Axe ’Em, Jacks!
Dr. Darrell Fry, SFA assistant professor of chemistry, looks on as iMAS Academy participants (from left) Ana Aguirre, Ana Carrillo and Athan Jacobs participate in a forensics experiment.NACOGDOCHES, Texas - About 100 seventh- and eighth-grade students from five area school districts are attending iMAS (Investigations in Math and Science) Academy this week at Stephen F. Austin State University.
These 12-inch-square artworks and almost 60 others will be included in the annual "12 x 12" fund-raiser sponsored by the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts.
Houston senior Kurt Bilanoski (portraying Captain Braid Beard) and Mesquite senior Mai Lê (playing Jeremy Jacobs) rehearse a scene from the SFA School of Theatre's production of "How I Became a Pirate." The three final performances of the popular one-hour family musical will be presented at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 12, and Friday, July 13; and at 6:30 p.m.
SFA theatre students rehearse a scene from Robert Harling's classic comedy "Steel Magnolias," which the SFA School of Theatre is presenting in W.M. Turner Auditorium as part of its summer season.NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Nacogdoches Naturally will host a Weekend Family Outdoor Adventure from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at Lake Nacogdoches. The family day is sponsored by the Stephen F. Austin State University Pineywoods Native Plant Center and will offer participants the opportunity to enjoy water activities and share food with family and friends.
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 DukesNACOGDOCHES, 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.