Downtown Commons to hold 1950’s Sock Hop Dance
Montgomery County, TN – Let’s fall back in time! Join us at the Downtown Commons on November 2nd, 2019 from 4:00pm until 8:00pm as we turn back our clocks and hop into the 1950’s to celebrate Daylight Savings Time.
Don your best 50’s attire and come dance the night away to the 1950’s Rock & Roll band “Good Rockin’ Tonight!” Weather permitting, we will be featuring classic 1950’s cars displayed by the Memory Lane Cruisers. With food vendors on site and beer for sale everyone’s in for a great night at this FREE event.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center Presents Landy R. Hales Layered Posters
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is exhibiting layered posters by Landy R. Hales, a well-known graphic designer in New York City during the 1920s and 30s, through the end of the year.
Included in the show are nostalgic images of toys, nursery rhymes, household interiors, and Christmas moments. The whimsical works displayed are from the Hales family collection.
Stuff in the Attic by Landy R. Hales.
Roxy Regional Theatre serves up “Greater Tuna” in theotherspace, October 14th – 22nd
Clarksville, TN – Two actors, twenty characters, and a barrel of laughs are coming to the Roxy Regional Theatre at the corner of Franklin Street and First Street in Historic Downtown Clarksville this month.
Following on the heels of last season’s hit holiday comedy A Tuna Christmas, Ryan Bowie and Brian Best return to the third smallest town in Texas (where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies) in “Greater Tuna”, playing October 14th through October 22nd in theotherspace, the 50-seat black-box theatre located upstairs at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
Ryan Bowie and Brian Best star in “Greater Tuna” in the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace, October 14th – October 22nd”
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable to hold next meeting on October 16th, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Tennova Hospital. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall. The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public.
Our speaker this month is Dr. David E. Gregg. His topic is – “John Bell Hood’s Muscle Shoals, Alabama Encampment, 1864”
Confederate General John Bell Hood
Historic Collinsville Events for October
Clarksville, TN – Fall is the season for festivals and enjoying the last of the outdoors before winter makes its appearance. At Historic Collinsville Pioneer Settlement, you’ll find events all throughout October to celebrate the season.
Cotton Weaver at Historic Collinsville Pioneer Settlement
2020 Miss Tennessee USA Pageant Tickets Now on Sale
Clarksville, TN – On October 10th-12th, 2019 delegates from around the state will adorn Clarksville for the 2020 Miss Tennessee USA® and Miss Tennessee Teen USA® Pageants at the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Music and Mass Communications Building. Organized and produced by Greenwood Productions, the upcoming pageant marks Clarksville’s 20th year to host the event.
Savana Hodge is crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2019 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennesse in October 2018.
Fort Defiance Civil War Park offers chance to Explore History
Clarksville, TN – A community favorite historic site, Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center, 120 Duncan Street, offers a variety of upcoming family-friendly events.
Festivities are diverse, offering something for visitors of all ages looking to have a great time at one of Clarksville’s most treasured gathering places.
New! History Alive — 6:00pm to 9:00pm, Saturday, October 5th: Enjoy an evening of history, music, and 19th-century fare at this fundraiser hosted by the Friends of Fort Defiance.
Fort Defiance Interpretive Center, Clarksville TN.
APSU hosting Q&A with award-winning, Atlanta-based director Freddie Ashley
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, October 26th, 2019 the Austin Peay State University Department (APSU) of Theatre and Dance and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) will host a public question and answer session with Tony-winning director and Acuff chair Freddie Ashley. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be at 2:00pm in the Trahern Theatre.
Freddie Ashley
APSU’s Zone 3 Press, Goldsmith Press launch poetry competition
Clarksville, TN – Zone 3 Press in collaboration with the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Art + Design department is launching an annual poetry competition, and the winning poem will be featured on a broadside poster printed on the University’s letterpress.
Annual Poetry Competition to be held by Austin Peay State University Zone 3 Press. (APSU)
Planters Bank Presents… “Moana” at Roxy Regional Theatre, Sunday
Clarksville, TN – The ocean is calling! Planters Bank Presents… Disney’s animated musical adventure “Moana” on the Roxy Regional Theatre’s big screen this Sunday, October 6th at 2:00pm.
Inexplicably drawn to the ocean, Moana convinces the mighty demigod Maui to join her mission, and he reluctantly helps her become a wayfinder like her ancestors who sailed before her. Together, they voyage across the open ocean on an action-packed adventure, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills her quest and discovers the one thing she’s always sought: her own identity.
“Moana” showing this Sunday, October 6th, at the Roxy Regional Theatre.
