Registration for the 33rd Annual Queen City Road Race has begun
Clarksville, TN – It’s that time of year again to lace up those running shoes and begin preparing for the 33rd Annual Queen City Road Race scheduled for Sunday, May 1st.
The Queen City Road Race event is a Clarksville tradition promoting fitness and fun for all ages. The 5K race route takes runners through the streets of Historic Downtown Clarksville, beginning and ending at Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium, while the One Mile Movement takes you on an exciting tour of a portion of the APSU campus. Despite record-breaking rainfall during last year’s race, hundreds of Clarksville-Montgomery County and Fort Campbell school students, teachers and family members participated.
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Comedian, actor Loni Love to perform at APSU
Clarksville, TN – Comedian and actor Loni Love, named among the top 10 comics to watch by both Variety and Comedy Central networks, will perform stand-up comedy this month at Austin Peay State University.
The event, free and open to the public, will begin at 7:00pm, Monday, March 21st in Clement Auditorium. The show is sponsored by APSU’s Student Life and Leadership and the Govs Programming Council. [Read more]
Kleeman Community Center to host Senior Prom
Clarksville, TN – The Kleeman Community Center is hosting the Quick Silver Social of the season. The Senior Prom will be held March 19th at 5:00pm at the Kleeman Community Center. Suggested attire for the Senior Prom is “after 5.”
This event is free of charge and open to those ages 50 and up. The Kleeman Community Center is located at 166 Cunningham Lane.
For more details on the Senior Prom or any other Quick Silver Social, please contact the Clarksville Parks and Recreation at 931-645-7476 or visit www.cityofclarksville.com.
Historian and author to talk about memory in regards to Civil War
Clarksville, TN – The sesquicentennial of the Civil War begins this year, and while there’s no shortage of books or movies about that subject, the question remains, “what do we really know of that bloody time in our nation’s history?”
Sure, there are first-hand accounts from the battles and newspaper articles printed at the time, but what about the stories told by survivors years after they returned home from the war.
The Israeli therapist Ori Sivan remarked in the movie “Waltz with Bashir” that “Memory is dynamic, it’s alive,” and that’s part of the problem when it comes to looking at the information passed down from one generation to the next. [Read more]
APSU’s Dimensions Series Explores Composer Enescu and his Chamber Symphony
Clarksville, TN – In 1958, the conductor Constantin Silvestri experienced a slight dilemma. He was set to premiere composer George Enescu’s last work, Chamber Symphony for 12 Players, but he worried the Romanian audience wouldn’t appreciate the complexities or the brilliance of the work.
“He was convinced the audience would not be able to grasp it on first hearing it, so he had it played twice,” Dr. Gregory Wolynec, associate professor of music at Austin Peay State University, said. “This last work of his, people who specialize in the music of this composer refer to it as the hardest to understand.”
Gateway Chamber Ensemble
Award-winning Poet Keplinger to Speak at APSU Honors Lecture Series March 17th
Clarksville, TN – Young poets looking for a bit of writing advice would do well to establish a few criteria when seeking out a mentor. First, it’s always best to listen to someone who has published at least one book of verse. Second, make sure the poet in question has a few major awards. Third, and most important, try to find an individual that you can actually meet in person.
Following a criterion such as this will usually ensure that you receive only high quality advice. And, luckily for any young poets in the area, someone possessing all three of the above credentials is stopping by Austin Peay State University later this month. [Read more]
A Ghost and a Prince Meet in Roxy Regional Theatre’s HAMLET
Clarksville, TN – “A ghost and a prince meet and everyone ends in mincemeat” at the Roxy Regional Theatre with the opening of HAMLET on Friday, March 11th, at 8:00pm.
Now considered the greatest play in the English language, William Shakespeare’s HAMLET, with its themes of betrayal, justice and revenge, marks the Roxy Regional Theatre’s 26th annual Shakespeare production. [Read more]
Dixieland Jazz Concert
Clarksville, TN – Combining high energy blues and hot jazz improvisation, Bobby Durham and the Dixieland Six are sure to thrill. Exciting Dixieland Jazz performed with a New Orleans edge. Energetic experts performing hot, upbeat, Dixieland jazz, and New Orleans Mardi Gras music with banjo, trombone, tuba, clarinet, drums and trumpet.
Join us for a Mardi Gras celebration on Sunday, March 6th at 4:00pm, at Grace Lutheran Church, 2041 Madison Street in Clarksville Tennessee.
As always, our concerts are free and open to the public.
Clarksville Parks & Recreation to hold guided nature hike on the Clarksville Greenway
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department invites you to attend a guided nature hike at The Clarksville Greenway, located at the end of Pollard Road. The nature hike will take place Saturday, March 19th from 8:00am to 9:00am.
Dr. L. Dwayne Estes, Associate Professor of Biology at Austin Peay State University, will be leading the guided hike. Dr. Estes will educate hikers by identifying different plants and trees along The Clarksville Greenway.
The guided nature hike is free to participants.
For information on the guided nature hike and other outdoor adventures, feel free to visit www.outdoorclarksville.com.
Comedy on the Cumberland returns to the Roxy Theater for Second Season
Clarksville, TN – The next Comedy on the Cumberland show is set for Tuesday, March 15th at 7:00pm at the Roxy Regional Theatre. The show will feature the very funny Karen Mills, who headlines a line-up of some of the funniest comedians working today. “I was referred to Karen Mills by the last shows headliner Henry Cho, and if he thinks she’s funny, then she’s funny”, said Hank Bonecutter.
Mills will be joined by Nashville comics Renard Hirsch, and Donnie Pollard. “Renard is hilarious”, said Bonecutter. “I’ve seen him perform, and I’ve performed with him, and he never disappoints”. “He’s one of the hardest working comedians in Nashville and is in high demand”. Donnie Pollard is one of Nashville’s “up and coming” comics, and has been sharpening his skills in Nashville, and Knoxville, where “crowds love him.”
