Clarksville’s Customs House Museum August 2016 Exhibits and Activities
August 1, 2016
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 August at the Museum are: Perspective: The Vision of Jessica Holly, Annual Staff Art Exhibition, Women Painting Women, Tammy O’Connor: Hand Shadows, Eric Hansen: Dollhouses from the Collection, and Art & Lunch: Karla Tucker.
Women Painting Women: Peace Within by Chantel Lynn Barber
APSU earns fifth consecutive “Great Colleges to Work For” recognition
July 18, 2016
Clarksville, TN – For the fifth consecutive year, Austin Peay State University is one of the bestcolleges in the nation to work for, according to a recent survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
In addition, APSU is the only four-year university in Tennessee to make the national publication’s “Great Colleges to Work For 2016” list.
The Chronicle of Higher Education survey shows Austin Peay is a Great College to Work For. (Robert Smith, APSU Public Relations & Marketing)
Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board Receives $212,000 from State for Business Park Development
June 30, 2016
Clarksville, TN – State of Tennessee Economic and Community Development (ECD) Commissioner Randy Boyd visited Clarksville Tuesday morning, June 28th to present the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board (IDB) a check for a little more than $212,000.
The site development grant was awarded to select communities across Tennessee to prepare economic development sites for market.
(L-R): Industrial Development Board Director Mike Evans, Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett, Tennessee Commissioner of Economic & Community Development Randy Boyd, Industrial Development Board Incoming Chairman Billy Atkins, Industrial Development Board Director of Economic Development Robin Burton, and Industrial Development Board Members Joyce Norris, David Riggins and Carl Wilson.
APSU, Volunteer State announcement dual admission agreement
June 29, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University and Volunteer State Community College have made it easier to complete the work necessary to achieve a college degree.
Through a dual admission agreement, students who meet the admissions criteria can now complete an associate degree at VSCC and receive admission to APSU in order to work toward a bachelor’s degree. Students may also complete courses at APSU, which may be transferred back to VSCC to help fulfill associate degree requirements.
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
Honest-1 Auto Care becomes Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification
June 26, 2016
Montgomery County, TN – The latest business to complete the requirements for the Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certification Program and become Green Certified is Honest-1 Auto Care.
There to congratulate owners Kristi and Tucker Seiber and their staff, were Chamber of Commerce Director Melinda Shepard, City of Clarksville Chief of Staff Charlie Gentry, Montgomery County Communications Director Elizabeth Black and CMC Green Certification Steering Committee Member Daryl Pater.
(L to R) Daryl Pater, Tucker Sieber, Kristi Seiber, Tim Willoughby, Wayne Clinard, Charlie Gentry, Elizabeth Black and Melinda Sheperd.
Austin Peay State University Student Presented Learning Opportunity During Military Operation in Bulgaria
June 25, 2016
Land Between the Lakes, KY/TN – Visitors searching for a traditional family-oriented celebration may visit the Homeplace 1850s Farm on the Fourth of July at Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area.
Celebrate Independence Day from 1:00pm-4:00pm on Monday, July 4th, 2016 with races, skillet tossing, horse shoes, old-time music, toys, and games. Admission is $5.00 ages 13 and up; $3.00 ages 5-12; free for ages 4 and under, and includes all the day’s activities and programs.
Celebrate Independence Day the old-fashioned way–enjoy a slice of springhouse cooled watermelon at The Homeplace 1850s Farm in Land Between The Lakes! (Staff photo)
Art & Lunch Program with Larry Richardson at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
June 22, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Artist Larry Richardson will be at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center on Thursday, June 23rd at 12:15pm as part of the museum’s monthly Art & Lunch program.
Larry will be taking guests on a guided tour of Cumberland River paintings that are now on display in the Kimbrough Gallery.
Artist Larry Richardson
Expect the Unexpected at the Clarksville Downtown Market
June 20, 2016
Clarksville, TN – The Saturday Clarksville Downtown Market sponsored by Clarksville Parks and Recreation is a place anyone would have a great time selecting the freshest of locally grown food—tomatoes, squash, peppers, greens, honey, whoopie pies, homemade ice cream, flavored lemonade, peaches, blueberries, baked goods (fried pies, cookies, fruit pies, and breads), raw milk cheeses, popsicles, homemade jams and jellies, eggs, steak specials, beef, rabbit, pork, sausage, Canadian bacon, eggs, kettle corn, broccoli salad,etc.
What you may not expect is the variety of other items offered.
Clarksville Downtown Market
Poet, Zone 3 Press contributor, Norman Dubie wins 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize
June 16, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Zone 3 Press, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Center for Excellence in Creative Arts’ literary press, is proud to congratulate poet Norman Dubie, whose latest collection of poems, “The Quotations of Bone,” was recently awarded the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize.
Included in Dubie’s award-winning collection is the long poem, “The Fallen Bird of the Fields,” which was itself the first chapbook published by Zone 3 Press. Published in 2010, “The Fallen Bird of the Fields” represented both a literal and metaphorical uniting of themes and disciplines.
Norman Dubie. (Arizona State University)
Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Summer Youth Program participates in Summer Food Service Program
June 9, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces its sponsorship of the 2016 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) which is administered in Tennessee by the Department of Human Services under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
