Dunbar Cave State Park Programs for July 15th through July 21st
Clarksville, TN – Dunbar Cave State Natural Area has been a State Park since 1973. The cave and its surrounding 110 acres have considerable scenic, natural and historical significance. The entrance offered shelter to prehistoric Native Americans as far back as 10,000 years.
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area will present many nature programs this summer.
Upcoming events include: Pine Cone Feeders, Nature Hike, Night Animals, Childrens Crafts, Animal Olympics and so much more!
Clarksville’s Civil War Roundtable presents Ed Bearss at the Customs House Museum July 18th
Clarksville, TN – On Wednesday, July 18th, Clarksville’s Civil War Roundtable group will host a fundraiser at the Customs House Museum. The event will feature retired Chief Historian of the National Park Service, Ed Bearss, who will be presenting a lecture in the Museum’s Turner Auditorium at 7:00pm.
Ed is a combat wounded U.S. Marine who joined the National Park Service in the 1950s. Starting out at Vicksburg National Military Park as its historian, he rose to be the Chief Historian of the National Park Service and is retired from there as Chief Historian Emeritus. Ed is the most popular speaker on the Civil War lecture circuit today and is world renowned as a battlefield guide. [Read more]
Happy Days at the Roxy Regional Theatre starting July 12th
Clarksville, TN – Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! Happy days are here again with Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli, Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and all of the gang in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s production of “Happy Days”, opening Thursday July 12th, at 7:00pm.
This new musical based on the hit television series reintroduces one of America’s best-loved families, the Cunninghams, to a whole new generation, taking audiences back to the days of 1959 Milwaukee, complete with varsity sweaters, hula hoops and jukebox sock-hoppin’.
The Art of Linda Kerlin Opens at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Clarksville, TN – Visions & Feelings, a new exhibit by Tennessee artist Linda Kerlin embodies a sense of the fanciful. Delicate women collaged into a mixed media frenzy of color and script leads the viewer feeling like they have stumbled into someone’s diary.
These works are inspired by Kerlin’s environment and her love of antiques, decorating, and landscaping. Each painting displayed in the museum’s Harvill Gallery certainly is telling stories within the canvas and paper. [Read more]
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for July 8th, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The weekly Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Report provides Clarksvillians with a glimpse at the activities and events that are available from the Parks and Recreation Department for them to enjoy together as a family.
Billy Dunlop Park will be closed to the public July 9th-13th for Boy Scouts Camp and July 16th-20th for Girl Scouts Camp.
This weeks highlights include:
- The Mayor’s Summer Night Lights
- “The Help” Wins People’s Choice
- Summer Youth Program comes to a close
- Acoustic Night at Jammin’ in the Alley
- Zumba begins August 2nd
A League of Their Own plays Tonight at Movies in the Park
Clarksville, TN – Movies in the Park will be showing “A League of Their Own” at the Heritage Park Soccer fields tonight ! Movie will start at sunset around 8:15pm-8:30pm and we will be giving away prizes beforehand.
Make sure to bring plenty of water and bug spray! Remember this is a PG movie however it does contain strong language and sexual content.
Movies in the Park are FREE and open to the public.
A League of Their Own at Movies in the Park July 7th
APSU to host reading by Young adult author Nnedi Okorafor
Clarksville, TN – The author Nnedi Okorafor doesn¹t write stories that feel tired or predictable. Her books, which mash up literary genres from African literature to science fiction and fantasy, stand out for their originality and their abilities to take young readers on unexpected journeys.
“There’s more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics,” the celebrated author Ursula K. Le Guin wrote in a recent review. [Read more]
Dunbar Cave State Park Programs for July 8th through July 14th
Clarksville, TN – Dunbar Cave State Natural Area has been a State Park since 1973. The cave and its surrounding 110 acres have considerable scenic, natural and historical significance. The entrance offered shelter to prehistoric Native Americans as far back as 10,000 years.
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area will present many nature programs this summer.
Upcoming events include: Bats are Fun, Walnut Friends, Night Hike, Spiders, History of Dunbar and so much more!
Adult Softball interest meeting to be held July 7th
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation is kicking off Adult Fall Softball registration with an organizational meeting at 3:00pm on Saturday, July 7th at Burt-Cobb Community Center, 1011 Franklin Street.
This meeting will provide an opportunity for participants to voice any questions or concerns they may have regarding this league. [Read more]
Custom House Museum July 2012 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.
In the month of July, the Museum will feature 2012 National Juried Exhibition, Visions & Feelings: The Art of Linda Kerlin, Celebrating 1898: Artifacts & History, Family Fun on Thursdays and so much more.
