Austin Peay to offer rose-smashing fun at Movies in the Park’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
(Posted June 7, 2019)
Movies in the Park is back Saturday, June 8, at Heritage Park, and scientists from Austin Peay’s College of STEM will pay tribute to the feature film – ‘Beauty and the Beast’ – in a special way.
They’ll dip fresh roses in liquid nitrogen then let children smash the frozen roses into the ground. It’s shattering fun. The scientists also will dip veggies in the super-cold liquid.
Preshow activities, coordinated by the Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department, will begin at 6:30 p.m. and include the Grumpy Beast Freeze Dance, performances by CAST & Crowns Performing Arts, and the screening of local film festival winner, “Black Beauty.”
Clarksville-Montgomery County Library will host a Balancing Books Relay Race, and attendees can sign up for a free library card.
The movie will begin promptly at 8 p.m.
Patrons are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs, food and drinks. Pets and alcohol are not permitted. Berry Bear Frozen Yogurt, Kadi’s Tacos Food Truck and Harmony Farms Kettle Corn will be available for food and drink purchases.
In the event of rain, outdoor movie screenings may be canceled or rescheduled. Please refer to the Parks & Recreation for updates about weather cancellations.
This is what else the APSU College of STEM has planned for Movies in the Park:
- June 29, “Aquaman” at Heritage Park: Walk on water! APSU scientists will add some corn starch to water, et voila! The mixture acts like a solid when you walk around on it and acts like a liquid when you don’t. Not advisable for mermaids, though.
- July 13, “Black Panther” at Heritage Park: Austin Peay’s Bryan Gaither, lab manager for the Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy, will bring out the school’s massive pingpong cannon, which can fire the plastic balls more than 700 mph through cans, plywood and maybe even some fruit. Some say it’s more powerful than the Power Stone.
- July 27, “The Grinch” at Liberty Park: Austin Peay scientists won’t be grumpy when they show you how to make snow using polymers. No frozen water needed to make the light, fluffy stuff.
- Aug. 17, “Ready Player One” at Liberty Park: APSU’s GIS Center staff have the perfect accompaniment to this blockbuster movie about a virtual world – virtual reality gadgets of all kinds. You can play around in Google Earth VR, take a virtual tour or ride virtual roller coasters. It’s a sneak peek at James Halliday’s OASIS.
- Sept. 21, “Mary Poppins Returns” at Liberty Park: How do you freeze your homemade ice cream? Austin Peay scientists skip the freezer and use liquid nitrogen. It’s way faster. Come grab some before the movie. They use spoonfuls of sugar!
- Oct. 12, “The Karate Kid” at Liberty Park: Austin Peay scientists will lie on a bed of nails and have cinder blocks broken on their chests! It’s science, not magic! “Nature rule, Daniel-san, not mine.”
TO LEARN MORE
- For more about Austin Peay’s College of STEM, go to apsu.edu/costem.
- For more about Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Movies in the Park, go to .
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