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, July 19, in the Agriculture Building, Room 110, at 1924 Wilson Drive. Longtime Houston area horticulturist Linda Gay will present "The Life and Times of a Happy Horticulturist."

Jourdan Dukes

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Jourdan Dukes of Dallas has been appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to serve as student regent for Stephen F. Austin State University during the 2012-13 academic year.

Kay Jeffrey's "Water in the Rocks" won Best in Show in the 2011 Nacogdoches Photographic Association's "19th Annual Juried Gallery Show." The league's 2012 show will open at 5 p.m. Friday, July 6, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The public is invited to the opening reception of the Nacogdoches Photographic Association's "20th Annual Juried Gallery Show" from 5 to 7 p.m.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The art and science of origami are explored in the award-winning documentary "Between the Folds," which the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will screen at 7 p.m. Friday, July 6, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

The free, one-night screening is part of the School of Art's First Friday Film Series.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Strings and piano students from across the state are invited to register for a one-week camp being presented by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music Sunday, July 8, through Friday, July 13, on the university campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Traffic flow along Wilson Drive on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University will be periodically interrupted for repaving beginning Wednesday, June 27.

Work has been planned in phases to minimize disrupted access to parking lots and facilities; however, street parking and through traffic on Wilson Drive will be curtailed during the project. The expected completion date is Aug. 8.

Scheduled closures are as follows:

On Wednesday, June 27, Wilson Drive will be closed from East College Street to Lot 14:

Conroe junior Carolynn Ohlenburger applies the finishing touches to the wedding dress used in the SFA School of Theatre's production of Robert Harling's "Steel Magnolias." The play, which is part of SFA's summer theatre season, will open at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28, in W.M. Turner Auditorium.

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Sugar Land sophomore Daniel Miller cuts out the captain's wheel to be used in the SFA School of Theatre's "How I Became a Pirate," a family musical that will be presented in rotation with "Steel Magnolias" during the 2012 summer theatre season. Please go to www.finearts.sfasu.edu for a complete schedule of performances.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Pirate lovers of all ages are invited to W.M.