NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Students in Stephen F. Austin State University’s secondary education program created book-based activity kits for children to enjoy while their caregivers study, work or visit campus.

Intended for children in pre-K through sixth grade, the kits can be found on a book cart on the first floor of SFA’s Steen Library. Currently, there are 15 books to choose from that have adjoining activity kits with instructions.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Tickets are still available to see the comedy of Joe Zimmerman and Justin Smith when they perform in a University Series event at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in W.M. Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building, on the Stephen F. Austin State University  campus.

A favorite of late-night shows such as “The Tonight Show,” “Last Comic Standing” and “Comedy Central,” Zimmerman is a frequent performer on university campuses and at corporate events. His opening act is Justin Smith, a New York City-based comedian from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The A Cappella Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University is one of only two university choirs to be invited to perform at this year’s Southwestern American Choral Directors Association conference slated for Feb. 27 through March 2 in Denver, Colorado.

The choir, directed by Dr. Michael Murphy, director of choral activities at SFA, will present a preview concert of this performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, in Cole Concert Hall, Wright Music Building, on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Wind Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will present its Winter Tour Concert before a hometown crowd after returning to campus following a recruitment tour performing at five high schools in the Dallas area.

Directed by Dr. Tamey Anglley, director of bands at SFA, the Wind Ensemble will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, in W.M. Turner Auditorium, Griffith Fine Arts Building, on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University Professor of Art Lauren Selden will demonstrate and lecture on Feb. 28 in Brazosport in connection with her solo exhibition showing at the Brazosport College Art Gallery.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – “Unconventional Contraptions and Other Oddities,” an exhibition of artworks by Dave Clark, opens in the Teresa Jill Adams Art Gallery at Stephen F. Austin State University with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s East Texas Research Center is set to host a series of workshops during the spring semester in the newly implemented Archive Lab on the first floor of Steen Library. Presentation topics include document research, genealogy, archival research basics, and digitization and storage.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Houston pianist Mary Katherine Schober will present the concert program “Images,” featuring works by Modest Mussorgsky, Felix Mendelssohn and her own original compositions, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – South Korean violinist Jeongwon Claire An will present “Celebration of Beethoven – Complete Violin Sonata Series” when she performs at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

She will be accompanied by Dr. Minhae Lee, assistant professor of piano in the SFA School of Music. The program will feature Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 12, No. 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 24, No. 5; and Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 30, No. 3.