NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Winners of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music's annual Concerto/Aria and Composition Contest will be featured during SFA's Orchestra of the Pines' "The Best Has Yet to Come" concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Edgewood sophomore Jennifer Ann Bush waits patiently as SFA Associate Professor Angela Bacarisse makes adjustments to the costume Bush will wear in the SFA School of Theatre's upcoming production of Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters."

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The norm in educational theatre is for the most experienced actors to be cast in the leading roles of major productions. But in Stephen F.

A piece from artist Polly McLean's newest collection "Flowers and Fashion." McLean's artwork will be showcased at the SFA Culinary Café through May 4.

The Stephen F. Austin State University hospitality administration program will host a reception with Austin artist Polly McLean from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 2, in the Culinary Café, located in the James I. Perkins College of Education Annex, 1620 Raguet St.

Scott Harris, SFA associate professor of percussion, will present a faculty recital, "Nothing But Drums II," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in Cole Concert Hall. Harris' recital is one of two faculty recitals being presented this week by the SFA School of Music.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Stephen F. Austin State University music faculty will be featured in two separate recitals this week as part of the Cole Performing Arts Series.

Kali Benbrooks of Port Lavaca was the first-place winner in the 2011 "Green is the New Black" fashion show at Stephen F. Austin State University. Festivities for the second annual show begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

A group of interior design students at Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Piney Woods Camerata, a conductor-less string ensemble composed of Stephen F. Austin State University music faculty members Jennifer Dalmas (violin) and Evgeni Raychev (cello) and select SFA string students, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The all-baroque concert features music by Dutch, German and Italian composers as well as a "mystery composer" whose identity was discovered in 1980 and will be revealed during the concert, explained Raychev.

Trio Solari will perform a guest artist recital as part of the SFA School of Music's Cole Performing Arts Series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will present Trio Solari in a guest artist recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

"Inspirational Ashes" by Becky McDonah of Tempe, Ariz., received first place in "Refined VII: Inspiration," SFA School of Art's biennial art metals and jewelry competition.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - At the recent opening of "Refined VII: Inspiration," juror Jennifer Crupi announced the winners of the biennial art metals and jewelry competition and exhibition presented by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art.

Dr. Margo Monteith

Dr. Margo Monteith, professor of psychological sciences at Purdue University, will present a lecture titled "What Can (and Cannot) be Done About Implicit Prejudice" from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, in Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 142, on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.