Cast members from the SFA School of Theatre's upcoming production of John Cariani's "Almost, Maine" rehearse a scene in which a couple struggles to locate the same star on which to make a wish. Pictured here are Dallas senior Margaret Lewis and Houston sophomore Kurt Bilanoski. The play will be presented in W.M. Turner Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, through Saturday, Oct. 9.

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NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will present a one-night screening of "The Take," a documentary about Argentinean workers, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, 329 E. Main St. in downtown Nacogdoches.

In the 87-minute film, director Avi Lewis and writer Naomi Klein champion a radical economic movement in which unemployed factory workers illegally occupy the closed factories in an effort to restart production on their own and reclaim their jobs.

Guest pianist Ning An will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto during the Orchestra of the Pines' concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in Cole Concert Hall.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Guest pianist Ning An will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto during the season-opening concert of the Stephen F. Austin State University's Orchestra of the Pines at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Pianist John Noel Roberts

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Pianist John Noel Roberts, director of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, will perform Modeste Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" during his faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The annual Fabulous Fall Festival plant sale at Stephen F. Austin State University 's Mast Arboretum will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at the intramural field on Wilson Drive .

"As usual, a great selection of rare, unusual, native, and Texas-tough trees, shrubs, vines, herbaceous perennials, grasses and groundcovers will be available," said Dawn Stover, Mast Arboretum research associate.

Fall semester enrollment at Stephen F. Austin State University is up approximately 1 percent to 12,954 students, surpassing the all-time enrollment record set one year ago.

The number of SFA students attending classes increased by 109 between fall 2009 and fall 2010. Summer enrollment also rose slightly, increasing 0.4 percent in summer I and 2.6 percent in summer II. The fall SFA headcount marks the 11th consecutive reporting period with an enrollment increase.

Nancy Adgent, an independent scholar specializing in cemetery studies, will present two area workshops and a lecture in early October as part of the Preserve America cemetery interpretation project.

Dr. Christopher Ayer, SFA professor of clarinet, and Dr. Kae Hosoda-Ayer, lecturer in collaborative piano at Baylor University, will perform as Duo Karudan at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus. The recital is a part of the SFA School of Music's Cole Performing Arts Series.

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NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present a free concert by the Brian Allen and Hernan Hecht Duo Monday, September 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall of the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

Allen, who writes his own music, is one of the world's greatest trombonists, according to Dr. Deb Scott, SFA associate professor of trombone. He and percussionist Hecht perform regularly in Mexico and the United States, and are currently touring Texas as they promote their new album, "Dr. Hueipi."

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - "Art in Germany since the 1990 Political (Re)unification" will be the topic of a free public lecture to be given by Dr. Christoff Zuschlag at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, in Room 142 of the Liberal Arts North Building on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

The lecture is a joint presentation of the SFA School of Art and Department of Modern Languages.

Zuschlag, who is a professor of art history at Koblenz-Landau University, will first give a brief historical outline of what occurred in the art world in the two Germanys after 1945.