NACOGDOCHES - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present a faculty chamber recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

The faculty ensemble will feature Emily Mitchell, harp; Christina Guenther, flute; Jeremy Fain, bassoon; Geneva Fung, piano; and Melissa Nabb, viola.

The SFA A Cappella Choir, under the direction of Tim King, will perform the complete G.F. Handel's "Messiah" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in Kennedy Auditorium as part of the College of Fine Arts' University Series.

NACOGDOCHES - A first for Nacogdoches will take place when the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music present a full performance of G.F. Handel's great oratorio, "Messiah," at 7:30 p.m.

NACOGDOCHES - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student production of Marina Carr's "Woman and Scarecrow" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23. All performances will be in the Downstage Theatre, located on the first floor of the Griffith Fine Arts Building on the SFA campus.

Irving senior Kat Edwards is directing the full-length play.

SFA horticulture students who participated in the recent J. Benton Storey Horticulture Judging Contest in Orlando, Fla., included, from left, freshman Amny Rose, senior Spence Simmons, junior Ken Moyer, senior Felicia English and senior Eric Golestan.

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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the Agriculture Building, Room 110, at 1924 Wilson Drive.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Due to a high number of expected graduates of Stephen F. Austin State University this spring, the May 11 commencement exercises will be split into two ceremonies for the first time.

Graduates from SFA's James I. Perkins College of Education and College of Fine Arts will participate in a 9:30 a.m. ceremony that Saturday. Candidates from the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, the Nelson Rusche College of Business, the College of Liberal and Applied Arts, and the College of Sciences and Mathematics will participate in a 2 p.m. ceremony.

The grand opening and ribbon cutting for the Nacogdoches Azalea Trail

The Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau and Stephen F. Austin State University recently hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting for the Nacogdoches Azalea Trail in the Council Ring of the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden on the SFA campus. The event kicked off the 15th annual Azalea Trail, which continues through March 31.

The SFA School of Art will host an Art Educators' Retreat June 16 through 20 on the SFA campus. Deadline for registration is May 24.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS-Registrations are still being accepted for the Art Educators' Retreat, a four-day workshop for art educators offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art.

NACOGDOCHES - Members of the Piney Woods Chorale will have a garage sale to raise money for the group's upcoming trip to Orlando, Fla., where they will perform at Disney World.

The sale will be held all day Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17, at Nacogdoches Trade Days, 1304 N.W. Stallings Drive, in conjunction with the monthly weekend marketplace.