Participants at a Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum workshop will learn how to create popular traditional holiday decorations and will have the opportunity to create fresh evergreen wreaths and magnolia garlands of their own during a workshop led by SFA horticulturist Dawn Stover.

The workshop is from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 12. The cost of the class is $20 for Friends of the SFA Gardens members and $30 for non-members. Seminar space is limited, so advance registration is required.

From left, Daniel Longtin, Caitlin Williams, Liz Roberts, Orrin Orth and Richard Skurla.

Students enrolled in SFA's combined Advanced Photography and Advanced Painting class work on a group project employing photographic imagery and silkscreen/painting processes. The 10-member class will exhibit their artworks in the Upstairs Hallway Gallery of The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House Tuesday, Dec. 8, through Friday, Dec.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Students enrolled in private and group lessons offered by the Music Preparatory Division of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will perform in a series of end-of-the-semester recitals in mid-December.

Piano students of Stephen Adams and Erin Tang will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, in the Prep Performance Hall located in the new Music Prep House, 3028 Raguet St.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The combined choirs from Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches and Lufkin High Schools, and the SFA Music Preparatory Children's Choir will join with SFA's Orchestra of the Pines to present Ralph Vaughan Williams' Christmas cantata "Hodie" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, in W.M. Turner Auditorium.

Moscow Ballet Performers

Tickets are still available for both performances of Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" that will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.17, and Friday, Dec. 18, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus. The ballet is an Encore Event to the SFA College of Fine Arts' University Series and is sponsored in part by Lehmann Eye Center.

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack football team recorded its first postseason victory since the 1995 season with a 44-33 win over Eastern Washington Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs.

The `Jacks took an 11-point lead into the locker room at halftime, and exploded in the second half. Junior quarterback Jeremy Moses guided SFA to back-to-back touchdowns to give SFA a commanding a 37-12 lead with 5:54 remaining in the quarter. The `Jacks pushed their advantage to 25 points before the Eagles mounted a rally late in the third quarter.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Area 6- to 12-year-olds may register for a puppet-making class offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House as part of the Creative Art Saturday program.

Under the guidance of SFA Instructor of art Matthew Sutherlin and art education majors, participants will discuss the art of puppetry and engage in the creation and performance of puppets.