Downtown Clarksville New Year Cheer Sale
December 30, 2014
Clarksville, TN – The businesses in Historic Downtown Clarksville invite you to their 1st Annual Downtown New Year Cheer Sale event this Friday, January 2nd and Saturday, January 3rd, 2015, during regular business hours.
After a very successful holiday season, the downtown businesses would like to continue our holiday cheer with two days of sales and incentives.
Take advantage of this special weekend to enjoy the unhurried pace of shopping, where you will find some of Clarksville’s most unique, independently owned shops. [Read more]
Customs House Museum January 2015 Exhibits and Activities
December 29, 2014
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
Some of the events in January at the Museum are: Right Before My Eyes: A Still Life Invitational, Miranda Herrick: New Work, The Battle of the Bulge, Champagne & Chocolate, Family Fun Day: Whose Shadow is That?
Dance of the White Lion by Matthew Deric Gore.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Indoor Aquatic Center to begin Homeschool Swim Days
December 29, 2014
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a new event for homeschooled children at the Indoor Aquatic Center, located at 166 Cunningham Lane.
Homeschool Swim Days will be held from 10:00am to noon on the second Wednesday of each month, beginning January 14th, 2015.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Report for December 28th, 2014
December 28, 2014
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: Christmas on the Cumberland, Indoor Aquatic Center to begin Homeschool Swim Days, Kleeman Center to host spring fitness class, Spring Adult Softball Meeting Scheduled, and Community Centers to close temporarily.
Thomas Dodd Brings Surreal Works to the Customs House Museum
December 27, 2014
Clarksville, TN – The mythical figures in Thomas Dodd’s exhibit Dreamer: The Art of Thomas Dodd turn the Customs House Museum’s Orgain Gallery into a forest of fairytales.
The viewer is immediately transported into a surreal fantasy of contemporary stories within each work of art.
Brainstorm. (Thomas Dodd)
Registration still going on for Clarksville Park and Recreation’s Youth Dodgeball League
December 27, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Youth Dodgeball League registration is currently underway!
Pre-registration is required and participants can register at the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Main office as well as online at recpro.cityofclarksville.com now through January 9th, 2015.
There is still time to enter Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Queen City Road Race T-shirt contest for kids
December 26, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Calling all budding artists in grades 1st through 5th: Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Queen City Road Race T-shirt design contest is back and the best drawing will be featured on the official 2015 Queen City Road Race T-shirt!
Fort Defiance held annual Christmas in Occupied Clarksville celebration
December 25, 2014
Clarksville, TN – On December 15th, 2014 Fort Defiance Interpretive Center held their second annual Christmas in Occupied Clarksville. The allows visitors to the Civil War Fort to experience the holidays as soldiers and civilians would have during the 1860s.
“The public reception to Christmas in Occupied Clarksville as been absolutely overwhelming,” said William Parker, the Historical Interpreter at Fort Defiance. “We are very very very pleased at the turnout, we didn’t expect this many people but by golly we’re glad they came to celebrate the Christmas season with us here at the Fort Defiance Interpretive Center.”
Phyllis Smith from the Friends of Fort defiance talks to the visitors to the Fort Defiance Interpretive Center during Christmas in Occupied Clarksville
Clarksville Academy Choir sings on the Montgomery County Court House steps
December 25, 2014
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, December 6th, 2014, Clarksville-Montgomery County held their annual Christmas Celebrations.
The festivities included the local school groups Christmas caroling on the court house steps, followed by the lighted Christmas Parade. After the Parade concluded Montgomery County held the official Lighting of the County Christmas Tree on the Courthouse law, and Santa visited with area children.
Clarksville Academy Choir sang before the start of the parade.
Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Clarksville Celebrates Christmas
December 25, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Big Brothers, Big Sisters held their annual Christmas party for their Littles and Bigs at The Pinnacle Bowling Alley on Saturday December 6th.
When I arrived, Amy Carroll, the executive director of Big Brothers, Big Sisters was busy handing out shoes to the arriving bowlers. She spoke with my between helping the new arrivals, “It got a little hectic because everybody started showing up at the same time, so I just came back here behind the counter and started handing out shoes.” She quipped, “I’m no stranger to bowling alleys.”
Amy Carroll, the executive director of Big Brothers, Big Sisters manning the counter at the Pinnacle Bowling Alley
