Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk to be held September 2nd, 2021
Clarksville, TN – It’s almost Fall and it’s a great time to get out and experience 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.
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk.
Downtown Commons Movie Night features Moana, Saturday
Montgomery County, TN – Downtown Commons will host the final Movie Night this Saturday, September 4th, 2021 at 7:30pm. This movie is free and open to the public. This month’s feature is Moana, a movie about a girl who answers the Ocean’s call to reverse the curse incurred by the Demigod Maui.
Tater Headz will be open in the Downtown Commons eatery and Driving You Donuts will be available on-site. Tennessee Kettle Corn will also be there with popcorn available for everyone!
“Moana” showing this Saturday during Movie Night at the Downtown Commons.
Customs House Museum & Cultural Center opens exhibit “Start Your Engines! A Celebration of Racing in Montgomery County”
Clarksville, TN – After over a year-and-a-half of planning, the long-anticipated, heart-thumping, high-octane exhibit Start Your Engines! A Celebration of Racing in Montgomery County is open at the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center.
The exhibit is sponsored by Tri-Star Beverage and MPG Transport and spans across several galleries within the Museum.
“Start Your Engines! A Celebration of Racing in Montgomery County” exhibit at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center.
Roxy Regional Theatre begins Season 39 with “All Shook Up”, September 10th-24th
Clarksville, TN – Dust off your blue suede shoes! Following an 18-month hiatus, Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre is ushering in the return of live performances at the Roxy Regional Theatre at the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville with an Elvis Presley-inspired hit musical.
“All Shook Up” kicks off Season 39 at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Friday, September 10th, 2021 at 8:00pm.
“All Shook Up” at the Roxy Regional Theatre stars Stephen Shore and Yarissa Tiara Millan, September 10th-24th.
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum September 2021 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 September at the Museum are Familiars: Still: Ceramics by Anne Beyer, Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, Familiars: The Art of Beverly Parker, Family Art Day: Create a Greeting Card, Museum Discovery Quest.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Clarksville-Montgomery County Arts and Heritage Development presents Lifetime Achievement Awards to Dan Hanley, Mark Holleman
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Arts and Heritage Development Council (AHDC) presented lifetime achievement awards to two Clarksvillians who have made outstanding contributions to the community’s artistic and historic heritage.
During Saturday’s Flying High celebration for Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, AHDC presented the lifetime achievement in art award posthumously to Dan Hanley and the lifetime achievement in heritage award to Mark Holleman. Jodi Hanley received the award for her husband, who had been notified earlier of the honor.
(L to R) Dan Hanley and Mark Holleman receive Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Clarksville-Montgomery County Arts and Heritage Development Council.
Dan Hanley’s Artistic Achievements
Dan Hanley
Dan Hanley steadily applied his creative abilities over many years as a designer and builder of homes and residential communities. In recent years, he turned his full attention to his life-long interest in painting—an interest he had kept alive and active for some 40 years since he graduated college with a degree in art & business administration.
Hanley’s work is represented in many private and corporate collections. His paintings and home designs have received a number of professional awards. His original artworks have brought prices in excess of $20,000.
Hanley served on Clarksville’s Public Arts Commission and worked regularly in support of the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center. Following the devastating 1999 tornado that struck Clarksville, he served on the Mayor’s Recovery Task Force, chairing the Design Review Board and the Design Standards Development Committee.
His community contributions continued his family heritage, going back to his great grandfather’s emigration from Ireland to Clarksville in the late 1860s. His great grandfather, grandfather, father, and Dan Hanley himself have all left their mark on many of Clarksville’s architectural treasures.
Hanley lived what he called a “Tom Sawyer” boyhood in his parent’s home near the Cumberland River. He often drew from this background for his subjects, describing his paintings as representations of “… a neighborhood of ordinary folks, unaware that they were living extraordinary lives, in extraordinary times—unwittingly heroic in their struggles to provide for families and build a community, making themselves matter.”
Mark Holleman’s Heritage Contributions
Mark Hollema
While Hanley’s family was influential in shaping Clarksville’s architectural landscape, Mark Holleman has been busy preserving and enhancing it. It is evident that Holleman loves Clarksville’s heritage. And he has used this love to keep the city’s history alive in a number of creative ways.
He has used public art to bring our history into the present. Holleman worked with Main Street Clarksville to spearhead the creation and installation of a statue of “John Montgomery,” who, in 1784, purchased land at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red rivers and is credited with founding Clarksville. That group, along with the Leaf-Chronicle, commissioned the “Morning After” sculpture to remember the devastating tornado that swept through downtown in 1999.
Holleman has made sure we will remember the streetcar days of Clarksville when he purchased a trolley car to take folks around town. He even preserved some of the streetcar track that was being removed from Franklin Street and installed it in his Riverside office.
Holleman and his wife Ricki have preserved one of the lovely homes that date from the 1920s and ’30s and line Madison Street. He takes photos to mark Clarksville’s current history and shares them with many folks around town. Visitors to the St. Bethlehem Coldwell Bankers office can see many of his photos along with artifacts from the Courthouse, Arlington Hotel, the Roxy, and Baker and Dowdy Barbershop.
Austin Peay State University’s The New Gallery opens ‘Recent Acquisitions’ exhibition to kick off new season
Clarksville, TN – The New Gallery, with support from the Austin Peay State University Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the APSU Department of Art + Design, is pleased to present Recent Acquisitions: Selection from the Past Five Years of New Acquisitions into APSU’s Permanent Art Collection, to kick off the 2021-22 exhibition season.
The New Gallery at Austin Peay State University opened a new exhibition “Recent Acquisitions” on August 18th. (APSU)
Downtown Commons to host Nashville Symphony Concert, September 23rd
Montgomery County, TN – The Montgomery County Downtown Commons will host the prestigious Nashville Symphony on the evening of September 23rd.
Beginning at 7:00pm, the community will have the option to enjoy a variety of music on the lawn by some of the country’s most talented musicians.
The Nashville Symphony
Downtown @ Sundown Concert features APSU Meet and Greet, Lucian Greene, Journey Tribute Band Departure this Friday
Montgomery County, TN – This Friday, August 20th, 2021, will be a night you want to remember! Beginning at 6:15pm, Austin Peay State University (APSU) will introduce the community to the new APSU president, Dr. Michael Licari, along with an update and welcome from the new APSU athletic coaches.
The cheer and dance team will also be present to motivate the crowd and lead the APSU Fight Song!
The Journey Tribute Band: Departure to play Downtown @ Sundown
Riverfest Cardboard Boat Regatta registration going on now
Riverfest Cardboard Boat Regatta Registration open for Interested Teams
Clarksville, TN – Registration is now open for the annual Riverfest Cardboard Boat Regatta sponsored by Water Dogs Scuba & Safety LLC. The event will be on Saturday, September 11thm 2021 at the McGregor Park Boat Ramp at 1:00om.
Teams will build their vessel out of cardboard and race 100 yards down the Cumberland River. Awards will be presented based on boat design, boat aesthetics, team unity, costumes, and the infamous Titanic Award.
Though smaller this year, Riverfest still managed to produce several great events, including Saturday’s Riverfest Cardboard Boat Regatta.
