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Clarksville Living Magazine — December 2023

The December 2023 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine takes over downtown for the third Artsville Fest, distills the meaning of Tennessee whiskey at Old Glory, and braves the rain for the 27th Best of Clarksville.

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Artsville Fest returned for its third year as artists took over downtown from the Commons to Town Square. Stephanie Bellanger notes the chalk walk and the fashion and art show predate the festival itself, which Maria Haycraft wanted to bring together under one banner. The week opened with a fashion show at The Emerald and ran through a virtual workshop, an Art Walk with special performances, and an Art Gala at Sanctuary on Main, before a full festival Saturday of bounce houses, three stages, a beer garden and 3-D chalk artists.

“Lift Your Spirits” asks what actually makes the whiskey in that Chris Stapleton and George Jones classic “smooth as Tennessee whiskey.” Old Glory Distilling's Devin Puckett explains the Lincoln Process — filtering the spirit through thick maple-sugar charcoal before it ages in charred American oak — a step required, along with being made in the state, for the Tennessee whiskey name. Old Glory is the brainchild of Clarksville native Matt Cunningham, who envisioned it while working nearby as a firefighter and opened in 2016 with a 500-gallon copper still, its post-WWII theme a nod to the old military town beside Fort Campbell.

Despite cloudy skies and intermittent showers, thousands came to Governor's Square Mall for the 27th Annual Best of Clarksville, hosted by the Clarksville Kiwanis Club, where dozens of local businesses across dozens of categories make their final appeal to voting supporters — an evening at which Clarksville Living Magazine was named 2023's Best Local Publication.

Table of Contents

  • South Of River Tour D'Art (p. 4)
  • Artsville Fest (p. 20)
  • Lift Your Spirits (p. 10)
  • Best Of Clarksville (p. 12)
  • Shop Local (p. 14)
  • Eldridge Farm Heritage Fest (p. 16)
  • Roots Of Christmas (p. 18)
  • Multicultural Foods (p. 26)
  • Hilltop'S Trunk Or Treat (p. 28)
  • Clarksville Academy Groundbreaking (p. 40)
  • Veteran Business Of The Month (p. 32)
  • Apsu'S G .H.O.S .T (p. 34)
  • Letters From Leaders (p. 45)

Regular departments

  • Calendar (p. 46)

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