Zone 3 Press award winner Kelly Beard; naturalist, writer Janisse Ray to read at APSU
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Kelly J. Beard, 2017 Zone 3 Press Creative Nonfiction Book Award winner, and Janisse Ray, writer, naturalist and activist, will read from their works at 8:00pm February 21st at Austin Peay State University.
The reading – part of the Zone 3 Reading Series – is free and open to the public in Room 120 of the APSU Art + Design Building.

Austin Peay State University Zone 3 Press Creative Nonfiction Book Award winner Kelly Beard to speak on campus February 21st.
APSU’s The New Gallery presents Gamaliel Rodriguez: Memorias Manipuladas
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The New Gallery at Austin Peay State University, with support from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the APSU Department of Art + Design, is pleased to present Gamaliel Rodriguez: Memorias Manipuladas to continue an exciting 2018-19 exhibition season.
The exhibit opens Monday, February 18th, at The New Gallery, located in the Art + Design building at APSU, and runs through March 22nd.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Clarksville Film Festival registration deadline February 14th
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
Clarksville, TN – Can you make an awesome film using an iPhone? Do you animate or use stop motion?
Clarksville Parks and Recreation has partnered with the Roxy Regional Theatre to give aspiring and professional filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their talents on the big screen as part of the Clarksville Film Festival scheduled for February 15th-17th, 2019.
Children’s Auditions for “To Kill A Mockingbird” at Roxy Regional Theatre on Friday, February 15th
Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN – Local youth will have the opportunity to work alongside professional actors when the Roxy Regional Theatre holds children’s auditions for the roles of Scout, Jem and Dill in “To Kill A Mockingbird” on Friday, February 15th, 2019 at 5:00pm.
Interested auditionees should email to be added to the audition list.
Children should come prepared with the Scout/Jem/Dill scene from the play, available at www.roxyregionaltheatre.org/auditions. To avoid distractions, parents will be asked to wait in the lobby during the auditions.

Roxy Regional Theatre Children’s Auditions for “To Kill A Mockingbird” to be held on Friday, February 15th.
APSU’s CECA announces 2018-2019 Tennessee Artist Fellow
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) recently announce that Bryce McCloud, of Nashville Tennessee, is the 2018-19 recipient of the Tennessee Artist Fellowship.
The CECA Tennessee Artist Fellowship was created to celebrate contemporary art and to support the continued creative work of exceptional Tennessee artists.

Bryce McCloud received this year’s Tennessee Artist Fellowship from the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts.
2019 Polar Plunge raises over $10,000 for Special Olympics
Polar Plunge at APSU
Clarksville, TN – Dozens of brave souls signed up for this year’s Polar Plunge, which was held Saturday at Austin Peay State University‘s Foy Fitness and Recreation Center Pool. Spectators enjoyed a very eclectic costume contest, followed by teams and individuals diving into the chilly water, all to support Tennessee Special Olympics.
‘Plungers’ who raised money for the cause were rewarded for their fund-raising efforts with post-plunge pizza. Some prizes were awarded for costume contest winners, as well as outstanding fund-raising achievement.

Members of the Clarksville Police Department led the charge at this year’s Polar Plunge. The event held Saturday at APSU’s Foy Pool raised more than $10,000 for Tennessee Special Olympics.
Austin Peay CECA sponsors arts experiences, including a trip to see ‘Charlotte’s Web,’ for local schoolchildren
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Anticipation rippled through the Barkers Mill Elementary third, fourth and fifth graders as they witnessed Fern pondering what to name her piglet.
Some students giggled and leaned toward each other’s ears, whispering. Other students shifted forward in their seats at the Roxy Regional Theatre and whispered – a bit more loudly – at the stage.
APSU to hold annual Guitarfest, February 11th-13th
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – This February, Austin Peay State University and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts will present the annual APSU GuitarFest, featuring guest artist concerts and workshops.
The concerts, which are free and open to the public, will be at 7:30pm, February 11th-13th, in the APSU Music/Mass Communication Building’s Mabry Concert Hall.

Twenty-six-year-old Australian Joe Robinson, world-class virtuoso guitarist and singer/songwriter will perform on February 12th.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation held annual Chocolate Affair event, Saturday
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department hosted its annual Chocolate Affair at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center on Saturday, February 2nd where 600 local fans of the cacao bean indulged in the ongoing chocolate love-affair that mankind began thousands of years ago.
Kara Zahn of Clarksville Parks and Recreation was once again in charge of the popular event.

Clarksville Parks and Recreation held it’s 7th annual Chocolate Affair on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019.
F&M Bank presents ’30s and ’40s musical revue “The All Night Strut!” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, February 14th – March 2nd
Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN – Swing’s the thing on the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville this month as F&M Bank proudly presents the ’30s and ’40s musical revue “The All Night Strut!” at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
A delightful romp through the dance and music of the 1930s and ’40s, “The All Night Strut!” is bursting at the seams with jazz, blues, bebop and American songbook standards, weaving together the work of such legendary songwriters as Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Cab Calloway and the Gershwins.