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2009 Inaugural Event: Dinner on the River: An Evening with Michael Shoulders
2009 Fall Event: TEL: Tennessee Electronic Library
2010 Winter Program: The Magic of Poetry, the Poetry of Magic
2010 Spring Program: The Society Social, An Evening with Wade Bourne, Clarksville's own free-lance outdoor writer and broadcaster
2010 Summer Program: A Taste of Italia, Featuring Matthew Frank, author of "Barolo"
2010 Fall Program: "Visiting Writers Series: Richard Bausch", Reading from his short story collection, Something Is Out ThereIn conjunction with the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and Zone 3
2011 Winter Program: A Celebration of Scholarship, Creative and Scholarly Achievements at Austin Peay
2011 Spring Program: The Society Social, An Evening with Dr. Gregg Steinberg
2011 Summer Program: "Creating Public Art", By Gregg Schlanger, M.F.A., Professor of Art
2011 Fall Event: "The Curious Case of the Tolerant Biggot, by President Tim Hall
2012 Winter Program: An Evening with Stephanie Osborn, Science fiction writer, former rocket scientist (really!), and APSU alum
2012 Spring Society Social: "Smoke: The Tennessee-Kentucky Tobacco Wars", with David Alford, author, composer, actor, director and producer
2012 Summer Program: Dinner at the Library with Barry Kitterman, Professor of Creative Writing at Austin Peay
2012 Fall Program I: "Lester A. Walton", with Dr. Susan Curtis, Professor of History at Purdue University
2012 Fall Program II:"The Politics of Memory: Archives, Historic Preservation, and Lessons of the Past", with Dr. Susan Curtis, Professor of History at Purdue University
2013 Winter Program: A Celebration of Scholarship, Spotlighting the scholarly and creative accomplishments of Austin Peay's faculty, staff, and students
2013 Spring Society Social: Enter Laughing (But Quietly, Please!), Amusing Anecdotes from a Life in Libraries
2013 Summer Program: Picnic on the Patio with Dr. John Butler, Talking about his new book on the Model T
2013 Fall Program: "Paper Art Engineering", with Kell Black
2014 Winter Program: "Tennessee Literary Luminaries: From Cormac McCarthy to Robert Penn Warren", by Sue Freeman Culverhouse
2014 Spring Society Social: The Performing Life: A Singer's Guide to Survival, featuring Dr. Sharon Mabry
2014 Summer Program: Meet Dr. Alisa White, the 10th President of APSU
2014 Fall Program: The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams, A Southern Woman's Story of Rebellion and Reconstruction, 1863-1890. With co-editors Minoa Uffelman, Ellen Kanervo, Phyllis Smith, & Eleanor Williams
2015 Winter Program: A Celebration of Scholarship, Spotlighting the scholarly and creative accomplishments of Austin Peay's faculty, staff, and students.
2015 Spring Society Social: Inner Vision: Where Insight Sets the Scene, David Meador, Author, motivational speaker, businessman, and blind golf champion
2015 Fall Program: Divided: Mary Lincoln & Emilie Todd Helm, A dramatic reading featuring the author, Valerie Gugala, as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Ms. Gugala's half-sister, Sara Resler, as Mrs. Lincoln's half-sister, Emilie Todd Helm
2016 Winter Program: "Lost on a Mountain in Maine", featuring Donn fendler, author of this true story, soon to be released as a motion picture.
2016 Spring Social: Feeding a World of Nine Billion, Dr. Amy Wright & Dr. Donald Sudbrink
2016 Fall Program: Sharkespeare and the First Folio, by Dr. Mickey Wadia
2017 Winter Program: A Celebration of Scholarship, Spotlighting the scholarly and creative accomplishments of Austin Peay's faculty, staff, and students
2017 Spring Social: "Fake News, Alternative Facts: Jornalism's New Age", featuring Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Jackie Crosby
2017 Summer Program: "The Story of Dorothy Dix: From Local Roots to Global Celebrity"
2018 Winter Program: Readings from Their Latest Books, featuring Andrea Spofford, Amy Wright, & Stephanie Dugger
2018 Society Social: "My Father's War: A Story of Conflict, Survival, and Grace", featuring Carol Ponder & Robert Kiefer
2018 Summer Program: "Seeking Balance through Creative Expression", featuring Dr. Beatrix Brockman
2019 Winter Program: A Celebration of Scholarship, Spotlighting the scholarly and creative accomplishments of Austin Peay's faculty, staff, and students
2019 Society Social: "Dixie Dewdrop: The Uncle Dave Macon Story", featuring author Michael D. Doubler. With special guest musician John Doubler
2019 Fall Program: Book Talk with Dr. Ozzie Di Paolo Harrison: Femicide in Argentine Literature
2020 Winter Program: Book Art Talk by Jim Diehr, Illustrator of Bacon and Me
2022 Winter Program: A Celebration of Scholarship, Spotlighting the scholarly and creative accomplishments of Austin Peay's faculty, staff, and students
2022 Spring Society Social: The Diary of Serepta Jordan, featuring Minoa Uffelman, Ellen Kanervo, & Phyllis Smith
2022 Summer Program: "Let's Talk About It: Women's Suffrage", Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All, Facilitated by Paula White and LaNeeca Williams
2022 Fall Program: Author Talk: Just Baby Fat, featuring author Dr. Jalesa Parks
2023 Winter Program: Meet Dr. Sharon Mabry, author of The Postmaster's Daughter
2023 Fall Program: Presentation and Musical Performance featuring Dr. David Goldblatt on the works of Julius Chajes
2024 Winter Program: A Celebration of Scholarship, Spotlighting the scholarly and creative accomplishments of Austin Peay's faculty, staff, and students.