Clarksville’s Tilted Kilt hosting Valentines Party
February 13, 2014
Clarksville, TN – Looking for a non-traditional Valentine’s Day Celebration? Come mix, mingle and network with other singles at the Kilt.
The Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery in Clarksville, will have their “Love Bites!” party the evening of Friday February 14th, 2014. Couples are welcome also.
Featured will be $2.00 Kill Cupid Shots and $1.50 longnecks, with live music from Clarksville’s own Jimmy Johnson beginning at 9:00pm.
Zumba with Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan on February 14th
February 12, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan is inviting everyone to join her at the next “Move With The Mayor” event on February 14th, 2013.
“I am so excited that we’ll be doing a Zumba class,” said the Mayor. “I know it’s going to be high energy, great music and a lot of fun. It doesn’t matter how old you are, how fit you are or how good your rhythm is. Everyone is invited to participate.” [Read more]
Riverview Inn sponsors Valentine’s event
January 28, 2013
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville’s Riverview Inn is hosting a “sweetheart” of a deal for you and your favorite Valentine. If you’re looking for something special, for that “special someone”, then join the “sweethearts” at the Riverview Inn. [Read more]
Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence Winter Salon sets romantic tone for Valentine’s Day
February 13, 2012
Clarksville, TN – This Valentine’s Day, the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts plans to set a romantic mood with its newest Winter Salon Series Event – A Reading of Love Poetry by Dr. David Till.
“Well, it’s Valentine’s Day, so the subject will be love: some old favorites and maybe some poems new and surprising, too, I hope,” Till said. “It was William Carlos Williams who said ‘It is difficult / to get the news from poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found there.’ The whole performance will be a sort of ramble or collage, of if I can manage it, a graceful unfolding.” [Read more]
Treat your loved one to something different at the Lylewood Inn for Valentines Day
January 13, 2012
Indian Mound, TN – The Lylewood Inn is offering special dinner and overnight packages for couples looking for unique ways to celebrate Valentines Day. Come and enjoy a candlelight dinner for 2, or plan an overnight getaway complete with a romantic dinner. Staff will serve dinner in the dress and service of southern charm during February 10th to the 18th.
The Candlelight dinner package includes: appetizers, salad, all you can eat main course, tea and coffee, dessert and an evening to remember. You may choose from 4 menus upon arrival. Cost is $45.00 for two, and includes all costs except gratuities. [Read more]
November First Thursday ArtWalk
October 31, 2011
Written by Kendall Welsh
Clarksville, TN – You’re invited to join the merchants of Historic Downtown Clarksville for The monthly Art Walk, on November 3rd, from 5:00pm–8:00pm.
Kendall Welsh from ARTifacts, sent us this information about November’s artistic extravaganza. Participating merchants include Ingredients, Edward’s Steakhouse, Couture Crush, ARTifacts, Fleur de leis, Hodgepodge, and many more. [Read more]
The Roxy is Jumpin’ with Music of Fats Waller in AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
February 11, 2011
Clarksville, TN – The outrageously prodigious comic and musical soul of 1930s Harlem lives on in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s production of AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’: The Fats Waller Musical Show, beginning February 11th.
Thomas “Fats” Waller rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the Cotton Club, honky tonk dives along Lenox Avenue, rent parties, stride piano players and that jumpin’ new beat, Swing! Based on an idea by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr., this rollicking, swinging, finger-snapping revue features such tunes as “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Mean to Me,” “Keepin’ Out of Mischief,” “This Joint Is Jumpin’,” “I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling,” and many more. [Read more]
Remembering our fallen Officers – Kenneth Lee Browning
May 13, 2010
First Clarksville Police Officer killed in the line of Duty by gunfire
On the morning of February 13th, 1974, FBI Agent Frank Christian came to the police station to report seeing a black male carrying a shotgun walking south on 2nd Street. Officers Kenneth Browning and Joe Mixon left headquarters to locate the individual. Joe Mixon had been with the Department about a year and Browning had left the Dickson Police Department with 3-4 years of service and had only been with the Clarksville Police Department a few months.
They approached 2nd Street in the area of the US Post Office when they saw the black male, later identified as Howard Gentry, 42 standing at the intersection of Madison and 3rd Street. Gentry had been described as a loner and his mother had sought help for his deteriorating mental state of mind. [Read more]