Mark the calendar Oct. 22 to attend this free family-friendly community celebration for all ages featuring a pumpkin patch, arts and crafts, book mobile, bounce houses and food trucks, just to name a few highlights.

Vicky Suarez, representing Lone Star College-CyFair, is one of six artists chosen for the inaugural Collegiate Art Collective at the 50th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Oct. 8 and Oct. 9.

Join three opportunities to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month in September featuring journalist Russell Contreras and LSC-CyFair Professor Stephanie Krueger followed in October with LSC-CyFair Professor John Telles.

Hear Houston Poet Laureate Emanuelee Outspoken Bean at a Sept. 20 live spoken word poetry “Banned Passages” performance created in honor of Banned Books Week.

Bring the family to participate in the Democracy Rocks Treasure Hunt set Sept. 17 at LSC-CyFair.

Creations on a shoe-string budget are the topics for LSC-CyFair’s L.I.F.E. September programs.

Join Dr. Ned Strauss for the “Talk Saves Lives” presentation Sept. 7 in which he will share warning signs, prevention through starting a conversation, and advocacy for suicide prevention.

Take the opportunity to practice self-care with the Breathe and Read Book Club, a combination yoga, no matter thee expereicne level, and book discussion this fall.

Community members are encouraged to help create “The Forest” – an evolving art installation on display in September at the LSC-CyFair Bosque Gallery.

LSC-CyFair’s “Special Series on Political Hot Topics” wraps up Sept. 1 with a forum titled “Freedom of Press and the Banning of Books Nationwide.”