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"Harper Church," a platinum/palladium print by Matthew Magruder, is one of 30 photographs included in "The Texas Church Photography Project," which the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ School of Art will open at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Art will open "The Texas Church Photography Project" at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Gardens will host its monthly Les Reeves Garden Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Stephen F. Austin State University Agriculture Building Room 110 on Wilson Drive. Dr. Brent Pemberton, ornamental plant researcher with the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton, will present "Trials and Travels 2009: Great Plants - Great Gardens."

Attendees at Stephen F. Austin State University's Fire Safety Day on Monday, Nov. 16, will learn how to fight fire with fire. The event will begin at 4 p.m. at the intramural fields near the corner of Starr Avenue and Wilson Drive.

In addition to learning how to use a fire extinguisher on small trashcan fires, an interactive video game will be available that lets participants extinguish a fire on a television screen with a remote control. "It is similar to a Wii," said Jeremy Higgins, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ director of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management.

Pictured, clockwise from left, are "Brothers" by Henderson junior Turner Vinson; "Kubota" by Brenham senior Kristina Nell Grauke; and "Darkness" by San Antonio junior Elizabeth Guerrero.

Art works such as these by Stephen F. Austin State University art students are currently on sale at the Nacogdoches Antique Market, 412 E. Main St. Sponsored by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ student organization, Art Alliance, the sale will continue through Saturday, Nov. 21.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The art history area of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art invites the public to a guest lecture by Dr. William U. Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum of Art, at 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in Room 106 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Art Building off Wilson Dr.

Eiland will present an informal slide lecture, "American Prints Between the Wars," which surveys aspects of American printmaking from the end of World War I to World War II, with particular focus on the Great Depression years, explained David A. Lewis, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ associate professor of art history.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The 20-member Trombone Choir from the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

"We will be performing music that encompasses most of the major stylistic periods: the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century," said Deb Scott, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ assistant professor of trombone and the group's director.

Central Heights Elementary School Handbell Choir

The Stone Fort Museum will present the Handbell Choir from Central Heights Elementary School at 7 p.m. Dec. 1. The choir, led by director Gary Goss, will be perform traditional Christmas carols. Wassail and cookies created from historical recipes will be served.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Wind Ensemble will present "Timelines: a Contrast of Old and New" at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

"Through this concert we hope to show the connections between music of different time periods," said Fred J. Allen, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ director of bands and the ensemble's conductor.

"We will play a march for winds written by W.A. Mozart in 1782 and follow it with a John Phillip Sousa march written in 1924 so that the audience can hear how marches evolved over 140 years," Allen continued.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University jazz bands, The Swingin' Axes and Swingin' Aces, will present a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.

The Swingin' Aces will open the concert with an eclectic program of swing, ballad and rock styles, according to Deb Scott, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ assistant professor of trombone and the group's director.

Among the selections will be McCoy Tyner's "Atlantis," Kurt Weill's "Mack the Knife" and Joe Zawinul's "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy."

Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" will be presented by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ College of Fine Arts Thursday, Dec. 17, and Friday, Dec. 18, in W.M. Turner Auditorium. Tickets are currently on sale for all of the holiday events offered by the college in December.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" and the Original Cast's "Christmas at the Movies" top the list of holiday events offered by the Stephen F.