• Author, editor and broadcast anchor Jon Meacham comes to town April 12 for a lunch presentation to the World Affairs Council of Jacksonville at The River Club and an evening speech at the University of North Florida. The noon-1:30 p.m. event, co-hosted with the Gate Governors Club, is “The Politics of Economics.” It’s $50 for council members and $75 for nonmembers. The 7 p.m. presentation, co-hosted with UNF, will be “Is Greatness Slipping Away?” It’s free, but tickets are required. Information: www.worldaffairscounciljax.org. For tickets at UNF, World Affairs Council members can call 280-8162 and others interested in attending can call 620-2117.
• Duval County’s unemployment rate fell to 10.83 percent in February from 11.43 percent in January and 12.5 percent in February 2010, according to state numbers adjusted by the University of North Florida Local Economic Indicator Project. While the Duval rate didn’t fall as much as the combined five-county metro area rate, “the decline is welcome, regardless,” said UNF economics professor Paul Mason, director of the LEIP.
• The Jackson Lewis firm has scheduled the Workplace Law Breakfast Series to focus on “critical issues in employment law.” All programs are complimentary and will be 8-10 a.m. at the St. Joe Building along Riverside Avenue. The first event April 6 will feature Charlene Taylor Hill, executive director of the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission. The May 3 event is “Surviving a Federal Wage and Hour Investigation” featuring Paul DeCamp, former administrator from the U.S. Labor Department Wage and Hour Division. On Oct. 19, the focus is “Slipping Through the Cracks: The Dominating Dilemmas of Disability Management.” For information, visit www.jacksonlewis.com/events.
• The grand reopening of the Jacksonville Maritime Museum, now the Maritime Heritage Center, is scheduled from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. April 9 at the Landing. The center is on the east side of the Landing. Featured exhibits include St. Johns River steamboats, a large collection of nautical art, mannequins dressed in historic nautical uniforms and the 15-foot long model of the USS Saratoga. Plans include improving a 50-seat media center, new office space and a children’s interactive display.