Events Calendar

Our calendar features a wide range of in-person and online programs, including talks, exhibits, tours, discussions, and more. We also highlight events of interest from the broader Jane Austen and Regency world. All event times reflect the organizers’ local time zones. JASNA regional events are additionally listed on the main JASNA web site.

To submit an event for the calendar, kindly email news@jasnanorcal.org.

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  • Rediscovering Jane Austen at the BRLSI

    An online celebration sponsored by the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, exploring  the world of Jane Austen and her Writing in a Week of Live Talks, Videos, Music, Dance, Readings […]

  • Country Dance Lore with Beverly Francis

    Beverly shares her considerable knowledge on the must-know customs of English country dancing in Austen's time, along with a few choice reflections on dancing in the film adaptations.

  • Play: Jane Austen at Prinny’s Palace (Part 1)

    Please join us for an original play reading as part of the "Heathside Reading Series" with Theater 20/20!  Jane Austen at Prinny’s Palace is a comic exploration of the day Jane […]

  • JASNA 2020 Virtual AGM

    Jane Austen's Juvenilia: Reason, Romanticism, and Revolution Join us in our virtual conference center, where top Austen scholars and your JASNA friends will be waiting for you! This year’s Annual […]

    $89

  • The Regency Revival: From Deco Greco to Hollywood Glam

    Online: Zoom

    The classical elegance of the Regency period in England is considered one of the most sophisticated and refined moments in design history. Throughout the twentieth century, designers took elements of […]

  • Play: Jane Austen at Prinny’s Palace (Part 2)

    Please join us for an original play reading as part of the "Hearthside Reading Series" with Theater 20/20!  Jane Austen at Prinny’s Palace is a comic exploration of the day Jane […]

  • Is Piano Your Forte?

    Why did Austen make music, especially when played upon the pianoforte, a star in so many scenes? Think of Jane Fairfax receiving an expensive instrument from a secret admirer, or […]

  • Reading with Jane Austen

    Susan Allen Ford (Delta State University) will talk to us about the books that Jane read and loved, as well as reading practices in the Regency period. A Q&A will […]

  • Mary Bennet’s Surprising New Friend

    Online: Zoom

    Just in time for the spooky season, share in a book discussion of Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel. RC Jeanne Talbot of the JASNA San Diego region will lead […]

  • Frankenstein: A Life Zoom Performance

    Online: Zoom

    Right in time for Halloween, join Kentucky Shakespeare as they bring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to life in a live Zoom reading of this classic tale. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote and […]

    $10 – $15