Clarksville Living Magazine — January 2024

The January 2024 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine opens the year with a Clarksville author's humorous memoir at Nashville's Parnassus Books and a bittersweet gala for Manna Café Ministries.

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The issue leads with a book launch: Nashville's Parnassus Books announced a January 25th celebration for the release of Sharon Mabry's Humorous Memoir Collection, spotlighting a local author stepping onto one of the region's best-known literary stages. The piece introduces Mabry and the collection to a Clarksville readership at the start of the year.

The Manna Café Ministries Golden Gala carried a bittersweet note this year as about 200 supporters gathered to celebrate another successful year of assisting local families. The evening balanced celebration with the sober reality behind the nonprofit's work — a fundraiser marking both accomplishment and the ongoing need it exists to meet.

Looking ahead, the issue previews the spring Power & Purpose Conference, a day of personal development and networking set to bring Inside Edition host Megan Alexander, multiple-Grammy songwriter Liz Rose and NFL coach Lori Locust to the area — a notable slate of speakers for a local professional-development event.

Around those features, the January number carries the community's new-year calendar, its business and nonprofit profiles, and the food, local-history and photo coverage that anchor each issue. The mix sets an ambitious tone for the year: a published memoir, a well-attended gala, and a conference reaching for national names — all rooted firmly in Clarksville. Mabry, who spent her whole life in music, was celebrating two titles — The Blue Box and Memories that Live in the Bones — while the Power & Purpose lineup featured Lori “Lo” Locust, the Tennessee Titans' first full-time female coach.

Table of Contents

  • Sharon Mabry Book Launch (p. 4)
  • Lori Locust (p. 22)
  • Golden Gala (p. 24)
  • Veterans Day (p. 7)
  • Clarksville Community Concert (p. 38)
  • Pickleball (p. 26)
  • Christmas Parade & Spirit Fest (p. 40)
  • Alzheimer'S Walk (p. 28)
  • Keeping Resolutions (p. 41)
  • Just Plane Fun Day (p. 12)
  • Veteran Business Of The Month (p. 30)
  • Saint Street (p. 42)
  • Healthy Mind (p. 14)
  • Judy'S Hope (p. 32)
  • Sugar Plum Party (p. 16)
  • America 250 Marker (p. 34)
  • Embracing Yoga (p. 18)
  • American Floyd (p. 36)
  • Health & Wellness Coaching (p. 45)
  • Hispanic Heritage Festival (p. 20)
  • The Wildflowers (p. 36)
  • Nutcracker (p. 8)
  • Mediterranean Diet (p. 10)
  • Stanley Yates (p. 44)
  • Bbq, Brews & Beethoven (p. 44)

Regular departments

  • Calendar (p. 46)