Stephen F. Austin State University will host Showcase Saturday, an open-house event for prospective students, on April 6.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Future college students will have the opportunity to experience a taste of campus life during a free, action-packed open-house Saturday at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches on April 6.

Judy McDonald

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Former Nacogdoches mayor and Nacogdoches Economic Development Corporation president Judy McDonald will interview former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison during the 2013 installment of the Archie McDonald Speaker Series at Stephen F. Austin State University.

The event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom on the SFA campus.

From his home studio in Round Rock, Texas, 2002 SFA graduate Todd Slater designs stunning silkscreen concert posters for some of the biggest names in the music industry.

Slater's modern works of art have represented a who's who of rock 'n' roll, from legendary songwriters Bob Dylan and Neil Young to alt rockers Edward Sharpe and the Magnetics Zeros. Through the use of silkscreen printing, vivid colors in each of his pieces come to life, while metallic inks and holographic papers provide textural depth.

Acclaimed artist Patrick Graham's "Wreath: Collateral Series" will be among the work displayed in "Patrick Graham - Thirty Years: The Silence Becomes the Painting," which opens along with Texas National 2013 at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in Cole Art Center in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Renowned art historian Peter Selz will be the juror for the Texas National 2013, Stephen F.

SFA's Stone Fort Wind Quintet, featuring Christopher Ayer, Charles Gavin, Christina Guenther-Scott, John W. Goodall and Jeremy Fain, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Music lovers in East Texas will have the opportunity to hear two concerts in April that showcase faculty ensembles of Stephen F. Austin State University's School of Music.

Timothy Dow

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - "An Evening Storm," a musical composition by 16-year-old Timothy Dow of Huntington, a student in the Stephen F. Austin State University's Music Preparatory Division, will be premiered by the Austin Symphony Orchestra in a special concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Dell Hall in the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin.

John and Karen Mast of Nacogdoches have established a professorship in the Nelson Rusche College of Business at Stephen F. Austin State University. Baker Phares, center, will serve as the first John and Karen Mast Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance.

A Nacogdoches couple has established a professorship in Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Kurt Weill's "Street Scene," an American opera based on Elmer Rice's Pulitzer Prize-wining play, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 4 through 6, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

The opera, with lyrics by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice, is a presentation of the SFA College of Fine Arts, School of Music and University Series.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Unique insights, personal stories of change, innovative concepts and "ideas worth sharing" will be featured at TEDxSFA, slated for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University. The event is open to everyone, and registration information can be found at www.sfasu.edu/TEDxSFA.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Hours for the Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University's art gallery located in downtown Nacogdoches, will follow regular schedules throughout spring break.

The Cole Art Center, located at 329 E. Main St., is open from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.