City of Clarksville opens two new B-Cycle stations
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan cut a ribbon Monday to open one of Clarksville’s two new bike share stations.
The ceremony, at the Pollard Road trailhead on the Clarksville Greenway, included Clarksville Academy students, Community Health Foundation board members and Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department leaders.
A second new station, at Public Square and Franklin Street in Downtown Clarksville, also opened Monday.
Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan celebrates growing bike-share service.
Customs House Museum receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant to support Art by African Americans
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support a project entitled “Celebrating the Legacy and Future of African American Arts.”
Central to the project is the opportunity for the Clarksville community to visit one of the most comprehensive exhibitions ever organized featuring works on paper by African American artists over the last three centuries.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation to host Sleep under the stars at Billy Dunlop Park
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation invites you to sleep under the stars at Billy Dunlop Park, 1930 East Boy Scout Road.
Registration is underway for the spring Sleep Under the Stars family camp out beginning at 2:00pm Saturday, May 13th, until 9:00am Sunday, May 14th.
Still time to register to run or volunteer
Clarksville, TN – The 39th Annual Queen City Road Race, scheduled for Saturday, May 6th, is quickly approaching and there is still time to register in person or online.
Online registration can be completed at www.cityofclarksville.com/parksrec and is available until noon on Friday, May 5th. Participants registering in person may come by the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Office, 102 Public Square, through Friday, May 6th or register onsite at Austin Peay’s Foy Center the morning of Saturday, May 6th.
Queen City Road Race
Planters Bank Presents to show “A League of Their Own” at the Roxy Regional Theatre this Sunday, May 7th
“Planters Bank Presents…” Film Series
Clarksville, TN – The “Planters Bank Presents…” film series next movie is “A League of Their Own”. This movie will be shown this Sunday, May 7th, 2017 at the Roxy Regional Theatre at 2:00pm.
“A League of Their Own” is about two sisters (Geena Davis and Lori Petty) joining the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry. The film’s all-star cast also includes Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell, with Tom Hanks as the team’s washed-up, hard-drinking coach.
“Planters Bank Presents…” film series to show “A League of Their Own” this Sunday at Roxy Regional Theatre.
Hilltop Super Market to hold 2nd annual Dwayne Byard Memorial BBQ Cook Off and Car Show May 5th and 6th
Clarksville, TN – Hilltop Super Market will host the 2nd annual Dwayne Byard Memorial BBQ Cook Off and Car Show this Friday and Saturday, May 6th and 7th. This event is being held in honor of Dwayne Byard who past away two years ago.
Friday night is the car show with live music and the BBQ Cook Off will be on Saturday.
2nd annual Dwayne Byard Memorial BBQ Cook Off and Car Show to be held at Hilltop Super Market this Friday and Saturday, May 5th and 6th.
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk to be held May 4th, 2017
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
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum May 2017 Exhibits and Activities
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
Some of the events in May at the Museum are: The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper, A Fine Note, Peggy Kretchmar Leland: Abstracted Surroundings, The Big Payback and Art & Lunch: Patrick Vincent.
Peggy Kretchmar Leland – Past and Present
Clarksville’s Roxy Regional Theatre Presents Hilarious Hit Musical [title of show], April 28th – May 13th
Clarksville, TN – To anyone who has ever had a dream and dared to try and make that dream a reality, no matter what the obstacle, the Roxy Regional Theatre has just the show for you. Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell’s unique, unusually named hit musical comedy [title of show] comes to the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville, April 28th – May 13th.
A hilarious musical about a musical by people who write musicals, this Tony Award-nominated one-act centers on two struggling writers, Jeff and Hunter, who are desperate to get a piece into the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The only problem is they have no ideas … and the submission deadline is a mere three weeks away.
![(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th - May 13th.](http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Title-Of-Show-b.jpg "(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th - May 13th.")
(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th – May 13th.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Fort Defiance Gear up for Annual Living History Event
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Fort Defiance will host this year’s March to the Past living history event from 10:00am to 3:00pm: Saturday, May 6th at the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center, 120 Duncan Street.
There will be live musket firing demonstrations at the annual March into the Past event.
