Clarksville Living Magazine — March 2026
March's Clarksville Living Magazine profiles the Austin Peay graduate who turned a scholarly interest into a publishing house for women writers, and squeezes 500 costumed wizards into a public library remade as Hogwarts.
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Shana Thornton launched Thorncraft Publishing in 2012, shortly after finishing a master's degree at Austin Peay State University with a growing interest in southern writers and the local literary scene. The press now focuses on women authors working in fiction and creative nonfiction — a small, deliberate operation built outward from Franklin Street.
The Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library has run its Harry Potter Celebration for more than a decade, and Assistant Director Gracie Armstrong is quick to frame it as a reading event first — a way for the community to share its affection for a series about friendship and grit. This year Savannah Bullock volunteered to run it, and within half an hour of the doors opening more than 500 people had packed in, many in elaborate costume with wands in hand. Bullock took the past years' playbook and, as she put it, turned it up to eleven: a sorting-hat ceremony, Diagon Alley shopping, a Honeydukes sweet shop, a photo booth, Quidditch upstairs, life-size Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes props, a first-ever costume contest, and a magic show by Russ Nowack.
Immaculate Conception School staged its annual Casino Night under a “Lucky in Love” theme, with proceeds aimed at new classroom technology. Stephen Baird of the school's Advisory Council described an evening built almost entirely on volunteer effort — well over 100 silent-auction donations, catering from The Cutting Edge, and the Knights of Columbus behind the bar. Ann Jarvis, who began on the decorating committee, co-chaired this year.
From there the month leans social and civic. Bella's Closet returned with a fashion-show fundraiser and a full run of runway highlights, the Harlem Globetrotters rolled through town, and the DAC Photography Exposition and a scholarship dinner fill the back pages. Business After Hours stopped in at Jodi's Cabinets, the Veteran Business of the Month feature continues, and three more campaign kickoffs — Erin Poland-Nolder, Teresa Cottrell and Charles Uffelman — keep step with an election year already in motion.
Table of Contents
- Shana Thornton, Thorncraft Publishing (p. 5)
- Business After Hours, Jodi's Cabinets (p. 8)
- Harry Potter Fest (p. 10)
- March Reset at Port Royal State Park (p. 12)
- Casino Night (p. 14)
- Richard A. Page (p. 16)
- Erin Poland-Nolder Campaign Kickoff (p. 18)
- Big Brothers Big Sisters (p. 19)
- Harlem Globetrotters (p. 20)
- Bravado Bailey's (p. 22)
- Bella's Closet Fashion Show (p. 24)
- Bella's Closet Runway Highlights (p. 26)
- Sunday on Strawberry (p. 28)
- DAC Photography Exposition (p. 30)
- Veteran Business of the Month (p. 32)
- Scholarship Dinner (p. 34)
- Schlabach's (p. 36)
- Teresa Cottrell Campaign Kickoff (p. 38)
- Nurture House (p. 40)
- Service Beyond the Uniform (p. 42)
- Charles Uffelman Campaign Kickoff (p. 44)
Regular Departments
- Recipes (p. 22)
- Calendar (p. 45)
