How Do They Do That? The Extravaganza!

On May 30th from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., Hodgepodge, Where You Gather Your Home, and ARTifacts (an Arts and Antiques Emporium), will host an extravaganza of crafting in Historic Downtown Clarksville.

This is no ordinary crafting class-this is a festival that will fuel your appetite for creative expression. Hodgepodge and ARTifacts are bringing you some of the area’s most inspiring instructors, and they are going to share their talent with you. The day will be filled with glitter, ephemera, wire cutters, and glue. These classes will teach you things you can take home and then use for your own hobbies, gift making, and even money making ventures. You will learn the art of jewelry making, collage, and so much more.

The “Extravaganza!” will be held at 124 Strawberry Alley. There will be 16 classes, offered in four, 2-hour sessions, to choose from throughout the day. Pre-registration is required, so visit our website for more information and registration. www.hodgepodge-home.com

Tell your husband he is on kid patrol or line-up a sitter-this is an event you will not want to miss! Grab your girlfriends and join us in Historic Downtown Clarksville for the first ever, “How Do They Do That? Extravaganza!

BLF and Customs House Museum award from Tennessee Association of Museums

BLF Marketing and The Customs House Museum have won a first place award from the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) for their exhibit catalog chronicling the creativity and skill of Kentucky artist, Tim Lewis .  BLF Marketing and Customs House Museum of Clarksville, Tenn., produced the 64-page publication entitled Time Made Real: The Carvings of Tim Lewis. Frank Lott and Ron Watson of BLF Marketing co-designed the award-winning catalog, which features a collection of Lewis’ works and essays exhibited at Customs House Museum during 2008. The Lewis publication is the third exhibit catalog produced by BLF Marketing and Customs House Museum to win top TAM honors. The catalog Olen Bryant: A Retrospective Reelfoot Lake: Tradition, Mystery & Lore won the top award in 2006.

TAM awards are intended to recognize, encourage, and promote excellence within the Tennessee museum community. The Lewis catalog won in the category of publications produced by medium-sized museums. Factors considered by TAM included content, design, writing, art/photos, appeal, quality, concept, originality and successfulness, as measured in published reviews or other documentation.

Lewis’ woodcarvings and stone sculptures have made him one of Kentucky’s most celebrated folk artists. The Folk Art Society of America named Lewis their Artist of the Year in 2007. [Read more]

Tennessee House passes important bond bill

Companies expected to bring thousands of jobs to state over the next decade.

NASHVILLE –The House has voted to bring thousands of new jobs to Tennessee with the passage of a bill that guarantees incentive grants for Volkswagen and Hemlock, two companies scheduled to build new manufacturing facilities in Chattanooga and Clarksville.

“As many states in our nation struggle to survive this current financial crisis, we in Tennessee continue to lure new job opportunities to our state and provide a light at the end of this dark economic tunnel,” said State Representative Joe Pitts (D-Clarksville). [Read more]

CATS Opens to a Sold-Out Weekend!

As part of its 26th season of presenting quality live theatre, the Roxy Regional Theatre in Clarksville, Tennessee, opened the hit musical CATS on Friday, April 10, to a sold-out house. Tickets are still available for CATS performances through May 2, playing Tuesdays thru Thursdays at 7pm and Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, with a 2pm matinee on Saturday, April 18.

Based on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot, CATS tells the story, in song and dance, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats, at which time one special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. Featuring a cast of seventeen and the fresh and energetic choreography of Braham Logan Crane, CATS is certain to delight and inspire audiences of all ages.

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Porkin’ in the Park: Music, BBQ and great grillin’

The Kiwanis Club of Clarksville is sponsoring the second Porkin’ in the Park this Friday and Saturday, April 3-4. Admission is free for all events.

Clarksville is now on the Kansas City Barbecue Society Great American BBQ tour. This will be a major for the pro grillers from around the country. There is NO admission charge. Food and drink will be sold.

The schedule of events includes five hours of music on Friday on the Bud Light Stage on Strawberry Alley.  The events kicks off with the KCBS BBQ backyard grilling demonstration at 5 p.m., followed by three musical events: Southern Comfort at 6 p.m., Mike Robinson at 7;30 p.m. and the Beagles at 9 p.m. [Read more]

NEHS choirs bring Broadway to local stage

NEHS Exit One, Concert and SSA Women’s Choir have been chosen to open for The Haywood Family Show in Branson, Missouri.

