Austin Peay This Week: Enjoy Fall Break, Govs!
(Posted on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022)
Hello, Govs! Monday, Oct. 10, and Tuesday, Oct. 11, are Fall Break at Austin Peay! That doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty to do on campus this week. Here’s a sampling of what’s happening.
Music, Storytelling and Art: An interactive concert for families
The Department of Music will present “Music, Storytelling and Art” – an interactive concert featuring Patricia Halbeck on piano and Min Sang Kim performing as counter-tenor – at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in the Recital Hall, Room 147, in the Music and Mass Communication Building.
The free family-friendly event will allow anyone aged 4 to 99 to engage with Beethoven and Chopin through words and images. Attendees can expect to learn how musical performance evolves through layers of interpretation.
And Halbeck will read from her children’s book “Shy Turtle and Dancing Girl” with illustrations and interludes.
Attendees also will create a “concert book” for the evening.
Operation Honor at Fortera Stadium on Wednesday
Operation Honor is an event to honor all current and former military personnel and their families by giving them food and personal care items.
The event is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at Fortera Stadium.
Supplies are limited to a first-come basis. Military IDs are required. One family per vehicle.
Operation Commissary to give free groceries to military, veterans, dependents, military-affiliated students
Every month, the Newton Military Family Resource Center will receive free groceries from Operation Stand Down Tennessee’s Operation Commissary to give to active-duty military, veterans, dependents and all military-affiliated students. The next Operation Commissary is from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, at the center, 426 College St.
Free flu shot clinic for students, faculty and staff
Students, faculty and staff can get free flu shots from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, outside Einstein Bros. Bagels in the Morgan University Center (MUC). The clinic is made possible by a grant from Alana’s Foundation in memory of Alana Yaksich, who died in 2003 due to complications from the flu.
Latinx Heritage Month continues
Join the Latino Community Resource Center from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, in MUC Rooms 303 and 305 to celebrate diversity and inclusion by discussing the struggles that people of color in the LGBTQ+ community face and overcome. Food, drinks, gifts and coloring pages will be available.
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
The first 100 participants to bring unused, expired medications to Gates 1 and 2 at Fortera Stadium before the APSU vs. Murray State game will get a free general admission ticket to the game. Participants also will be entered into a drawing for a signed football from the Governors’ football team. The first 100 students will also receive a free clear tote bag.
The event is from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, and coincides with National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
Veteran Service Day with Montgomery County VSO/VA
Representatives from the Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization and Veterans Affairs will be at the Newton Military Family Resource Center from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, to help veterans with any questions about benefits.
Chris Friday’s ‘One More River’ continues
Multidisciplinary artist Chris Friday’s “One More River” will run through Oct. 28 at The New Gallery in the Art + Design building. Friday’s work offers itself as a contemplative reflection of and counternarrative to the pervasive under/misrepresentations of Blackness in mainstream media and popular culture.
Bella’s Closet Professional Clothing Pop-up
Students, faculty and staff can browse a selection of suits, dresses, tops, shoes, makeup and accessories provided by Bella’s Closet, a Clarksville nonprofit. The event is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, and at the same times on Thursday, Oct. 13, in MUC Rooms 310 and 312. No appointment is necessary, and all items are free.
For more
- For student events, visit peaylink.com.
- For music events, visit the APSU Music Facebook page.
- For theater and dance events, visit the APSU Theatre and Dance Facebook page.
- For athletic events, visit letsgopeay.com.
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