Customs House Museum and Cultural Center starts Winter set of Art Exhibitions
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center has several new art exhibits coming to the galleries this winter. Visitors will be pleasantly surprised by the wide range of themes, mediums and style showcased in the shows.
Anne Goetze, portrait artist Chantel Barber and many Tennessee-based watercolor artists will all be featured in the upcoming months.
Pray to Love – Chantel Barber
APSU alum Jeffery Gray competing in Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship”
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) alum Jeffery Gray, a fine arts major turned baker, is competing in this year’s “Food Network “Holiday Baking Championship.” In the first episode, which aired on November 2nd, Gray is given the nickname “Santa from Atlanta” because his love for creativity and baking shined.
Austin Peay State University alumni Jeffery Gray. (Food Network)
Altra Federal Credit Union partners with Finhabits to help Member’s Financial Lives
Clarksville, TN – Altra Federal Credit Union has partnered with Finhabits, the first bilingual digital investment advisor making financial services more inclusive in the United States.
Now more than ever, people are realizing that having their finances in order prepares you for the future.
APSU German professor finds peace during COVID-19 through wood working
Clarksville, TN – After a long day of teaching in front of a computer screen, Dr. Beatrix Brockman blinks her red eyes, steps away from her desk and heads into the garage, with its concrete floors and overwhelming smell of sawdust. In this cavernous space, it sometimes feels as if she has stepped back in time into her father’s workshop.
Dr. Beatrix Brockman. (APSU)
This Week at Austin Peay: “Over Look/Under Foot” lecture offered virtually on Tuesday
Clarksville, TN – The New Gallery at Austin Peay State University (APSU), with support from the APSU Center of Excellence for the APSU Creative Arts and the APSU Department of Art + Design, is pleased to present “Over Look/Under Foot”, a new exhibition by artists Katie Hargrave and Meredith Lynn, to continue an exciting 2020-2021 exhibition season.
Planters Bank Presents… “Sunset Boulevard” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, Friday
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, November 13th, 2020, Planters Bank Presents… the Academy Award-winning classic “Sunset Boulevard” at the Roxy Regional Theatre at 7:00pm.
Make plans to join us this weekend for the most compelling dramatic story ever unfolded on the screen — a tale of heartache and tragedy, love and ambition, told against the fabulous background of Hollywood.
In this magnificent tale of faded glory and unfulfilled ambition featuring two of the screen’s most memorable characters, Gloria Swanson stars as Norma Desmond, an aging silent film queen who refuses to accept that her stardom has ended.
Sunset Boulevard
Arts for Hearts Clarksville to host Supply Drive for Art in November
Clarksville, TN – Give artfully this November to Arts for Hearts, a program providing free art classes and workshops throughout the Clarksville area.
It is officially Fall and the season of caring and giving is fast approaching. Now is the perfect time to give back to the community by volunteering, giving or hosting supply drives to support your favorite local nonprofits.
Arts for Hearts in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity Restore and Eagle’s Wing Ministries will host a “Hearts Need Art” supply drive from November 9th-22nd.
Arts for Hearts Clarksville will hold “Hearts Need Art” Supply drive November 9th-22nd.
CDE Lightband, TVA to match $15,000 in donations to Imagination Library of Montgomery County
Clarksville, TN – As the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic continues to surge and affect many local and fundamental organizations, The Imagination Library of Montgomery County is unfortunately one of those facing funding shortages.
With the present difficulties CDE Lightband and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have agreed to match up to $15,000 in donations as the Community Care Fund campaign is launched once again.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Montgomery County hires Elizabeth Quinton as New Program Event Manager for Downtown Commons
Montgomery County, TN – Montgomery County Government recently hired Elizabeth Quinton as the Downtown Commons’ Program Event Manager. She will be responsible for the management, planning and execution of events that take place at Downtown Commons as well as assisting with social media and marketing for Montgomery County.
Quinton brings with her experience in event planning and marketing most recently from Vanderbilt University.
Montgomery County’s Downtown Commons’ Program Event Manager Elizabeth Quinton
Clarksville’s DBO Gallery displays Paintings Exhibition that brings awareness to Youth Homelessness
Clarksville, TN – A collection of 12 arresting paintings by Olasubomi Aka-Bashorun will go on display at DBO Gallery in Clarksville, Tennessee next month, to bring awareness to the homeless youth pandemic currently happening on an international scale.
#Homeless Youth Series comprises striking black and white portraits and vignettes that were inspired by Aka-Bashorun’s own encounters, and by photographs by artists like Lee Jeffries.
Invisible (acrylic and graphite on plywood, 24 x 48in)
