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Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte play at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre at 6:30pm. Gates open at 5:30pm. Get your tickets here!

Maria Mitchell, the first professional female astronomer in the United States, was born on this day in 1818. Mitchell was raised in a Quaker community, which was one of the few groups that felt women should have equal educational opportunities as men. She had the notable discovery that sunspots are “whirling vertical cavities” and not, as thought at the time, clouds. 

Take the kids to the Landing from 10am-4pm where it will be transformed into kid territory for Jax4Kids. More than 100 booths of games, treats and more will be set up for the youth to enjoy. Admission is free. Call 904.353.1188 for details.

Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” Myrna Loy would have been 103 today. She used her fame in the 1930s-40s to champion the rights of black actors and to give them dignity onscreen, rather than the stereotypes they often played at the time.
Martha Stewart’s birthday is today. Bake a cake entirely out of the flour you hand-milled from your personal wheat crop and decorate it with homemade buttercream frosting and fruit from your organic orchard to celebrate.
Today is the 52nd birthday of Meg Whitman, former President and CEO of eBay. Since resigning from eBay in March 2008, she is considering a run for Governor of California in 2010.

The Women of Vision exhibition will be on display through November at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens. Call 904.355.0630 for more information.

 

 

Dame Miriam Rothschild, a leading entomologist and zoologist, was born on this day in 1908. Scientifically, she was a foremost expert on fleas and was the first person to figure out the biology of how fleas jump. Socially, she campaigned for the legalization of homosexuality in the U.K. in the 1960s and was a vegetarian—she refused to wear any form of leather or fur.
Lucille Ball’s birthday is today…she clashed with CBS execs after they tried not to let her have a pregnancy storyline in her show. They finally caved, but still wouldn’t allow her to say “pregnant.” Throughout the episode, they had to refer to her as “expecting” instead.
Grandma Moses was born 148 years ago today. She started painting in her 70s after arthritis made it difficult for her to continue her art of embroidery. She went on to become one of America’s most popular folk artists and lived to the age of 101.
Janie Porter Barrett was born on this day in 1865. She founded the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, a rehabilitation center for troubled girls which was centered on self-reliance and self-discipline. It became a model for other similar schools and was extremely successful—the majority of students found jobs and had families after leaving the facility. It became integrated in 1965 and still exists today under the name of the Barrett Learning Center.
Mary Gove Nichols was born 198 years ago, today. She traveled the country speaking about women’s health and anatomy, but was scorned by many of her time for her belief in “free love” instead of marriage, which Nichols considered to be the “annihilation of women.” She believed that health, freedom and sexual liberation were all linked was an outspoken advocate for all three.
Today would have been the 91st birthday of Gladys Bentley, a Harlem Renaissance blues singer. Openly lesbian during her early career (she dressed in tuxedos and top hats with a drag queen chorus line singing back-up and flirted with female patrons), during the McCarthy era, she put on dresses, married a man and claimed that taking female hormones had “cured” her, in order to avoid being put on trial.  

Try out for American Idol Season 8 at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

Left-hander’s Day is today. Approximately 7-10% of the population is left-handed, and left-handed females are rarer than males. Joan of Arc, Queen Victoria, Eudora Welty, Greta Garbo and Ruth Bader Ginsberg are some of these unique, southpawed females.

Art and Winefest is from 6-9pm at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront. Call 904.245.8500 for tickets.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (often known as L.E.L.), a poet, was born on this day in 1802. While her poetry has not withstood the test of time, she was respected by her contemporaries for paving the way for other female writers. Christina G. Rossetti and Elizabeth Barrett Browning were just a few of her literary admirers who wrote tributes to her.

Come out to the Selva Marina Country club for the third annual Beaches Party: Shake, Rattle and Roll. Call the Beaches Women’s Partnership at 904.249.1450.

 

Bring your kids to sleep over at the CummerMuseum! Give them a night at the museum at Slumber at the Cummer, starting at 7pm and ending the next morning at 8am. Buy tickets for kids ages 6 to 12 at 904.355.0630.

Julia Child, former assistant in the OSS’s Secret Intelligence division and celebrity chef and author, would have been 96 today.  Her legendary persona and accessible recipes made her a pop culture icon.

Take charge and learn about your health at the Speaking of Women’s Health conference from 7:30am to 4pm at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront. Tickets are $35 call 904.549.2938 for more details.

Madonna turns 50 today. From “Like a Virgin” to “4 Minutes,” she manages to push the envelope on the issue of sexuality and proves to be an enormous influence to society (Kabbalah, anyone?) while putting out an endless stream of shake-your-booty tunes.
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West, stage and screen actress, who pushed the social limits on female sexuality, was born on this day in 1893.
Join Downtown Vision Inc. for the Second Annual Eat Up Downtown for Downtown Jacksonville’s restaurant week.  Choose one restaurant out of over 15 options and for 25 dollars receive a specially slected 3-course dinner menu.  For more information call 904-451-3344 or visit.
Coco Chanel, the revolutionary designer who liberated women from centuries of corsets with simple, menswear inspired fashions, was born 125 years ago today. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”
Join Jacksonville’s Women Entreprenuers, Small Business Owneres and Professionals for the Sucess Driven Woman at the Jacksonville Marriott from 4 – 8pm.  Register online!

Come out and sip with skirt! at Twisted Sisters tonight from 6-8pm. For $15, you'll get a free skirtini, a goodie bag and the chance to have Chef Pete cook at your home for you and four guests. Check out what he could cook up for you here.

Register and RSVP here to get a goodie bag and skirtini for $20. The first 50 women in the door get free copies of skirt! Rules for the Workplace by Kelly Love Johnson.

Call skirt! at 904.359.4693 for details.

Twisted Sisters is located at 1266 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville Beach.

Join the Cultural Center at PonteVedraBeach for EverGreen: Environmental Interpretations.Attend the reception for the artist member exhibition at 6:30pm (5:30 for members) and view artwork depicting different interpretations of going green.  Tomorrow from 10am-3pm enjoy a free family festival, complete with a butterfly garden, music, face painting, dance performances and more. 904.280.0614

 

 

Jacksonville local stars will be paired with professional ballroom instructors from A Social Affair Dance Studio to produce Dancing with the Stars, Jacksonville-style, at the Morocco Shrine Auditorium. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society - Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. 904.819.5379

Put your running shoes on for a 5 mile run or 1 mile fun run. The Summer Beach Run is from 6-9pm at the Sea Walk Pavilion. Registration: 904.731.1900.

Dignity U Wear and Bistro Aix present Dignity AiXellence from 12:30 to 3pm. Relax with fine wine, food and entertainment, and participate in a silent auction and raffle drawings for wine-related prizes. Tickets are $75. 904.636.9455

 

Today is Women’s Equality Day or Susan B. Anthony Day—it’s the 88th anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, allowing women the right to vote.
Today is also the 73rd birthday of Geraldine Ferraro, the first and only (so far) female Vice Presidential candidate for a major political party. In 1984 Walter Mondale selected her as his running mate in the campaign against Ronald Reagan. She went on to serve as a U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Commission of Human Rights under President Clinton’s administration, and also worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

See A Streetcar Named Desire at the Main Library downtown for free, part of the Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series from 5:45-7:45pm.

Kenny Chesney will rock your world at 8pm at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.Tickets!

Relish the last of those summer nights with Florida Theatre’s Summer Movie Classics production of Grease at 2pm.


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