After two months of intensive rehearsals in both voice and choreography, to say nothing of the memorization involved, Broadway came to Clarksville Thursday evening as the Northeast High School Choral Department presented its Spring Show 2009 in the NEHS auditorium.

The show will also be presented Tonight at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m. Admission is $5 per adult, $3 per student.

It’s a show that has something extra this year when the Exit One Show  Choir, the Concert Choir  and the SSA Women’s Choir travel to Branson, Missouri in April to perform as the opening act for the Haywood Family Show, with a selection of routines from the current show to be performed and taped “on tour.” [Read more]

At the Roxy: World premiere of “All Quiet on the Western Front”

The Roxy Regional Theatre is presenting the world premiere of All Quiet on the Western Front, a recent recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant.

In the press release accompanying the grant announcement, NEA Chairman Dana Gioia said, “We often hear from our grantees that the NEA’s grant support has a catalytic effect, helping the organization to exponentially garner additional funding for its project. These grants are an investment in our nation’s culture, and I’m proud to say that the return on that investment benefits Americans from coast to coast.’”

Adapted for the stage by John McDonald from the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front tells the story of a young soldier who faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I.  First published in German in 1929, it sold 2.5 million copies in twenty-five languages in its first eighteen months in print.  In 1930 the book was turned into an Oscar-winning movie of the same name. Now in these uncertain times of war, All Quiet on the Western Front will speak to a new generation from the stage.

Michael Ellison (pictured at right)  stars as Paul Baumer, while Jeremy Maxwell (Tjaden), Chad Parsons (Muller), Michael Green (Kat) and Ryan Ploeckelman (Kropp) round out the group of friends who together experience the life-altering effects of the war.  Also appearing are Jay Doolittle, Leslie Greene, Kimberly DiPersia, Brady Adair and Patrick McLaughlin.

All Quiet on the Western Front opens on Friday, March 20, at 8pm for a pay-what-you-can preview.  It runs through March 28, playing Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, March 28.  Tickets are $15 ($10 for children 13 and under) and can be purchased online at www.roxyregionaltheatre.org or by calling (931) 645-7699 during regular box office hours (9 a.m.-2 p,m. weekdays).

APSU: Showcasing graduating artists

The Austin Peay State University Department of Art has scheduled several student art exhibitions for the Spring 2009 semester.

Students enrolled in the Senior Exhibition class, taught by Professor of Art Gregg Schlanger, must present their work in a public setting to earn their Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. Nine students are enrolled this spring in the course. [Read more]

Art Walk, Open House hosted by DAC

The Downtown Artists Cooperative  will host its monthly Art Walk on Thursday, March 5 with an open house at DAC from 5-8 p.m.

ARTifacts, 124 Strawberry Alley, will feature Kate Johnson, Elizabeth Klein and Jo Rhodes.

Kate Johnson has always loved art, but has not always been an artist.  After graduating from West Point in 2000, she served five years in the Army as a member of the Signal Corps spending most of her Army time at Ft Campbell with the 101st Airorne division.  Specializing in wall murals and portrait art, Kate has carved a niche for herself in the Clarksville community.  She can create paintings/murals on canvas so you can take the art with you where ever you may go! [Read more]

Mission Clarksville launches youth service program

“The Food Initiative”
“The Edge”
“Into the Wild”

This triple play of interconnected programs is designed  “… to develop a thoughtful and productive community of young people who can change the world in a lasting and positive way.”

Thus, with a $5,000 matching gift from the Dandridge Trust, “Mission Clarksville” made its formal debut Monday evening with a video presentation and a “meet and greet” with program administrators and more than two dozen  representatives of  Clarksville businesses, schools and media. The funds already raised are directed to offset start-up costs for this ministry. The Dandridge Trust is a charitable organization closely related to the Episcopal Church.

Patrick Smith, Executive Director of Mission Clarksville,  urged listeners to “raise expectations,” noting that our children “will rise to the occasion.” His message is simple: create a healthy outlook on life, on relationships, on leadership, on responsibility by working hard, on working as part of a team and a community, and giving back to that community. [Read more]

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