NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Join Elyce Rodewald, SFA Gardens education coordinator, for "Gifts from the Garden," a soap-making workshop at Stephen F. Austin State University.

The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday, Oct. 20, in Room 118 of the Agriculture Building on Wilson Drive. Participants will create a variety of herbal soaps, learn recipes and techniques of soap making, and take home samples of luxurious soap they make themselves.

SFA's A Cappella Choir will perform its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in Cole Concert Hall as part of the SFA College of Fine Arts and the School of Music's Concert Series.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - An early work of modern English composer John Rutter will be the centerpiece of the Stephen F. Austin State University A Cappella Choir's fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Piney Woods Camerata, a conductorless string ensemble led by Stephen F. Austin State University music faculty, will present its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The string ensemble specializes in the performance of music from the baroque and classical periods, according to Evgeni Raychev, an SFA adjunct cello professor.

"The ensemble strives to provide an opportunity for students to excel in their musical abilities through dynamic collaboration with professional musicians," Raychev said.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The work of contemporary American composers will be highlighted when the Stephen F. Austin State University Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band perform a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in W.M. Turner Auditorium as part of the SFA College of Fine Arts and School of Music's Concert Series.

"Earth and Sky" will showcase American composers John Gibson, John Stevens and Frank Ticheli, among others, as well as a standard march by venerable British composer Kenneth Alford.

Jeff Miller, internationally-ranked martial artist and consultant on workplace violence

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Jeff Miller, an internationally-ranked martial artist and consultant on workplace violence, will present a lecture regarding martial arts and life purpose titled "Live Like a Ninja," at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in the Ferguson Building, Room 371, on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus. The event is free and open to the public.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS -The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student production of Josephina Niggli's "Miracle at Blaise" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. All performances are in the Downstage Theatre, located in the first floor of the Griffith Fine Arts Building.

Mesquite senior Emily Gibson will direct the one-act play, which takes place in Blaise, France, a village occupied by the Nazis during World War II.

Guest percussionist Marcus Reddick will join pianists John and Jean Roberts and percussionist Brad Meyers, SFA College of Music faculty members, in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The music of Leonard Bernstein and Bela Bartók will be spotlighted in "West Side Story to Bartók," a concert presented by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.

Associate Director of Bands Dr. David Campo, back left, and Assistant Director of Bands Dr. Tamey Anglley, back right, are pictured with members of the Lumberjack Marching Band. The band will be selling tickets for its "Band Aid" fundraiser through Nov. 1.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjack Marching Band is selling tickets for its "Band Aid" fundraiser benefiting the group's upcoming trip abroad.

Ballet Folklórico de México will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. The performance is part of the SFA College of Fine Arts' University Series.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The internationally acclaimed Ballet Folklórico de México will bring Mexico's rich cultural heritage to the stage of W.M. Turner Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

The work of acclaimed composer Frank Ticheli will be featured in the SFA Wind Ensemble's "The Music of Frank Ticheli" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The SFA Wind Ensemble will present "The Music of Frank Ticheli" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.