Paul Harmon’s Petite Voyage Comes to the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center
Clarksville, TN – Over the course of 2020, Tennessee artist Paul Harmon created more than 100 works all under the size of ten inches.
Most of these small oil paintings are making their debut in the Planters Bank Peg Harvill Gallery of the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center this month.
Paul Harmon’s Petite Voyage
Gateway Chamber Orchestra shows creative brilliance with “The Nutcracker”
Clarksville, TN – “Magnificent, Delightful, Exciting, Fantastic,” were just some of the words used in the Austin Peay State University George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall Sunday afternoon after the Gateway Chamber Orchestra’s rendition of The Nutcracker.
Nashville Ballet’s Lily Saito and Brett Sjoblom dancing during the Gateway Chamber Orchestra’s The Nutcracker. (Mark Haynes, ClarksvilleOnline.com)
Fort Defiance to host 19th Century Christmas
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department invites you to come out, grab a cup of eggnog and get ready for a 19th Century Christmas.
This outdoor historical event is on Saturday, December 11th, 2021 at Fort Defiance Civil War Park from 2:00pm until 3:30pm.
Visitors will be able to step back in time and create period decorations, visit with a 19th century Santa, decorate a Christmas tree, and enjoy eggnog, cakes, caroling, and more.
19th Century Christmas event to be held at Fort Defiance Civil War Park on Saturday, December 11th.
Planters Bank Presents… “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” at Roxy Regional Theatre this Sunday
Clarksville, TN -There’s no place like home for the holidays! Join us this weekend for nonstop laughter when Planters Bank Presents… at the Roxy Regional Theatre the hilarious holiday favorite “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” this Sunday, December 5th. 2021 at 2:00pm.
In this sequel to the two Lampoon Vacation flicks, the Griswold family hosts their dysfunctional relatives for the holiday as Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) contends with spontaneously combusting Christmas lights and temperamental trees while anticipating the arrival of his annual bonus.
Christmas Vacation
Cumberland Winds, a Clarksville Treasure
Written by Dr. Dewey Browder
APSU History Professor
Clarksville, TN – There is a community treasure here in Clarksville that gets too little credit but continues to entertain and inspire over and over again, year after year. That community treasure is the Cumberland Winds.
This non-profit organization presents a variety of ensembles that include a concert band, the Jazz Project (big band), brass and woodwind quintets, horn quartet, jazz combo, a Dixie band, and a German band. These musicians offer everything from concerts to solo performances that please all ages and celebrate as the occasion demands.
Cumberland Winds
Customs Mouse Museum to feature photographer John Guider for Special Documentary Screening of His Riverboat Journey Down the Cumberland
Clarksville, TN – In 1779, John Donelson set out on a river journey that would lead to the founding of Nashville. Photographer John Guider followed 240 years later, capturing contemporary images of Tennessee’s waters in a boat of his own making.
Many of these images are now on exhibit at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center in Guider’s exhibit entitled Journeys.
“My primary purpose for these travels was to create meaningful images of nature from a perspective not often seen. I didn’t want to see the world from the side of the road or on a path that is readily walked,” Guider explains. “I wanted to celebrate the water as the source of all life.”
Voyage of Adventure: Retracing Donelson’s Journey
Roxy Regional Theatre presents “A Celtic Christmas” by Red River Breeze on December 12th
Clarksville, TN – Returning after a one-year hiatus, Clarksville’s own acoustic Celtic band is bringing their unique brand of Christmas cheer to the Roxy Regional Theatre at the corner of Franklin Street and First Street in Historic Downtown Clarksville for the sixth year.
Performing traditional holiday tunes and carols with a Celtic flair, Red River Breeze will present “A Celtic Christmas Returns!” at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Sunday, December 12th, 2021 at 2:00pm.
Red River Breeze in concert at Clarksville’s Roxy Regional Theatre, on Sunday, December 12th, 2021.
Visit Clarksville announces Tennessee East-West All-Star Classic to be played at APSU
Clarksville, TN – Tennessee’s top 88 senior football players will once again compete in Clarksville for the Tennessee East-West All-Star Classic, scheduled to be played at Austin Peay State University (APSU) on Friday, December 10th. 2021.
“This event is a fantastic opportunity to showcase Clarksville to families across the state of Tennessee, many of whom have never visited before,” said Visit Clarksville Chairman Matt Cunningham. “While athletes are involved in daily practices, parents enjoy exploring the city and trying different restaurants. It’s just enough time to whet their appetite for a longer visit later.”
Tennessee East-West All-Star Classic returns to Clarksville. (David Smith)
Roxy Regional Theatre raises DOUBT in theotherspace, November 15th-23rd
Clarksville, TN – “What do you do when you’re not sure?” So begins the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama on stage this month at Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre, the Roxy Regional Theatre.
The search for the truth will unearth deeper questions of moral certainty and leave audiences questioning their own biases when DOUBT: A Parable begins a limited run upstairs in theotherspace at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Monday, November 15th, at 7:00pm.
![(Clockwise from top left) Mairzy Yost-Rushton [AEA], Talon Beeson, Adriane Wiley-Hatfield and Sara Anderson star in DOUBT: A Parable at the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace, November 15th-23rd](http://www.discoverclarksville.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DOUBT-A-Parable-at-the-Roxy-Regional-Theatre-November-15th-23rd.jpg)
(Clockwise from top left) Mairzy Yost-Rushton [AEA], Talon Beeson, Adriane Wiley-Hatfield and Sara Anderson star in DOUBT: A Parable at the Roxy Regional Theatre’s theotherspace, November 15th-23rd
Christmas with David Steinquest and Friends returns to APSU December 3rd
Clarksville, TN – If you squint, the asterisk almost looks like a snowflake, which means the symbol is on the theme when referring to the 12th* Annual Christmas with David Steinquest and Friends concert.
Why the asterisk? It’s tacked onto the title because the holiday tradition began in 2009 at Austin Peay State University (APSU), but then the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic put a halt to last year’s show.
