IBA Annual St. Patrick’s Networking Breakfast, Holiday Inn, 36 Valley Road, Clark, March 14, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Kick Of Your St. Patrick’s Day Weekend with a traditional Irish breakfast. This will be full sit-down Irish Breakfast with a cash Bar with Guinness and Irish Coffee. Coffee, tea and juice included. Open Networking to Promote Yourself and Your Business. www.gwaccnj.com/events/ Networking Happy Hour, 520 Woodbridge Center Drive, Woodbridge, March 20, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Clark Business Alliance/ Woodbridge Chamber of Commerce/ Edison Chamber of Commerce. There will be a special mixology class hosted by the talented bar staff of Bahama Breeze Island Grille, light bites, and a cash bar. www.gwaccnj.com/events/ Garden State Equality, Make it Better for Youth, Saturday, March 23 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The New Jersey Association of School Librarians and the Westfield Memorial library will hold a discussion showcasing LGBTQ orientated and Allied authors, Robyn Gigl, Jamie Bruesehoff, Julio Roman and Tony Ardolino. The discussion will focus on inclusive books, representation, and how to get involved with inclusive Book Advocacy at The Westfield Memorial Library.

Historian and lecturer Joel Farkas, Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at The Westfield Memorial Library. Mr. Farkas will talk about how men viewed women, the expectations of women, and the challenges of just being a woman in Revolutionary War times. He was an Officer in the United States Army and a National Park Service volunteer docent at Washington’s Headquarters, Morristown, NJ. He is a recipient of the National Park Service Centennial Volunteer Challenge Award and is a collector of original historical autographs. Register at events.wmlnj.org/event/ 11482464.

Singers wanted. Singers from the community and nearby towns (including singers of high school age) are warmly invited to join the choir of St. Paul’s Church in a Steeple Concerts presentation of Beethoven’s masterpiece, “Missa Solemnis.” Rehearsals are on Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. beginning March 18 and run every week until the concert on Sunday, May 19 at 5 p.m. All rehearsals take place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, located at 414 East Broad Street, Westfield. For more information, please contact Conductor and Music Director, Mark Hyczko at mhyczko@stpaulswestfield.org Notable Words/Palabras Notables: An afternoon of Readings and Conversation, Sunday, March 17. People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos’ well-loved annual Benefit Notable Words has taken a turn back to its roots with Notable Words/Palabras Notables: An Afternoon of Readings and Conversation with Melissa Coss Aquino Denice Frohman, and Luis Mora-Ballesteros, moderated by Nora Muniz. This primary yearly fundraiser presented by People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos will be held this year on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in the Mackay Lounge on the campus of the Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ. Ticket prices start at $125.00 per person, including the talk and dessert reception with the authors. Tickets are available at https:// interland3. donorperfect. net/ weblink/ weblink.aspx?name=E358626&id=9 Professional Women In Business NetworkingReception, Thursday, March 21, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Join us for an evening of networking with business colleagues and acquaintances with a Mediterranean Appetizer station at Echo Lake Country Club in the Wine Grill Room. www.gwaccnj.com/events/ 7th Annual Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper Legislative Panel, April 16, 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Echo Lake Country Club, 515 Springfield Avenue, Westfield. A panel discussion with the top legislators in New Jersey.After the panel answers each of the moderator’s questions, the audience will have the opportunity to ask two follow-up questions to the panel. www.gwaccnj.com/ events/ *** Submit events at goleader.com/communitycalendar/