Ģ����Ƶ

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Art Galleries will host “Image & Text Collaborations: A 20-year Celebration of Ģ����Ƶ Book Arts” April 13 through June 8 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.
 
The exhibition was organized to recognize the history of the former Lanana Creek Press, which for 20 years served as a center for collaborative projects between artists, writers and designers and achieved regional and national attention, according to Dr. David Lewis, professor of art history at Ģ����Ƶ and curator of the exhibition.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of English and Creative Writing will host David J. Peterson, inventor of languages for television and movies, at 6:30 p.m. April 22 in Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 142.

Peterson’s talk, “The Art of Language Invention,” will discuss his process for creating languages. Peterson has invented numerous languages, most notably Dothraki and High Valyrian for HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present “Canetti-menagerie: a surreal soirée,” a program of works by Joseph Klein, at 6 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ģ����Ƶ campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Imagine being in a classroom where you don’t speak the language. You try to complete your assignments. You try to communicate with your classmates, but you can’t.

“There are a lot of kids coming into Texas who don’t speak English and Spanish learners who are having trouble in the classroom. I was one when I was younger, and I didn’t have the guidance I needed,” said Miriam Lira, a student at Stephen F. Austin State University who has recently been involved with helping create a chapter of the Bilingual Education Student Organization.  

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University timbersports team, the Sylvans, claimed its third consecutive victory at the 62nd annual Association of Southern Forestry Clubs Conclave hosted last week by Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

“This was the most talented and dedicated team I’ve seen since becoming the faculty advisor in 2012,” said Dr. Jeremy Stovall, associate professor of forestry.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Wind Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Faces & Places” when the student group performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Ģ����Ƶ campus.

The concert will feature Dr. Jacob Walburn, assistant professor of trumpet at Ģ����Ƶ, as soloist on American composer John Mackey’s iconic trumpet concerto “Antique Violences.” Ģ����Ƶ Director of Bands Dr. David Campo directs the Wind Ensemble.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Jacob Spies of Douglass and Kristine Cross of Houston have been selected as the 2019 Mr. and Miss Ģ����Ƶ. The two Stephen F. Austin State University students will be honored during halftime of the Ģ����Ƶ men’s basketball game against Sam Houston State University March 9 at 4:30 p.m.

The Mr. Ģ����Ƶ title was established in honor of the late Stan McKewen, a 1934 Ģ����Ƶ graduate. The Miss Ģ����Ƶ title was established in honor of Arnodean Covin, who was named Miss Ģ����Ƶ in 1940, 1941 and 1942.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Children's Performing Arts Series at Stephen F. Austin State University will present two performances of the enchanting "Madeline and the Bad Hat" on Wednesday, March 6, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Ģ����Ƶ campus.

The third in Ludwig Bemelman’s “Madeline” series, "Madeline and the Bad Hat" is presented by ArtsPower National Touring Theatre. The story focuses on the unbreakable bonds of friendship and family, according to Diane Peterson, Ģ����Ƶ Fine Arts Box Office manager and director of the children's series.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music and the Friends of Music Concert Series will present the Buyse-Webster Duo performing in a flute and clarinet recital at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 2, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ģ����Ƶ campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of the documentary “Koo-Hoot Kiwat: The Caddo Grass House” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

In the PBS film, which is directed by Curtis Craven, a Caddo tribal elder and his apprentice return to their ancestral homeland in East Texas to direct the construction of a traditional grass house.