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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Mary Olle, human sciences professor at Stephen F. Austin State University, has created a new experiential learning farm-to-table lab for students majoring in hospitality and food, dietetics and nutrition. Recently, dozens of students from two of Olle's production meal management courses visited Appleby Community Farm for a tour of the property, and to gain insight into managing and marketing a local organic community garden.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Chikawa Aztec Dancers will return to Nacogdoches for the third annual Día de los Muertos Fiesta set for 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Nearly 410 years after it was written, William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," presented by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre, brings its story to Turner Auditorium in a way that will entertain and educate audiences in a big way.

Due to predictions of inclement weather, the Stephen F. Austin State University Homecoming parade scheduled for Saturday morning has been canceled.

The "Haunted Homecoming" weekend festivities are still scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Friday with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Alumni Association Golf Tournament at the Piney Woods Country Club, followed by the Back in Nac Social from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Liberty Bell Restaurant and Bar in downtown Nacogdoches. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - During the past year, Stephen F. Austin State University's School of Human Sciences' food, nutrition and dietetics program has expanded its degree and minor options to meet the needs of the growing interest in nutrition and health.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed "The Boor" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Downstage Theatre on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

Groves junior Caitlin Parker directs Anton Chekhov's one-act drama about a widow in deep mourning and people around her who pretend to be more than they actually are.

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 "Greenwich Village: Music That Defined A Generation" at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present the Madrigal Singers in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in Cole Concert Hall.

The Madrigal Singers is a chamber group comprised of upper lever vocal music majors at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. The group is well known in the Nacogdoches area, particularly for many caroling concerts at Christmastime, according to Dr. Tim King, director of choral activities for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Music.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music faculty members Dr. Brad Meyer and Keith Lloyd will perform solos when the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Percussion Ensemble presents a recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

Meyer, director of percussion studies at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and of the Percussion Ensemble, will play the steel pan on the premiere of Baljinder Singh Sekhon II's "Passageways," which utilizes the steel pan in new and different ways, including playing on the side and with wooden chopsticks.