Events, opening,and more for 8-24 to 8/30

8/24 Aviv , Brooks, 7 pm
Cities Aviv is the performance project of Memphis sound artist Gavin Mays. Partly due to a sound catalog which shifts between amplified soul, industrious off-punk, and dissonant street rap, Cities Aviv remains a mainstay among progressive circles worldwide.
 
8/24  Live music at David Lusk Gallery, Jimmy Crosswait & Greg Faiers, 7-9 pm
This 2-set multi-media affair combines atmospheric music with atmospheric art! Jimmy will be percussing his zen chimes and Greg will be providing drones, soundscapes, and other accompaniment.
 
8/25 Sheetrock & Roll,  Minglewood, 6 pm, $650
Benefitting Habitat with special guest Pres & Mrs. Carter, Garth Brooks, Trish Yearwood
 
8/26   Rodrigo Valenzuela: Frontiers art opening, Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art – U of M, 5 – 7:30 pm
Chilean-born, Houston-based artist Rodrigo Valenzuela. The exhibition marks the artist's foray into painting, building off of earlier photographic work for which he is known, and also includes two video works that address issues of labor and migration. 
 
8/26  Raymond Mireles closing reception, Circuitous Succession Gallery, 500 S Second, 6-9 pm
 
8/27  Flicker Street Summer Exhibition,  74 Flicker St,  6-8 pm

8/27 Shangri-La Sweatfest,1916 Madison, 2-8 pm, free
 live music from 2-8pm featuring: The Sheiks ,  James and The Ultrasounds, Toy Trucks, Chickasaw Mound,  and JJ Freeze with Jeff Hulett
 
8/27  Brewer & Black Lodge’s Pandemonium Cinema, Cossitt Library, 4 pm, free
Craig Brewer and The Black Lodge invite you to a monthly series of FREE interactive film screenings that invite you to go beyond the movies. Come lose yourself in our live cinema experiences, where the enjoyment of unforgettable film classics and obscure movie gems gets amplified by our unique, custom-designed environments that accompany, compliment, and enhance the movie going experience!
 
8/27  Horn Island 32, Memphis College of Art, 1930 Poplar , 5:30 -8 pm,
 
8/27   Art of Caring, Zambezi a the Zoo,  5:30 -8 pm, $40
An art auction benefitting  Baptist Hospice and Camp Good Grief

8/28  Katie Dann art opening, Playhouse on the Square, 4 pm
 
8/29   STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN film screening, Stax,
Detroit, Michigan 1959. Berry Gordy gathered the best musicians from the city’s thriving jazz and blues scene for his new record company: Motown. They called themselves the Funk Brothers, and they were the greatest hit machine in the history popular music. This is their story.
 
8/30  Urban Land Institute, Cossitt Library,  5:30 – 7 pm
 
8/30  Liberty ad Union: The Civil War Era and American Constitutionalism author talk, Dr. Tim Huebner, Rhodes College – Meeman Center, 6 pm, free
 
8/30  Sharde Thomas & Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Overton Square Courtyard,  7:30 – 9:30 pm, free