Two weeks ago, John Hayes, president of Diogen Lighting in Centennial, was getting organized for one of his frequent trips to China. He intended to sell his products for 2010-11 in the company’s large showroom, where retailers such as Ace Hardware and commercial decorators from around the world travel to purchase Diogen’s cutting edge LED products.

Art meets science

Pfarr completes Army leadership course

The music in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” ranges from rock to gospel to country, and the story is compelling, presenting the Biblical tale of Joseph, his journey and the colorful characters he meets— all told in the vibrant style of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

A production of Jane Austen’s beloved “Pride and Prejudice” is being stitched together— literally and figuratively— onstage and backstage at Highlands Ranch High School, with performances scheduled at 7 p.m. Nov. 12, 13, 14, 20 and 21 in the theater, 9375 S. Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch.

Colorado Potters Guild will hold its Annual Fall Show and Sale Nov. 5-7 at First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3501 S. Colorado Blvd., Englewood (Corner of East Hampden Avenue). Area art lovers flock to this event with holiday shopping lists in hand, knowing that members of the over-40-year-old guild will bring more than 2,000 handcrafted ceramic pieces, functional and sculptural.

“It’s really the craft of the art I look at,” said Lewis Sharp as he led a gallery walk Oct. 22 and discussed his process as juror for the 44th Annual Own an Original Arts Exhibition, which will continue through Jan. 3 at the Littleton Museum.