Cello percussion duo New Morse Code visiting Austin Peay State University on October 31st
Clarksville, TN – In a brief YouTube video clip, Hannah Collins is seen playing the cello while Michael Compitello taps his drumsticks against different sized flowerpots. The performance could be seen as a novelty act if the resulting music wasn’t so beautiful.
This mixture of playfulness and serious music making is what defines New Morse Code, a music duo of Yale University graduates who are using inventive performances to expand the reach of classical music to a younger generation.
New Morse Code to visit Austin Peay on Friday, October 31st. (Photo: Michiko Tierney)
Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Kleeman Community Center to host new session of Fun Interval Training program
Clarksville, TN – The Kleeman Community Center, located at 166 Cunningham Lane, is offering a second session of its Fun Interval Training (F.I.T.) program that will kick off on November 3rd and continue through January 15th.
Classes will meet daily, Monday through Thursday from 6:00pm – 7:00pm. Exercises will focus on a different muscle group depending on the day. [Read more]
Northeast High School Band Boosters seek vendors for Craft Fair
Clarksville, TN – Northeast High School (NEHS) Band Boosters are seeking vendors for their Craft Fair to be held December 6th, 2014 from 9:00am until 4:00pm.
Anyone interested is ask to contact them at nbeery@yahoo.com or call or text 931.980.6461.
APSU’s Halloween concert returns for 30th year on October 30th
Clarksville, TN – In July, the phone started ringing in Austin Peay State University’s Department of Music office, with callers interested in buying tickets for an upcoming concert.
They were a bit early, since the department’s annual Halloween Percussion Concert was still a good three months away, but the callers knew that for 30 years, the wildly entertaining event usually sold out, so there was nothing wrong with being a little premature.
Fright on Franklin Street was a hauntingly good time
Clarksville, TN – The 3rd Annual Fright on Franklin was held on Saturday October 29th. Several Thousand families packed Historic Downtown Clarksville for Fright on Franklin which provides safe trick-or-treating opportunities for Clarksville residents.
“It’s wonderful, this is one of the best things that we do in the city of Clarksville all year round,” said Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan. “There are thousands of children out here having fun, getting candy, in a wonderful atmosphere where it is safe; and I think the parents are liking it too!”
Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan greets some young admirers during Fright on Franklin Street
Clarksville Beginnings – Part 2: Revisiting the Massacre at Sevier Station; In Their Own Words
Clarksville, TN – I love history and find it fascinating – and you must enjoy it as well or you would not be reading this article! Yet, I could listen and listen to someone who is alive and well with me today go on ad nauseum about the dry facts from the past and get absolutely nothing from it.
But, to hear the very words of those who lived before us – those priceless journals, letters, and testimonies – that is gold to me! It is amazing to be able to peak into their minds and hearts for just a moment and experience with them the joys, the struggles, the hopes, and the pain of the experience of life.
That is what we have with the story of the lives of Valentine Sevier, his family, and community – their own words.
Sevier Station
Clarksville Weekly Market Snapshot from Frazier Allen for the week of October 26th, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Mixed, but generally favorable, earnings reports and an ebbing in Ebola fears helped propel the major stock market indices higher.
The economic data were largely irrelevant. The Consumer Price Index continued to show a low trend in inflation (+1.7% y/y for both the headline index and the core). Home sales figures were mixed. The Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose 0.8% suggesting little chance of a recession anytime soon
Next week, the earnings calendar is brisk with about a third of the companies in the S&P 500 reporting. There are two key items on the economic calendar: the Fed policy meeting and the advance estimate of 3Q14 GDP growth.
Frazier Allen
APSU art students animate stories by Clarksville Academy second graders
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this week, a crowd gathered along the edges of a red carpet running through the lobby of the Austin Peay State University Trahern Building. They held up smartphone cameras and leaned over each other, trying to get a better view.
The whole thing felt a bit like an old Hollywood movie premiere, and that feeling only increased when, at 1:00pm, the doors opened and the students in Frances Traughber’s second grade class at Clarksville Academy shuffled down the carpet.
Austin Peay State University Animation Class
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for October 26th, 2014
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: Adaptive and Special-Needs programming, Indoor Aquatic Center to host event just for toddlers, Civil War Carbine Demo coming to Fort Defiance, Kleeman Community Center to Host Free Silver Social and Handmade Holidays.
3nd annual Handmade Holidays-a Crafters Bazaar to be held at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center November 15th and 16th, 2014.
APSU computer science student designs Tennessee Academy of Sciences website
Clarksville, TN – When someone asked Dr. Leong Lee, Austin Peay State University associate professor of computer science, to help redesign and re-program the Tennessee Academy of Science’s (TAS) website, he wondered if they were joking.
“I studied the requirements and realized that this would be a relatively big project,” Lee said. “This is a $75,000 professional level web development project involving feasibility study, frontend web interface design, backend database system design and web-database programming.”
APSU computer science senior Arisha Majors redesigned the Tennessee Academy of Sciences website.
