Theatre Northeast, the student theatre group at Northeast Texas Community College, will present their first play of the school year Oct. 25-28 at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Just in time for Halloween, they will perform The Night Is My Enemy, a play of suspense and murder by Fred Carmichael. Suspense and terror are interwoven with humor to provide a thrilling evening. The play takes place in a large house on the British coast and revolves around Roane Shepperley, a blind girl.

Submitted by René McCracken, NTCC Director of Agriculture Culture, tradition, family and experiences are the heart and soul of every good cook’s recipe arsenal. In my case, I also add in the agriculture element of growing the ingredients for my Farm Fashioned Recipes.  Although we are in east Texas there are several connections and a short drive into Louisiana that have me including a little creole in my list of dishes.

Submitted by Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director Six NTCC honors freshman recently presented the trailer of their new film on Barbara Conrad at the annual fall meeting of the Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society. The Webb Society is the collegiate auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association. Jacob Lambie, Peyton McClendon, Verania Leyva, Miguel Paco, Daniel Landaverde, Mercedes Collins all have taken major roles in the production of the film, due for a premiere this February. All took turns presenting key aspects of the film’s development.

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The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department will host a ceramics exhibit featuring the work of Irene Richardson October 5-24 in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. A reception with the artist will be held Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 12:30 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. “The NTCC art department is proud to have Irene Richardson showcase her beautiful and functional farm ware during the month of October 2018.  I hope everyone takes the opportunity to come to the Whatley and admire Irene’s pottery.

Northeast Texas Community College will host its annual National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) rodeo October 19-20 at Elite Western Arena. The college rodeo action will begin at 7:30 Friday night and at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

It’s time to put on your best Halloween costume, dust off your trick-or-treat basket and head out to Northeast Texas Community College for the 31st annual Scare Affair. The event is from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20th on the plaza of the main NTCC campus (located on FM 1735 near Chapel Hill ISD). There will be free candy for all trick-or-treaters, low-cost games for all ages, a costume contest with cash prizes and much more!

Northeast Texas Community College is seeking community feedback as they plan for the next five years. The public is invited to participate by completing the strategic planning survey at www.ntcc.edu/survey by October 15. Results of this survey will be used directly to help shape the planning process. Earlier this summer, a strategic plan steering committee, made up of faculty, staff, students and community members was established to begin working on the strategic plan.