Clarksville-Montgomery County School System announces Two Principal Appointments
November 4, 2016
Montgomery County, TN – Two Principal appointments has been announced by the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS).
Jessica Harris, who has served as principal at Hazelwood Elementary School for three years, has been appointed to the Byrns Darden principalship, replacing Andy Lyons who has accepted another position overseas.
(L) Jessica Harris and (R) Cynthia Rogers
Austin Peay State University History Students visit historic Fort Donelson Civil War battlefield
November 4, 2016
Clarksville, TN – If you can picture a nation as a living body with cities serving as vital organs and transportation paths such as roads, railways and rivers filling the roles of the arteries that provide life-sustaining blood to those major settlements, then it becomes easy to understand the significance of the Battle of Fort Donelson during the American Civil War.
Waged between February 11th-16th, 1862, the Union’s capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee-Kentucky border accomplished a number of important tasks for its army.
Austin Peay Students on a tour at Fort Donelson.
Montgomery County announces Billy Ray Cyrus to Ride in Veterans Day Parade
November 2, 2016
Montgomery County, TN – Montgomery County Government is pleased to announce that country singer Billy Ray Cyrus will be riding in the Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 5th, as a guest of Appleton’s Harley Davidson.
Cyrus, along with a special guest of his, will be riding with a group of motorcyclists in the parade to support Operation Home Front.
Billy Ray Cyrus to Ride in Veterans Day Parade as a guest of Appleton’s Harley Davidson
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk to take place November 3rd, 2016
November 2, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Produced by The Downtown Clarksville Association, First Thursday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour spanning a 5-block radius that combines visual art, live music, engaging events and more in the heart of Downtown Clarksville.
With 10+ venues, bars and businesses participating each month, the First Thursday Art Walk in Clarksville is the ultimate opportunity to savor and support local creative talent.
First Thursday Art Walk in downtown Clarksville
Zone 3 celebrates its 30th anniversary with reading, reception on November 4th
November 2, 2016
Clarksville, TN – On Friday, November 4th, 2016, the Austin Peay State University Center for Excellence for the Creative Arts’ literary journal Zone 3 will celebrate its 30th anniversary with readings by a number of award-winning former contributors and editors at 4:00pm.
The event, which takes place in the Franklin Room at F&M Bank in downtown Clarksville, is free and open to the public.
“Henry V” Marks Roxy Regional Theatre’s 32nd Annual Shakespearean Production, November 4th – November 12th
November 1, 2016
Clarksville, TN – What makes a man a king? And, by the same token, what makes a king a man?
This fall, the Roxy Regional Theatre delves into these questions with the company’s 32nd annual foray into the works attributed to William Shakespeare. An exploration into the nature of leadership and its relationship to morality, “Henry V” opens Friday, November 4th, at 8:00pm, for a limited run.
One of Shakespeare’s most famous history plays and the final in a tetralogy preceded by Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry IV, Part 2, the play is based on the life of King Henry V of England and centers around events occurring before and after the battle of Agincourt in 1415, during the Hundred Years War.
Jonathan C. Whitney stars as King Henry in “Henry V” at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
Austin Peay State University welcomes award-winning graphic designer Mitch Goldstein to campus this Thursday
November 1, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Art and Design, with support from the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, will welcome award-winning graphic designer Mitch Goldstein to campus for student workshops and a visiting artist lecture this Thursday.
Mitch Goldstein’s lecture will be at 7:00pm on Thursday, November 3rd, at Austin Peay.
Clarksville-Montgomery County Veterans Day Parade will be held Saturday, November 5th
November 1, 2016
Montgomery County, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Veterans Day Parade will take place on Saturday, November 5th, 2016 with pre-parade ceremonies set for 9:00am in front of the historic courthouse (south side) on Third Street in downtown Clarksville.
Keynote speaker is Army retired 1st Sergeant David Ward.
Veterans Day Parade set for Saturday, November 5th.
APSU biology grad students continue to excel in their research
October 28, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Since about 1950, the small-scale darter—a tiny fish that lives in tributaries of the Cumberland River—has existed in relative obscurity. Few scientists have heard of the darter or checked to see if the fish is in danger of disappearing.
But for the last year and a half, Joshua Stonecipher, a graduate student with the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for Field Biology, has waded into local streams, trying to get an accurate estimate of the darter’s population size.
APSU Field Biology graduate student Joshua Stonecipher has received three grants to study the darter fish that lives in tributaries of the Cumberland River.
Clarksville Chamber of Commerce’s 24th Annual Veterans Day Breakfast set for Saturday, November 5th
October 27, 2016
Military Appreciation Tailgate Also Slated for 2:00pm
Clarksville, TN – On November 5th, 2016 at 7:30am the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 24th Annual Veterans Day Breakfast on Saturday, at the Austin Peay State University Morgan University Center.
Retired Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston will be the keynote speaker. He now serves as Director of NCO & Soldier Programs, AUSA.
Retired Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston.
