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Music 4 Mercy plays at Downtown @ Sundown this Friday
Montgomery County, TN – Downtown Commons’ Downtown @ Sundown Concert series is this Friday, August 2nd from 7:00pm-10:00pm.
In honor of musician and educator, Mercy Yrabedra, Music 4 Mercy is made up of her former students as well as some new blood.
This 10-piece band is full of soul and funk.
Downtown @ Sundown features Music 4 Mercy this Friday at Downtown Commons.
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Austin Peay State University history professor nominated for second international award of year
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) history professor Dr. Somaditya Banerjee has been nominated for an international achievement award for the second time this year.
Banerjee traveled to London, England, in May to accept the Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Award, presented by the Non-Resident Indian Welfare Society of India. (APSU)
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Clarksville Arts & Heritage seeks Artwork Submissions for 2020 Calendar
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council (AHDC) is putting out a call to artists who are interested in having their work featured in the 12th annual Cultural Calendar. Each month will feature an artist’s work and highlight upcoming arts and heritage events.
Submitted work will be juried to determine which piece is featured each month, as well as which artwork appears on the cover. As in years past, calendars will be available through AHDC’s website, as well as in the Customs House Museum’s “Seasons” gift shop and other locations around town.
Artwork Submissions wanted for 2020 Arts & Heritage Cultural Calendar
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FUEL the Bus Event to take place at Downtown Commons, August 3rd
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville and Montgomery County Government invites everyone out to the Downtown Commons on August 3rd, 2019, for “FUEL The Bus” event. “FUEL The Bus” starts at 10:00am and will end at 2:00pm. The event will support of the FUEL Kids Nutrition Program.
The FUEL Program is designed to feed children whose only food source may be the food they receive from school.
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Roxy Regional Theatre finishes Season 36 with “Damn Yankees”, August 2nd-24th
Clarksville, TN – The Roxy Regional Theatre, Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre, is hitting it out of the park to close Season 36 of live entertainment on the corner of Franklin Street and First Street with the home-run hit musical “Damn Yankees”.
“Damn Yankees” opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Friday, August 2nd, at 8:00pm. In keeping with the theatre’s traditional pay-what-you-can opening night, all tickets not pre-sold at the regular price will go on sale at 7:30pm that evening for a $5.00 minimum donation.
Quinten Patrick Busey, Stacy Turner and Donald Groves star in “Damn Yankees” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, August 2nd-24th.
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Customs House Museum & Cultural Center presents Norman Lerner’s New York Revisited
Clarksville, TN – Guests of the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center from now through September can get a glimpse of city days gone by with the new exhibition New York Revisited: A Photographic Essay by Norman Lerner.
Skyscrapers, steam rising through street vents, newspaper kiosks near subway entrances, women dressed in high-fashion black−there are few cities that everyone can envision in their head without ever stepping foot there other than New York City.
Norman Lerner – Park
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Riverfest seeks vendors, entertainers, artists
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces that the 32nd annual Riverfest Celebration is currently taking applications from vendors, entertainers and artists. The City of Clarksville’s Riverfest is presented by Miller Lite.
Vendors and entertainers are encouraged to apply online at www.clarksvilleriverfest.com
Riverfest will be held September 5th -7th.
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Austin Peay State University history students use video-conferencing technology to connect with prominent authors across the U.S.
Clarksville, TN – Books, unlike movies, don’t often come with “deleted scenes” or other bonus features. If you’re curious about the “making of” process or discovering what events didn’t make it into the final version, you’ll have to talk to the author.
Austin Peay Students talk with historian Keri Leigh Merritt from Atlanta using video Conferencing. (APSU)
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Clarksville Parks and Recreation to show “The Grinch” at Movies in the Park, July 27th
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, July 27th, 2019, Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s outdoor movie series Movies in the Park will show “The Grinch” at Liberty Park.,
Pre-show activities, coordinated by the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department, will begin at 4:00pm and include a Grinch-themed photo booth, local artisan vendors, making snow using polymers with Austin Peay State University (APSU) scientists and a special performance by Acro Dance Express.
Liberty Park will host free movie, local vendors, this Saturday.
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APSU’s Michael Dickins creating own work, championing others
Clarksville, TN – For a moment, it sounded as if someone was trapped deep inside the metal barrel. This unnerving feeling grew more intense as gallery visitors walked toward the rusty drum.
It looked like a normal barrel, used to collect garbage or – for the more desperate – to build a fire on an icy winter night, but once visitors peered inside, they heard flat, unemotional voices offering up “thoughts and prayers.”
Michael Dickins is director of galleries at Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
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