NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Director Joe Berlinger's "Under African Skies" will be presented in a free screening at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, as part of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art's First Friday Film Series.

The documentary about singer/songwriter Paul Simon's 2011 journey back to South Africa 25 years after releasing his album "Graceland" will be shown in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student production of Jessica Goldberg's "Refuge" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2. All performances are in the Downstage Theatre, located on the first floor of the Griffith Fine Arts Building on the SFA campus.

Wylie senior Brian Butler will direct the one-act play, which Butler describes as a "darkly funny and touching story of four people searching for their refuge, or shelter, to guard them from the hard reality of life."

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Tickets are still available for the upcoming performance of internationally acclaimed pianist Anton Kuerti, who will present a concert on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University as part of the SFA College of Fine Art's 2012-13 University Series.

Kuerti's performance is slated for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in W.M. Turner Auditorium in the Griffith Fine Arts Building.

Townsend is a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow

Stephen F. Austin State University will welcome a member of the Kennedy family to campus for a weeklong visit in February.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former lieutenant governor of Maryland and former U.S. deputy assistant attorney general, is the eldest child of Ethel Kennedy and the late U.S. Senator and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. She will arrive in Nacogdoches on Feb. 3 and will participate in a public interview at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Mark your calendar for the upcoming 2013 Family Outdoor Adventures planned through Nacogdoches Naturally, an outdoor education component of the Stephen F. Austin State University Gardens.

Gary Wurtz

NACOGDOCHES - Gary Wurtz, professor of trumpet and jazz studies at Stephen F. Austin State University, will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in Cole Concert Hall.

Among the pieces featured in the program will be "Timberline Sonata" by Stephen Lias, professor of composition in the SFA School of Music, "Concerto in D" by Giuseppe Tartini and "Someone to Watch Over Me" by George Gershwin.

Sergio Ruiz

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present pianist Dr. Sergio H. Ruiz in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, in Cole Concert Hall.

The music of American composers will be showcased when Charles Gavin, professor of horn at SFA, presents a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Charles Gavin, professor of horn at Stephen F. Austin State University, will showcase the music of American composers when he presents "The All-American Horn" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.