Registration set to begin for Clarksville Parks and Recreation Youth Recreation Leagues
Clarksville, TN – Registration is set to kick off February 3rd for the Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Youth Recreation Leagues.
Participants can register through March 28th at any of our community centers, the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Main office as well as online at recpro.cityofclarksville.com. [Read more]
APSU Alumna and Dyslexia Advocate to sign New Book on February 5th
Clarksville, TN – At 11:00am on February 5th, noted dyslexia advocate and Austin Peay State University alumna Ruth Fuller Lature (’63, ’76) will sign copies of her new book, “Dyslexia: A Teacher’s Journey,” in the Morgan University Center.
Lature spent 35 years as a public school teacher in Kentucky, where she quickly developed a passion for students with reading disabilities.
APSU Alumna Ruth Fuller Lature author of “Dyslexia: A Teacher’s Journey”
Extras needed for the 2014 Rivers and Spires Festival Television Commercial
Clarksville, TN – Rivers and Spires needs you, and all of your friends, to be in Downtown Clarksville at Public Square on January 19th from 2:00pm-4:00pm to be a part of the official 2014 Festival TV commercial.
The award-winning Rivers and Spires Festival will be filming the commercial to go along with the recently selected jingle. All those interested in having their 30 seconds of fame are asked to show up with a great attitude and ready to dance. Don’t worry no professional training is needed – just be ready to have fun!
Downtown Clarksville during the Annual Rivers and Spires Festival
Youth Charity Fashion Show Gala
Written by Richard Garrett
Clarksville, TN – On January 25th, 2014 at 4:00pm the Leap Organization will be hosting a Charity Fashion Show Gala at the Emmanuel Family Life Center located at 303 Fairview Lane. In addition to youth modeling locally designed attire and formal wear, elected officials, pastors, and community leaders will also rip the runway.
There will be a catered meal served by youth for guests along with a silent auction featuring baskets containing gift cards, perfumes, sporting goods/memorabilia, vacations, and much more.
Manna Cafe Ministries hosting Mobile Pantry on Saturday, January 18th 2014
Clarksville, TN – Manna Café Ministries will conduct a Mobile Pantry on Saturday, January 18th, beginning at 10:00am at Fellowship Church, 2201 Peacher’s Mill Road, Clarksville, TN.
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]
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Show at Clarksville’s Customs House Museum
Clarksville, TN – Twenty four members of TACA will exhibit woodturnings, ceramics, tapestries, and embroideries; as well as, traditional paintings and photography at the museum this month.
Most Tennesseans are familiar with the TACA (Tennessee Association of Craft Artists) Craft Fairs that take over Nashville’s Centennial Park every year. The events have repeatedly been ranked as one of the “Top Twenty Events in the Southeast” by the Southeast Tourism Society.
Copper pieces by Nashville artist Ben Caldwell are part of the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists exhibit at the Customs House Museum.
Learn about Tennessee Authors in Sue Freeman Culverhouse’s “Tennessee Literary Luminaries”
Clarksville, TN – Sue Freeman Culverhouse, long a staff-writer for ClarksvilleOnline.com, features eleven Tennessee authors in her new book. Tennessee Literary Luminaries: From Cormac McCarthy to Robert Penn Warren (The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2013). Her author website, www.sueculverhouse.com, links her readers to information about the book and her upcoming blog.
“I’m tired of people outside Tennessee believing that we’re all wearing overalls without a shirt, chewing tobacco, going barefoot, toting six-shooters, and living off road kill,” Culverhouse admits. “I want our youngsters to be proud of the literary heritage these and other Tennessee writers have contributed to the world of literature. All of the authors in my book have interesting lives in addition to having written not-to-be missed books.”
Tennessee Literary Luminaries by Sue Freeman Culverhouse
Harlem Globetrotters coming to Austin Peay State University’s Dunn Center Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
Fans Rule In 2014
Harlem Globetrotters give Fans the Power to decide which Rules will Impact the Game
Clarksville, TN – The world famous Harlem Globetrotters will take fan interaction to a new level when the 2014 “Fans Rule” World Tour comes to the Austin Peay State University Dunn Center in Clarksville on Tuesday, January 14th, 2014, at 7:00pm.
Online voting is now open at www.harlemglobetrotters.com/rule, where all fans can choose which new game-changing rules they want to see in their hometown.
Harlem Globetrotters coming to Clarksville Tennessee.
Clarksville’s Sixth Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to be held February 25th, 2014
Sixth annual Empty Bowls Clarksville expands Hope Not Hunger fundraiser to six congregations in 2014.
Clarksville, TN – The problems associated with hunger and food insecurity are not confined to the nation’s largest cities. With over seventeen percent of Clarksville residents living below the poverty level, hunger and food insecurity are a harsh reality for many people in our community.
That means that hundreds of working adults, children and seniors in our community struggle with hunger every day. Food insecurity refers to the availability of food and access to it. Those who are considered food insecure do not know when they will have their next meal.
2014 Empty Bowls February 25th. (Bill Larson – ClarksvilleOnline.com)
Clarksville Regional Airport launches new website
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Regional Airport announces its new website, www.ClarksvilleRegional.com, which offers users quick and easy access to essential airport services and information.
The website boasts a modern, colorful design which compliments the new airport logo, signage and tagline introduced last summer.
Clarksville Regional Airport announces new website
