Last year’s School of Theatre and Dance presentation of “The 39 Steps” was a crowd-pleaser. This year’s MainStage season features another diverse lineup of productions that promise to engage, entertain and inspire audiences.
The Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts’ new permanent collection of artwork at Griffith Fine Arts Building features selected works of art by current and former Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art faculty and alumni, along with some special guest artists. Russ Connell, a Dallas-based sculptor, was contracted to create a new, large-scale exterior piece that now greets visitors who enter the building from Alumni Drive. The collection will be celebrated at a reception at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, in Griffith Fine Arts Building.
The works of composer Laurence Sherr will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, in Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.
Stesha Colby-Lynch, program director of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Veterans Resource Center, recently authored and published the book, “No One Leaves Unscathed: A Woman in the Marine Corps,” which recounts her journey beginning as a Marine dependent in her childhood to her own service, as well as her struggles as a student veteran.
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