APSU Department of Art + Design releases 2020-21 Exhibition Season
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Art + Design is excited to announce its 2020-21 season of exhibitions and visiting speakers. Generously supported by the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA), the APSU Department of Art + Design can bring nationally/internationally recognized artists and thinkers directly to Clarksville with programming that is free and open to the public.
Roxy Regional Theatre School of the Arts Registration deadline is Saturday, September 5th
Clarksville, TN – Now that school is back in session and you’re looking for more ways to get back into the swing of things, we hope you or the budding young performer in your life will keep in mind our Roxy Regional Theatre School of the Arts. A few slots still remain for those interested in honing their craft or discovering a new passion … but time is running out!
Registration for the Fall 2020 session of the Roxy Regional School of the Arts ends this Saturday, September 5th, 2020.
Roxy Regional Theatre School of the Arts students performing in 2019’s production of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department announces Digital Activity Guide this Fall
Clarksville, TN – As the weather cools down and indoor activities become more popular, the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is releasing a new Activity Guide that brings a catalog of those activities into the palm of your hand.
The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Activity Guide, released every three months, details all events and activities and provides information about the City’s parks and trails systems.
The guide, traditionally available in printed form, will only be available in a digital version this Fall due to the fluidity of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Digital Activity Guide will allow all activities to be current and up to date.
Wilma Rudolph’s Olympic Gold Medal Runs Still Inspire 60 years later
Clarksville, TN – Destined to a life of immobility, a child who suffered from severe illnesses grew up to become the fastest woman in the world, a civil rights activist, educator and an inspiration to a world of admirers.
Now, 60 years after winning three gold medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics, we once again celebrate the woman who shattered barriers and overcame the impossible. That woman was Wilma Glodean Rudolph.
Wilma Rudolph Parade
APSU’s Community School of the Arts announces new fall virtual classes
Clarksville, TN – The Community School of the Arts (CSA) at Austin Peay State University (APSU) has announced its class lineup for fall – incorporating new virtual classes. The instruction will continue to be top-notch and personable, but with the added safety and comfort of home.
Community School of the Arts at Austin Peay State University to add Virtual Classes this Fall. (APSU)
Patrons can visit Austin Peay State University’s Spectacle exhibit virtually
Clarksville, TN – Anyone wishing to see the Austin Peay State University (APSU) recently reopened Spectacle exhibit at The New Gallery can do so without having to visit campus.
“Spectacle” at Austin Peay State University.
Clarksville Greenway now has a New Parking Lot
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department has opened a new parking lot at the Pollard Road Trailhead of the Clarksville Greenway.
The popularity of the Clarksville Greenway has grown rapidly over the years, and the Pollard Road Trailhead is the most used access point.
The new lot will help alleviate the parking problems and will help visitors avoid parking alongside Pollard Road.
59 new spaces available at Clarksville Greenway’s Pollard Road Trailhead.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation says one week remains to enter Riverfest Virtual Talent Competition
Clarksville, TN – As the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic continues to have a widespread impact, the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department is adapting the traditional three-day Riverfest celebration into nearly two weeks of in-person and virtual events.
The Riverfest Virtual Talent Competition is included in the lineup of events, and only one week remains for contest entries.
Participants have until August 26th, 2020 to complete an online application that includes a video of their performance that is no more than four minutes in length.
Customs House Museum celebrates Women’s Suffrage, Twenty Years of Cumberland Furniture Guild
Clarksville, TN – August has been a month of exciting change exhibit-wise at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center. Two new, highly anticipated exhibitions are now up for the public to visit: The Power of Women: Celebrating the Suffrage Movement and Practice Makes Perfect: Twenty Years of the Cumberland Furniture Guild.
This month the country will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, and Clarksville has plenty of history to share on the subject.
Practice Makes Perfect: Twenty Years of the Cumberland Furniture Guild
Austin Peay State University professor Somaditya Banerjee’s new book examines making of modern physics in colonial India
Clarksville, TN – Dr. Somaditya “Soma” Banerjee, an assistant professor at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of History and Philosophy, has published a book that examines how modern physics developed in colonial India early in the 20th century.
Austin Peay State University professor Somaditya Banerjee poses outside the new Ann R. Ross Bookstore with his book. (APSU)
