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Stephen F. Austin State University students enrolled in the Special Problems in Film Industry Catering course man their stations in the kitchen—each group working on a different course.

At one table, two students slice cherry tomatoes as they prepare a Louisiana sunburst salad. Near the oven, two more students chop celery and peppers to add the finishing touches to their one-pot Jambalaya. Another group cracks eggs and whips sour cream for butter-cake beignets.

Culinary students work on mastering their craft from 10 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday by preparing meals for SFA students in the filmmaking program.

Chef Todd Barrios, instructor in SFA’s School of Human Sciences, explained that the culinary course “flips” the classroom by teaching the content online and the application during class.

During the summer I session, students in SFA’s filmmaking program produce an independent, full-length feature film. These students must remain on set throughout the day while they learn from SFA faculty members and visiting alumni with industry experience.

That’s where Barrios and his culinary students come into the picture—they prepare meals for the filmmaking students. This unique collaboration allows both sets of students to receive real-world experience.

Barrios said the course promotes last-minute planning, menu changes and time alterations because of the film schedule.

“The culinary students get a glimpse of what the real world is like when things change at the last minute, but the food quality, quantity and service must not be affected,” Barrios said. “The students also get experience planning and preparing meals that provide what the film students need nutritionally to sustain them throughout their long days.”

The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of “This Ain’t No Mouse Music!” at 7 p.m. Friday, July 1, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

“This Ain’t No Mouse Music!” tells the story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records. In the documentary, filmmakers Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling take a hip-shaking stroll from New Orleans to Appalachia, chronicling Strachwitz’s journey to plantations and prisons, roadhouses and whorehouses, churches and bayou juke joints, to return with recordings that would revolutionize the sound of popular music, according to thisaintnomousemusic.com.

The film runs one hour, 32 minutes.

This screening is part of the School of Art’s monthly Friday Film Series and is sponsored in part by the Nacogdoches Film Festival, William Arscott, Nacogdoches Junior Forum, Karon Gillespie, Mike Mollot, Main Street Nacogdoches, David Kulhavy, John and Kristen Heath, Brad Maule, Galleria Z, Jill Carrington, Jean Stephens and Jim and Mary Neal.

The Cole Art Center is located at 329 E. Main St. For more information, call (936) 468-1131.

The Stephen F. Austin State University Campus Recreation Department will host the fourth annual Worsham Bass Tournament beginning at safelight Saturday, June 25, at Jackson Hill Park and Marina on Lake Sam Rayburn in Broaddus.

The tournament benefits the Dr. Raymond Lee Worsham Scholarship for SFA Campus Recreation established with the SFA Alumni Association.

Worsham was the intramural department director at SFA for 43 years. The scholarship was created to honor Worsham’s dedication and lasting impact to the university and will provide financial assistance to student employees of the Campus Recreation Department.

The entry fee is $150 per boat, and participants can register for the tournament online at www.sfaalumni.com/event/Bass2016, mail a registration form to the SFA Alumni Association or register at the Jackson Hill boat ramp before the tournament begins.

There will be a 60-percent payout for first, second and third place and a prize package for Big Bass.

For more information, contact Sarah Kouliavtsev at kouliavtsg@sfasu.edu or the SFA Alumni Association at (936) 468-3407.