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Clarksville Downtown Market in the running for National Awards
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Downtown Market is in the running to receive national recognition from American Farmland Trust, a national nonprofit dedicated to saving farmland for the next generation.
Shoppers are encouraged to visit the market from 8:00am to 1:00pm, Saturdays on Public Square and then endorse the market by visiting the information booth or by visiting http://markets.farmland.org
What you put on your fork matters. That’s the message behind American Farmland Trust’s seventh annual Farmers Market Celebration. The celebration calls on shoppers to help identify the best of America’s farmers markets. The summer-long event launched June 21st, 2017.
Clarksville Downtown Market
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Visitor Spending in Montgomery County Tops $211 Million in 2016
Clarksville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Department of Tourist Development Commissioner Kevin Triplett today announced Tennessee tourism’s direct domestic and international travel expenditures reached an all-time high of $19.3 billion in 2016, up 4.7 percent or almost $1 billion, over 2015. Numbers for Montgomery County increased to $211 million, up 3.0 percent, or $6 million, over the prior year.
For the ninth consecutive year, Montgomery County has ranked 11th among Tennessee counties for tourism spending. Ninety-two of the state’s 95 counties saw gains in tourism spending from 2015 to 2016.
Athletes fill APSU’s Fortera Stadium for the AAU Boys Basketball National Championship opening ceremony.
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Austin Peay State University alumna Licciardi releases debut book of poetry, “Skin Splitting”
Clarksville, TN – Bryanna Licciardi, a 2011 Austin Peay State University alumna, once went on a boring date with infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
“Towards the end of my Master of Fine Arts program in Boston, I fell asleep one night watching a documentary about (Gacy),” Licciardi said. “Not your typical bedtime story, I know, but I have a horror hobby.
Skin Splitting
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Fiction, poetry and film on display during Austin Peay State University’s Zone 3 Fall 2017 Reading Series
Clarksville, TN – Zone 3, the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts’ literary journal, welcomes a diverse group of writers, filmmakers and creative minds for its Fall 2017 Zone 3 Reading Series.
Steven Sherrill will travel to campus on September 19th, at 4:00pm to give a reading of his fiction.
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Native Cultural Circle Presents Books to CMCSS
Montgomery County, TN – Clarksville’s Native Cultural Circle presented books to Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) Middle Schools Friday, August 18th, 2017.
The books feature Native American Stories and Environmental Activities.
Native American Books
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Applications Being Accepted for Miss Tennessee USA and Miss Tennessee Teen USA Pageants
Clarksville, TN – Applications are now being accepted from young women throughout the State of Tennessee who would like to compete in the 2018 Miss Tennessee USA and Teen USA Pageants in Clarksville, October 12th-14th, 2017.
Allee-Sutton Hethcoat was crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2017 at Austin Peay State Univeristy in Clarksville, Tennessee.
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Montgomery County Parks and Recreation to hold Total Solar Eclipse Viewings at Richellen Park and Woodlawn Park
Montgomery County, TN – Montgomery County Parks and Recreation invites the public to view the solar eclipse at Richellen Park and Woodlawn Park on Monday, August 21st, 2017. The parks will be open to the public at 10:00am for this historic event.
Concessions will be available from the Montgomery Central Little League and Woodlawn Little League. All proceeds from concessions sales will go to the Leagues.
Richellen Park
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Paddle your way to fun at Rally on the Cumberland
Canoe and Kayak race now part of Riverfest
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s canoe and kayak race Rally on the Cumberland is back for a fifth year and is now part of Clarksville’s Riverfest.
Rally on the Cumberland will be at 8:00am on Saturday, September 9th, 2017 on the Cumberland River, beginning at the Montgomery County Conservation Club and ending at the McGregor Park boat ramp, approximately 6 miles in length.
Rally on the Cumberland
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Kit Kite’s X Housewife Series Comes to the Customs House Museum
Clarksville, TN – There is a feeling of campy nostalgia to the black and white images of Nashville artist Kit Kite’s X Housewife series that immediately creates empathy from female onlookers.
Ironing boards, utensils, and Tupperware are just some of the objects filling Kite’s large scaled photographs.
Kit Kite’s X Housewife series on display at the Custom House Museum.
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NYC’s Times Square to broadcast NASA eclipse video shot at APSU
Clarksville, TN – On Monday, August 21st, 2017, the day of the Great American Eclipse, a large digital screen in New York City’s Times Square will broadcast images captured from the Austin Peay State University observatory.
A production crew with NASA TV will be on campus that day, filming the total solar eclipse, because the University is one of the best places in the world to witness the historic event.
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