Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design welcomes SWOON to campus
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design, along with the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, will welcome classically trained visual artist and printmaker SWOON to campus at 6:00pm, October 4th, in Heydel Hall (Art + Design Building, Room 120) for an artist lecture.
Artist SWOON to give lecture at APSU’s Art + Design Building on October 4th.
Clarksville to Host its Third TMSAA Cross Country State Championship October 7th
Event to Bring 1,400; $182,000 in Visitor Spending
Clarksville, TN – More than 1,400 athletes, coaches, and spectators will visit Clarksville on Saturday, October 7th, 2017 for the Class A and AA Boys and Girls Cross Country State Championships.
Armed with tents, coolers and plenty of water, family members will cheer runners along the two-mile course beside the Hilldale Baptist Church Family Life Center, 250 Old Farmers Road.
TMSAA Cross Country State Championship to be held in Clarksville on Saturday, October 7th.
Kiwanis Club of Clarksville Awards and Officer Installation
Clarksville, TN – At the weekly meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Clarksville on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 annual awards were presented and new officers were installed by the TN-KY District Division 14 Lt. Governor C. David Elliot.
2017-18 Board Officers – (L to R) Daniel Binkley, Immediate Past President; Dan Black, President; Price Hopson, 2nd Vice President; Brandon Bridges, Secretary; Jeff Henley, Treasurer.
Clarksville BBQ Bash set for October 7th at Liberty Park
Barbecue bragging rights, great food and a good time will be up for grabs October 7th
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department and SERVPRO of Montgomery County Fire & Water Cleanup & Restoration Company have teamed up to host a full barbecue competition experience.
The Clarksville BBQ Bash is free to the public and will be from 11:00am to 5:00pm Saturday, October 7th, 2017 at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center at Liberty Park, 1188 Cumberland Drive.
F&M Bank Blood Drive to be held October 2nd
Clarksville, TN – On October 2nd, 2017, the Blood Assurance Blood Mobile and the F&M FunMobile are teaming up for a Blood Drive at F&M Bank’s Main Office parking lot located at 50 Franklin Street in Downtown Clarksville. The event will go from 10:00am until 3:00pm.
Blood Assurance will be giving all donors a FREE “One Cool Donor” t-shirt and your choice of “I Bleed” football themed socks! You will also be entered to win a $250.00 gift card to Walmart!
The F&M FunMobile will be on site with FREE hot dogs, popcorn and drinks!!
New Providence Pool opens for indoor season October 1st
Indoor facility offers swim lessons, fitness classes and special events
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s New Providence Pool, the only public indoor pool in the City of Clarksville, opens for its fall and winter indoor season on Sunday, October 1st, 2017.
New Providence Pool is at 168 Cunningham Lane, off Fort Campbell Boulevard. The pool offers swim lessons, water fitness classes, lap swim, and open swimming through May.
New Providence Indoor Pool
Riverfront Jerk Festival a big hit in Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – Riverfront Jerk Festival 3 took place this past Weekend at McGregor Park, and organizers estimate this year’s crowd topped 3,500 people.
Billed as the Nashville/Clarksville Metropolitan Area’s Caribbean music and food festival. The 3rd annual one-day event featured more than two dozen food and craft vendors from as far away as Atlanta and Florida, representing many Caribbean islands.
The 3rd annual Caribbean Jerk Fest at McGregor Park last weekend.
Clarksville’s Quilts of Valor holds Sew for 22 event at Absolutely Fun Sewing
Clarksville, TN – In bring awareness to the service members and veterans that take their lives everyday, Quilts of Valor, Quilting in Clarksville held a Sew for 22 event on September 22nd, 2017 at Absolutely Fun Sewing.
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs released a study which showed that roughly 22 veterans were dying by suicide per day, or one every 65 minutes.
“We do not want to continue to see this. One life is too many.” stated Roberta Samuels, Quilts of Valor. “So we organized this day with the idea from Cinde Jones with Absolutely Fun Sewing. She offered to allow us to sew in the store.”
Quilting in Clarksville presented 22 quilts to veterans on Friday, September 22nd, 2017.
APSU’s Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts announces 2017-18 Tennessee Artist Fellow
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA, or “seek-ah”) is pleased to announce that Andrew Scott Ross, of Johnson City, is the 2017-18 recipient of the Tennessee Artist Fellowship.
The CECA Tennessee Artist Fellowship was created to celebrate contemporary art and to support the continued creative work of exceptional Tennessee artists.
Art by Andrew Scott Ross
Inaugural Film Genre Festival brings sci-fi classics to APSU
Clarksville, TN – For five weeks in September and October, aliens, robots and a bleak, dystopian future will cast a shadow over Austin Peay State University’s Art and Design Building as the Department of Languages and Literature and the Film Studies minor present the inaugural Film Genre Festival.
On each Tuesday beginning September 26th and lasting through October 31st, a different film will be shown at 5:00pm in the Art and Design Building, room 120. All screenings are free and include an introduction from the Austin Peay professor who selected the film.
Austin Peay Professor of English literature and Coordinator of the Film Studies Minor, Dr. Jill Franks.
