The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of “What We Leave Behind,” a documentary by Iliana Sosa that examines her relationship with her grandfather and his homeland. The screening is at 7 p.m. Friday, June 2, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.<br/><br/>The Friday Night Film Series is made possible in part by a grant from the Center for Applied Research and Rural Innovation at SFA. The series is also sponsored in part by filmmaking Professor William Arscott.<br/><br/>The Cole Art Center, SFA’s historic downtown gallery, is located at 329 E. Main St. For more information, call (936) 468-1131.<br/>
Morgan State University School of Global Journalism and Communication Thursday hosted Bonnie Newman Davis for an event where she talked to 30 students and faculty about her life, background, and most importantly the creation and story of her book “Truth Tellers.”
Music enthusiasts will have a special opportunity to hear a performance by two of Nacogdoches’ most beloved young pianists, Nio and Oliva Ajero, when the sibling duo performs a concert to benefit the Music Preparatory Division of Stephen F. Austin State University’ School of Music.<br/><br/>The primary goal of the “Harmony for Hope” concert, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, at First Baptist Church, is to collect funds to be used to offer scholarships to Music Prep students who have demonstrated exceptional dedication and talent in their musical pursuits and who have financial need.<br/><br/>The Ajeros have given annual solo piano recitals since the age of 5, but this will be the first program where they will both be featured as soloists – taking turns playing works by great classical composers – and finishing with a duet arrangement by Sergei Rachmaninoff of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Well, well, well. Here it is, at long last: "The Diversity Style Guide is a resource to help journalists and other media professionals cover a complex, multicultural world with accuracy, authority and sensitivity." What took so long? Worried about using the incorrect race/ethnicity terminology, or the wrong disability definition, a bad immigration word, an outdated…