Palm Beach Daily News Speakers Calendar for March 10, 2024

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March 10

Flagler Museum: "Frank Winfield Woolworth," with George W. Nelson. Part of the Whitehall series: "Unlikely Titans of Industry and Commerce: From Modest Beginnings to Phenomenal Success." 3 p.m. at the Flagler Museum. 561-655-2833.

March 11

Society of the Four Arts: "Women’s Art Collection," with Dorothy Byrne, presented in partnership with Cambridge in America at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. 561-655-7226.

March 14

Coudert Institute: Judy Miller, an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a former reporter at The New York Times, lawyer Doug Schoen and writer Alvin Felzenberg will discuss "Press, Pollsters and Policies" at 11:30 a.m. at the Sailfish Club.

MorseLife Literary Society: “Breakfast with the Authors” featuring New York Times best-selling author Jeannette Walls, who will discuss "Hang the Moon." Registration and breakfast start at 8:45 a.m., followed by a 9:30 a.m. presentation at The Colony Hotel. By invitation only for members of MorseLife’s Annual Giving Society. 561-242-4661.

Society of the Four Arts: "The Rake’s Progress: Where Did 50 Years Go?" with Mikel Folcarelli and John Gwynne, at 3 p.m. presented in partnership with The Garden Club of Palm Beach in the Dixon Education Building. 561-655-7226.

March 18

Palm Beach Civic Association: Palm Beach Civic Association Community Service Award Breakfast. 9 a.m. at The Breakers. 561-655-0820.

World Affairs Council: Jeff M. Smith, director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, will present a talk called "U.S. Strategy in a Changing South Asia" at 6 p.m. at The Colony Hotel. 561-374-2858.

Society of the Four Arts: "The Two Elizabeths, Bookends of the Empire," with Caroline Rayman, at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. 561-655-7226.

Irish Georgian Society: Terence Dooley, director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, will speak at the society's Palm Beach luncheon. 12 p.m., Brazilian Court Hotel.

March 20

Society of the Four Arts: "Catherine de Medici, Poor Queen,"with Caroline Rayman at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. 561-655-7226.

March 22

Coudert Institute: Timothy Hoyt, professor of strategy and policy and senior mentor for the Advanced Strategy Program at the Naval War College, will discuss ''A Changing Global Order? Russia's War on Ukraine and the International System" at 11:30 a.m. at the Sailfish Club.

March 25

Society of the Four Arts: “Who Picks the Art? Behind the Scenes at America’s Great Museums,” with Frederick Ilchman of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. 561-655-7226.

March 27

Palm Beach Round Table: 92nd anniversary celebration at noon at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 561-832-6418.

April 2

Society of the Four Arts: "My Life in Pictures," with Pattie Boyd, at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. Book signing to follow. 561-655-7226.

April 3

Society of the Four Arts: "Contemporary Dance: The Continuous Awakening of an Art Form," with Claudia Hilda, Beyer artist-in-residence, at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. No charge; reservations required. 561-655-7226.

April 4

Society of the Four Arts: "Behind the Dance Curtain," with Claudia Hilda, Beyer artist-in-residence, from 11 a.m. to noon in the Dixon Education Building. No charge; reservations required. 561-655-7226.

April 8

Palm Beach Civic Association: Annual meeting at the Flagler Museum. 561-655-0820.

World Affairs Council: Professor Rebecca L. Jensen, program lead for English at Keiser University's main campus, will give a talk called "Artificial Intelligence and the Emotional Truth" at 6 p.m. at The Colony Hotel. 561-374-2858.

Society of the Four Arts: "American Everyman: Winslow Homer," with Bill Cross at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. Book signing to follow. 561-655-7226.

April 9

Society of the Four Arts: "Art in the Service of Criminal Investigations," with Lois Gibson, at 5:30 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. 561-655-7226.

April 10

Society of the Four Arts: Florida Voices: James Clark, "Lost Attractions of Florida,"at 1:30 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. 561-655-2766.

April 11

Society of the Four Arts: "Behind the Dance Curtain," with Claudia Hilda, Beyer artist-in-residence, from 11 a.m. to noon in the Dixon Education Building. No charge; reservations required. 561-655-7226.

Society of the Four Arts: "An Introduction to Italian Gardens," with Emmanuel Ducamp, at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building at 3 p.m. 561-655-7226.

April 15

Society of the Four Arts: "The Magnificent Huntingtons and the Hispanic Society Museum and Library," with Guillaume Kientz and Bob Vila at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. 561-655-7226.

April 16

Safeguard Palm Beach: Spring Speaker Breakfast; 8:30 a.m. at The Colony. 561-508-3457.

April 17

Society of the Four Arts: "Targeting Zombie Cells to Treat Dementia," with Miranda Orr of the Wake Forest School of Medicine, at 3 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building. Presented by the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation in partnership with Heidi and Tom McWilliams. 561-655-7226.

April 18

Society of the Four Arts: "The Art of Espionage: Spies in Literature and Real Life," by Lea Carpenter, with former CIA Director Porter Goss, at 11 a.m. in the Dixon Education Building. Book signing to follow. 561-655-7226.

May 8

Society of the Four Arts: Florida Voices: Diane Bergner, "The Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club: A Novel," at 1:30 p.m. in the King Library. 561-655-2766.

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