City of Clarksville announces Work to begin on next section of Riverwalk
City of Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – Construction on the Red River Trail East – Phase I section of the Cumberland Riverwalk will begin next week.
Construction vehicles will enter and exit on the east side of 868 Kraft Street (Action Air of Clarksville) beginning February 4th and continuing through August 2nd.
Clarksville Riverwalk Red River Trail East construction to begin February 4th.
Clarksville Downtown Market seeks vendors
Clarksville Downtown Market
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Downtown Market is accepting vendor applications for its 2019 season. Since opening in 2009, the Downtown Market each year has been voted the American Farmland Trust’s “People’s Choice” winner as the best farmers’ market in Tennessee.
The 2019 market season will be 8:00am to 1:00pm Saturdays from May 25th to October 12th in downtown Clarksville on Public Square.
The fee for a full-time vendor, selling at all 20 market days, is $225.00 or $700.00 for food trucks. The fee for part-time vendors, selling at 10 market days, is $175.00. Fill-in vendors pay $25.00 per market day or $45.00 for food trucks. All vendor spaces include one white 10-by-10 feet tent, one table, one chair and access to electricity.
Award-winning Saturday event, Clarksville Downtown Market, to open season May 25th, 2019.
Ice Skating Ends at Downtown Commons
Downtown Commons Winter Ice Rink
Montgomery County, TN – Soon the green space at Downtown Commons will be open again as we bid farewell to the outdoor ice rink for the 2018-2019 season. The second year of skating at the Downtown Commons Winter Ice Rink ended this week. It was another successful season with thousands of skaters who were able to take advantage of an uncommon outdoor activity for our community. The tear down process will begin by the end of this week.
After looking at trends from the 2017-2018 ice skating season, changes were made in 2018-2019 that included fewer days and hours for optimum use.
Downtown Commons Winter Ice Rink shuts down after another successful season.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation currently forming Spring Adult Softball Leagues
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is gearing up for spring adult softball with leagues open to men and women ages 18 and older.
League play takes place at Heritage Park Softball Complex, 1241 Peachers Mill Road. Games will be weekly and include the following leagues: Men’s, True Co-Ed (equal men and women), Men’s 45 & over, Co-Ed (at least two women) and Women’s.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation now accepting Spring Adult Softball League registrations.
APSU’s Southeastern Grasslands Initiative hosting Volunteer Day at Dunbar Cave
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – This Sunday, January 27th, 2019 Austin Peay State University’s (APSU) Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) will host its inaugural Volunteer Day, from 9:00am to 4:00pm at Dunbar Cave State Park.
Dr. Dwayne Estes, SGI director, gives a tour of local grasslands in 2017. (APSU)
Acclaimed poet Marcus Wicker to speak at APSU
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Critically acclaimed poet Marcus Wicker will visit Austin Peay State University as part of the Zone 3 Reading Series, reading from his works at 8:00pm February 7th.
Wicker has won several recognitions, including a Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation and a Pushcart Prize.
Poet Marcus Wicker will read from his works as part of the Zone 3 Reading Series at Austin Peay State University, February 7th.
Altra Federal Credit Union presents “Charlotte’s Web” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, January 25th-February 9th
Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN – Bring the kids to the Roxy Regional Theatre located at corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville this month for a family-friendly favorite about a remarkable pig, a young girl, a spider and the friendship that binds them together.
Altra Federal Credit Union proudly presents the beloved children’s classic “Charlotte’s Web” at the Roxy Regional Theatre for six performances, beginning Friday, January 25th, at 6:00pm. In keeping with the theatre’s traditional pay-what-you-can opening night, all tickets not pre-sold at the regular ticket price will go on sale at 5:30pm that evening for a $5.00 minimum donation.
(Clockwise from top left) Matt Flocco, Emma Jordan, Bryan Plummer and Kylan Elizabeth Ritchie star in “Charlotte’s Web” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, January 25th-February 9th.
Internationally renowned Gomalan Brass Quintet to visit APSU
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Internationally renowned brass group the Gomalan Brass Quintet is making its first tour stop of 2019 – and its first and only scheduled stop in America – at Austin Peay State University (APSU).
The Italy-based group will perform 7:30pm Saturday, January 26th at APSU’s George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall, at Eighth and Marion streets.
Gomalan Brass Quintet to perform at Austin Peay State University on January 26th.
Setting the Stage at the Customs House Museum
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Clarksville, TN – Skeletons, vintage rabbits, and ceramic cats are but a few of the quirky objects found in the Customs House Museum’s Crouch Gallery. Matthew Deric Gore’s exhibition, Setting the Stage, brings to life trinkets and flowers within moody, dark backgrounds of shadowed wallpapers.
Strange pairings make for interesting narratives for the viewer’s imagination in Gore’s realistic style of painting.
Matthew Deric Gore’s “Setting the Stage” exhibition now on diplay at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center.
Spread the Word: The 17th Annual Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” at the Roxy Regional Theatre Supports the Sexual Assault Center
Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN – Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting and occasionally angry … Eve Ensler’s wildly popular series of monologues about women and performed by women is back for the seventeenth year with the Roxy Regional Theatre’s presentation of “The Vagina Monologues”, January 18th – February 2nd.
This year, members of the theatre’s professional company and special guests from the community will take the stage of theotherspace, the 50-seat black-box theatre located upstairs at the Roxy, in readings of these monologues based on interviews Eve Ensler conducted with 200 women about their views on sex, relationships and violence against women.
Brooke Leigh Davis, Emma Jordan and Alexandra West star alongside locals in Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace, January 18th-February 2nd.
