Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Clarksville Film Festival Tickets on sale now
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Clarksville Film Festival kicked off Friday, February 21st, 2020 when 11 teams of filmmakers gathered at Liberty Park’s Freedom Point to hear the competition rules and select movie genres.
What happened next was 52 hours of scripting, filming, editing — and very little sleep — as teams raced to submit their films by the deadline.
Clarksville Film Festival’s 11 films will be shown and awards presented at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
‘Frozen II’ artist encourages students to follow people who inspire them
Clarksville, TN – On Wednesday, February 26th, 2020, the Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts welcomed award-winning senior matte painter and environment designer Heather Abels to campus.
Senior matte painter Heather Abels works at her Clarksville home office.
Planters Bank Presents… “Cinderella” at Roxy Regional Theatre, Sunday, March 1st
Clarksville, TN – This Sunday, March 1st, 2020, have a ball on the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville as the Roxy Regional Theatre brings you one of Disney’s most beloved films of all time.
For the Roxy’s first in a series of family-friendly favorites, Planters Bank Presents… Disney’s animated classic “Cinderella” on their big screen at 2:00pm.
When Cinderella’s cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.
Disney’s animated classic “Cinderella” shows this Sunday at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
APSU adds more Robotic Classes due to high demand
Clarksville, TN – One quick observation bolsters the Austin Peay State University (APSU) decision to add robotics classes to the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology’s offerings.
Associate professor Dr. John Nicholson teaching a robotics class at Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
Hilldale Kiwanis Club of Clarksville to hold Hilldale Kiwanis Half-K, April 4th
Clarksville, TN – On April 4th, 2020, the Hilldale Kiwanis Club of Clarksville, the organization dedicated to improving the lives of children one community at a time, is hosting the Hilldale Kiwanis Half-K at 8:00am in Downtown Clarksville.
APSU GuitarFest returns to campus March 3rd-5th
Clarksville, TN – On March 3rd-5th 2020, Austin Peay State University and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts will present the annual APSU GuitarFest, featuring guest artist concerts, lectures and workshops.
Classical guitarist Ana Vidovic
Family-Friendly Favorites Coming in March to Planters Bank Presents… Film Series at the Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN – The Roxy Regional Theatre is serving up a host of family-friendly favorites in March with the return of the Planters Bank Presents… Film Series, beginning with Disney’s beloved animated classic “Cinderella” on Sunday, March 1st, 2020 at 2:00pm.
Tickets for the first film in the series are now available at the Roxy Regional Theatre during regular box office hours (9:00am to 2:00pm, Monday through Friday, and one hour prior to show times).
APSU Asanbe Diversity Symposium keynote lecture speaker to be poet, artist & diversity officer Colón
Clarksville, TN – During the 2016 Presidential Election, CNN sent reporters to Welch, West Virginia, for a piece on “why America’s white working class feels left behind.” The story painted Appalachia as a homogenous region, populated only by poor, white coal miners and farmers.
But when Puerto Rican poet Ricardo Nazario y Colón traveled through the area’s wooded, rural hills, he noticed something different.
Ricardo Nazario y Colón
Roxy Regional Theatre presents Roxy Reads featuring “Waiting For Godot” in theotherspace, Wednesday
Clarksville, TN – Take a break from the Roxy Regional Theatre’s full-size mainstage productions (such as “The Fantasticks”, closing Saturday) and join us upstairs in theotherspace this Wednesday, February 26th at 7:00pm as we continue our “Roxy Reads” series with a reading of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting For Godot”.
In this “tragicomedy in two acts,” two wandering tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, wait by a lonely tree, to meet up with Mr. Godot, an enigmatic figure in a world where time, place and memory are blurred and meaning is where you find it.
Roxy Reads to present Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting For Godot” at the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace on Wednesday, February 26th.
Austin Peay State University gives Northeast students peek at multidisciplinary field of robotics
Clarksville, TN – Twenty-five students from Northeast High School’s Computer Information Technology Academy (CITA) recently visited with Austin Peay State University (APSU) students and professors to learn more about how robotics is integrated in various fields.
Austin Peay State University students show off robotic manufacturing systems and robots to Northeast High School students. (APSU)
