Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for April 12th, 2015
April 12, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The weekly Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Report provides Clarksvillians with a glimpse at the activities and events that are available from the Parks and Recreation Department for them to enjoy together as a family.
This weeks highlights include: Queen City Road Race, Fun with Fido, Yoga in the Park and Warrior Week Concert and Car, Truck, & Bike Show.
Clarksville Montgomery County School System announces Administrative Appointments
April 11, 2015
Montgomery County, TN – Assistant principals for Woodlawn Elementary School and Northwest High School have been selected.
Northwest’s new assistant principal is Jessica Peppard, who has served as academic coach for Northwest and Northeast High Schools. She will replace Marlon Heaston, who has been named principal of Kenwood Middle. Christina Irwin has been appointed assistant principal at Woodlawn, replacing Jennifer Silvers who was named principal of the school.
(Top: L to R) Jessica Peppard, Christina Irwin and Mandy Frost.
“Sui Generis”, a solo exhibition by APSU student Lauren McKinney from April 13th-16th
April 11, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University student Lauren McKinney will exhibit her tintype portraits and prints in the show, “Sui Generis” from April 13th-16th, 2015, between 8:00am-5:00pm. The opening reception is free to the public and takes place on Monday, April 13th from 5:00pm-8:00pm.
McKinney’s portraits celebrate the unique characteristics of both the individual and the tintype by highlighting the inherent qualities of each individual photographed. [Read more]
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
Golf champion David Meador to speak at Woodward Library Society Spring Social, April 27th
April 9, 2015
Clarksville, TN – David Meador, a four-time golf national champion, once toyed with the idea of becoming a police officer. In the summer of 1966, the 18-year-old Meador worked part time as a police station radio operator, and one evening, he was invited to take a ride in a new police cruiser.
At some point during the night, the officer behind the wheel engaged in a high-speed pursuit of another vehicle, and he ended up crashing the new cruiser.
David Meador to speak at Woodward Library Society Spring Social
You could Win Big with the Clarksville Civitan $10,000 Scavenger Hunt at Rivers and Spires Festival
April 8, 2015
Clarksville, TN – You could possibly walk away with $10,000 at this year’s Rivers and Spires Festival. It’s easy, and anyone 18-and-over can enter for free!
The 2015 Rivers and Spires Festival is the playground for this fun pick-to-win game, sponsored by the Clarksville Civitan Club. All over the streets of Historic Downtown Clarksville, where the Festival will call itself home from April 16th-18th, yard signs will placed randomly with sponsor’s names and numbers.
Sponsors last year’s Clarksville Civitan Club’s $10,000 Scavenger Hunt at the Rivers and Spires Festival.
APSU Theatre and Dance Department ends season with Ibsen’s “Ghosts”
April 7, 2015
Clarksville, TN – When Henrik Ibsen’s now classic play, “Ghosts,” premiered in London in 1891, some 10 years after the Norwegian playwright first published it, the reviews were harsh. The influential theater critic Clement Scott, writing for The Daily Telegraph, called it “an open drain: a loathsome sore unbandaged; a dirty act done publicly.”
For Scott and others in Victorian London, a play dealing with incest and venereal diseases seemed beyond profane, but today, the intense family drama is credited with helping usher in a new era in the world of theater.
Battle of the Bulge seminar continues in Clarksville, April 7th
April 6, 2015
Battle of the Bulge seminar at Clarksville Train Station on Tuesday, April 7th, 2015, at 4:00pm
Clarksville, TN – On December 16th, 1944, the German Army launched a desperate offensive designed to split the Allied armies in two and capture the strategic supply port of Antwerp, Belgium. This offensive has come to be known as the Battle of the Bulge.
We are now in the midst of the 70th Anniversary of that offensive and historians from the Clarksville area including history faculty from Austin Peay State University will take part in presenting a series of programs that will educate, inform and enlighten the public as to the importance of this offensive. A highlight of one seminar will be actual World War 2 veterans that served in the Bulge fighting.
101st Airborne Division personnel retrieve an A-4 Aerial Delivery Container containing medical supplies. Photo taken in the Bastogne area. Resupply missions took place between 23-27 December 1944.
Rivers and Spires Festival 2015 Miss River Queen and Teen Crowned
April 6, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Tanna Norman has been named Miss River Queen 2015, while Jasmine Gardner will reign as the new Miss River Teen. The new titleholders were crowned at the pageant held Saturday, April 4th at Austin Peay State University’s Clement Auditorium.
The pair will reign over the Rivers and Spires Festival in Historic Downtown Clarksville, April 16th-18th, making numerous appearances, signing autographs and participating in Festival events.
2015 Miss River Queen Tanna Norman (left) and Miss River Teen Jasmine Gardner (right).
