EVENT CALENDAR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH

This month marks the 36th time the United States has officially celebrated Women’s History Month, but women have been making monumental accomplishments and contributions in our country for decades. From civil rights and science to business and government, women have been trailblazers in every facet of culture and society, along the way making sacrifices, facing barriers and dealing with disparities.

The National Women’s History Alliance, which led the charge for March being declared National Women’s History Month, has chosen “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” as the 2023 theme.

Women involved in the media and storytelling, past and present, including print, radio, TV, stage, screen, blogs, podcasts and more will be in the spotlight this year.

International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8, will be a focal point in the month, with many events taking place around that date while emphasizing #EmbraceEquity on social media.

Here’s how organizations in Broward and Palm Beach counties are planning to celebrate women this month.

Rock Women’s Health

Hard Rock Cafe has partnered with Women Who Rock and Gibson Gives to spread awareness and raise funds for Magee-Women’s Research Institute & Foundation, which is dedicated to women’s health and reproductive biology. Throughout March, Hard Rock Cafe locations around the world, including those in Hollywood and Miami, are featuring concerts by women artists. “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks had a performance at the Hard Rock Cafe at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood recently to kick off the initiative. Limited-edition Rock Women’s Health T-shirts as well as special food and beverage items are available for purchase with proceeds going to the cause. Visit hardrockcafe.com/international-womens-month. aspx.

Broward County libraries

Learn about women in the visual arts through a Fine Arts Series talk, find out about civil rights leaders, watch and discuss a documentary, attend a career seminar or read for book club during Women’s History Month at Broward County Library branches. To find an event that interests you, visit broward. org/Library and click on “Events.”

Palm Beach County libraries

Trivia contests, book discussions, story time, film screenings and reading sessions are on the schedule at Palm Beach County branches throughout Women’s History Month.

Visit pbclibrary.org and type in “Women’s History Month” in the “Classes and Events” search bar.

Nominate a SHEroe

Pembroke Pines residents are asked to nominate a special woman in their lives and explain in 300 words or less why she is a SHEroe (doctors, teachers, police officers, firefighters, nurses, mothers and soldiers, among others). Email the nomination to pinesmedia@ppines.com by 9 p.m. March 31. All nominees will be honored at a Pembroke Pines City Commission Meeting in April. Visit ppines.com.

The Comala Project

Dreyfoos School of the Arts’ Vocal Department is bringing a lost female composer back to the stage — for the first time in more than 200 years. Ha r r i e t Wa i n e w r i g h t Stewart’s last request was for someone to save her opera from being forgotten. Brief selections from “Comala” (1790) will be performed at 7 p.m. March 8 at the school’s auditorium, 501 S. Sapodilla Ave., West Palm Beach. There also will be a brief talkback after the show with Ashley Osorio — who has spent the past three years transcribing the opera — about how attendees can get involved in the project. Osorio is a Dreyfoos alum and conductor with the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches. Limited seats are available at awdsoa.org and click on “Spring 2023.”

‘Women Trailblazers: Champions of Change - Broward County’

A preview reception is set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 9 at Fort Lauderdale’s Galleria, 2414 E. Sunrise Blvd., for this free photography exhibition celebrating modern women’s achievements alongside their historical pioneering predecessors. It will be on display through March 31 in celebration of Women’s History Month. This year’s honorees are Lori Wheeler, vice president of Marine Industries Association of South Florida; Barbara Sharief, former Broward County commissioner and founder and CEO of South Florida Pediatric Homecare Inc.; Heather Geronemus, senior director, social equity, opportunity and impact at UKG; Stephanie Toothaker, chairwoman and chief strategist of Toothaker.org; Joy Satterlee, executive director of Art and Culture Center/ Hollywood; and Ramola Motwani, chairwoman, Merrimac Ventures. The reception benefits History Fort Lauderdale. General admission is $50 at bit. ly/HFLWomenTrailblazers2023. Visit historyfortlauderdale.org/museum for information about the exhibit.

Junior League of the Palm Beaches

The women’s volunteer organization is honoring Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a week full of events.

