Downtown Clarksville Association to hold “13” Sale during Rivers and Spires Festival
April 14, 2015
Clarksville, TN – To commemorate the 13th year of the Rivers and Spires Festival, local business owners in Historic Downtown Clarksville will be offering “13” specials during the festival starting on Thursday, April 16th through Saturday April 18th.
The Downtown Clarksville Association, made up of business owners in the downtown area, is excited to welcome back the Rivers and Spires Festival for the 13th year, and encourages all festival-goers to continue the festivities by checking out these great deals at the businesses that make up the unique shopping experience of Historic Downtown Clarksville.
Rivers and Spires Festival
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum April 2015 Exhibits and Activities
April 1, 2015
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: In the Garden: A Women’s History Month Exhibition, Sergio Gomez: The Land In Between, Go Figure!, Westward Ho! and April in the Children’s Room: Birds, Blossoms, and Bunnies.
The Quiet Stage: The Art of Lynn Garwood
Writers’ Hour Featured during Customs House Museum’s Annual Women’s History Month Exhibition
March 25, 2015
Clarksville, TN – On March 31st, the Customs House Museum will present a Writers’ Hour event in conjunction with its invitational exhibit celebrating women artists.
Local authors will read from their works that are themed to the museum’s show, In the Garden.
“The museum has held several readings in the past,” states Exhibits Curator Terri Jordan. “It is interesting to hear the variety of poems and stories from our local writers. Often funny, and sometimes sad, the audience is always blown away with the talent we have in the Clarksville area.”
Women’s History Month Exhibition at the Customs House Museum to feature Writers’ Hour
Customs House Museum Presents In the Garden for its Annual Women’s History Month Exhibition
March 12, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Each March the Customs House Museum creates an invitational themed exhibit celebrating women artists. This year’s show, In the Garden, features the work of artists from across the state of Tennessee, all created in a variety of styles.
Redhibiscus – Lisa Ernst
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk to take place March 12th
March 10, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The First Thursday ArtWalk scheduled for Thursday March 5th has been postponed until March 12th due to inclement weather.
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.
Customs House Museum hosts Go Figure! exhibit
February 27, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Storybooks present enjoyable, meaningful, interactive math explorations to children and adults in Go Figure! – a national traveling exhibit that opens March 1st at the Customs House Museum.
Go Figure! transforms charming children’s books into a kid-sized world where children and adults can have fun exploring math with familiar characters such as Arthur, Frog and Toad, and the Three Bears.
Go Figure! exhibit coming to Clarksville’s Customs House Museum Monday, March 1st.
Acuff Circle of Excellence to honor Joe W. Giles with Ovation Award
February 16, 2015
Clarksville, TN – Joe W. Giles, an Austin Peay State University alumnus and founder of the Tennessee Arts Academy, the nation’s flagship professional development program for teachers of the arts, will be honored March 1st with the George Mabry Ovation Award.
The award is one of eight to be given by the Acuff Circle of Excellence in recognition of outstanding contributions in the arts to the Clarksville-Montgomery County community. The annual ceremony will be Sunday, March 1st, from 2:00pm-3:30pm at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and a reception that follows. [Read more]
The Annecy France Nun Series by Anne Goetze Debuts at the Customs House Museum
February 2, 2015
Clarksville, TN – The Monestere de la Visitationhon and the small order of nuns who reside there are the subject matter of the new exhibit in the Customs House Museum’s Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery.
The artist, Anne Goetze, began going to the Monastery to visit her aunt Helen.
The Annecy France Nun Series by Anne Goetze Debuts at the Customs House Museum
Clarksville’s First Thursday Artwalk to be held February 5th, 2015
February 2, 2015
February ArtWalk to benefit American Heart Association
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 February being American Heart Month, several businesses will be supporting the American Heart Association with donations or a percentage of sales going to the association. In addition, we encourage people to participate in National Wear Red Day on February 5th and wear red to promote awareness of heart disease in women.
Battle of the Bulge Seminar Series to be held in Clarksville January – April 2015
January 29, 2015
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.
