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NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House will host several events as part of the Día de Los Muertos Fiesta from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in downtown Nacogdoches.

Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a two-day holiday that honors family members and loved ones who have died. The tradition originated in Mexico and is celebrated throughout Latin America. The Día de Los Muertos Fiesta has been an annual event in Nacogdoches for almost a decade.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Symphony Orchestra at Stephen F. Austin State University will present Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” when the student ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ģ����Ƶ campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University senior Alex Dupré will present a collection titled “Fruits of Light” as her Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition to be on view Oct. 18 through 21 in the back gallery of the Ģ����Ƶ Art Building off Wilson Drive on campus.

An exhibition reception is scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the back gallery. Admission is free.

The collection illuminates a world only existing through the capture of time, according to Dupré.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– The Stephen F. Austin State University Office of Multicultural Affairs will host a Native American Heritage Month Celebration beginning at noon, Nov. 10 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Plaza on the Ģ����Ƶ campus.

The event is free and open to the public. Those interested in viewing virtually can do so on OMA’s Instagram page, @omasfa1991. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Qui Qarre, an author and award-winning poet from Nairobi, Kenya, will serve as guest poet and judge during “Esperanza’s Night Out,” beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at the Stone Fort Museum on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Percussion Ensemble from Northwestern State University will present a preview performance of their 2021 Percussive Arts Society International Convention New Literature Showcase Concert when the ensemble performs at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

This year’s Percussive Arts Society International Convention New Literature Showcase Concert will take place on Nov. 12 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “A Mid-Century Chamber Music Faculty Recital” as its fall Coleidoscope concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ģ����Ƶ campus.

The Coleidoscope concert is part of a faculty chamber music series dedicated to performing music with various, often less standard, combinations of instruments and that explores a variety of genres and repertoire, according to Dr. Jennifer Dalmas, professor of violin at Ģ����Ƶ.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Works on paper by artist and educator Greg Edmondson will be exhibited starting Oct. 25 at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. “The Impermanence of Objects – Works on Paper 2014-2021” will show through late January.

An opening reception is planned for 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at The Cole Art Center. An artist talk and walk-through will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed comic play “The Actor’s Nightmare” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, in Regents Suite A in the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the Ģ����Ƶ campus.

Directed by Caitlyn Kirchman, Nacogdoches senior, “The Actor’s Nightmare” is written by Christopher Durang and is about a man who is mistaken for an understudy in a play, and when forced to perform, he doesn’t know any of his lines.