Rivers and Spires Festival begins Thursday, April 16th
April 14, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s award winning Rivers and Spires Festival returns with a packed three day schedule of free entertainment for everyone April 16th-19th.
Long considered Clarksville’s largest event, the Festival has an estimated 40,000 in attendance annually. Festival goers enjoy expertly combined dynamic music, artistic exhibits, thrilling competitions, and intriguing vendor booths.
A young girl enjoys one of the Inflatables at the Rivers and Spires Festival
Rivers and Spires Sports Zone Returns for the Second Year
April 13, 2015
Clarksville, TN – For the second year, the Festival is pleased to offer a zone geared especially for the sports enthusiast. From novice to semi-pro, the Sports Zone is for you!
Come on out to the Festival on Friday, April 17th, 5:00pm-9:00pm and Saturday, April 18th, 10:00am-8:00pm, to try your hand at everything from games of agility to games of sports knowledge. There’s no reason to be shy about working up a sweat and showing off your mad skills at this year’s Festival!
APSU students watch as a young boy demonstrates his basketball skills at the Rivers and Spires Festival Sports Zone
APSU students, Fort Campbell soldiers earn medals at 40th Annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive
April 10, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University made its mark on the national stage recently as active duty soldiers, including APSU students, stationed at Fort Campbell traveled to Fort Lee, VA for the 40th Annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event (MCACTE).
Held March 7th-12th, service members from the U.S. Army, other Department of Defense components and multinational teams squared off for the title of top military chef.
Members of the Fort Campbell Culinary Team are celebrated for their wins at the 40th Annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event during a special tasting event at the Austin Peay Center at Fort Campbell. (Beth Liggett, APSU)
APSU Opera Theatre and Orchestra present “La Cambiale di Matrimonio” on April 11th-12th
April 10, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Opening this weekend at Austin Peay State University is the APSU Opera Theatre’s production of Gioachino Rossini’s farce “La Cambiale di Matrimonio,” paired with a prologue entitled “Reflections on Modern Relationships: A Montage of 20th and 21st Century Songs.”
The University’s opera performance is a major event each spring because the concert is a large collaborative effort between different areas within the APSU music department. The cast includes vocal performance majors, while the APSU orchestra performs in the pit under the direction of (APSU professor music and symphony conductor) Dr. Gregory Wolynec.
Gioachino Rossini’s farce “La Cambiale di Matrimonio” at APSU April 11th-12th
Rivers and Spires Festival to be held April 16th-18th
April 6, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s award winning Rivers and Spires Festival returns April 16th-18th with a packed three day schedule of FREE entertainment for everyone.
Long considered Clarksville’s largest event, the Festival has an estimated 40,000 in attendance annually. Festival goers enjoy expertly combined dynamic music, artistic exhibits, thrilling competitions, and intriguing vendor booths.
For its thirteenth appearance, the Rivers and Spires Festival has again set the stakes high with multiple well known musical headliners, 11 concentrated areas of interest, the return of fan favorites and a host of fresh ideas.
Rivers and Spires Festival
Jay Doolittle Returns for “Tuesdays with Morrie” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, March 27th – April 11th
March 23, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Seasoned actor Jay Doolittle returns to the Roxy Regional Theatre this spring to reprise his role as Morrie Schwartz in the beloved play based on Mitch Albom’s New York Times bestselling memoir, “Tuesdays with Morrie”, March 27th – April 11th.
Sixteen years after his college graduation, sportswriter Mitch Albom (played by Matthew Whitfield) happens to catch his former professor’s appearance on a television news program and learns that Morrie is battling ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Roxy Regional Theatre’s “Tuesdays with Morrie” stars (top) Jay Doolittle and Matthew Whitfield.
APSU Chamber Singers embark on a vocal four of four states
March 6, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Korre Foster, assistant professor of music, wants to educate aspiring singers on an Austin Peay State University music program regarded as “The Best Kept Secret in Tennessee.”
That’s why this March, Foster is taking the Chamber Singers, APSU’s premiere choral ensemble, on a tour of four states in five days.
APSU Chamber Singers
“Honky Tonk Angels” Brings Classic Country Hits to the Roxy Regional Theatre, February 13th – March 7th
February 9, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Move over, Tammy, Dolly and Loretta … there’s a new trio in town! Classic country gets a musical makeover in Ted Swindley’s “Honky Tonk Angels” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, beginning February 13th at 8:00pm.
Audiences who could not get enough of Always…Patsy Cline will find the perfect match in creator Ted Swindley’s follow-up, which combines over 30 classic country tunes (including “I’ll Fly Away,” “Stand by Your Man,” “Harper Valley PTA,” “9 to 5,” “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Ode to Billy Jo,” “These Boots Are Made for Walking,” “Rocky Top” and “I Will Always Love You”) with a hilarious story about three gutsy gals who are determined to better their lives and follow their dreams to Nashville.
Honky Tonk Angels at the Roxy Regional Theatre stars (Top L to R) Jama Bowen, Corinne Bupp and Kristina Wilson.
APSU Diversity Committee to host meal packaging event on MLK Jr. Day
January 13, 2015
Clarksville, TN – More than 500 student volunteers will gather on the campus of Austin Peay State University Friday, January 30th for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
In honor of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., volunteers will do their part to help alleviate hunger in a third-world country with a meal-packaging event hosted by the APSU Diversity Committee and Feed My Starving Children. The event will take place from 10:00am-5:30pm at the Foy Fitness and Recreation Center.
Martin Luther King Jr.
APSU career networking event lets local employers meet potential hires, interns
January 12, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Local businesses and organizations looking to recruit strong applicants are encouraged to participate in The Govs Connection, a career networking event and internship fair, from 8:00am-4:00pm on February 25th, in the Austin Peay State University Morgan University Center Ballroom.
The annual event seeks to connect local employers with hundreds of APSU students eager to prove themselves in the workforce. [Read more]
