Clarksville Parks and Recreation receives Tree Donation
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation recently planted a total of 9 trees in Dixon Park, thanks to a donation from the Clarksville Department of Electricity.
CDE donates trees to Clarksville Parks and Recreation.
Manna Café to host Mobile Pantry at Fellowship United Methodist Church Saturday, April 5th
Clarksville, TN – Manna Café Ministries will conduct a Mobile Pantry on Saturday, April 5th, beginning at 10:00am, at Fellowship United Methodist Church, 2201 Peacher’s Mill Road.
At this event Manna Café will be giving away food to anyone in the community needing assistance with groceries. A valid ID must be presented to receive a food box at the Mobile Pantry event. [Read more]
Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Walk with Me Tennessee Program offers up a grand prize to one lucky program participant
Clarksville, TN – One lucky participant in the second session of the Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Walk with Me Tennessee program will receive a $250.00 gift card to Academy Sports and Outdoors.
The program continues through May 27th and there is still time to join in the fun!
Applications due April 10th, 2014 for Nonprofits seeking City of Clarksville Funding
Clarksville, TN – Qualified nonprofit charitable or civic organizations in Clarksville have an opportunity to seek the City’s financial support on a limited basis. Applications for these funds are due by noon on Thursday, April 10th, 2014. [Read more]
New APSU Spanish class tackles vampires and zombies
Clarksville, TN – The last few years have been rough for Spain. The unemployment rate is close to 30 percent, which has led to daily protests and civil unrest in that European nation. For some scholars, this turmoil helps explain the sudden popularity of vampire and zombie literature in that country.
“Spain is in shambles,” Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo, Austin Peay State University associate professor of Spanish, said. “From 2008, the world crisis has hit them hard. When you read a novel from Spain about a zombie apocalypse, it makes you feel like this is happening. You feel the same destruction of society in every aspect.”
APSU associate professor Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo.
Calendar Signing with National Tilted Kilt Calendar Girl Alicia Vaillencourt this Thursday, April 3rd at Clarksville’s Tilted Kilt
Clarksville, TN – National Tilted Kilt Calendar Girl Alicia Vaillencourt will host a calendar signing with free calendars while they last at Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery this Thursday, April 3rd from 6:00pm-9:00pm.
Alicia is a Clarksville native who was chosen from over 700 applicants across the country to be on the 2014 calendar, which was shot in Valencia and Oxnard, California.
National Tilted Kilt Calendar Girl Alicia Vaillencourt from Clarksville, TN.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation seeks vendors and volunteers for Mayor’s Summer Night Lights program for youth and families this Summer
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is seeking vendors for the upcoming Mayor’s Summer Night Lights program! Summer Night Lights is a free program offered to youth and teens in the community.
The program includes activities, sports tournaments, guest speakers and food! [Read more]
Kenwood High School Tennis team to host fundraiser “Zumbathon” this Friday, April 4th
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, April 4th, the Kenwood High School Boys and Girls Tennis teams will be holding a fundraising event call “Zumbathon” from 5:30pm-6:30pm. Tickets are $5.00. All donations are welcomed and accepted.
The event will be held in the Kenwood High cafeteria. Everyone at the event will be participating in a Zumba Fitness class conducted by Zumba Fitness certified trainers. There will be no food provided, but water will be for sale.
Zumbathon fundraiser to be held Friday, April 4th at Kenwood High School
Clarksville’s Rivers and Spires Festival’s Sports Zone to range from APSU Athletics, Yoga to Sports Trivia
Clarksville, TN – The Rivers and Spires Festival has been bringing free family fun to Historic Downtown Clarksville for over a decade. And over the years, the Festival has been no stranger to changing up the attractions to make sure everyone is entertained.
This year, for the first time, the Festival is pleased to offer a zone geared especially for the sports enthusiast.
Downtown Clarksville Tennessee. (Bill Larson Clarksville Online)
2014 Asanbe Diversity Symposium returns to APSU on April 16th
Clarksville, TN – “Are you a subject or are you a citizen?” That was an important question for many Senegalese men during World War II, when they joined the Colonial French Army.
In their everyday lives, these individuals saw little difference between supporting the French Government and merely living within its colonial borders. But as soldiers, they quickly realized where they ranked in the government’s eyes. [Read more]
