Cookeville Children’s Theatre Honors 50 Years Of Performing
Cookeville Children’s Theatre is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a production of Peter Pan on the Cookeville Performing Arts Center main stage. Artistic Director Jennifer Welch said this will be the third time the show has been produced in Cookeville. Welch said the show was performed in Cookeville in 2014 and during the 1990s under […]
Professional Ballet Mentorship Inspires Careers For Students
Chattanooga Ballet is bringing professional dancers to the Cookeville Performing Arts Center this week to teach masterclasses and perform for the community. Cultural Arts Superintendent Rex Bennett said the visiting company aims to share high-level dance instruction with smaller communities that might not have their own professional troupes. The upcoming sessions offer local students a […]
Cookeville and WCTE PBS Screen New Ken Burns Film
Cookeville Performing Arts Center and WCTE PBS will host the first screening of the new Ken Burns film, “American Revolution” Monday night. President and CEO Avery Hutchins said the station hosts the screenings to promote community engagement and engaging discussion among local people. Hutchins said they invited Tennessee Tech professors to attend the event, ending […]
Warm Weather Here, Dogwood Park Fountain Open
With the weather warming up across the Upper Cumberland, people are now looking for ways to cool off. Cookeville Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said Dogwood Park fountain has opened for the season. “We encourage people to come by and just sit around it and enjoy the sound of it and the splash of it, […]
Retaining Wall Work Added To CPAC Scope
Cookeville entering negotiations for the repairs of a retaining wall at the Cookeville Performing Arts Center. Leisure Services Director Rick Woods said that while in the design phase of the improvements they discovered a retaining wall on the east side of the building that needs to be replaced. Woods said that expanding the current project […]
CPAC Renovation Part Of Reason For Downtown Rezoning
Renovations at the Cookeville Performing Arts Center, one factor in the rezoning of some 17 acres around Cookeville’s Dogwood Park. Economic and Community Development Director Jon Ward said CPAC has proposed a bathroom renovation that would extend the building toward street right-of-ways. He said the land is currently zoned Local Commercial, so setback requirements dictate […]
Council Approves New Fiscal Budget On First Reading
Revenues up some four percent, expenditures up 7.6 percent in Cookeville’s new fiscal year budget, approved on first reading Thursday. Finance Director Brenda Imel said revenues total some $38.8 million, while expenditures tally $37.7 million. The budget also includes capital expenditures of some $5.1 million. “This budget actually actually has a deficit of planned use […]
Cookeville Planning Consolidates CPAC, Dogwood Zoning
The Cookeville Planning Commission approved the rezoning of land surrounding Dogwood Park from Local Commercial (CL) to Central Business District (CBD). Community Development Director Jon Ward said the impacted area includes Dogwood Park, the Cookeville Performing Arts Center, the Cookeville History Museum, the Putnam County Library, and a number of privately-owned businesses along East Broad […]
New Original Christmas Musical Debuts Monday Night At CPAC
A new Christmas musical titled “The Best Thing About Christmas” debuts in Cookeville Monday night. Playwright Derek Hinckley said the show set in Nashville centers on a father who writes a musical as a way to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. It is set following the death of his daughter makes him bitter towards the […]
Cookeville Performing Arts Center Presents: “Almost, Maine”
Cookeville Performing Arts Center presents “Almost, Maine,” a show that explores stories of love and loss through a series of short plays that take place all in one location. Director Kimberly Frick-Welker said that the show was written to reflect the circumstances of communities in rural areas. “John Carione who is the playwright,” Frick-Welker said. […]
