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Clarksville Living Magazine — July 2024

The July 2024 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine honors dance figure Peggy Bonnington, remembers civil rights leader Jerry Jerkins, and serves Grits & Gravy with Manna Café.

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The cover feature is a portrait of Peggy Bonnington, whom the writer calls a masterpiece — an artist with an impressive resumé who, more than thirty years ago, built her Benfolly studio on the Cumberland River and became a fixture of the local arts scene. The piece tours her two-level studio and home and traces a career that has shaped Clarksville dance for decades.

The issue also honors civil rights leader Jerry Jerkins, giving space to a figure central to the city's history, and covers Manna Café Ministries' Grits & Gravy — one of the nonprofit's community gatherings that pairs a shared meal with its mission of assisting local families.

Around those features the issue captures midsummer in Clarksville: the Tour de Ville, the Strawberry Festival, an At Home in Clarksville visit with Brad and Lisa Martin, and an Aron Maberry kickoff event mark the season's calendar.

The July number carries the community's full summer slate alongside its profiles, food, history and photo coverage — moving from a dancer's riverside studio to a civil rights legacy to a plate of grits, the range of a Clarksville summer in one issue.

Table of Contents

  • Peggy Bonnington'S World (p. 6)
  • Cilil Right'S Leader Jerry Jerkins (p. 24)
  • Manna Cafe Ministries Grits & Gravy (p. 9)
  • Dinner With Trucks On The Lawn (p. 26)
  • Apsu Candlelight Ball (p. 10)
  • Republican Party Lincoln Reagon Dinner (p. 27)
  • Kiwanis Rodeo (p. 12)
  • Memorial Day Ceremony (p. 14)
  • F&M Bank Vip Party (p. 28)
  • Tour De Ville (p. 36)
  • Strawberry Festival (p. 37)
  • At Home In Clarksville Brad And Lisa Martin (p. 38)
  • Aron Maberry Kickoff Event (p. 41)
  • Saludos A La Sangria (p. 30)
  • Chamber Businesss After Hours (p. 42)
  • Democratic Party Blue South Banquet (p. 32)
  • Clarksville Rotary Club'S Metric (p. 33)
  • Quilts Of Valor (p. 20)
  • Clarksville Hispanic American Family Foundation Gala (p. 33)
  • Calender (p. 45)
  • Leadership Clarksville Class Of 2024 (p. 22)
  • Veteran Business Of The Month (p. 34)
  • Downtown Market (p. 16)
  • Asian-American & Pacific Island Festival (p. 18)

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