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 High Students Choreograph Dance Recital
Cookeville High School dance students showcasing their choreography skills during a special performance at the Cookeville Performing Arts Center Friday night. The students planned the hour-long performance. Cookeville High Dance Arts Teacher Merry Flatt said there are four levels of dance offered, and the classes cover all kinds of styles. Flatt said everything down to […]
Homeschool Actors Learn Teamwork, Joining In New Play
The Cookeville-based Homeschool Drama Society offering community and extracurricular work for homeschoolers in the Upper Cumberland, with a new performance this week. Founder and Director Mev McCurdy said this year’s cast of some 120 kids is the society’s largest ever. McCurdy said participation is a way for kids to get up in front of others […]
Council Approves $20M In Bonds For Projects
Cookeville will enter the finance market to issue some $20 million in bonds to pay for multiple projects. City Manager James Mills said the city will use the money for two road projects, the current phase two and design for phase three of 10th Street as well as phase one of West Stevens Street improvements. […]
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 […]
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 […]
CPAC Looking For Local Artists To Submit Pieces For January Sci-Fi Exhibit
The Cookeville Performing Arts Center wants local artists to submit paintings and sculptures with the theme “Future and Space” as part of a January exhibit. The sci-fi theme will tie-in with CPAC’s production of “Launch Day; Love Stories from 2108.” Cultural Production Assistant Jordan Strilecky said this is the first time CPAC has officially done […]
Cookeville Choses Bid For Dogwood Park Expansion Design Project
Cookeville City Council voted Thursday to begin the process of designing a new Dogwood Park entrance. Leisure Service Director Rick Woods said the expansion will give the park an entryway connecting it to Walnut Avenue. Woods said the department received three proposals, eventually choosing Kimley-Horn. Woods said the design phase would begin December 1. “That’s […]
