NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Need help painting a shed, washing windows or cleaning up the garden? Stephen F. Austin State University students are inviting Nacogdoches-area residents to request help with these and other chores as part of The BIG Event.

The fourth annual day of service will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Residents, businesses and non-profit organizations are encouraged to submit job request forms to The BIG Event planning committee. Requested projects should take approximately three to four hours to complete.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in the Agriculture Building, Room 110, 1924 Wilson Drive.

Dr. Todd Watson, an urban forester, will present "Everything You Wanted To Know About Tree Planting Right But Were Afraid to Ask."

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Future college students will have the opportunity to experience a taste of campus life during two free, action-packed open-house Saturdays at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches on Feb. 25 and March 31.

The Stephen F. Austin State University Office of Student Affairs present a $1000 check to the SFA chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha for a donation to Susan B. Komen for the Cure at Philantropy Night 2012 on Jan. 28 at the Ladyjack Basketball game.

The Stephen F. Austin State University chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha received $1,000 for a donation to Susan B. Komen for the Cure at Philanthropy Night 2012 at the Ladyjack Basketball game on Jan. 28.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present a student-directed production of Eric Coble's "Bright Ideas" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18. All performances will be in the Downstage Theatre located on the first floor of the Griffith Fine Arts Building.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Mark E. Turner, associate professor of elementary music education for Stephen F. Austin State University, will deliver a lecture, "Spoken Language and Its Influence on Musical Compositions: A Review of Research," from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in the Music Recital Hall (Room 160) of the Wright Music Building.

The lecture, which is the fourth of the monthly Robert G. Sidnell Lecture Series in Music Education, will feature research about the connection between language and music, explained Turner.

Pianists Dr. Andrew, SFA professor of music, and Linda Parr, member of the Music Preparatory faculty, will present a duo piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGODOCHES, TEXAS - Dr. Andrew and Linda Parr will present a duo piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Cole Concert Hall as part of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music's Cole Performing Arts Series.

Nacogdoches Naturally will host a day of outdoor exploration at Mission Tejas State Park on Saturday, Feb. 11, where participants can spend the day hiking part of the original El Camino Real trail and touring the replica of a Spanish mission and a restored log home.

The event will begin at 8 a.m. at Stephen F. Austin State University's Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St. The group will return to Nacogdoches at approximately 4 p.m.

SFA advanced photography students produced panoramic photos of the "Cornerstones of the Community: African American History in Eastern Texas," exhibit at the Stone Fort Museum. The images will allow visitors with disabilities to view photos of the second-floor exhibits downstairs.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A class of advanced photography students at Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A book signing with Rolonda D. Teal, author of "Natchitoches Parish," will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at the Stone Fort Museum on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

"Natchitoches Parish" honors African Americans and shares previously untold stories of the lives and memories of many in that part of Louisiana, said Carolyn Spears, museum director. Guests are invited to attend and hear Teal describe the development of her book and the process of collecting community history.