• The Museum of Science & History is hosting Planets and Rings and Moons . . . Oh My!, a guided tour of the current night sky, Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. Weather permitting, there will be a telescopic viewing of the moon’s eclipse of Saturn. Admission is $3. For information, call 396-7062.
• The Haskell Company was honored recently by the American Council of Engineering Companies with an Engineering Excellence National Recognition award for the SeaWalk Performance Pavilion in Jacksonville Beach.
• Michael D. Lee has joined the law firm of Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes & Rogerson as an associate. Lee, who received his law degree from the University of Florida, will practice in the firm’s business and commercial litigation groups.
• Pegine Echevarria, comedienne, motivational speaker and author, will speak at the Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women breakfast March 13 at the Radisson. This year’s honorees are Rebecca L. Berg, elder law attorney and owner of Berg & Associates, P.A.; Joyce Couch, resident services manager for the Jacksonville Housing Authority; Toni Crawford, trustee for the University of North Florida, and Mary Alice Phelan, director of community relations for St. Vincent’s Hospital. The breakfast is open to the public. Cost is $20 per person or $200 per table. For reservations, call 630-1650.
• The Florida Theater is hosting Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta “The Mikado” Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the FCCJ Artist Series. Tickets are $35.50, $27.50 and $22.50. For information, call 632-3373.