Clarksville’s Customs House Museum August 2019 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.
Some of the events in August at the Museum are:The Biggest and Most Important Things: A Duo Exhibition by Michelle & Aaron Grayum, Odyssey: An Exhibition of Recent Works by Paul Harmon, Jim Diehr: Imagined Perspectives, Revisiting New York: A Photographic Essay by Norman Lerner and Sunday Family Fun Learning Day: Create an Alien.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Clarksville Parks and Recreation to hold Back to School Splash August 3rd
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, August 3rd, 2019, the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will hold a pool party at the annual Back to School Splash from 6:00pm-8:00pm.
Registered students will enjoy a fun time at the pool and will receive a backpack full of grade-appropriate school supplies along with a hot dog or pizza, chips, drink and cookie.
USO Show Troupe opens Downtown @ Sundown at Downtown Commons, Friday
Montgomery County, TN – The next Downtown @ Sundown Concert is this Friday, July 19th, 2019. The USO has partnered with Downtown Commons for a spectacular event.
The USO Show Troupe will open the night at 7:00pm with an arrangement of classic Americana songs. Country acoustic artist, Andrea Guess jumps on at 8:00pm with the USO Show Troupe returning around 9:00pm to rock out the night with some upbeat jams.
USO Show Troupe featured at this Friday’s Downtown @ Sundown Concert.
Advance Financial to hold Free Backpack Give Away Saturday, July 19th
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, July 19th, 2019, Advance Financial will be celebrating Back-To-School in Tennessee by giving away 100 new backpacks to Clarksville-Montgomery County area students.
Advance Financial on Madison Street to hold Backpack Giveaway for Local Students this Friday.
Cooling at the Cave to be held at Dunbar Cave, Saturday July 27th, 2019
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, July 27th, 2019, the Friends of Dunbar Cave will celebrate the tradition of Cooling at the Cave from 3:00pm-5:00pm at the entrance to historic Dunbar Cave.
The concert is free and open to the public. What better way to spend a summer afternoon than Cooling at the Cave enjoying the music of the Cumberland Winds Jazz Project.
Prior to air conditioning being widely available, locals would gather at the mouth of the cave to enjoy the cool air gently blowing from the mouth of the cave.
Cooling at the Cave
Clarksville Parks and Recreation forming NFL Youth Flag Football League
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is offering an organized NFL flag football league for youths in Clarksville this fall. Boys and girls, ages 5-10 are invited to take part. Weekly practices begin August 24th, 2019 with league play on Saturdays through November 2nd at Liberty Park.
APSU twirler Melvin to compete at National Collegiate Championships
Clarksville, TN – On July 23rd-27th, 2019, Izzy Melvin, Austin Peay State University featured twirler, will represent the state of Tennessee at the National Collegiate Championships at the University of Notre Dame.
Melvin earned the right by winning Miss College Majorette of Tennessee at the Tennessee State Twirling Championships in April.
Austin Peay State University featured twirler Izzy Melvin. (APSU)
Austin Peay, Montgomery County work together to keep juveniles out of court, on campus
Clarksville, TN – Jaclyn Lyons grew up in Chicago, in a neighborhood so rough that most of her childhood friends ended up in prison, addicted to drugs or the victims of violence. In 2009, Lyons joined the U.S. Army to escape that bleak environment, but she never forgot the young faces of her friends from those years before they lost hope.
Dr. Jeff Thompson and Jaclyn Lyons talk to the Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees. (APSU)
Ingredients for Hope set for July 27th
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, July 27th, 2019, “Ingredients for Hope,” a Crockpot Meal Tasting event benefiting Clarksville’s Safehouse and Safeplace, will be held from 11:00am to 1:00pm at Trinity Episcopal Church in Downtown Clarksville.
Girl Scout Troop 779 Ambassador Ryleigh Welsh has been working with Urban Ministries Director CC Carmack and Legal Aid Victim Advocate Tabitha Tackett to organize this event which will benefit families leaving the Safehouse and Safeplace shelters to establish homes of their own. Many of these families leave with nothing to start their new homes.
Ingredients for Hope to be held at Trinity Episcopal Church on Saturday, July 27th.
Clarksville’s Dunbar Cave State Park Programs for July 20th – 21st, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Dunbar Cave State Natural Area has been a State Park since 1973. The cave and its surrounding 110 acres have considerable scenic, natural and historical significance. The entrance offered shelter to prehistoric Native Americans as far back as 10,000 years.
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area will present many nature programs during the year. There are programs for children and adults.
The upcoming events include: Candlelight Yoga at the Cave, Make a Butterfly Feeder and Unknown Realms.
Dunbar Cave State Park.
