“Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity” will be on display in the Museum of Art from Sept. 17, 2009, to March 13, 2010. Using the structures of metaphor and analogy from the language of the scriptures, this exhibition of traditional and contemporary works will enlighten the hearts and the minds of viewers as they participate in the process of seeking out and unraveling the types and shadows contained in these works that “point to” the Savior’s divine mission. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,Thursday evening from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Alan Ayckbourn's play "Absent Friends" will be showcased in the Margetts Theatre. "Absent Friends" is a dark comedy by a master of contemporary drama about a woman, Diana, who invites her friend Colin over for tea after his fiancee dies. Tempers and patience boil over in this British satire of middle-class mentalities and materialism. Evening Performances Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a Saturday matinee Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. There will be no performances Sundays or Mondays. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or at arts.byu.edu. Reduced-price tickets are available for the dress rehearsals Oct. 28 and 29.

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An art exhibit featuring the art work of several Brigham Young University alumni will be featured daily in the B.F. Larsen Gallery at the Harris Fine Arts Center until Friday Nov. 13. The gallery is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day except Sunday.

The exhibition is titled "A Product of Time and Faith: Professor Hagen Haltern's Intensive Drawing Studio, 1982/2009." It features the work of Haltern, who just recently retired from the BYU visual arts faculty, and his students from 1982: Jacqui Biggs Larsen, Mark England, Bruce Robertson, Bob Adams, Anne Cordes Daines, Tom Schulte, Keri Vincent Skousen, Richard Gate and Brent Orton.

"These students studied under the tutelage of Professor Haltrem for eight hours a day, four days a week throughout an entire year," said curator James Swensen. "They learned how to experiment and explore in a way that few are able to enjoy."

Now, after 27 years, these artists are still creating in their own unique way. This exhibition details the legacy of one professor's efforts and a creative teaching that has sustained these individuals for nearly three decades.

The Barlow Arts Conservatory presents their production of the Nutcracker. Directed by owner and co-artistic director Jennifer Hill Barlow, a renowned ballerina, this Nutcracker will include guest principal dancers playing the roles of the Snow Queen and Snow King, and the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier. Barlow's own artistic director, Blake Barlow, will play the role of Drosselmeyer. All other roles are performed by young dancers from the Barlow Arts Conservatory, based in Lehi, and the community.

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Darren G. Hawkins, chair of the Political Science Department at Brigham Young University, will deliver the Annual Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Have I Done Any Good in the World? Accomplishing the Impossible in International Affairs," Thursday, Nov. 12, at 11 a.m. in 3380 Wilkinson Student Center.

Hawkins specializes in international relations, human rights and international organizations. He recently published a book with the Cambridge University Press, and his scholarly articles appear in his field's most respected journals.

Hawkins joined BYU's faculty in 1998 after several years of teaching at the University of Wisconsin, Dartmouth College and Tulane University. In 2004 he was named as a BYU John A. Widtsoe Fellow.

He received his bachelor's degree in Spanish and political science from the University of Utah, and both his master's and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of Wisconsin.