Jane Austen and Telling Contemporary Tales
Online: ZoomJoin us for a free Zoom event with Sonali Dev, the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors, Recipe for Persuasion and the new Incense and Sensibility.
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Online Events Calendar
One of the (few) bright spots of the pandemic is the number of virtual programs — talks, exhibits, tours, discussions, and more — available online, removing the requirement of in-person attendance. The Jane Austen/Regency world has a growing number of online events of interest to our community. We’ve set up this Online Event Calendar to help you find some of them. Please check the listings and be sure to convert the event times (which are local to the organizers) to your location. To submit an event for the calendar, email news@jasnanorcal.org Note: JASNA regional events are also listed on the organization’s web site: http://jasna.org/conferences-events/
Personality Types in Austen’s Literature
Join JASNA-NJ and guest speaker Kim Guyer on Zoom to learn about personality types and how to apply them to the characters in Austen’s novels. Take a personality assessment to see which characters you are most like!
The First Ladies Man
OnlineJoin us for an entertaining and educational afternoon with Andrew Och, author of Unusual for Their Time: On the Road with America’s First Ladies (Volumes One & Two), an award-winning television and multimedia producer and University of Maryland alumnus.
Jane in July: Not the Book Club
Online: ZoomJoin the JABC and meet Austen fans from Seattle to Maine! No book in July (yay summer vacation!) but we are still going to meet online for trivia contests, games and general Austen conviviality.
2021 Jane Austen Festival in Bath
We can’t wait to see everyone again and have lots of events, both new and favourites, planned:- Walks and talks, motorised tours, concerts, theatricals, dancing and Balls at various venues around the city. Amongst others, we propose using the Pump Rooms and Roman Baths, the Guildhall, The Jane Austen Centre and The Mission Theatre. The […]
Ayesha at Last: Remixing Pride and Prejudice
Online: ZoomUzma Jalaluddin will talk about her writerly motivations in pursuing a PRIDE AND PREJUDICE retelling and what it means to reimagine classic texts from a different cultural viewpoint ~ oh, and the love that South Asian culture has for all things Austen.
In Conversation with Janet Todd and Gill Hornby
Online: Zoom2021 JASNA AGM (Annual General Meeting)
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificant Mile 540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesTheme: Jane Austen in the Arts The Greater Chicago Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America is pleased and excited to invite all JASNA members to the 2021 AGM in the world-famous city of Chicago. You will experience an exciting lineup of plenary and breakout speakers and will have the opportunity to attend […]
Play: Sense and Sensibility (March 9–April 3)
TheatreWorks Silicon ValleyRegional Premiere: March 9-April 3, 2022. Echoing his triumphant hits Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon returns with a glorious musical of Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen’s beloved romantic masterpiece. With fortune lost to fate and passion lost to folly, two captivating sisters must sail the unpredictable seas of courtship and […]
$25 – $60
Making a Jane Austen Musical
Join Tony Award-nominated composer Paul Gordon and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s artistic director emeritus Robert Kelley, in a discussion of their just-opened musical Sense and Sensibility and their previous acclaimed collaborations on Emma and Pride and Prejudice. Registration details to come.
Free
Virtual Guided Tour of Jane Austen’s House in Chawton
**Included in Forbes list of the World’s Best Virtual Tours!** This exclusive online event, hosted by an expert guide from Jane Austen’s House, will use our beautiful virtual tour to show you around the House and outbuildings. As part of a small group, you will enjoy a guided walk through of our virtual tour with lots of […]
“A Walk in the Park”: A Mansfield Park Discussion
ZoomYou’re invited to join us to welcome guest speaker David Richardson, live from Devon, England! Cambridge graduate, trustee and member of the Jane Austen Society, Mr. Richardson frequently enjoys participating in panels and events enjoyed by Austen fans everywhere. Mr. Richardson will present “A Walk in the Park," a special discussion about the profound - […]
Free
Satire at Sea: An Irreverent Look at the Royal Navy Which Jane Austen Knew
JASNA Greater Sacramento wishes to extend an invitation for our event with Matthew Sheldon, Executive Director of Museum Operations for the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Jane Austen’s brothers Charles and Francis served in the Royal Navy. This 45 minute illustrated talk will investigate the character of the Navy which Jane was familiar with and […]
Free
“All the Noise about ‘Dead Silence!’ A Fresh Look at Austen and Slavery”
Online: ZoomCollins Hemingway will trace the likely development of Austen’s attitudes on slavery, particularly the influence of her evangelical brother Frank. He will also give an overview of issues plus a detailed analysis of critical passages in Mansfield Park while challenging the “received opinion” of major critics. To register for this event, please email rc@jasnanorcal.org to register and receive a Zoom […]
JASNA NorCal Reading Group
Online: ZoomWe will discuss a brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen by Helena Kelly, Jane Austen, The Secret Radical (2017; 338 pages). Discussion questions will be sent out via email a week before the meeting. Link for registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/x/jasna-norcal-reading-group-tickets-339301508947
Austen and Shakespeare
The Jane Austen Summer Program is pleased to announce its next symposium — “Austen & Shakespeare” — June 16-19, 2022, at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Carrboro, N.C., and at various locations on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, N.C. This year’s conference explores the influences and the legacies of the two […]
Jane Austen Book Club: All Things Bridgerton (Zoom Virtual Event) Westhampton, NY Library
https://westhamptonlibrary.librarymarket.com/event/jane-austen-book-club-all-things-bridgerton-zoom-virtual-event
#VirtualJaneCon 2022
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JASNA Southwest – “Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters,
Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës" Presented by Devony Looser http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ej8ds3qf0c1dcc05&llr=c9zoxicab
#VirtualJaneCon 2022
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JASNA Maryland presents A CERTAIN STEP TOWARD FALLING IN LOVE – JULY VIRTUAL MEETING
https://jasnamd.org/meetings/jul2022/
Sense and Sensibility
August 5 – September 4, 2022 Select Thursdays – Sundays at 7:00pm Sanborn Skyline County Park, Saratoga, CATickets $20-$50 https://www.svshakespeare.org/our-season/sense-and-sensibility-2022/
Sense and Sensibility
August 5 – September 4, 2022 Select Thursdays – Sundays at 7:00pmSanborn Skyline County Park, Saratoga, CATickets $20-$50 https://www.svshakespeare.org/our-season/sense-and-sensibility-2022/
Sense and Sensibility
August 5 – September 4, 2022 Select Thursdays – Sundays at 7:00pmSanborn Skyline County Park, Saratoga, CATickets $20-$50 https://www.svshakespeare.org/our-season/sense-and-sensibility-2022/ August 6 @ 7:00 pm
JASNA NorCal Reading Group Devoney Looser, The Making of Jane Austen (Zoom)
Online: ZoomDevoney Looser, The Making of Jane Austen (2019; 308 pages) https://www.jasnanorcal.org/calendar
Sense and Sensibility
August 5 – September 4, 2022 Select Thursdays – Sundays at 7:00pmSanborn Skyline County Park, Saratoga, CATickets $20-$50 https://www.svshakespeare.org/our-season/sense-and-sensibility-2022/
Sense and Sensibility
August 5 – September 4, 2022 Select Thursdays – Sundays at 7:00pmSanborn Skyline County Park, Saratoga, CATickets $20-$50 https://www.svshakespeare.org/our-season/sense-and-sensibility-2022/