Guest percussionist Marcus Reddick will perform with SFA's Swingin' Axes and Swingin' Aces in "All That Jazz," a fundraising concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in Cole Concert Hall. The event will benefit the SFA Jazz Scholarship Endowment.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Tickets are now available for "All That Jazz," a fundraising concert being presented by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music and Friends of Music at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.

Heidi Lucas, professor of horn at the University of Southern Mississippi, will appear in a guest recital at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Cole Concert Hall as part of the Cole Performing Arts Series of the SFA School of Music.

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Gene Moon is director of orchestral studies for the SFA School of Music and director of the Orchestra of the Pines, which will open "A Season of Firsts" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Orchestra of the Pines, Stephen F. Austin State University's flagship orchestral ensemble, will open its season - "A Season of Firsts" - with a concert featuring works from three countries at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.

DeWitt School of Nursing clinical instructor Laura Logan, left, consults with Shelby Mitchell, an SFA senior nursing student from Shepherd, in the Ed and Gwen Cole Simulation Lab. The DeWitt School of Nursing has been recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as a Program of Excellence in Nursing Education.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Richard and Lucille DeWitt School of Nursing at Stephen F.

SFA sophomore Connor Clark, left, who plays Seymour, the florist that discovers the mysterious plant at the center of "Little Shop of Horrors," rehearses with junior ensemble member Cody Davids for the SFA production of the pop musical comedy that opens at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in W.M. Turner Auditorium. The musical runs through Oct. 13.

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Pictured, from left, are Shelbyville senior Pamela Erinson, SFA simulation lab assistant Katy Trotty, SimMom and Port Neches senior Rachel Birdsong.

The Richard and Lucille DeWitt School of Nursing at Stephen F. Austin State University recently was the first teaching facility in the state of Texas to acquire SimMom, a high-fidelity mannequin that simulates labor and delivery processes.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - As part of its monthly independent film series, the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of "Beauty Is Embarrassing" at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

"Beauty Is Embarrassing" chronicles the "vaulted highs and the crushing lows" of a commercial artist struggling to find peace and balance between his work and his art, according to Lisa Steed, interim director of galleries for SFA.

Toni Smith, award-winning actress and visiting assistant professor of theatre, coaches an SFA theatre student during an in-class breathing exercise.

For the student actors auditioning for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," there were no "do-overs," no interjections from a director who is familiar with their capabilities and previous work.

Multi-platinum, Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Stephen F. Austin State University will host a live broadcast featuring multi-platinum, Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan performing her beautifully crafted songs for Yamaha Disklavier RemoteLive viewers from her studio in Vancouver, Canada, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in the Music Recital Hall on the SFA campus.