Nashville Symphony and Nashville Symphony Chorus in Concert at Austin Peay State University Sunday
Written by Gail Robinson-Oturu, President
Clarksville Community Concert Association
Clarksville, TN – The Nashville Symphony and the Nashville Symphony Chorus will appear in concert on Sunday, November 11th, 2012 at 3:00pm in the Austin Peay State University Music/Mass Communication Building Concert Hall.
This is part of the Clarksville Community Concert Association (CCCA) 2012-13 series and is co-sponsored by Austin Peay State University (APSU). This historic occasion, held in conjunction with the APSU re-naming of the Concert Hall in honor of Drs. George and Sharon Mabry, marks the first time that both the Nashville Symphony orchestra and chorus would appear on the CCCA series.
Nashville Symphony. (Photo by Mickey Dobo)
APSU Creative Writing Club hosting Playfest at Roxy Regional Theater November 28th
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – At 7:00pm on November 28th, a group of Austin Peay State University students will showcase their creative writing skills as dramatists with the inaugural Playfest event at the Roxy Regional Theater.
The evening will feature eight plays, around 10 minutes each, by student members of the APSU Creative Writing Club (CWC).
“The plays are novice in nature, but I think that’s quite refreshing,” club member Renee Ramsey said. “There’s a certain beauty that comes with the amateur level, and we guarantee you’ll see something you’ve never seen before.” [Read more]
APSU hosts concert and masterclass showcasing the clarinet
Clarksville, TN – On November 5th, the Austin Peay State University Department of Music will host a special evening showcasing the range and expressive capabilities of the clarinet.
The night will begin at 5:00pm in the Music/Mass Communication Building Concert Hall with a free mini-recital by renowned clarinetist Richard Hawkins, associate professor at Ohio’s famed Oberlin College and Conservatory. [Read more]
APSU Downtown Gallery presents exhibit of new media works by Brian Cantrell
Clarksville, TN – Artist and Austin Peay State University graduate Brian Cantrell is bringing his innovative mediation on the heavens and the different dimensions of existence to Clarksville this November with a new exhibition, “Spiritvs Ex Machina,” at the APSU Downtown Gallery.
The show, featuring recent new media works by Cantrell is running now through November 28th.
The exhibition is free and open. [Read more]
Clarksville’s 6th Annual Downtown for the Holidays December 1st
Clarksville, TN – Be a part of a Clarksville tradition by celebrating this year at the 6th Annual Downtown for the Holidays celebration presented by the City of Clarksville and Montgomery County Government, in Downtown Clarksville, December 1st, 2012.
The event kicks off with the Jingle Bell Jog 5K hosted by the City of Clarksville and Run for a Reason. The 5K race will begin at 8:00am, in downtown Clarksville. Registration is available now at www.active.com.
Pre-register by November 15th and pay only $20.00. If you register between November 16th and November 30th, the cost is $25.00. Registration will be available on race day, cost will be $30.00. All proceeds will benefit the Food Initiative. [Read more]
Judy Morgan’s ‘Artful Expressions’ on Display at Planters-Hilldale Gallery in November
Clarksville, TN – Judy Morgan always loved creating art – even from an early age. But it wasn’t until she retired from the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System that she finally had time to devote to painting.
The Planters Bank-Hilldale Gallery will feature Morgan’s work November 1st-December 5th in an exhibit titled, “Artful Expressions.” The exhibit will include 12 watercolor and mixed media pieces.
Judy Morgan’s ‘Artful Expressions’
Austin Peay State University opens Theatre and Dance Season November 14th with Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Clarksville, TN – There’s a small book on Darren Michael’s desk filled with black and white images of shorthaired flappers and young jazz musicians from the 1920s. Earlier in the semester, the Austin Peay State University associate professor of theater flipped through the book to find the right look for his new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.”
“We’re setting it in the late 1920s in the coastal Carolina and Florida area,” he said. “There’s a lot of art deco going on. There will be a lot of early blues and early jazz music playing through it. It’s a lot of fun.” [Read more]
First-ever “Handmade Holidays” event to be held at Wilma Rudolph Event Center
Clarksville, TN – The Wilma Rudolph Event Center, located at Liberty Park, is excited to host its first-ever holiday event, known as “Handmade Holidays- a Crafters Bazaar”, featuring holiday-themed handmade and handcrafted items.
The two-day event will take place November 17th, 2012 from 10:00am to 6:00pm and November 18th, 2012 from noon to 5:00pm. [Read more]
APSU Provost Lecture Series to feature interpretations of ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Clarksville, TN – For historians, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a fairy tale that is much more than a children’s story. In fact, the tale carries varied perspectives of American culture and society at the turn of the century.
In 1964, Henry M. Littlefield argued that the “Wizard of Oz” was a populist parable where the Cowardly Lion represents William Jennings Bryan, The Tin Man symbolizes an industrialized worker, and the Scarecrow stands for the populist farmer. [Read more]
Acuff Chair of Excellence recipient and Award Winning Writer David Huddle to read at APSU on November 8th
Clarksville, TN – Every autumn, the Library of Virginia honors some of the nation’s top writers with its annual Virginia Literary Awards. Previous winners include such noted authors as Richard Bausch, Barbara Kingsolver and Geraldine Brooks.
Earlier this month, the Library presented its 2012 Emyl Jenkins Sexton Literary Award for Fiction to another esteemed writer – Austin Peay State University’s 2012-13 Acuff Chair of Excellence recipient David Huddle.
David Huddle
