Clarksville to host Southern Division Bass Tournament
May 24, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Tennessee Bass Federation, Inc., part of the largest Grass Roots Bass Fishing organization in the country, will be hosting the 2013 Southern Divisional Tournament at the Clarksville Marina at Liberty Park June 5th-7th.
This year’s tournament will see participants from all over the South, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. There are 175 boaters scheduled to compete in the tournament. Teams will be pre-fishing June 2nd-4th, with the actual tournament competition taking place June 5th-7th. [Read more]
Aspen Dental Opens New Practice in Clarksville Tennessee
May 6, 2013
Dr. Hung Tran, DDS, and Team to Offer Full-Service Dental Care, Personalized Treatment Plans
Syracuse, NY – Aspen Dental is proud to announce that a new Aspen Dental office is opening in Clarksville, TN on Thursday, May 9th. Located at 2702 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard, the practice will provide dental services that range from dentures and preventive care to general dentistry and restoration.
Dr. Hung Tran, lead dentist at the Clarksville office, received his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from New York University College of Dentistry, which included a year-long fellowship in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
AspenDental to open at 2702 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard Thursday, May 9th.
Noted environmental landscape artist to speak at APSU Biology Honors Seminar February 25th
February 22, 2013
Clarksville, TN – In the early 1770s, the American naturalist William Bartram headed south to explore the pristine, untouched region that would soon become known as the Southeastern United States of America.
Instead of forests and farms, he discovered wide, grassy savannahs spreading across Georgia and Alabama. He jotted down details of this terrain and drew pictures of the land in his notebook. [Read more]
Guitar Virtuoso Stanley Yates to give Free Concert at Austin Peay State University
September 14, 2012
APSU Guitar Professor Stanley Yates To Perform Free Concert
Stanley Yates
Clarksville TN – Internationally-renowned concert guitarist and APSU Professor of Music Dr. Stanley Yates will present a recital of solo and chamber music at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 27th in the Concert Theater of the Music-Mass Communication Building on the APSU campus.
His program will include solo guitar music by baroque composer Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Czech composer Stepan Rak, and Brazilian guitarist Baden Powell de Aquino.
The concert will also include the first modern performance of a recently-discovered early nineteenth-century adaption for violin, viola and guitar of Mozart’s popular opera ‘The Magic Flute,’ assisted by APSU violin professor Dr. Emily Hanna Crane and Nashville violist Michael O’Gieblyn.
APSU’s IB5 Quintet earns third place at Calvin Smith Festival
July 17, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Last weekend, Austin Peay State University’s IB5 Brass Quintet traveled east to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the group placed third at the Calvin Smith Festival and Brass Quintet Competition.
The festival was held in memory of Calvin Smith, a former horn professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, who passed away last year. [Read more]
The Art of Linda Kerlin Opens at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
July 9, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Visions & Feelings, a new exhibit by Tennessee artist Linda Kerlin embodies a sense of the fanciful. Delicate women collaged into a mixed media frenzy of color and script leads the viewer feeling like they have stumbled into someone’s diary.
These works are inspired by Kerlin’s environment and her love of antiques, decorating, and landscaping. Each painting displayed in the museum’s Harvill Gallery certainly is telling stories within the canvas and paper. [Read more]
TVA’s Tennessee Valley Electric Lineman Rodeo was alot of Fun
June 12, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The Tennessee Valley Authority, along with the City of Clarksville, the Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation (CEMC) and CDE Lightband played host to the Tennessee Valley Electric Lineman Rodeo at McGregor Park in Clarksville, Tennessee from June 7th-9th.
This multi-day event allowed electrical workers from throughout the region compete against one another to see who’s the best of the best 45 feet in the air. When the lights go out, for an electric line worker, duty calls. He puts his life on the line to ensure we are able to enjoy all the conveniences that electricity provides to us.
Tennessee Valley Electric Lineman Rodeo at McGregor Park in Clarksville, Tennessee
Custom House Museum continues the Celebration of Women with Writers’ Panel
April 11, 2012
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, April 14th, the Customs House Museum will host a writers’ panel discussion in the Turner Auditorium, starting at 1:00pm.
This free public event will be moderated by Shana Thornton and Mitzi Cross, guest speakers will discuss three topics including “the muse”, self publishing versus “old school”, and challenges when writing about history. [Read more]
Austin Peay State University student Newspaper The All State named in Top 5 Papers in Southeast
March 8, 2012
Student Staff Garners Awards
Clarksville, TN – The All State, Austin Peay State University’s student newspaper, was named fourth best college newspaper in the south at the annual Southeast Journalism Conference held February 9th-11th at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Eight student staff members attended the annual conference, several of whom earned regional honors for their work. The All State ranked higher than all other Tennessee colleges competing and above a number of student newspapers from much larger journalism programs across the south.
A total of 34 colleges and universities entered the competition for Best College Newspaper in the South. [Read more]
Clarksville Montgomery County School System names Assistant Principal for Carmel Elementary
March 1, 2012
Montgomery County, TN – Susan Holloway has been selected by the Clarksville Montgomery County School System to serve as assistant principal at the community’s newest elementary school, set to open in August.
Holloway currently is the advanced learning specialist for first through fifth grades in the Cobb County, Georgia school system, where she has worked since 1998.
Susan Holloway to be the Assistant Principal for Carmel Elementary when it opens.
