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SFA to present Tony Award-winning musical "Spamalot"


Stephen F. Austin State University's Schools of Theatre and Music will present "Spamalot" by Eric Idle, John Du Prez and Neil Innes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Nov. 18 through 22, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus, with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee performance also scheduled.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A cast of dozens of absurdly charming characters. A revolving castle. A bombastic pit orchestra playing a tongue-in-cheek score.

ESPN3 to telecast SFA home athletic events next year


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University will be the first institution in the Southland Conference to produce ESPN3 telecasts for all home football, basketball, soccer and volleyball games.

At its quarterly meeting Monday, the SFA Board of Regents approved funding for equipment and renovations to the William R. Johnson Coliseum and possibly other on-campus athletic facilities. The equipment and renovations are needed to facilitate the delivery of SFA games through the ESPN3 platform.

Student-directed 'Blood Relations' retells story of Lizzie Borden


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed "Blood Relations" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in the Downstage Theatre on the SFA campus.

Senior Austin Holt of Weatherford directs Sharon Pollock's full-length play that retells the story of Lizzie Borden, the American woman known for being tried and acquitted for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Mass., in 1892.

Screening of "Holes In My Shoes" planned at Cole Art Center


A free screening of the award-winning documentary "Holes In My Shoes" will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in The Cole Art Center in downtown Nacogdoches as part of the SFA School of Art's monthly Friday Night Film Series.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of "Holes In My Shoes" at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov.

SFA Percussion Ensemble's fall concert to feature fun, exciting music


Steve Reich's "Mallet Quartet" is among the featured pieces to be performed during the SFA Percussion Ensemble's fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The SFA Percussion Ensemble will perform its annual fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

SFA student photography exhibition to feature tintypes


NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will present an exhibition of student photography showing Nov. 3 through Jan. 10 in the Reception Hall Gallery in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

The exhibition will include both traditional photographs and tintypes, according to Johanna Warwick, assistant professor of photography in the School of Art. The photographs are from a seven-day camping trip advanced photography students took during this past Maymester to Santa Fe, N.M.

Music Prep students selected to all-region orchestras


SFA Music Preparatory Division students, from left, Catherine Meisenheimer, Mattie Chauvin, Megan Petti, Ashlynn McBroom and Chloe Cook celebrate their successful auditions for all-region orchestra recently in Tyler. Not pictured is Sheetal Bapu.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - All students in the Stephen F.

Stone Fort Wind Quintet to present fall concert


SFA's Stone Fort Wind Quintet features, from left, Christopher Ayer, clarinet; Christina Guenther-Scott, flute; Staci Spring, bassoon; Charles Gavin, horn: and John W. Goodall, oboe.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stone Fort Wind Quintet at Stephen F. Austin State University will present its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

SFA student's film to premiere at Austin Film Festival


At SFA, a graduate student's thesis project is the crowning glory of many academic careers - an exhausting project that allows the student to demonstrate their competency before a committee of future peers. The crowning glory of Ricky Kennedy's academic career is a movie about a time machine fashioned from an Atari game system.

Though the movie has already played at two festivals, the movie will show at its first Texas festival on Saturday, at the Austin Film Festival.

Dean's Circle event honors accomplishments of SFA fine arts students


Dr. A.C. "Buddy" Himes, dean of the SFA College of Fine Arts, center, is pictured with some of the sponsors of the 2014 Winners' Circle event held recently in the home of Dr. and Mrs.
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