Custom House Museum March 2013 Exhibits and Activities
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
In the month of March, the Museum will feature Reflective: Women Painting Women, Trousseau, The Vision of Herbert Baggett, Let’s Find: Birds, Sunday Family Fun: A Hare-Raising Afternoon and so much more.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Young Women’s Leadership Symposium to be held at Austin Peay State University April 5th
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University faculty member will lead the third annual Young Women’s Leadership Symposium on April 5th.
Dr. Marsha Lyle-Gonga, assistant professor of political science, will conduct the symposium, which has an anticipated enrollment of 100 women, from 8:30am-4:30pm, April 5th in the Morgan University Center Ballroom. The one-day seminar is designed to increase the political efficacy of women ages 16-24 through leadership development and civic engagement activities. [Read more]
Cunningham Volunteer Fire Department’s Annual Chili Supper has Record Turnout
Cunningham, TN – On Saturday, February 25th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, the Cunningham Volunteer Fire Department held their Annual Chili Supper at Montgomery Central Middle School. Over 400 people were served chili, cornbread, and dessert by volunteers.
Cunningham Volunteer Fire Department’s Annual Chili Supper
2013 Nonprofit Leadership and Management Conference
All Hands on Deck! Fundraising and Fund Development for Sustainability
Clarksville, TN – APSU’s Department of Public Management and Criminal Justice and the Nonprofit Partnership Network will host the 2013 Annual Nonprofit Leadership and Management Conference – All Hands on Deck!
Fundraising and Fund Development for Sustainability on March 14th-15th at APSU in the Morgan University Center. Registration deadline is March 9th. Limited seating is available.
You can Register online. [Read more]
Poet Blas Falconer to read at Austin Peay State University March 1st
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Blas Falconer, an award-winning poet and an associate professor of English at Austin Peay State University, will read from his new collection of poems, “The Founding Wheel,” during a special reading at 8:00pm, March 1st, in the Morgan University Center.
The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Blas Falconer
Weekly Market Snapshot from Frazier Allen for the week of February 24th, 2013
Market Commentary by Scott J. Brown, Ph.D., Chief Economist
The FOMC minutes from the January 29th-30th policy meeting showed a greater level of discomfort regarding the Fed’s large-scale asset purchases. “Many participants,” suggesting a majority, “expressed some concerns about potential costs and risks arising from further asset purchases.”
Several participants “discussed the possible complications that additional purchases could cause for the eventual withdrawal of policy accommodation, a few mentioned the prospect of inflationary risks, and some noted that further asset purchases could foster market behavior that could undermine financial stability.” Several others “argued that the potential costs of reducing or ending asset purchases too soon were also significant, or that asset purchases should continue until a substantial improvement in the labor market outlook had occurred.” [Read more]
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for February 24th, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The weekly Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Report provides Clarksvillians with a glimpse at the activities and events that are available from the Parks and Recreation Department for them to enjoy together as a family.
This weeks highlights include:
- Toddler Splash to be held once a month
- New session of Olympic Style Archery to start at the Kleeman Center
- Youth Recreation Leagues – Baseball, Blastball®, Softball and T-ball
- Private Rentals
Clarksville Academy Third Graders Launch Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Academy is providing its students a well-rounded education beyond the boundaries of the classroom and exposes its students to service learning and fundraising ethics at the elementary school level. These students are learning at an early age the value of selfless service and the ability to make a difference by working together in support of a worthy cause.
During December 2012, instead of giving attention to holiday gifting, toys and game systems, a group of third graders began making paper airplanes and paper footballs, selling them for $1.00 and $2.00 each and telling patrons that the money was going to Breast Cancer Awareness.
K’Ron Washington, Elizabeth Tucker, Jiya Patel, Morgan Baxter, Jacob Manning, Jack Rogers, Tacoma Reda, Patton Samuels and Evan Kelley
Rivers and Spires named Best Festival at Southeast Festivals and Events Association Conference
Clarksville, TN – The Rivers and Spires Festival is pleased to announce that they were the recipient of two Gold Awards at the Southeast Festivals and Events Association (SFEA) Conference this past week in Auburn, AL.
The Festival won Gold Awards for being the “Best Festival With A Budget Over $75,000” and for the “Best Creative Idea”. The 2012 Festival Media Kit was submitted for the creative award.
L-R: Theresa Harrington, Jessica Goldberg and Doug Barber were in attendance to accept the awards from SFEA representatives.
Noted environmental landscape artist to speak at APSU Biology Honors Seminar February 25th
Clarksville, TN – In the early 1770s, the American naturalist William Bartram headed south to explore the pristine, untouched region that would soon become known as the Southeastern United States of America.
Instead of forests and farms, he discovered wide, grassy savannahs spreading across Georgia and Alabama. He jotted down details of this terrain and drew pictures of the land in his notebook. [Read more]
