Poetry Out Loud State Championship Comes to APSU
Clarksville, TN – Christopher Burawa, an award-winning poet and director of the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, has a theory on how poems should be received. Works printed on a page are nice, but the true experience of poetry comes from hearing someone speak the words.
“Poetry is meant to be spoken aloud,” he said. “That’s when the power of the words – the music and rhythms – come alive and other levels of meaning arise.” [Read more]
The Clarksville Parks and Rec Report
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:
- Clarksville Sports Festival
- Nominate a Coach Today!
- Seeking Vendors and Volunteers
- Kickball Registration Extended
- Blastball Meeting Scheduled
- Archery is back!
- Get Outdoors
The Sounds of Ain’t Misbehavin’ has the Roxy Regional Theatre jumpin’ and jivin’
Clarksville, TN – The Roxy Regional Theatre’s revival of the Tony award winning musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ is an explosive romp that takes the audience on a jaunt through the roaring 1920’s, and leading into the great depression. The show is intended as a tribute to African American musicians and follows the birth of an entirely new genre of jazz music known as swing.
Swing can trace its roots to the Harlem renaissance which brought African American Culture to the attention of white society in swanky New York night clubs where musicians like Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and Willie “The Lion” Smith entertained the elites of New York’s high society.
The show features the music of Jazz Pianist and songwriter Fats Waller, played flawlessly by Tom Thayer.
APSU to present one-woman play, ‘Warriors Don’t Cry’
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University will present a play next week about the experiences of one woman during desegregation efforts.
The one-woman play, “Warriors Don’t Cry,” will be performed at 7:00pm, Tuesday, March 1st in Clement Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
The play depicts the experiences of Melba Pattilo Beals, one of the “Little Rock Nine,” and the civil rights battle that erupted to integrate schools in Little Rock, AR. [Read more]
Youth Art Month Begins Tuesday
Montogmery County, TN – National Youth Art Month is March and the K-8 art programs with CMCSS will again have the art show at the Public Library during March beginning Thursday, March 3rd from 4:00pm–6:00pm at the Customs House Museum and DAC Gallery (Downtown Artist’s Co-op on Public Square).
MCHS, KHS, NEHS, WCHS and the Clarksville Academy will be participating in the high school art show beginning next week.
East Montgomery Elementary students in teacher Catherine Jackson's art classes enjoy creative moments.
Virtuoso Guitarist Ana Vidovic in Concert
The Clarksville Community Concert Association Concert Series
Clarksville, TN – One of the youngest and most talented virtuoso guitarists in the world, Ana Vidovic, will appear in concert Monday, February 28th at 7:30pm at the Concert Hall in the Music/Mass Communication Building of Austin Peay State University.
She started playing at age 5 and was performing internationally at age 11. Ana has won an impressive number of prizes and international competitions. Critics laud her captivating performances for the unmatched phrasing ability, pure artistry, technique and understanding the soul of the music.
Ana Vidovic
Make plans for this weekends Home and Garden Show
Clarksville, TN – The second annual Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce Home and Garden Show, sponsored by Hutson, will be held this weekend at the Austin Peay State University’s Foy Center, 259 Marion Street.
The show will operate from 9:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday, February 26th and from noon to 5:00pm on Sunday, February 27th. General admission is $5.00 and is free for children 12 and under and to all active duty military with current i.d. [Read more]
Internationally known tenor soloist and teacher Ware to visit APSU next month as Acuff Chair
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Clifton Ware, an internationally known vocal pedagogue, master teacher, tenor soloist and author, will spend two weeks at Austin Peay State University between March 21st and April 1st as one of this year’s holders of the Acuff Chair of Excellence.
Established in 1985, the chair brings regionally and nationally acclaimed artists to campus to work with students and the community in a dynamic atmosphere of unrestricted experimentation. [Read more]
Provost Lecture Series at APSU to highlight fish diversity
Clarksville, TN – The next Provost Lecture Series at Austin Peay State University will feature an Austin Peay State University professor and ichthyologist whose research is centered on the challenges of documenting and describing fish diversity.
Dr. Rebecca Johansen, assistant professor in the APSU Department of Biology and principal investigator in the Center of Excellence for Field Biology, will speak at 3:00pm, Thursday, February 24th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. The event is free and open to the public.
The title of her talk is “The Challenges of Describing Biodiversity: Examples from North American Darters.” [Read more]
Grammy-nominated Gateway Chamber Ensemble to Perform Tonight at APSU
Clarksville, TN – To say that the Gateway Chamber Ensemble’s first CD, “Wind Serenades,” was a success is a bit of an understatement. Late last year, the group founded by several Austin Peay State University music faculty members learned their album was being considered for Grammy nominations in several categories – including producer of the year, engineered sound and best small ensemble performance.
“(They) have managed to assemble a top-notch performing ensemble that now enters the big leagues with the national and international release of its new super audio CD,” music critic Steven Ritter wrote last year in Fanfare Magazine, the leading classical music publication in the country.
Gateway Chamber Ensemble
