Booking Signing today at the Fort Defiance Interpretive Center with Author Tom McKenney
April 14, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, located at 120 Duncan Street, will host its second book signing event Tuesday, April 17th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm with author Tom McKenney.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
Three APSU students earn NSF scholarships for field study course in New Mexico
April 13, 2012
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University geosciences major Kayla Pendergrass and biology majors Megan Hart and Rob Shepard have been awarded full scholarships to attend the 22nd Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) held at the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico.
These scholarships, funded by the National Science Foundation, cover the cost of tuition, room and board, equipment and laboratory consumables and transportation during the 10-day course. [Read more]
18th Annual Austin Peay Governors Bass Tournament just one month away
April 13, 2012
Tournament benefits Austin Peay Athletics
Clarksville, TN – The 18th annual Austin Peay State University Governors Bass Tournament is just one month away.
This year’s edition will be held Saturday, May 12th, at Kentucky Lake, with registration and boat launching from Paris Landing, Tennessee, State Park. Last season’s tourney was postponed one week from May 22nd, due to high waters and flooding that enveloped the area. Despite the delay, the tourney still drew 243 boats.
Boats heading out at the start of last years Governors Bass Tournament.
Rivers and Spires Festival to kick off it’s 10th Birthday Celebration April 19th in Downtown Clarksville
April 13, 2012
Clarksville, TN – On Thursday, April 19th at 5:00pm the 10th birthday celebration for the Rivers and Spires Festival will be getting into full swing. That night’s activities and concerts will be located on Public Square in Downtown Clarksville and are free and open to the public.
Get Downtown at 5:00pm for the Annual Clarksville Young Professional’s Rivers and Spires kickoff Business After Hours.
“Guilty Pleasures” will hit the stage at 8:30pm April 19th.
Clarksville Police Department to hold Student Traffic Awareness Training Classes for Teens
April 13, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Student Traffic Awareness Training Classes (S.T.A.T.) for high school students between the ages of 15 and 19 will be held May 5th, August 18th and October 20th, 2012. The classes are free.
The Classes will be held at the Grace Nazarene Church located at 3135 Trenton Road, Clarksville, Tennessee. Classes are from 9:00am until 1:00pm.
Student Traffic Awareness Training (S.T.A.T) class. (Photo by CPD – Jim Knoll)
Shogun Restaurant own donates $1,000 to the Clarksville Police Department’s Youth Coalition Program
April 12, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Deok Kwon Nam, owner of Shogun Restaurant, presented the Clarksville Police Department a personal donation in the amount of $1,000 for the Clarksville Police Department’s Youth Coalition.
The CPD Youth Coalition is a unique program which works with “at risk” juvenile offenders.
(Left to Right) Sgt J.W Hunt, Deputy Chief Frankie Gray, Business Owner Deok Kwon Nam, Chaplain David Lee, and Officer Tony Marshall. (Photo by CPD Jim Knoll)
Upcoming Clarksville Civil War Events Free and Open to the Public
April 12, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Author Tom McKenney will discuss and be available to sign his book, Jack Hinson’s One Man War at Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center on Tuesday, April 17th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm.
Free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Contact Fort Defiance at 931.472.3351 or www.fortdefianceclarksville.com.
Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center to hold book signing by author Tom McKenny on April 17th.
Class Is In Session at the Roxy Regional Theatre with the Family-Friendly Musical “Schoolhouse Rock Live”, Beginning April 14th
April 12, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Class is in session this spring at the Roxy Regional Theatre! For three Saturday afternoons beginning April 14th, the Roxy instructs a whole new generation to “Unpack Your Adjectives,” “Do the Circulation” and meet up at “Conjunction Junction” with the pop-culture phenomenon “Schoolhouse Rock Live!”
Based on the Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series, this family-friendly musical teaches history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs and an energetic cast of characters portrayed by Melanie Beck, Josh Bernaski, Ryan Bowie, Hannah Church, Matt DuMont, Regan Featherstone, Ashley Laverty, Rob Rodems, Cassie Thompson and Kendall Anne Thompson. [Read more]
Austin Peay State University Provost Lecture Series to focus on sculpture collection at Nashville Parthenon
April 12, 2012
APSU
Clarksville, TN – An Austin Peay State University classics professor whose search for paperwork about the acquisition of a sculpture collection at the Parthenon in Nashville has taken him to London will share his story as part of APSU’s next Provost Lecture Series.
Dr. Tim Winters, professor of languages and literature, will present at 3:00pm, Thursday, April 12th in the Morgan University Center, Room 303. The event is free and open to the public. The title of his talk is “Casting About: The Origins of the Sculpture Collection at the Nashville Parthenon.” [Read more]
Austin Peay State University now an Apple Authorized Training Center for Education
April 11, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University recently became an Apple Authorized Training Center for Education (AATCE), the only one in Tennessee.
“I think this is a great opportunity for our University and our department,” said Kathy Heuston, associate professor of communication who has spearheaded the effort for APSU’s program. [Read more]
