Butler County Community College as part of the 2008-09 Performing Arts Series presents William Shakespeare's "As You Like It" performed by the Nation Players at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Succop Theater on campus. Set in France, "As You Like It" is a quintessential Shakespearean comedy and offers one of Shakespeare's most quoted lines, "All the world is a stage."

Tickets are $18 in advance or $22 at the door; students pay $10. Call 724-284-8505 or toll-free 888-826-2829, Ext. 8429 for reservations. Tickets are also available online at bc3.edu/theater.

The next performance in the series will be folk music by the group Simple Gifts at 8 p.m. Nov. 1.

• John Makay, professor emeritus of communication studies at Bowling Green State University, will be this year's lecturer when SRU offers its fifth annual Ted Walwik Freedom of Speech Lecture at 8 p.m. tonight. The free lecture will be in SRU's Advanced Technology and Science Hall.• James Loewen, sociologist and award-winning author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong," will lecture at 3 p.m. Wednesday in SRU's Advanced Technology and Science Hall.• "An Evening with Sam Shepard," including scenes from the playwright's "Killer's Head," "Action" and "Chicago" opens SRU's theater department 2008-09 show season. Curtain times are at 8 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11 and 13 to 15 with a 2 p.m. performance Oct. 12 in Miller Auditorium.Tickets are $10; $5 for SRU students. Call 724-738-2645 for reservations.