Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Riverfest Volunteer Prize Winners
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is happy to announce the winners of the Riverfest volunteer prize.
The Austin Peay State University chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity will be awarded the $500.00 cash prize for providing the largest group of volunteers for the 2012 Riverfest celebration held September 7th and 8th at McGregor Park. [Read more]
Clarksville Parks and Recreation hosting Trail Cleanup at the Clarksville Greenway October 13th
Clarksville, TN – Clarksvillians are encouraged to join in the beautification of one of the City’s favorite walking trails. The City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a cleanup at The Clarksville Greenway, located at the Pollard Road Trailhead, on Saturday, October 13th from 8:00am to 10:00am.
Our trails need constant maintenance, but to make it more fun, we schedule volunteer maintenance days throughout the year to keep them in shape.
Music and visual art blend in Frankenstein!! Concert at APSU on October 1st
Clarksville, TN – Several times during the conversation, the name Leopold was whispered. The three Austin Peay State University professors were referring to a fictional character played masterfully by Bugs Bunny in the 1949 Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoon “Long-Haired Hare.”
Barry Jones, APSU associate art professor, spoke in a quiet, reverential tone when mentioning the name. Kell Black, art professor, said it a bit more forcefully. But it was Dr. Gregory Wolynec, professor of music and conductor of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, who almost shouted the name with gusto. He has a special fondness for the character since Bugs Bunny is in fact impersonating the famed British conductor Leopold Stokowski. [Read more]
High School Bands were Rockin’ at the 2nd Annual Indian Nation Marching Invitational
Cunningham, TN – On Saturday, September 15th, 14 area High School Marching Bands made their way to Montgomery Central High School Stadium for the 2nd Annual Indian Nation Marching Invitational. The weather was perfect as the bands strutted their stuff in front of the filled stadium.
“There was a lot of work done by our Band Boosters to prepare a quality competition.” stated Montgomery Central High School Principal Christy R. Houston. “We hope everyone enjoyed the experience.”
Clarksville High School Marching Wildcats were the Grand Champions of the 2nd Annual Indian Nation Marching Invitational.
Customs House Museum Family Fun Day September 23rd, 2012 with “Fabulous, Fantastic Furniture”
Clarksville, TN – Come out to the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center Sunday, September 23rd for Family Fun Day.
Explore the Cumberland Furniture Guild exhibit and then join us in the Coca Cola Café to design and make some of your own furniture with paper, small cardboard boxes, craft sticks, and pictures from magazines.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
G.I. Jobs Magazine names Austin Peay State University Military Friendly School for 2013
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has been named by G.I. Jobs magazine as Military Friendly School for 2013.
The honor ranks APSU in the top 15 percent of all colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide, according to a letter from the magazine’s publisher, Rich McCormack. The magazine surveyed more than 12,000 schools, according to the announcement. [Read more]
APSU awards scholarships to area High School Students
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University has awarded scholarships to the following 2012 area high school graduates:
Raven Brown, Clarksville High School, received the Presidential Scholarship. Brown plans to major in nursing at APSU.
Kristen Austion, Montgomery Central High School, received the Dean’s Scholarship. Austion plans to major in biology at APSU. [Read more]
APSU hosting Sciences, Health and Math Career Night October 2nd
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Every year, thousands of students enter college harboring dreams of future careers as doctors, physicists or even crime scene investigators.
They pick majors in the sciences and mathematics without a clear plan of how to achieve their goals and, after a few years of floundering, many unfortunately decided to end their college careers prematurely.
For the last three years, the Austin Peay State University College of Science and Mathematics has sought to offer a bit of assistance to these individuals by hosting a Sciences, Health and Mathematics Career night each fall. [Read more]
Clarksville’s Indoor Aquatic Center opens for the season with new Climbing Wall feature
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department invites you to enjoy the Indoor Aquatic Center at New Providence, located at 166 Cunningham Lane, this fall and winter! The Indoor Aquatic Center opens its doors for the Indoor Season on Monday, October 1st.
Enjoy a day of free admission, refreshments and free Wibit and Aqua Climb access on Opening Day from 7:00am to 12:00pm and 3:00pm until 8:00pm.
The Indoor Aquatic Center at New Providence.
Virtuoso pianist Gloria Chien to open Clarksville Community Concert Association’s 2012-13 season on September 21st
Clarksville, TN – 
The Clarksville Community Concert Association will kick off its 2012-13 season at 7:30pm on September 21st with a performance by piano virtuoso Gloria Chien.
Richard Dyer of the Boston Glove praised Chien for “a wondrously rich palette of colors, which she mixes everything with dashing bravado and with an uncanny precision of calibration.”
