Customs House Museum and Cultural Center announces Newly Renovated Explorers Landing Children’s Area to Reopen January 29th
Clarksville, TN – Explorers Landing has been a popular feature of the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center for more than 25 years. In October of 2020, the Museum announced a generous donation from the Kiwanis Club of Clarksville in order to renovate the beloved space.
Fast forward 15 months and the newly renovated space will open for the first time to Museum visitors on Saturday, January 29th, 2022 since its closure in November 2021.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center’s Explorers Landing
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department announces Caleb Cares Swim League kicks off at New Providence Pool
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will host the Caleb Cares Swim League at New Providence Pool beginning March 19th, 2022, with a swim assessment. The league is sponsored by the Caleb Cares Project.
“The Caleb Cares Swim League is a fun way for children of all ages to get involved with the sport of swimming,” said Kimberly Gilbert, Aquatic Superintendent for Clarksville Parks and Recreation. “All skill levels are accepted. We just ask that each participant must be able to swim at least 25 meters without assistance.”
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum February 2022 Exhibits, Activities
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 February at the Museum include: Rising Voices 2: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters, Aneka Ingold: Transfiguration, Family Art Saturday: Tooth Painting, Little Explorers: Winter Wonderland, New to the Museum Collection, Explorers Landing: Exploring Our Town, Magic of the Mind Starring Jeff & Kimberly Bornstein.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Roxy Regional Theatre brings “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” to the stage, January 21st – February 5th
Clarksville, TN – The Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, and more through clever, catchy tunes are lighting up the stage of Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre, the Roxy Regional Theatre, this month.
The pop culture phenomenon “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Friday, January 21st, at 8:00pm. In keeping with the theatre’s pay-what-you-can opening night tradition, all tickets not pre-sold at the regular price will go on sale at 7:30pm that evening for a $5.00 minimum donation.
(Clockwise from left) Brian Best, Matthew Combs, Chloe LaMar, Kayla Brandt, David Graham, Emily Rourke and Hayden Gilbreath star in “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, January 21st – February 5th
APSU’s The New Gallery starts 2022 with Christina A. West’s ‘mere mortals’
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) The New Gallery, with support from The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Department of Art + Design, is pleased to present mere mortals by Christina A. West to continue an engaging 2021-22 exhibition season.
“mere mortals” is open through February 11 at Austin Peay State University’s The New Gallery. (APSU)
Roxy Regional Theatre’s “The Agitators” performance dates changed to January 24th-February 8th
Clarksville, TN – They agitated the nation, they agitated each other, and, in doing so, they helped shape the Constitution and the course of American history.
Great allies and, at times, great adversaries, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass relentlessly and passionately fought for the rights of others, developing a friendship that lasted nearly half a century.
Sara Anderson and Marcus Hayes star as Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass in “The Agitators” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, January 17th – February 1st.
Sara Anderson, Marcus Hayes star as Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass in “The Agitators” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, January 17th-February 1st
Clarksville, TN – They agitated the nation, they agitated each other, and, in doing so, they helped shape the Constitution and the course of American history.
Great allies and, at times, great adversaries, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass relentlessly and passionately fought for the rights of others, developing a friendship that lasted nearly half a century.
Sara Anderson and Marcus Hayes star as Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass in “The Agitators” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, January 17th – February 1st.
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk of the New Year to be held January 6th, 2022
Clarksville, TN – Start your new year off with a stroll through the First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Clarksville.
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.
First Thursday Art Walk
Chocolate Affair returns to traditional format
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department will host its popular Chocolate Affair event on Saturday, February 5th, 2022, at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center. A limited number of tickets are still available.
The Chocolate Affair is an annual event that takes place on the first Saturday in February. Local businesses and caterers provide bite-sized sweet and savory samples of foods that include chocolate in some form or fashion. Awards are presented to vendors for Best Taste, Best Presentation, and Most Creative Use of Chocolate.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s annual Chocolate Affair.
Roxy Regional Theatre brings back “The Vagina Monologues” for 19th year
Clarksville, TN – “Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting and occasionally angry” … following a one-year hiatus, Eve Ensler’s wildly popular series of monologues about women and performed by women is back for the nineteenth year with the Roxy Regional Theatre’s presentation of “The Vagina Monologues”, January 7th – January 15th, 2022.
This year, four local ladies will take the stage of theotherspace, the 50-seat black box theatre located upstairs at the Roxy, in readings of these monologues based on interviews Eve Ensler conducted with 200 women about their views on sex, relationships and violence against women:
(Clockwise from top left) Emily Rourke, Kimberly Wiggins, Melissa Schaffner and Adriane Wiley-Hatfield star in Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace, January 7th – January 15th.