As part of its Alliance for Period Supplies Program, the group is partnering with some Winn-Dixie locations for a Period Supply Drive. Drop off sanitary pads, liners and feminine wipes through March at the following Winn-Dixie stores: 6600 Hypoluxo Road in Lake Worth Beach; 1135 Royal Palm Beach Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach; and 5060 Seminole Pratt Whitney Road in Westlake.

An International Women’s Day Panel — set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 8 at The Square, 700 S. Rosemary Ave. in West Palm Beach — will feature a panel of Junior League of the Palm Beaches past presidents discussing how women can work together to make an impact in the community. Guests are asked to wear red, the designated color of National Women’s Day. The event is open to the public, with free admission (or $20 VIP tickets, which include reserved seating and a gift bag). Go to Eventbrite.com. Or visit thesquarewestpalm.com/ west-palm-beach-events.

During the Day of Impact on March 11, more than 175 women are expected to volunteer at Riviera Beach Urban Farm, CROS Ministries, Loggerhead M a r i n e l i f e C e n t e r, Quantum House, Furry Friends, the North Palm Beach Library, Red Apple Supplies, Cox Science Center, FLITE Center WPB and the Alliance for

Period Supplies. Visit jlpb. org.

Boca Raton Public Library

This library, at 400 NW Second Ave. in Boca Raton, is offering several events to celebrate Women’s History Month. Visit myboca. us/2020/Library and click on “Calendar” for more information.

Watch “She’s Beautiful Wh e n S h e ’s A n g r y,” directed by Mary Dore, from 6 to 8 p.m. March 9. The library calls it “a provocative, rousing and often humorous account of the birth of the modern women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s through to its contemporary manifestations in the new millennium, direct from the women who lived it.” Admission is free.

“Female Noir Authors: A Discussion” will feature writers of all ages and styles in the crime-themed genre, including Megan Abbott, Sara Gran, Patricia Highsmith, Natsuo Kirino, D o r o t h y B. Hu g h e s , Jess Kidd, Jane Casey, Catherine Ryan Howard and Jassy Mackenzie, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 16. Free registration required.

View “The Post,” a film directed by Steven Spielberg about The Washington Post obtaining the Pentagon Papers, the classified government study that detailed America’s involvement in Vietnam in 1971, from 6 to 8 p.m. March 16. Admission is free.

“Ha l f t h e P i c t u r e,” directed by Amy Adrion, will be shown from 6 to 8 p.m. March 30. The documentary is about discriminatory hiring practices concerning women directors in Hollywood. Admission is free.

‘More Than Orange Blossoms: Feisty, Fabulous Females of Florida’

Award-winning storyteller Carrie Sue Ayvar will discuss the women who helped shape Florida — such as Julia Tuttle, known as the “Mother of Miami,” or Mary McCleod Bethune, daughter of enslaved parents who became a presidential advisor — from 1 to 2:30 p.m. March 11 at Mandel Public Library, 411 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Admission is free. Visit wpb.org.

Historical Society of Palm Beach County

Housed in West Palm Beach’s Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum, 300 N. Dixie Highway, the county ’s Historical Society is offering several ways to celebrate Women’s History Month.

„ For the third year, it will bring together women leaders in Palm Beach County to discuss their journeys and how they operate during a “Women’s History Initiative — A Portrait of Leadership” event. Moderated by WPBF-Ch. 25 morning news anchor Nathalie Pozo, the panel includes Ava Parker, Laurie Silvers, Nancy Brinker and Penny Murphy. The cocktail reception is at 5:30 p.m., with the panel discussion at 6 p.m. March 22. Visit pbc history. org/ events/2023-a-portraitof-leadership-325-243 to register for free.

„ An exhibit recognizes the first Black female attorneys in the Palm Beach County legal community with “Famous Firsts: Celebrating the Achievements of Black Female Attorneys in Palm Beach County.” Find it on display through March. Admission is free ($5 suggested donation). Open daily, except Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit pbchistory.org and search for Famous Firsts.

„ An online exhibit, “Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote,” from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service, highlights the relentless struggle of diverse activists throughout U.S. history to secure voting rights for all American women, according to the museum. Visit pbchistory.org/rightfully-hers-american-womenand-the-vote.