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NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Area 6- to 12-year-olds may register for a mask-making workshop offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 E. Main Street in downtown Nacogdoches, as part of the Creative Art Saturday program.
The workshop will be taught by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ art education majors and Assistant Professor Marsha Blount.
Dress up and journey with Alice "down the rabbit hole" and "through the looking glass" during the Stone Fort Museum's fifth-annual Halloween festival Friday, Oct. 31, on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.
The Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat and Ugly Duchess all await visitors to this year's "History was Never Scarier" event. Kid-friendly tours of the museum will join Alice on her fantastic adventures in a Wonderland famously created in 1865 by English author Lewis Carroll.
Dr. Michael FountainNACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Michael Fountain, longtime professor and associate dean of the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture at Stephen F. Austin State University, will serve as interim dean of the college beginning Jan. 1.
Stephen F. Austin State University tuba and euphonium students dressed in Halloween costumes will present "Tubaween" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.
The annual concert is the final event of the tuba-euphonium studio's 2008 Octubafest, which celebrates the tuba and euphonium as a solo and chamber music instrument. The 25 musicians will perform a variety of music, much of which is in keeping with the spirit of Halloween, explained J.D. Salas, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ instructor of tuba and euphonium.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Stephen F. Austin State University music faculty members will pay tribute to composer Franz Schubert with a chamber music concert featuring his works at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, in Cole Concert Hall.
"An Evening with Schubert" features violinist Jennifer Dalmas, violist Gene H. Moon, cellist Evgeni Raychev and pianists Andrew and Linda Parr.
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Madrigal Singers will perform music spanning five centuries at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Madrigal Singers, a 16-member ensemble composed primarily of upper level vocal majors, will present a concert of chamber music at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Cole Concert Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student-directed production of Ariel Dorfman's "Purgatorio" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Downstage Theatre of the Griffith Fine Arts Building on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.
The one-act play about a man and a woman in purgatory "asks us how we should react when we have been devastated by some intolerable offense (and) dares us to question our own assumptions about reality," explained the playwright. It is recommended for mature audiences.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students Andrea Locke (left) and Kate Robinson display some of the 23 paintings of sacred Caddo burying vessels that will be included in an exhibit opening Oct. 23 at the Mission Dolores Visitors Center and Museum in San Augustine. A sketch of the late Dr. James E.
Composer John Mackey will spend two days at Stephen F. Austin State University, teaching and working with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ music students. He will also be present at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band's joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in W.M.
Mary Rich, seated, and Vicki Conway, standing, will present a guest duo piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Cole Concert Hall. The recital, which is free and open to the public, is a joint presentation of the Stephen F.