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Chris Janson to headline Riverfest
Clarksville, TN – Riverfest, the City of Clarksville’s entertainment festival now in its 30th year, is pleased to announce Chris Janson will be the featured headliner at the 2017 Festival. Chris Janson will perform at 9:15pm Saturday, September 9th on the Bud Light Stage at McGregor Park. The concert is free and open to the public.
“Once again, the City of Clarksville is presenting a big star to headline our big-time community festival,” Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan said. “Chris Janson is one of the hottest artists in country music, and he’ll be here to push Clarksville’s Riverfest to new heights.”
Chris Janson will be performing on the Riverfest Bud Light Stage Saturday, September 9th.
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Clarksville Area Chamber Announces Charlie Koon as New Chairman
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce announces its 2017-18 Board of Directors.
Serving as chairman for a one-year term beginning July 1st, is Charlie Koon, Director of Workforce & Economic Development at Workforce Essentials. Koon was named the 2015 Middle Tennessee Workforce Services Employee of the Year by the Tennessee Department of Labor and in 2008 he was named Clarksville’s “Citizen of the Year.”
Charlie Koon
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Austin Peay State University College of Science and Mathematics renamed College of STEM
Clarksville, TN – In the next decade, analysts predict that Amazon, Apple, Google or Tesla will become the world’s first trillion-dollar, publicly traded company.
The astounding growth of these companies—Barclays predicts Amazon will triple its revenue by 2027—is leading many to argue that America’s economic future has become dependent on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education.
Austin Peay State University Chemistry Class. (APSU)
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Customs House Museum receives restored Civil War diary
Local Groups, Individuals provide funds to have Civil War Diary cleaned, restored, returned to Custom House Museum
Clarksville, TN – An important record of Clarksville’s past returned, cleaned and restored, this month to Customs House Museum and Cultural Center thanks to help from several local organizations and individuals.
Serepta Jordan’s diary from 1857 to 1864 in New Providence records murders, slave insurrections, the building of Fort Defiance (then known as Fort Sevier), mustering of troops, battles fought and lost during America’s Civil War, along with births, deaths, marriages, and details of daily 19th-century life.
Customs House Curator of Collections Kali Mason receives a $500.00 check from Jeff Harris, treasurer of the Montgomery County Historical Society, to help pay for restoration of the journal kept by New Providence resident Serepta Jordan from 1857 to 1864.
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Clarksville’s First Thursday Artwalk to be held July 6th, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Produced by The Downtown Clarksville Association, First Thursday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour spanning a 5-block radius that combines visual art, live music, engaging events and more in the heart of Downtown Clarksville.
With 10+ venues, bars and businesses participating each month, the First Thursday Art Walk in Clarksville is the ultimate opportunity to savor and support local creative talent.
First Thursday Art Walk in downtown Clarksville
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Tickets On Sale Now For CAR YPN’s Handbags For Hope
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Association of Realtors (CAR) will host the fourth annual Handbags For Hope at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center on Saturday, August 12th, 2017.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Urban Ministry’s SafeHouse for Women and the CAR Young Professionals Network Mike Groves Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Handbags For Hope will feature over 200 handbags, wallets, and tote bags for women and men in a silent and live auction. The live auction will feature special “themed” bags with hundreds of dollars worth of special items inside.
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Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library to hold Basic Computer Skills and Facebook Class every Friday
Montgomery County, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library will be holding a Basic Computer Skills and Facebook Class every Friday from 3:30pm until 5:30pm.
Want to begin using a computer? If you need an in-person guide who can show you the basics of using a computer than this is the class for you.
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‘Lego Batman Movie’ next for Movies in the Park
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Movies in the Park, the City’s free, outdoor movie series — continues on Saturday, July 8th, 2017 with the showing of “The Lego Batman Movie” at McGregor Park’s North Extension, 640 North Riverside Drive (behind O’Charleys).
Pre-show activities, coordinated by the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department, will begin at 6:00pm.
“Lego Batman Movie” to be shown at the next Movies in the Park.
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Clarksville-Montgomery County Welcomes AAU Boys’ National Basketball Championships July 7th-12th
Visitor Spending Expected to Total $2.5 Million
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville-Montgomery County is poised to welcome nearly 3,000 guests next week for two divisions of the Amateur Athletic Union’s Boy’s 10-and-Under National Basketball Championships.
Since 1999, the city has hosted dozens of regional and national AAU basketball events. This year, 53 teams from 16 states including Utah, New York, Texas, New Jersey, Michigan, Maryland, Louisiana, Indiana and most states bordering Tennessee, will make their way to Clarksville for championship play.
Hundreds of basketball players pack APSU’s Fortera Stadium in Clarksville during the 2015 AAU Boys National Basketball Championship Opening Ceremonies.
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CMCSS names Principals for Minglewood Elementary School, Norman Smith Elementary School
Montgomery County, TN – A former principal with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and a current assistant principal in Clarksville Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) have been chosen to serve in the principalship at two elementary schools.
New CMCSS principals (L to R) Michelle Brock-Demps and Emily Clark.
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