Customs House Museum exhibits Exquisite Miniatures by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is featuring a large series of “Exquisite Miniatures” in the Kimbrough Gallery beginning April 12th.
This exhibition consists of sixty signature paintings including landscapes, portraits, still lifes, wildlife, and other subjects by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist. Provided magnifying glasses invite visitors to get a close look at the depth of detail used to create the paintings.
Pinelands Sunrise
Queen City Road Race deadline looms
Runners should register before April 13th for discounted rate
Clarksville, TN – It’s time to lace up those running shoes and begin preparing for the 40th Queen City Road Race, a City of Clarksville tradition that promotes health and fitness for people of all ages.
Registrants can choose to participate in either the one-mile event at 8:30am or the 5K beginning at 8:45am on Saturday, May 5th, 2018.
Queen City Road Race celebrates 40 years
Vietnam’s Unsung Female Heroes Take Center Stage in Shirley Lauro’s “A Piece of my Heart” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 13th-April 28th
Clarksville, TN – Although nearly 15,000 women served in Vietnam during the war, at that time there was little to no media coverage about these unsung heroes’ experiences and sacrifices, or their homecomings and readjustment difficulties.
This month, the Roxy Regional Theatre explores the often overlooked contributions of women in service with Shirley Lauro’s “A Piece of my Heart”, opening Friday, April 13th, at 8:00pm. 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 7:30pm that evening for a $5.00 minimum donation.
Sara Fetgatter, Zoe Abuyuan, Jackie Ostick, Jamila Hunter, Emily Rourke and Quinn Tierney Vaira star in Shirley Lauro’s “A Piece of my Heart” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 13th-April 28th.
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk sees large crowd
Clarksville, TN – For April’s First Thursday Art Walk, Downtown Artists Co-op (DAC) featured the work of two local favorites, Beverly Parker and Bob Privett, in a show titled ‘Two: Two Artists, Two Friends, Two Styles.’
Privett is a painter who works in the style Les Fauves, French for ‘the wild beasts’, a style that emphasizes strong color over realistic values.
Parker is a photographer, elements of Les Fauves can be seen in her work as well. Her sought-after works use exaggerated color, distressed images, and abstract layers that incorporate watercolor, text, and fabric.
Works by local artists, Bob privett, and Beverly Parker, were featured at the DAC for April’s 1st Thursday Art Walk.
Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center April events
Presentations offer free look into Clarksville’s history
Clarksville, TN – A community favorite, Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center, 120 Duncan Street, offers a variety of events.
Festivities are free of charge and diverse, offering something for visitors of all ages looking to have a great time at one of Clarksville’s most treasured historic sites.
Indian Artifact Show at the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center on Saturday, April 14th.
Hilltop Supermarket’s Easter Egg Hunt delivers big for the local community
Clarksville, TN – Hilltop Supermarket hosted its 23rd annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 31st, 2018 with food, face painting, inflatables, games, and one of the biggest egg hunts in town.
“This has been going on since I was a little kid,” Cody Jackson said. “We put out somewhere between 10,000 and 11,000 eggs this year. But, it may be even more than 11,000, we lost count.”
Jackson says it takes a while to put that many eggs out, but they’re all gone in a matter of minutes.
Hilltop Market hosted its annual Easter Egg Hunt, this year with more than 10,000 eggs placed on the lawn.
APSU’s Woodward Library Society hosts 10th Annual Society Social event
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, April 21st, 2018, Austin Peay State University’s Woodward Library Society will host its 10th Annual Society Social dinner event.
The Society Social, a fundraising and friend-raising dinner event, will begin at 5:30pm at F&M Bank’s Franklin Room in downtown Clarksville. A social hour will be followed by a dinner catered by Nicolleta’s Catering.
APSU Felix G. Woodward Library
Yellow Creek Baptist Church’s Community Easter Egg Hunt the biggest and best yet
Cumberland City, TN – It had been raining on and off all week, but on Saturday, March 31st, 2018, the clouds parted, the sun came out and dried up the ground and it turned into just a perfect day for the for the Yellow Creek Baptist Church annual Community Easter Egg Hunt.
It was also Yellow Creek’s biggest crowd ever with 343 registered children.
Today went simply fantastic. Today is the 31st day of March, and I truly believe we have the prettiest day in March. The lord just gave us a beautiful day,” stated Brother Phillip Chambers, Senior Pastor. “It was also our biggest crowd ever.”
Yellow Creek Baptist Church held their annual Community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 31st.
Austin Peay State University Art + Design celebrates student work with 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibit
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design is celebrating the end of the 2017-18 academic year with the 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition.
The professionally juried exhibition opened in The New Gallery on April 2nd and runs through April 25th. There will be a reception and awards ceremony, which is free and open to the public, from 5:00pm-7:00pm on April 25th.
50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition open now through April 25th at APSU’s The New Gallery.
25th annual APSU Governors Bass Tournament set for May 12th
APSU Sports Information
Clarksville, TN – Registration is now open for the 25th annual Austin Peay State University Governors Bass Tournament, which will be held at 6:00am, Saturday, May 12th, 2018 at Kentucky Lake.
Registration and boat launching will take place at Paris Landing State Park (Tennessee). The pre-registration fee is $120.00 (for up to two people in one boat), but after noon on May 11th, the registration fee rises to $135.00, with boats being launched by order of entry.
The tournament will begin at 6:00am, but all contestants must check in at the Paris Landing Marina between 4:00am-5:30am, with a compulsory meeting at 5:30am.
25th annual Austin Peay State University Governors Bass Tournament to be held on Kentucky Lake, May 12th. (APSU Sports Information)
