Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk scheduled for November 6th, 2014
November 4, 2014
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 scheduled for July 3rd.
Clarksville’s Dunbar Cave State Park Programs for November 5th through November 13th, 2014
November 4, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Dunbar Cave State Natural Area has been a State Park since 1973. The cave and its surrounding 110 acres have considerable scenic, natural and historical significance. The entrance offered shelter to prehistoric Native Americans as far back as 10,000 years.
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area will present many nature programs this summer. There are programs for children and adults.
Some of the upcoming events include: Port Royal History Walk, Night Walk, Plants and Animals of Port Royal, Nature Hike at Port Royal, Dunbar Cave History and Sunset Hike.
Geese at Dunbar Cave State Park
Austin Peay State University Percussion Ensemble holds 30th Annual Halloween Concert
November 3, 2014
Clarksville, TN – On Friday evening Austin peace State University played host to the 30th Annual Percussion Ensemble Halloween Concert. The sell out performances featured Music department students and faculty dressed in costumes while performing on a ghoulishly decorated stage.
This year’s program featured “This is Halloween,” from the film “The Nightmare Before Christmas;” “Once Upon a Dream,” from the recent “Maleficent” movie; Franz Schubert’s “Erlkönig,“ about magical beings attacking a young boy; and a Halloween rap arranged by Steinquest.
The 2014 APSU Halloween Concert
Best-selling author Kevin Wilson to read at Austin Peay State University on November 4th
November 1, 2014
Clarksville, TN – In the worlds Kevin Wilson creates, companies supply human replacements for dead or sick family members and recent college graduates dig tunnels to the center of the earth.
The New York Times best-selling author infuses his work with these bizarre, often magical elements, prompting the Kirkus Review to call him a writer of “weird and wonderful stories” with “a bent sense of humor.”
History lecture at APSU to examine state’s first governor, John Sevier
October 29, 2014
Clarksville, TN – In 1794, a man named Valentine Sevier sent an urgent letter from his home along the Cumberland River, in what is now Clarksville, to his brother John. In it, he described a recent attack by Native Americans on their small settlement.
The attackers, he wrote, “scalped my daughter Rebecca. I hope she still will recover.”
Cello percussion duo New Morse Code visiting Austin Peay State University on October 31st
October 28, 2014
Clarksville, TN – In a brief YouTube video clip, Hannah Collins is seen playing the cello while Michael Compitello taps his drumsticks against different sized flowerpots. The performance could be seen as a novelty act if the resulting music wasn’t so beautiful.
This mixture of playfulness and serious music making is what defines New Morse Code, a music duo of Yale University graduates who are using inventive performances to expand the reach of classical music to a younger generation.
New Morse Code to visit Austin Peay on Friday, October 31st. (Photo: Michiko Tierney)
APSU’s Halloween concert returns for 30th year on October 30th
October 27, 2014
Clarksville, TN – In July, the phone started ringing in Austin Peay State University’s Department of Music office, with callers interested in buying tickets for an upcoming concert.
They were a bit early, since the department’s annual Halloween Percussion Concert was still a good three months away, but the callers knew that for 30 years, the wildly entertaining event usually sold out, so there was nothing wrong with being a little premature.
APSU art students animate stories by Clarksville Academy second graders
October 26, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this week, a crowd gathered along the edges of a red carpet running through the lobby of the Austin Peay State University Trahern Building. They held up smartphone cameras and leaned over each other, trying to get a better view.
The whole thing felt a bit like an old Hollywood movie premiere, and that feeling only increased when, at 1:00pm, the doors opened and the students in Frances Traughber’s second grade class at Clarksville Academy shuffled down the carpet.
Austin Peay State University Animation Class
APSU computer science student designs Tennessee Academy of Sciences website
October 25, 2014
Clarksville, TN – When someone asked Dr. Leong Lee, Austin Peay State University associate professor of computer science, to help redesign and re-program the Tennessee Academy of Science’s (TAS) website, he wondered if they were joking.
“I studied the requirements and realized that this would be a relatively big project,” Lee said. “This is a $75,000 professional level web development project involving feasibility study, frontend web interface design, backend database system design and web-database programming.”
APSU computer science senior Arisha Majors redesigned the Tennessee Academy of Sciences website.
Austin Peay State University’s Zone 3 journal recognized in “Best American Essays 2014”
October 22, 2014
Clarksville, TN – In the spring of 2013, an essay titled “The Birds of South America” landed on the desk of Dr. Amy Wright, Austin Peay State University associate professor of languages and literature. It was 28 pages long.
“It’s a very long essay,” Wright said. “I took one look at it and I thought, I don’t know if we should devote that much printed space to one piece.”
The Zone 3 Volume 28. (Shekinah Ellis, APSU)
