APSU opens new pre-professional health office on campus
Clarksville, TN – The room, on the first floor of the Austin Peay State University Sundquist Science Complex, is softly lit with lamps shining against beige walls. To the left is a plush leather couch, and in the back, beneath a white dry erase board, is a table for students to gather and study.
The space feels almost like the living room of someone’s home or an exclusive lounge in a private club. But this calming area is actually the new office of the Pre-Professional Health programs at APSU. [Read more]
George McGlothin Performs as Civil War Soldier at the Customs House Museum
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, October 5th, the Customs House Museum will take a look back into 1863 through the eyes of a Civil War soldier. The event will feature historian George McGlothin, who will be assuming the persona of Clay Faulkner.
It will take place in the Museum’s Turner Auditorium at 6:00pm. Admission is free and open to the public.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Living History Weekend at Fort Defiance Interpretive Center
Clarksville, TN – The Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, located at 120 Duncan Street, will host a living history weekend in remembrance of the Confederate recapture of Clarksville as well as the battle of Riggins Hill, Saturday, September 15th from 10:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday, September 16th from 1:00pm to 5:00pm.
Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center
Guitar Virtuoso Stanley Yates to give Free Concert at Austin Peay State University
APSU Guitar Professor Stanley Yates To Perform Free Concert
Stanley Yates
Clarksville TN – Internationally-renowned concert guitarist and APSU Professor of Music Dr. Stanley Yates will present a recital of solo and chamber music at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 27th in the Concert Theater of the Music-Mass Communication Building on the APSU campus.
His program will include solo guitar music by baroque composer Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Czech composer Stepan Rak, and Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell de Aquino.
The concert will also include the first modern performance of a recently-discovered early nineteenth-century adaption for violin, viola and guitar of Mozart’s popular opera ‘The Magic Flute,’ assisted by APSU violin professor Dr. Emily Hanna Crane and Nashville violist Michael O’Gieblyn.
Bikers Who Care 31st Annual Leslie W. Watson Toy Run and Benefit Party this weekend
Written by Sherry Koontz-Howell
Clarksville, TN – 
The Bikers Who Care will host their 31st Annual Leslie W. Watson Toy Run and Benefit Party this weekend, September 14th-16th, at the Clarksville Speedway (1600 Needmore Road).
The weekend will include nightly bands, Street Bike Drags, Bike Show, Tatoo Contest, and Bikini Contests. Camping is allowed, and there will be plenty of vendors as well as food and drink.
Jammin’ in the Alley to feature “Backroad Brigade” September 21st
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville together with U.S. Bank will be Jammin’ in Strawberry Alley again on Friday, September 21st, 2012. Join us for this month’s free concert beginning at 7:00pm.
The concert features four good ole boys from the backwoods of Clarksville, Tennessee. Don’t let that fool you, because they know how to rock! What began as a high school pastime turned into something even they weren’t expecting. Their band, Backroad Brigade, is like no other bands of their generation. Instead of power pop or death metal, they keep the sound of good, old-fashioned rock and roll alive.
Backroad Brigade
American Cancer Society Relay For Life to hold Kickoff Rally
Kickoff Rally on September 18th at Hilldale Baptist Church Family Life Center
Clarksville, TN – The American Cancer Society Relay For Life®of Montgomery County will get together at 6:00pm on September 18th with event volunteers and participants at the Hilldale Baptist Church Family Life Center to officially kickoff their fundraising efforts for the year.
The rally will feature speakers from the community who have benefited from funds raised at Relay, will honor cancer survivors as well as recognize this year’s participating teams and their contributions toward this effort. This event also marks the first opportunity to register a team and select a campsite for the overnight event to be held on May 18th, 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW3MY9lLfFc [Read more]
American Cancer Society Relay For Life to hold Kickoff Rally
Kickoff Rally on September 18 at Hilldale Baptist Church Family Life Center
Clarksville, TN – The American Cancer Society Relay For Life®of Montgomery County will get together at 6:00pm on September 18th with event volunteers and participants at the Hilldale Baptist Church Family Life Center to officially kickoff their fundraising efforts for the year.
The rally will feature speakers from the community who have benefited from funds raised at Relay, will honor cancer survivors as well as recognize this year’s participating teams and their contributions toward this effort. This event also marks the first opportunity to register a team and select a campsite for the overnight event to be held on May 18th, 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW3MY9lLfFc [Read more]
Curves Tiny Town to celebrate third birthday by raising money for the Fort Campbell Fisher House
Clarksville, TN – The Tiny Town Curves location is celebrating its third birthday by raising money for the Fort Campbell Fisher House through various competitions and special events on Tuesday, September 18th. Tiny Town Curves will open its doors to the community for a day of festivities while raising money and awareness for a cause that is important to so many of its members.
APSU Clarinetist Wang receives Tennessee Individual Artist Fellowship
Mingzhe Wang
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Mingzhe Wang, Austin Peay State University assistant professor of music, was in New York City this summer when his cell phone started ringing. The unfamiliar number had a 931 area code, so he thought someone on campus might be trying to contact him.
“I picked it up and it was (Tennessee State Senator) Tim Barnes,” Wang recalled recently. “I thought, oh, he’s probably calling me about some re-election stuff.”
But Barnes was calling for another reason. He congratulated Wang for being one of only two musicians in the state to receive a coveted Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artists Fellowship. [Read more]
