Comments provided by Bill Summers, Ward 10

Click for a detailed summary of the Feb. 2, 2012 City Council meeting.

Dicussions centered around the Airport budget, Smart Growth, and City Charter.

APSU brings arts and music to preschool-aged children

It isn't unusual to find a preschool-age child singing aloud or coloring a picture he or she painted. That's how young children have acted for centuries.

"In my opinion, children are innately musical and artistic at that age," Eric Branscome, assistant professor and coordinator of music education at Austin Peay State University, said. "They love drawing, they love coloring, they love singing, they love painting."

Beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, APSU faculty and students will host the Children’s Arts InterAction Program in the Children's Library of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library. The program, which is free and open to all pre-school and early elementary aged children, will continue on the first Tuesday of each month throughout the semester.

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The video clips seem to be strung together randomly, with no connection to each other at all. They include a ship tossing in the waves of a storm, a close-up shot of a stuffed animal's eyes and a music video for the rock band Heart's 1986 hit These Dreams."

But these aren't simply arbitrary videos compiled from the Internet. The media artist xtine burrough found the clips by typing keywords from Walt Whitman's 1865 poem commemorating the death of President Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain, My Captain," into the website YouTube. The resulting videos have been linked together to create a new piece of Web art, "O BROWSER, MY BROWSER," an allegory on "the impending death of the Web," she said.

The work is a part of a new exhibit, "Browser Poems by xtine burrough," which opened last month on the website TERMINALapsu.org, a space sponsored by Austin Peay State University's Department of Art and the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts to showcase and examine Internet and new media art.

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Bundle up in your favorite sweater, come outdoors, and experience the enchanting sights on a bald eagle viewing trip, offered again at Land Between The Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area throughout the winter months.

Back by popular demand, LBL hosts a weekend of river cruises January 14-15, and a special Martin Luther King, Jr. Day cruise January 16, for up close views of the eagles from the water.

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Online Exhibit expands to the Physical World

Have you ever remembered something that you never actually experienced? Maybe it was the vivid terrain of a place you haven't visited, or the familiar smile of someone you don't know. These strange recollections, arising from the millions of images we are exposed to on the Internet and television, fascinate the California-based artist McLean Fahnestock, and her new exhibit, 'Republic of Champions," examines the public's collective memory, created by our constant exposure to images in the media.

The exhibit opens Jan. 12 on the website TERMINALapsu.org, a space sponsored by Austin Peay State University's Department of Art and the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts to showcase and examine Internet and new media art. It runs through Jan. 27.

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Roxy Presents Happily Ever After

Children in the audience will run the show when the Roxy Regional Theatre presents HAPPILY EVER AFTER at 2 pm Saturday matinees beginning January 14.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER plays Saturdays at 2pm, January 14 through February 11.

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Eve Ensler's touching, often hilarious series of monologues about women and performed by women has played to packed houses around the country, and the Roxy Regional Theatre's production of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, opening January 6 at 8pm, is no exception.

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is presented in theotherspace, the 50-seat black-box theatre located upstairs at the Roxy, and runs January 6 through February 4, playing Thursdays at 7pm and Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm.

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Got the winter blues?

Embrace the season by joining us for one of the many wildlife-viewing van tours offered at Land Between The Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area. During January, February, and March, there are multiple guided tours offering outdoor enthusiasts a chance to witness some of nature’s greatest moments.

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The eagerly anticipated 2012 calendars feature photos of our Wags to Witches Photo Contest Finalists and MORE. The full-color calendar features photography and design by professional pet photographer, Tina Hartman of Picture Your Photo.

Calendars are available for pick up at the Humane Society office (940 Tennessee Ave., blue building on the hill behind Arby's off Riverside Dr.) during office hours: Mon, Tues, Fri & Sat from 9am-2pm and Wed, Thurs from 4:30pm-7:30pm.

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Life

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

Psalms 118:17 King James 2000 Bible