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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House has been a long-time participant in the annual Downtown Nacogdoches Artwalk, which is scheduled this year from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, along the historic streets of downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Future college students will have the opportunity to experience a taste of campus life during three free, action-packed open-house Saturdays at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches on Nov. 15, Feb. 28 and March 28.

Prospective students will get to visit with university faculty and staff, tour the campus and residence halls, and preview academic programs during the three Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Showcase Saturday events.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present the Cello Club with Evgeni Raychev in a recital at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

Performers will include active Cello Club members playing with Raychev, School of Music faculty member, and his students.

The objective of the program is to promote and provide opportunities for cello ensemble playing, according to Raychev.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's Madrigal Singers will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, in Cole Concert Hall on the university campus.

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. Tuesday, Nov. 11, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

Kat Garcia, an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Friends of the Visual Arts board member and co-chair of the upcoming Día de los Muertos Fiesta, poses by the community altar at Cole Art Center.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Merci Nicklas of Nacogdoches was instilled with a great appreciation of art at a young age because of her family's history of creating art.

Stephen F. Austin State University's Schools of Theatre and Music will present "Spamalot" by Eric Idle, John Du Prez and Neil Innes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Nov. 18 through 22, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus, with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee performance also scheduled.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A cast of dozens of absurdly charming characters. A revolving castle. A bombastic pit orchestra playing a tongue-in-cheek score.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University will be the first institution in the Southland Conference to produce ESPN3 telecasts for all home football, basketball, soccer and volleyball games.

At its quarterly meeting Monday, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Board of Regents approved funding for equipment and renovations to the William R. Johnson Coliseum and possibly other on-campus athletic facilities. The equipment and renovations are needed to facilitate the delivery of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ games through the ESPN3 platform.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed "Blood Relations" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in the Downstage Theatre on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

Senior Austin Holt of Weatherford directs Sharon Pollock's full-length play that retells the story of Lizzie Borden, the American woman known for being tried and acquitted for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Mass., in 1892.

A free screening of the award-winning documentary "Holes In My Shoes" will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in The Cole Art Center in downtown Nacogdoches as part of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Art's monthly Friday Night Film Series.

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 "Holes In My Shoes" at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov.

Steve Reich's "Mallet Quartet" is among the featured pieces to be performed during the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Percussion Ensemble's fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Percussion Ensemble will perform its annual fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.