1st Annual Operation Warm-Up Saturday, November 9th
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, November 9th, 2013, Serenity House Women’s Shelter, Inc. is sponsoring the 1st Annual Operation Warm-Up at the Evangelic Temple Church of God in Christ Fellowship Hall.
As the winter months approach us, our hearts and minds turn to those in our community who may be less fortunate; those who spend their days on the streets, and if there is space, their nights in a shelter.
APSU’s Hispanic Cultural Center hosting Day of the Dead events October 28th through November 1st
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Hispanic Cultural Center will host the Govs Cherish and Share: 2013 Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos Art Exhibit from October 28th-November 1st in the Morgan University Center’s Third Floor Gallery.
The exhibit is open to the public and part of the University’s observance of Day of the Dead. [Read more]
Clarksville New Providence Community Policing Center to hold Trunk-or-Treat Sunday, October 27th
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, October 27th, the New Providence Community Policing Center is holding the Trunk-or-Treat Event starting at 2:00pm. Dress up in your costume and join them for candy and fun!
The event will be held at Byrns Darden Elementary School, at 609 East Street, in Clarksville.
Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence labels restored sculpture on campus
Clarksville, TN – In June 2012, local artist Mike Andrews returned to Austin Peay State University to restore an outdoor sculpture he’d installed on campus in 1985.
The piece, “Light Modulator,” was placed on a small, grassy hill outside the University’s Kimbrough Building, where it sat for almost three decades exposed to not only the sun, but also strong winds, downpours, numerous ice and snowstorms and the slow but relentless advance of moss and lichen.
Wheelchair basketball exhibition game coming to APSU on October 28th
Clarksville, TN – The Music City Lightning, a wheelchair basketball team, will visit the Austin Peay State University Foy Fitness and Recreation Center at 7:00pm on October 28th for an exhibition basketball game.
The event, sponsored by APSU Office of Disability Services and APSU University Recreation, is free and open to the public.
Ante Up for the Red Cross Tickets Still Available
Roaring 20’s Themed “Night at the Cotton Club” Fundraiser
Clarksville, TN – Tickets are still available for the Two Rivers Chapter “Ante Up for the Red Cross” to be held on Saturday, November 9th from 6:00pm–10:00pm. The event will be hosted at Tanglewood House located at 1601 Madison Street.
Tickets are $75.00 each and include food, entertainment and a silent auction. To reserve your tickets, please call 931.645.6401 or register and purchase tickets online at www.redcross.org/anteup2013 .
Austin Peay State University’s Eric Branscome offers music career advice in new book
Clarksville, TN – Several years ago, Dr. Eric Branscome, Austin Peay State University associate professor of music, kept running into students who were worried about their future. Specifically, they didn’t know what they’d do for a job once they graduated with a music degree.
“Students started coming to me more and more frequently and saying, ‘I don’t foresee myself as a music teacher, but I don’t think I’m strong enough to become a performer, so I’m at a loss,’” Branscome recalled. “That question revealed they’re completely unaware of what else is out there in terms of music careers. It’s not just limited to education and performance.”
APSU offering 2014 study abroad trip to Galapagos Islands
Clarksville, TN – On an overcast afternoon in August, Dr. Osvaldo Di Paolo, Austin Peay State University associate professor of Spanish, stood on a beach in the Galapagos Islands and watched ocean waves crash against black, volcanic rocks. A few feet away, a marine iguana prepared to go for a swim.
The creature was a bit larger than the lizards Di Paolo might find at home in Clarksville, but it was nothing compared to the giant, 800-pound tortoises he saw earlier that day.

Osvaldo Di Paolo and Marissa Chandler examine a rather large tortoise while in the Galapagos Islands.
Clarksville’s Downtown Market Final Day of the Season Saturday
Clarksville, TN – Since its opening, the Clarksville Downtown Market has been a success- so much so that it was voted the number one market in Tennessee through America’s Farmland Trust, four years in a row!
Don’t miss your chance to visit the Clarksville Downtown Market on its final day of the season, next Saturday, October 19th, 2013. The market will be open from 8:00am to 1:00pm, on Public Square.
APSU Music Education Students attend state conference
Clarksville, TN – “Think Music. Think Austin Peay.” That’s the motto of the Austin Peay State University Department of Music, and earlier this year, Dr. Eric Branscome, coordinator of music education at APSU, decided to remind his students what exactly those five words meant.
“For the longest time, we have not had students in music education participate in many of the local or state-wide music education events,” he said. “My soapbox to the students has been, it’s hard to ‘think music, think Austin Peay’ when Austin Peay is not involved in the music education community.”















