Provost Lecture Series at APSU to explore the field of dance
Clarksville, TN – The Provost Lecture Series at Austin Peay State University will explore the field of dance as both a scholarly pursuit and creative activity.
Marcus Hayes, assistant professor of dance, will present “Dance in Higher Education: The Intersection of Scholarly Inquiry and Creative Activity” from 3:00pm-4:30pm, Thursday, November 18th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303.
In 2007, Hayes joined the department as assistant professor in dance and theater. In May 1999, he earned a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in dance and history from Beloit (WI) College and, in May 2005, an M.F.A. with a concentration in dance choreography from Mills College, Oakland, CA. [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:
- Yoga
- Burt Cobb Community Center offers after school activities
- Quick Silver Social for Seniors
- Pool workers needed
- Adult Basketball League
- Christmas on the Cumberland
- Downtown for the Holidays
- Holiday Gift Suggestion
City workers add Christmas Tree lights to the trees in Historic Downtown Clarksville
APSU Holiday Dinner Returns to Clarksville this December
Clarksville, TN – A popular Austin Peay State University holiday tradition is returning to campus next month after a more than 10-year hiatus.
“We’re bringing back the holiday musical event centered around a dinner,” Korre Foster, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at APSU, said. “It will be a great opportunity for the Clarksville community to experience a formal sit-down holiday dinner. They will be served a nice meal and all the choral ensembles will perform, as well as soloists.” [Read more]
Clarksville High School Theatre Opens its 2010-2011 Season
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville High School Theatre opens its 2010-11 theatre season tonight with Margaret Edson’s powerful play WIT. This year, director Barbara Wesner has chosen a mature, moving drama that chronicles and celebrates the life of Vivian Bearing, a noted English professor of the seventeenth-century metaphysical poet John Donne.
At the rise of the play, Bearing steps to the edge of the stage and informs the audience that she has been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic ovarian cancer. She continues by saying, “It is not my intention to give away the plot, but I think I die at the end. They’ve given me less than two hours.”
Senior students Grace Mason (in hospital bed) and Samantha Bagwell star in Margaret Edson’s powerful play, “WIT.”
APSU Student Finney Exhibits Intimate, Documentary Style Photos in Trahern
Clarksville, TN – Zack Finney, who will be receiving a B.F.A in photography from Austin Peay State University next month, will exhibit new work in the Trahern Student Gallery throughout the week of November 15th–19th. The show opens at 7:00pm that Monday night.
Finney’s work captures a marginalized segment of the American population – the modern day vagabond. His subjects are members of a society that is not prevalent in the mainstream. By photographing this counterculture, he brings a documentary and an intimate feeling to his photography. [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:
- Veterans Day Hours
- Adult Basketball League
- Yoga
- Archery
- Winter Gym
- Pool workers needed
- Christmas on the Cumberland
Go Around the World in 80 Days with the Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN – Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race, when the Roxy Regional Theatre presents AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS during the month of November.
Danger, romance, and comic surprises abound as Ryan Bowie, Jay Doolittle, Lisa MacAfee, Collin Smith, Kendall Anne Thompson and Nate Washburn portray thirty-nine characters in Mark Brown’s adaptation of the Jules Verne classic.
Around the World in 80 Days
Gateway Chamber Ensemble Concert to Feature Renowned Flutist William Bennett
Clarksville, TN – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Flute concerto in D minor is a dazzlingly complex and powerful piece of music. The work is not often performed because of the challenges it presents potential players. So when Clarksville’s Gateway Chamber Ensemble decided to include the piece on the program for its second concert of the season, it enlisted the renowned British flutist William Bennett to accompany them.
“He is probably the greatest living flute player and teacher,” Dr. Gregory Wolynec, APSU associate professor of music and director of the ensemble, said. “He’s going to be here for 10 days as part of the Acuff Residency, and he volunteered his services to do the spectacular concerto by C.P.E. Bach, who may be the most famous of Johann Sebastian Bach’s children.”
British flutist William Bennett
Mystery Writers You Should Know: Georges Simenon
Author Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon is quoted in THE WRITER’s QUOTATION BOOK by James Charlton, Editor, on page 52, as saying, “Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.”
In case you are not already acquainted with this phenomenal author, you are in for a treat. The “facts” following have been gleaned from various internet sources and are not guaranteed to be totally accurate since writers have numerous ideas about his life. Read with a grain of salt!
Georges Simenon was Belgian, but he wrote all his books in French. His creation, Inspector Jules Maigret, is second only to Sherlock Holmes as the world’s most well-known detective. [Read more]
Award-winning writer Richard Bausch to read at APSU on October 28th
Clarksville, TN – The great short story writer Bernard Malamud once wrote, “In a few pages a good story provides the complexity of life while producing the surprise and effect of knowledge.”
Anyone familiar with the work of Richard Bausch knows that the Memphis-based writer clearly understands this principle, leading him to become the late Malamud’s heir as the American master of short fiction. [Read more]
