Austin Peay Downtown Gallery Hosts New Ceramics Exhibit

Clarksville, TN – Artist Lauren Martin has a strong, visceral reaction every time her fingers touch the cold, damp clay on her potter’s wheel.

“I often feel that as I lose myself to the magic of throwing, my mind and artistic freedom grows and turns in sync with the mesmerizing force that urges the clay into its shape,” she said recently.

This October, a new exhibition at the Austin Peay Downtown Gallery will display several works created through this intuitive connection between flesh and mud. The show, “The Vessel,” will feature pieces by Martin, Ken Shipley, Katt Morgan and Caroline Tuzenue. It opens October 7th with a reception from 5:00pm to 8:00pm and runs through October 30th. [Read more]

APSU Art Alumni Hold Art Exhibit on October 9th

Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, October 9th, Austin Peay State University will again honor the work of its talented art graduates with the Second Annual Art Alumni Homecoming Exhibition.

The show, which is part of the University’s Homecoming festivities, will be from 11:00am to 4:00pm, in the Trahern Building’s gallery. Former APSU art students will return to campus that afternoon to present innovative new works for this exhibit. [Read more]

Drink Deep of the New Dracula Musical at the Roxy Regional Theatre

Clarksville, TN – At twilight you will drink deep … and by the new moon live forever! One of the most frightening novels ever written comes to life upon the stage of the Roxy Regional Theatre with the opening of Frank Wildhorn’s DRACULA: The Musical at 8:00pm on Friday, October 8th.

Following Dracula’s lust for new blood and a small band of mortal men and women who must face his overwhelming seduction and mesmeric supernatural powers, this musical eclipses all other horror stories. Presented in the vein of the “Twilight” series and “True Blood,” the Roxy Regional Theatre’s production of DRACULA brings a modern spin to the Bram Stoker classic. [Read more]

Charity Event to Benefit Camp Rainbow

Clarksville, TN – There is a charity soccer match tonight, October 2nd, at Rossview High School. Clarksville High School and Rossview High School girl’s soccer teams will play against each other to help raise money for Camp Rainbow.

Jeff Major who is the soccer coach for Clarksville High School has put this event together along with Bikers who Care and Camp Rainbow. [Read more]

The Weekly Market Snapshot from Frazier Allen

Market Commentary by Scott J. Brown, Ph.D., Chief Economist

Same old story. The economic data reports remained consistent with a near-term slowdown in the pace of growth, but not a double dip. The estimate of second-quarter 2010 real gross domestic product (GDP) growth was revised to 1.7% (compared to 1.6% in the second estimate and 2.4% in the advance estimate). Personal income rose 0.5% in August – more than expected – but was boosted partly by the extension of unemployment insurance benefits. Consumer spending rose 0.4% (up 0.2%, adjusting for inflation – about a 2% annual rate in the third quarter of 2010). The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Index slowed about as anticipated in September.

We have two new Federal Reserve governors: Janet Yellen (appointed vice chair of the Fed) and Sarah Bloom Raskin. The Wall Street Journal reported that Fed officials are considering smaller-scale quantitative easing. During the financial crisis, the Fed announced large-scale plans to purchase mortgage-backed securities and Treasuries over a period of months. Instead, the Fed may now announce smaller purchases over a month or so. This would give the Fed greater flexibility in monetary policy accommodation, and it presumably would be easier to get some of the more moderate Fed officials to go along. However, the Fed has not made any decisions on whether to increase its purchases of long-term securities. [Read more]

Fort Campbell 2010 Operation Rising Star Winner Announced

Fort Campbell, KY– On Friday, September 24th, 2010, Fort Campbell MWR crowned their newest addition to the Operation Rising Star winner’s club. A well deserved congratulations goes out to Sonja Ambrosino who took home the title of the Fort Campbell Operation Rising Star winner and a $500.00 prize.

When asked what winning Operation Rising Star meant to Sonja, she said, “Words cannot explain how I feel and I am looking forward to the possible opportunities this experience creates.” Sonja also mentioned that the support from her biggest fan and husband, CPT Jason Ambrosino, “helps keep my spirits high and the love for singing alive.” [Read more]

Last performances of SHOUT! at the Roxy

Clarksville, TN – Only two shows left for the Roxy Regional Theatre’s presentation of SHOUT! The Mod Musical. Do not miss your chance to throw your head back and shout to an irresistible blend of hip-swiveling hits, eye-popping fashions from the original Broadway production and psychedelic dances from the sixties.

Using letters to an advice columnist, true confessions, quizzes and advertisements as a frame for such chart-topping hits as “To Sir With Love,” “Downtown,” “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” “Son of A Preacher Man,” “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’,” “Goldfinger” and many more, SHOUT! follows five groovy gals as they come of age during those liberating days that made England swing!

The final two shows are tonight and Saturday night at 8:00pm. So come on down, grab a seat and SHOUT!

APSU Extended Education courses

Early registration discount on selected courses

Clarksville, TN – Develop a new skill, explore a new idea, learn a new language or seek a new career with one of the fall classes from Austin Peay State University’s Center for Extended and Distance Education. Register early and receive a 10 percent discount on selected courses. Preregistration is required for each course. [Read more]

Deer Archery Hunters see increase in opening weekend Harvest

Nashville, TN – Tennessee’s deer archery hunters saw an increase in their harvest from 2009 on the opening weekend of the 2010 season. A total of 2,401 deer were taken, an increase of 163, with all 95 counties reporting harvests.

Montgomery County led the opening weekend (September 25th-26th) totals with 75 harvests, edging the 2009 leader, Giles County’s reporting total of 72.

Other top county totals were Stewart 68, Roane 61, Henry 59, Smith 55, Maury 50, Jackson 49, Sumner 48, Hardeman and Hamilton 46, Carter and Wilson 45. [Read more]

Reading is Something to Cheer About for Montgomery Central Students

Clarksville, TN – The twice national varsity cheerleading champions from Montgomery Central High School plan to give younger students some reading skills to shout about.

The cleverly titled ‘CheeReader’ program will launch next week with MCHS’s 12 varsity and nine junior varsity cheerleaders spending time with beginning readers at Montgomery Central Elementary School. The girls will read one to two books to the students they are paired with, ask the younger students questions concerning the book’s plot and help reinforce the the standards teachers are working on.

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