Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Youth Basketball League registration is right around the corner
Clarksville, TN – Is your child interested in playing basketball this winter? Clarksville Parks and Recreation is proud to offer our Youth Basketball League once again this year.
The youth league is open to ages 7 to 17 and costs $55.00 per player. This fee covers the department’s costs for shirts, officials, trophies and equipment. Players will be placed on teams after registration. Registrants must bring their birth certificate for age verification. [Read more]
Provost Lecture Series at APSU kicks off 2011-12 academic year
Clarksville, TN – Several faculty members at Austin Peay State University will present their research and creative activity on campus during the 2011-12 academic year as part of the weekly Provost Lecture Series.
The Provost Lecture Series will kick off with a talk by Dr. Amy Wright, assistant professor of creative writing and the nonfiction editor of APSU’s Zone 3 journal and Zone 3 Press, from 3:00pm-4:30pm, Thursday, September 1st in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. [Read more]
Women’s Equality Day
Clarksville, TN – On August 26th, 2011 Women’s Equality Day will be held at the Montgomery County Archives from 10:00am to 4:00pm. There will be remarks from Peggy Steed Knight at 11:00am.
The Montgomery County Archives are located at 350 Pageant Lane, Suite 101D, Veterans Plaza, Clarksville. When attending, please use the Crossland Avenue entrance.
FDNY chief, highest-raking firefighter to survive the collapse of the World Trade Center to speak at APSU
Clarksville, TN – On the morning of September 11th, 2001, Richard “Pitch” Picciotto answered the call heard around the world. In minutes he was at ground zero of the worst terrorist attack on American soil, acting boldly to save innocent lives as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center began to burn—and then to buckle.
Already a veteran of terrorist attacks, Picciotto was present fighting a similar battle after the World Trade Center Bombing in 1993. Again inside the North Tower, where he found himself years earlier, he focused his concentration on the rescue efforts at hand. But it was there in the smoky stairwells that he heard and felt the South Tower collapse. He then made the call for firemen and rescue workers to evacuate, while he stayed behind with a skeleton team of men to assist a group of disabled and inform civilians in their struggle to evacuate the inferno.
Richard "Pitch" Picciotto
Come Out to Movies in the Park this Friday
Clarksville, TN – Join Clarksville Parks and Recreation on Friday, August 26th, at Heritage Park Soccer Fields for the Movies in the Park event, featuring the 1993 American comedy-drama, “The Sandlot,” which is rated PG.
Movies in the Park
New APSU Exhibit “Re-presents” Historic Paintings
Clarksville, TN – For the artist Wes Sherman, an old painting by Vincent van Gogh or George Inness isn’t simply a static work of art. Each piece is alive in the present, with modern day viewers interpreting its images to fit into the world he or she knows.
“I believe that we have always borrowed from the past to redefine or rediscover our existence,” he said.
Re-presentation - New Paintings by Wes Sherman
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area Programs for August 25th through August 31st
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: Childrens’ Theatre, Early Morning Nature Hike, Sinkholes, Eyes of the Night, Seeds and so much more!
The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church’s International Festival offers glimpse into the cultural diversity of our city
Clarksville, TN – Hundreds of people gathered for the 15th annual International Festival at the Immaculate Conception Church on Sunday afternoon to experience the variety and diversity of the cultures that make up our city.
It was very hot and humid after the previous day’s rain. That didn’t discourage attendees, who braved the scotching summer heat. You had to commiserate with the Belly Dancers who performed their numbers with bare feet on the scaldingly hot pavement. That was true dedication.
The crew from the Bayanihan or Philippines booth.
Riverfest to hold 4th Annual Lighted Boat Parade
Clarksville, TN – Sit back and watch as the Cumberland River is illuminated in a majestic display of floating lights during the 4th Annual Riverfest Lighted Boat Parade Saturday night, September 10th. The boats leave the Marina Basin at 7:00pm and procede down the parade route past McGregor Park and the Riverfest Celebration.
Don’t want to just be a bystander in the show? Enter your boat in the festivities and you may even come home with an award!
The Riverfest Lighted Boat Parade
The Clarksville Parks and Rec Report for August 21st
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.
This weeks highlights include:
- Collin Raye to Headline Riverfest 2011
- Movies in the Park
- Cooking with the Mayor
- Toddlers in Action
- Archery is Back!
- Fishing Tournaments Return to Riverfest
