Prepare your throats to scream in the Third Annual Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion this Saturday September 15 at 12 pm.

The featured artists who will delight the audience are Shinedown, Godsmack, Papa Roach and Adelitas Way. P.O.D., Deuce, Fozzy, Redlight King, Mindset Evolution, In This Moment, Thousand Foot Krutch and Candlelight Red will also be featured.

Tickets are priced between $25.25 and $89.25.

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion is the outdoor amphitheater of

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THE WOODLANDS, TX - Sam Houston State University in The Woodlands is expanding its scope of programs and services to both students and area residents as enrollment numbers trend upward.

In its second full year of instruction since opening in August 2012, SHSU The Woodlands saw a nearly 12 percent increase in enrollment compared to the fall 2011 semester when the school held classes at Lone Star College-Montgomery.

The Woodlands campus offers 15 undergraduate programs, 15 graduate degrees and two doctoral programs with more on the way, said Janet Mullings, executive director of The Woodlands Center.

Mullings said the most popular classes at The Woodlands Center are evening classes. Many evening classes, she said, are at capacity and the staff is…

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THE WOODLANDS, TX - Interfaith of The Woodlands has announced that its Serving Our Seniors (S.O.S.) annual day of service held on Saturday, Oct. 13 assisted 50 seniors at 60 different sites.

More than 130 volunteers spent one day serving our community seniors through various projects such as fence repair, painting and yard work.

Nonprofit social service agency Interfaith of The Woodlands provides counseling, information and referral, a food pantry, senior services, a clothes closet and more.

Qualifying individuals in

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THE WOODLANDS, TX - The Houston Symphony will help honor philanthropist George Mitchell's contributions during a tribute 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands.

Mitchell, who died Friday at age 94, was a longtime supporter of Houston arts groups. He gave $5 million to the orchestra's endowment in 1992 to make the symphony an annual presence at the pavilion, named for his wife. The contribution helps support 10 performances each summer, including classical, pops and family concerts. The Mitchells also endowed the orchestra's principal trumpet chair and contributed to other fundraising projects.

A $20 million donation from Mitchell established the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, which opened at the…

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THE WOODLANDS, TX - Sixteen members of the upcoming John Cooper Middle School Drama production of "Lord of the Flies,"" to be performed February 8 and 9, prepared for their parts by attending a Saturday workshop with professional fight choreographer and stuntman Phil Aslaksen.

""Lord of the Flies"" is a physically demanding show,"" said Director and Performing Arts faculty member Alea Figueroa-Yoho.

""I asked Mr. Aslaksen to teach spear safety and basic moves to the entire cast,"" Figueroa-Yoho explained. ""He then choreographed the climactic fight that takes place between two of the cast members. I cannot wait for audiences to be amazed by the amount of work these students have put in for this production and the stage combat that was taught at this…

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