NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music invites the community to see its new Music Prep House at 3028 Raguet St. from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.

The structure, which was formerly owned by the Bomar family, has been renovated to accommodate the Music Preparatory Division that provides private and group music lessons to approximately 200 area children each semester.

Mark Wolf, a direct descendent of one of the survivors of the 1758 massacre at Mission San Sabá, will give a presentation titled "Jacales: Spanish Colonial Vernacular Architecture" during Texas Archaeology Month.

The talk will focus on the jacales, or huts, that were commonly inhabited during the 1700s and 1800s. Archaeological, historical and ethnographic information about jacales will be presented, and photographs of jacales that existed in the late 1800s and early 1900s in Texas will be displayed.

The Viento Sur Trombone Quartet of Argentina will present a free recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present the Viento Sur Trombone Quartet from Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a guest artist recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in Cole Concert Hall.

"Imagination," a linocut print from Don R. Schol's "Moonstruck" series is one of the pieces included in the "Burnley-Schol Studios" exhibition, which the SFA School of Art is presenting Oct. 9 through Dec. 5 at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Linocut prints and drawings by Don R. Schol and paintings by Pam Burnley-Schol will be available for viewing in the Reavley Gallery of Stephen F.

The Department of English at Stephen F. Austin State University will host poets Andrew Brininstool and Kimberly Verhines during its Fall Reading Series at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the Liberal Arts North Building, Room 102.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Although the run dates for the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre's production of Georg Büchner's "Woyzeck" are Tuesday, Oct. 6, through Saturday, Oct. 10, the play's storyline makes it appropriate fare for a Halloween weekend.

Through a series of brief vignettes, the German playwright reveals the title character's descent into madness while he is serving as a human subject in a psychological/medical case study, explained Dr. Rick Jones, SFA associate professor of theatre and the play's director.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - As part of its monthly film series, the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free one-night film screening of "Young @ Heart" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches.

The 107-minute film documents almost two months of rehearsal for the Young @ Heart Chorus, a group of two dozen seniors who specialize in reinterpreting rock, punk and R & B classics from a unique perspective.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - On Thursday, Oct. 1, the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will hold auditions for a children's chorus that will be incorporated into SFA's presentation of Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Hodie" on December 11.

Auditions will begin at 4 p.m. in Room 125 of the Tom and Peggy Wright Music Building on the SFA campus. Parents can call (936) 468-4602 to schedule an audition time.