Stephen F. Austin State University's Early Childhood Lab and the Greater East Texas Community Action Program Head Start invite Nacogdoches County to come together to kick off the national Week of the Young Child, April 12-16, honoring young children and all those who make a difference in children's lives.

Stephen F. Austin State University will host National Alcohol Screening Day from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 8, on the first floor of the Human Services Building.

The screening will help participants recognize the signs of alcohol use disorders and provide information about local support and treatment. Attendees will also have the opportunity to complete a questionnaire about their alcohol use and speak privately with a mental health counselor-in-training.

The event is confidential and open to anyone. Admission is free, and refreshments will be available.

Judy Pfaff, juror for SFA's "Texas National 2010," will give an artist talk at 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 9, in the Wright Music Building and a gallery talk during the April 10 opening of "Texas National 2010" and "Judy Pfaff: Drawings and Prints." Pfaff is pictured here in the midst of her 2007 installation ". . . all of the above" at the Ameringer/Yohe Fine Art in New York, N.Y.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - On the evening prior to the opening of Stephen F.

"Frustration" by Kira Kalondy

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University has announced that works by three SFA alumni will be included in "Texas National 2010," which will open at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 10, in the Ledbetter Gallery of The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, located at 329 E. Main St. The show will run through Saturday, May 22.

SFA music faculty members Christina Guenther and Andrew Parr will present "Stolen Moments: Transcriptions for Flute and Piano" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present flutist Christina Guenther and pianist Andrew Parr in a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m.

New members of SFA Friends of Music Board

The newest members of the SFA Friends of Music Board were introduced at the group's March meeting. The organization is composed of members of the Nacogdoches community who have an interest in and passion for music and who lend their support to the SFA School of Music.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Nashville-based photographer and videographer David McClister will present an informal slide presentation, "Outtakes & Ramblings," at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in Room 106 of the Stephen F. Austin State University Art Building. The public is welcome.

McClister, who specializes in documentary, photojournalism and portraiture, has photographed a host of celebrities ranging from Willy Nelson, Dolly Parton, LeAnn Rimes and Brad Paisley, to Vince Young and Spinal Tap. His corporate clients include Newsweek, Billboard, Outside's GO and Marie Claire.

The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will present a one-night screening of "Who Does She Think She Is?" at 7 p.m. Friday, April 2, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches.

The 73-minue film was directed by Pamela Tanner Boll, co-executive producer of the Academy Award-winning Best Documentary Feature "Born Into Brothels."

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Baritone David Howard and pianist Andrew Parr, both members of the SFA music faculty, will present Franz Schubert's "Die Winterreise (Winter Journey)" in a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 29, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Based on 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller, the song cycle follows a heartbroken lover as he leaves the town where his beloved lives and falls further and further into desolation. It is a "great psychological study," Howard said.