Submissions being accepted for the 2011 Rivers & Spires Festival Poster Contest
Calling all artists; the Rivers and Spires Festival needs your submissions by October 25th, 2010 for the 2011 festival poster. The winner will receive a great deal of exposure throughout the event, as well as a $500.00 cash prize.
Whether you are an aspiring artist, professional graphic designer or art is your hobby; all people, from any location, are encouraged to apply. The selected artwork will be used on the 2011 Rivers and Spires promotional poster and will be distributed to over 100,000 people throughout Clarksville-Montgomery County, Tennessee and surrounding areas.
The winner will not only have their masterpiece displayed on a poster for all to see, but aspects of the artwork will also be used on festival merchandise including the official Rivers and Spires t-shirt and program. [Read more]
24th Annual Governors Golf Classic just 3 weeks away
The 24th Annual Governors Golf Classic is just three weeks away.
Sponsored by the Governors Club, the four-person men and women’s scramble will be limited to 60 teams, 30 per shotgun starts at noon, Friday, August 27th, and 8:00am, Saturday, August 28th, at Swan Lake Golf Course.
For a fourth straight year, men and women’s divisions are established. Cost is $400.00 per team, or $100.00 per person. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit Austin Peay State University Athletics. [Read more]
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area Programs for the week of August 8th
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: Pine Cone Owl, Tree Identification Hike, Beginning Birding, Leaf Rubbin’, Flint and Steel, and so much more!
Movies in the Park this Saturday
Join Clarksville Parks and Recreation next Saturday, August 7th, at Heritage Park Soccer fields for this month’s Movies in the Park event, featuring the hit movie- Forrest Gump which is rated PG-13. Movie will begin at dark, with pre-show activities beginning around 7:00pm. Be sure to bring your picnic blankets and lawn chairs. As always, you are welcome to bring your picnic basket, but concessions will be available.
Admission to the movie is free. [Read more]
Downtown Clarksville Association presents the First Thursday ArtWalk
Thursday, August 5th, 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Richard Pugh, an award winning photographer, will open his new show entitled “Captured Light: Recent Persectives” at the Downtown Artists Co-op. Richard is a retired Army Dental Officer who has enjoyed photography for many years and in the last three years has won two first place awards, two second place, one third place and two honorable mention awards in the Army Worldwide Digital Photography Contest.
His show will consist of color photographs, black and white and several experimental images in 12×16 and 16×20 frames.
Build and Race your Cardboard Boat at Riverfest 2010!
Saturday, September 11th – Sign-in begins at 9:00am at McGregor Park’s Boat Ramp, Races 10:00 am– 1:00pm.
A cardboard boat regatta is an event where participants build their own boats using materials from a specified list and race them during timed heats with the fastest time being declared the winner in the respective classes. The course is 100 yards long.
The Riverfest Regatta boats will be raced on the Cumberland River.
The City Council's boat from last years race.
The Clarksville Parks and Rec Report
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:
- Fall Adult CoEd Kickball League
- Downtown Market
- Movies in the Park
- Adult Softball Leagues Final Fees
- Party at the Park
- Jammin’ in the Alley
- Kleeman Center Senior Dance
Last day for Pools – August 8th. [Read more]
Clarksville Architectural Heritage Tour Features Treasures in Our Midst
Whose backyard was reported to have a small plane crash when a new work of art was installed? What local church outgrew its beautiful Gothic sanctuary and renovated its gymnasium into the present-day area of worship? What local home now for sale was the previous residence of the ticket agent for the train station in the early 1900s? What local museum may be named in a Viet Nam era protest song?
If you had been a participant on Day 2 of the Architectural Heritage Tour, you’d know the answers to these questions.
The second day of the Architectural Heritage Tour, part of the Sixth Annual Clarksville Writer’s Conference, presented eight locations that tell more tales of Clarksville history. An additional six members of the Clarksville community joined the previous participants on a bus tour never to be forgotten for its variety and beauty (in addition to that of the ladies on the bus!).
The bus was packed for Day 2 of the Architectural Heritage Bus Tour
APSU to participate in National Night Out
For one evening in August, Austin Peay State University will be among others across the country participating in an event that emphasizes crime prevention information and techniques.
The APSU Department of Public Safety will sponsor National Night Out from 7:00pm-9:00pm, Tuesday, August 3rd on the lawn in front of the Dunn Center and the Intramural Field on the main campus. The event is open to the Clarksville-Montgomery County community.
“With school getting ready to start, this is a great time for parents and their children to learn about the community services available to them when they feel they might need it,” said Sgt. Elizabeth Genthner with Department of Public Safety at APSU. “This is an opportunity for local organizations to get their information to the citizens, and for citizens to get any information they need.”
Hypocrisy explored in new Austin Peay Downtown Gallery Exhibit
The Austin Peay Downtown Gallery will present a new exhibit, “Seriously (WTF)” by Donna Stack (’96), from August 5th-28th, 2010, with an opening reception from 5:00pm-8:00pm, August 5th.
Stack will present a selection of video and installation works that explores her ongoing investigation into issues of identity, femininity and authenticity, with a selective ambit into how hypocrisy functions within these realms.
Stack received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida in 2002 and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Austin Peay State University in 1996. She is an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis in installation, video and performance.
