursday, September 12, 7-9 p.m.
Spill the tea at Spillit’s Life Is a Festival — except you only have seven minutes to tell your story AND it has to be about a festival, celebration, or gathering of some kind. AND if you have the best story, you win the night! That’s how Spillit works. Don’t want to talk? Then bring your listening ears. One, two, three, eyes not on you. Admission is $10.
The Crosstown Arts Film Series Presents Mama’s Sundry
Crosstown Theater at Crosstown Arts
Thursday, September 12, 7 p.m.
Crosstown Arts presents a special screening of the new documentary Mama’s Sundry, made by filmmakers Brody Kuhar and Joshua Cannon. The 15-minute film is about Bertram Williams and Talibah Safiya’s collaborative garden that produces not just food but also education and service initiatives. A panel discussion moderated by Tom Shadyac will follow. Admission is $5.
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