Holiday Events Terse Calendar NOTE: As of 2019 the maintenance of events data here has been largely discontinued now that other systems have finally grown adequate such as FaceBook and Metromix and Reader and Timeout and Do312.
Thursday 2024.03.28
National Women's History Month (since 1987). THANXX! -2024.03.31 Yearly. UNCONFIRMED
2018 Theme: Nevertheless She Persisted - Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. nwhp.orgINFOSHARE
Saturday 2024.03.30
*Good Friday. A Christian Holiday, remembers the death of Jesus Christ. Yearly. UNCONFIRMED
Observed by readings, communion, preaching on his last sentences, including "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do". Two days before Easter. vatican.vawikipedia.org/wiki/Good_FridayINFOSHARE
*Passover. A most important Jewish festival. -Friday Yearly. Sunset to sunset. UNCONFIRMED
Commemorates the freeing of Israel from Egyptian slavery in the 13th century BC. Observed for one week with no leavened breads (Matzo) and no work on the first and last days. Celebrated the first two days with Seder festal meals. The symbols are explained and the Exodus story is retold through readings of the Haggadah. Date varies widely each year. See the 1956 masterpiece "Ten Commandments" starring Charleton Heston. chabad.org/holidays/passoverPHOTOSINFOSHARE
Monday 2024.04.01
April Fools' Day. Observed by playing brilliant practical jokes. Yearly.
*Easter. Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Yearly. UNCONFIRMED
A Christian holiday, celebrated with egg decorating and hunts, brunch, fancy dresses and church attendance. Roots in passover and the pagan spring festival of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre. Great home art opportunity. Date varies each year and for Eastern sects. christianity.about.comwikipedia.org/wiki/EasterPHOTOSINFOSHARE
STD Awareness Month. -2024.04.30 Yearly.
Individuals, doctors, and community-based organizations address ways to prevent some of the nearly 20 million new sexually-transmitted diseases that occur in the U.S. annually. Frequency in ages 25-45 has doubled in the last decade. cdc.gov/std/samSHARE
Sunday 2024.04.07
World Health Day. Commemorates founding of the W. H. Organization in 1948. Yearly.