TACA Commits to Hold Tennessee East-West All-Star Classic in Clarksville for 4 Years
October 14, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Officials with the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association (T.A.C.A) and Visit Clarksville have signed a new four-year contract to stage the annual Tennessee East-West All-Star Classic at Fortera Stadium on the campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. The game has been played at the home of the Governors for the past two years, and the new contract solidifies the presence of the contest in Clarksville through the 2023 season.
Play at the 2018 East-West All-Star Classic at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. (David Smith)
This Week at APSU: Fall Break begins a quiet week at Austin Peay State University
October 14, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The leaves are changing colors (more from a lack of rain than a shift in the season), and as they quietly fall across Austin Peay State University, only a few squirrels and feral cats can be heard scampering through them. That’s because it’s Austin Peay State University’s Fall Break, October 14th-15th. Neither the Clarksville Campus nor Fort Campbell Center will have classes those two days.
To see Austin Peay State University’s academic calendar, click here.
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
Through APSU CECA partnership, Kennedy Center hip-hop teaching artist engages Kenwood Middle School students
October 14, 2019
Clarksville, TN – John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts teaching artist Bomani Armah stood at the front of Kenwood Middle School’s library on October 3rd with more than 60 students staring at him.
Kennedy Center teaching artist Bomani Armah leads about 60 Kenwood Middle School students in a hip-hop writing exercise. Grabbing the sides of your head and blasting your hands out symbolizes prewriting in Armah’s hip-hop dance. (APSU)
Planters Bank Presents… “Beetlejuice” at Roxy Regional Theatre, Sunday
October 14, 2019
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, October 20th just in time for Halloween, Planters Bank Presents… Tim Burton’s brilliantly bizarre, creepy classic comedy “Beetlejuice” on the big screen at the Roxy Regional Theatre at 2:00pm.
Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis play newlyweds who are killed suddenly and don’t realize it until a city family moves into their home. Desperate to get rid of the new owners, they seek the advice of an unsavory self-proclaimed “bio-exorcist,” played to perfection by Michael Keaton.
Rating: PG / Running time: 92 minutes / Release year: 1988 / Director: Tim Burton / Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O’Hara, Winona Ryder
Planters Bank Presents to show “Beetlejuice” on October 20th at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
Justice Enlow, Miss Belle Meade, Crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2020
October 12, 2019
Pageant Celebrates 20 Years in Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – Justice Enlow, Miss Belle Meade, was crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2020 Saturday, October 12th, 2019 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Ansley Ecker, Miss Memphis, was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2020.
The new title-holders and the runners-up received numerous prizes and scholarships.
Justice Enlow is crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2020 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville Saturday, October 12th, 2019.
Clarksville BBQ Bash next Saturday at Liberty Park
October 12, 2019
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, October 29th, 2019, the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will host its 3rd barbecue contest “Clarksville BBQ Bash” at 10:00am at Liberty Park located at 1188 Cumberland Drive.
Participating teams comprised of multiple people or an individual from near and far will compete to see who has the best BBQ and for a total of $5,000 in cash prizes! Competitors will cook chicken, pork ribs and pork butt. Interested in competing? Register online at www.CityofClarksville.com/BBQBash by Monday, October 14th, 2019.
The Clarksville BBQ Bash hosted by the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will be held at Liberty Park on Saturday, October 29th.
Austin Peay State University Students explore meaning of family in 24 Hours Animation Contest
October 11, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Ten Austin Peay State University (APSU) students had 24 hours to create the best possible 30-second animated film they could working off nothing more than a contest prompt and the knowledge they’ve earned from the university’s emerging animation program.
Layne’s team created more than 700 drawings and the film’s dialogue. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University’s Industry Summit provides path for region’s future
October 11, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Every year, around 40,000 people leave places like Chicago, Atlanta and Miami for a new life in Nashville, but after they reach Tennessee’s state capitol, they often head another 40 miles north.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty delivers the keynote address. (APSU)
Zone 3 to host Crane, Givhan for poetry reading at APSU
October 11, 2019
Clarksville, TN – On October 17th, 2019, at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Art + Design building Room 120, Zone 3 Press will celebrate its First Book Award in Poetry when it welcomes Patty Crane and Jenn Givhan for a reading at 8:00pm.
All reading series events are free and open to the public.
APSU to host Brexit panel to help community make sense of historic event
October 10, 2019
Clarksville, TN – If you were born after 1993 – which is the case for most Austin Peay State University (APSU) students – then you’ve only known a world where the United Kingdom is a part of the European Union (EU).
That fact can seem trivial, especially if you’re living 4,000 miles away in Tennessee, so when Great Britain announced it would be the first country to leave the EU – a move known as “Brexit” – many people on campus and in the Clarksville area reacted with mild curiosity.
Austin Peay will hold a special panel discussion in the campus’ Honors Commons to help educate the local community on Brexit’s potentially global impact. (APSU)
