Provost Lecture Series at APSU to feature Fulbright Scholar
Clarksville, TN – The next Provost Lecture Series at Austin Peay State University will feature a Fulbright Visiting Scholar who will discuss U.S. and Russia relations.
Dr. Alexander Kubyshkin, professor of North American studies in the School of International Relations at St. Petersburg State University in Russia, will speak at 6:00pm, Wednesday, February 23rd in the Morgan University Center Ballroom C.
His visit is sponsored by the U.S. Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, the APSU Department of Political Affairs and the offices of Academic Affairs and International Education. The event is free and open to the public. [Read more]
Silents Please! Public Library presents a Classic Silent Film Series beginning in March
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library will be presenting The General, starring Buster Keaton, as the first in a series of three classic silent films to be screened in March, April and May.
Can an unlucky Civil War era train engineer help defeat the Union Army; win back his stolen train and his beloved girlfriend at the same time?!
See Buster Keaton's Classic Silent Film: The General.
APSU Senior Art Students Exhibit Work this Spring
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this month, a group of 16 young artists gathered in a classroom on the Austin Peay State University campus while a winter storm dropped two to three inches of snow outside.
Normally, this would be a cause of distraction for the students. They might be expected to gather around the window and wonder if the University was going to close (which it did moments later).
APSU art students will present several art shows and exhibits this spring on campus. (front row, from left) Jessica Rodriguez, Meagan Wirrick, Wendy Wainwright, Justin Hooper, Kelsey Masters, Hannah Jennings, Art Professor Gregg Schlanger, (back from left) Jessica Griffin, Melissa Cox, Michael Kline, Renee Perry, Eric Watson, Casslyn Moore, Megan Melton and Kristina Juodenas-Tickle. Students Renye Zhang and John Mathis are not pictured. (Photo By Charles Booth/APSU Public Relations and Marketing)
Artist Ford Examines “Small Objects” at New Exhibit at APSU
Clarksville, TN – The world, in its vast entirety, can easily be broken down into a series of small objects. Each tiny piece plays an important part in the whole, and it is those relationships that fascinate the artist John W. Ford.
“I am interested in the power of small objects, and collections of small objects, to catalyze interpretation and speculative meaning,” he said. “As an archaeologist examines a pot shard to gain insight into the individuals or groups who created the original pot, or as the paleontologist studies a fossil to comprehend ancient life in its context, my interest is to examine and present small objects for their potential to evoke aesthetic, intellectual, and/or emotional responses in the viewer.” [Read more]
Annual GuitarFest Brings International Players to APSU
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University will once again hold its annual GuitarFest, February 28th-March 3rd, bringing an exciting line-up of international guitar virtuosi to the campus. The performance line-up this year includes Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic, Chilean guitarist Carlos Perez and the Douglas James-Pasquale Rucco guitar duo.
Vidovic, already a widely travelled international performer, recording artist and recipient of multiple international awards, will perform a program of classics by Bach, Tarrega, Albeniz, Lauro, Barrios and Castelnuovo-Tedseco at 7.30pm on Monday, February 28th in the Music/Mass Communication Building Concert Hall. Tickets for this performance, which is co-sponsored by the Clarksville Concert Artists Association and APSU’s Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, may be purchased online at www.clarksvillemusic.org or by calling the APSU Music Office at 931-221-7818. [Read more]
Rivers and Spires Festival offers tailored events for everyone
Clarksville, TN – The Rivers & Spires Festival is a one stop entertainment spot guaranteed to entertain the young and the young-at-heart.
No matter what your ideal entertainment might be, the 2011 festival, scheduled April 14th-16th, will have an array of options to keep your senses busy and your family amused. Of those, are two specialized events that are making their appearance again after successful debuts at past Rivers & Spires Festivals.
The 2010 Rivers & Spires Festival
Humane Society seeks Pet Articles
Clarksville, TN – The Humane Society is looking for articles and photos for the Pet Gazette, a publication of the Humane Society of Clarksville-Montgomery County, which will be available for free at locations throughout Clarksville and Fort Campbell for a one-year period!
If you would like to be featured in this publication, please limit all contributions to 300 words. Photos (minimum 300DPI) are welcome to accompany articles or as standalones with fun or educational taglines, too. If you submitted articles to us previously, please resend for consideration in this publication as well! [Read more]
The Roxy is Jumpin’ with Music of Fats Waller in AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
Clarksville, TN – The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem lives on in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s production of AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’: The Fats Waller Musical Show, beginning February 11th.
Thomas “Fats” Waller rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the Cotton Club, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that jumpin’ new beat, Swing! Based on an idea by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr., this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue features such tunes as “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Mean to Me,” “Keepin’ Out of Mischief,” “This Joint Is Jumpin’,” “I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling,” and many more. [Read more]
Concert Sunday February 13th
Clarksville, TN – If you are tired of the snow and the cold, come join us Sunday for some Celtic music, sure to warm your soul. Red River Breeze plays a mixture of traditional folk music, primarily Celtic, Renaissance and Old-Time American. The music is all instrumental and is usually played acoustically (no amplification) which allows the group’s sound to be pleasant to listen to and very melodic. [Read more]
Singer Williams to Share Gospel Music for APSU Winter Salon Series
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts will present its February Winter Salon featuring singer Velma Jo Williams, at 6:00pm on February 17th in the campus’ Clement Auditorium.
Williams is a national speaker, licensed minister and recording artist who was born and raised in Louisville, KY. For more than 18 years, she has been involved in the Clarksville community, where she is a member and elder of Faith Outreach Church. [Read more]
