Clarksville Parks and Recreation to hold Warrior Week Concert and Car, Truck, & Bike Show this Weekend, May 8th and 9th
Don’t miss the fun events this weekend in honor of Warrior Week
Clarksville, TN – Each year, the Military Affairs Committee of the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce organizes Warrior Week to honor all military personnel and their families.
The City of Clarksville is proud to show their support on Friday, May 8th, by hosting a free concert featuring award-winning, Country artists Little Texas!
APSU’s Osvaldo Di Paolo explores blending of Hispanic literary genres in new book
Clarksville, TN – Fictional literature has long shined a light on the times in which we live. In North America, genres like dystopia and science fiction have served as mirrors for the ills plaguing modern day society.
In Spanish literature, the genres of hardboiled, or “novela negra,” and Gothic literature have played a similarly important role – each symbolically exploring, among other things, the criminal and societal dangers in rapidly growing major South American cities such as Mexico City, Bogota and Buenos Aires.
APSU Associate Professor Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo.
Exploration at the Customs House Museum
Clarksville, TN – Artist Ed Nash brings his large-scale abstracts to the Customs House Museum for the month of May in the exhibit Ed Nash: Exploration.
The acrylic paintings seep with mysterious shapes and textured layers of neutral hues. They are at once both earthy and industrial.
“Adjudicate” by Ed Nash.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center to host its popular Civil War Summer Camp again this year
Clarksville, TN – The Fort Defiance Interpretive Center is proud to host the City’s Civil War Summer Camp for history savvy youth. The Camp will be two, one-week sessions for boys and girls in the 5th and 6th grades this June.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for a student to learn about life during the Civil War and participate in activities relating to the period,” said William Parker, Historical Interpreter at Fort Defiance. [Read more]
Hilltop Supermarket to host Spring Festival fundraiser for Kenai Langley
Clarksville, TN – This Saturday, May 9th, Hilltop Supermarket is hosting “Karing for Kenai” Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is a fundraiser for 3-year old Kenai Payes Langley who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
There will be a yard sale from 7:00am until 3:00pm. Hilltop is still taking donations that can be dropped off at the store anytime.
Everyday Life’s Beauty Showcased in Art Exhibit at Planters Bank in May
Clarksville, TN – The Planters Bank-Hilldale Gallery will feature “A Wonderful World” by Franklin, Tenn. Artist Mike Moyers from Thursday, May 7th – Wednesday, June 3rd.
Moyers is a contemporary impressionist with a passion for expressing subjects of life and faith through art. Believing art to be a communion with the soul, Moyers strives to create pieces that touch people on a deeper level. Specializing in palette knife technique, he paints a diverse range of subjects from slice-of-life and plein air to conceptual and abstract.
“A Wonderful World” by Artist Mike Moyers.
Hilltop Super Market’s 6th Annual BBQ Cook Off gets bigger and better each year
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, May 2nd, Hilltop Super Market held their 6th Annual BBQ Cook-Off. The weather perfect for the event. The sweet aroma of BBQ cooking drifted along the cool breeze that day.
People drifted in and around the BBQ cooking contest all day. Hilltop was selling BBQ, ribs, etc, that everyone was enjoying.
“This is a great event. It is a good way to kick off Spring. What more American thing to do on a Saturday than to enjoy BBQ. I really enjoyed it,” said Montgomery County Sheriff John Fuson.
Serious Hog won Grand Champion at the 2015 Hilltop BBQ Cook-Off. (L to R) Lexie Schimmel, Caden Schimmel, Lisa Rooks and Matt Rooks.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation hosts summer event series for dog-lovers
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation is excited to host Fun with Fido, the summer event series to promote an active lifestyle for you and your four-legged family member.
Fun with Fido, will kick off its season with a tail-waggin’ good time of contests, prizes and dog-related vendors at Heritage Park Bark Park from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, Saturday, May 16th.
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk to take place May 7th, 2015
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 scheduled for July 3rd.
Hilltop Super Market’s 1st Annual Country Boy Cook-Off a huge hit with the community
Clarksville, TN – Hilltop Super Market held their 1st Annual Country Boy Cook-Off Friday night, May 1st and hundreds attended. This was an amateur BBQ cooking contest for the local community.
There was a car show, live music and plenty of food for everyone like BBQ chicken, smoked BBQ, ribs and plenty of fixings.
This was young Reilly Mihalinec’s first time entering a BBQ contest. “It’s been awesome so far. Right now, I am barbecuing chicken.”
Smoke Kin cooking team won the 1st Annual Country Boy Cook-Off at Hilltop Super Market.
