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.
Raise a cuppa to Jane in this, her birthday month. Following a short presentation, we'll discuss our own favorite teas. Perhaps you'll find a new treat to try! For information on joining this meeting, please email the Co-RC at etpaquette@att.net. Please note:
We are meeting online this year, so it's open to Janeites everywhere & free! We will chat about all things Jane Austen, laugh a lot, as usual, and play some Bingo. We do have Tea Party kits for sale, to add a little extra cheer! They are $16, including shipping, and feature lots of lovely […]
You are cordially invited to Sacramento Public Library's 11th annual Jane Austen Birthday Tea—a Virtual Reali-Tea! This year, you will celebrate Austen from the comfort of your own estate. You can sip a dish of tea in your wing-back chair, dressed in your Regency finery, as we bring this live event to your screen. We […]
A Reading and Conversation with Playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
To celebrate Jane Austen’s 245th birthday this year, Chawton House are taking a fresh look at her unfinished work The Watsons, with an evening of online events, 3–8pm GMT. Tickets include access to two talks (one at 3 pm and another at 6:30 pm, with a reading group meeting scheduled in between), plus a downloadable […]
Start the Christmas celebrations with this wonderful Jane Austen birthday address by Dr. Claire Walsh about Georgian Christmases. Advent marked the start of Christmas but preparations would begin the week before on Stir Up Sunday. Houses were decorated with evergreens. There would be mumming, wassailing, bilbo-catch, spillikins, bullet pudding, and snapdragons. Register at janeaustensbirthday@btinternet.com
Are you a Jane Austen fan? Do you enjoy reading her books, watching film adaptations, and discovering contemporary fiction that is inspired by her life and works? Then join staff of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on Wednesday, December 16, at 7:30 PM for Jane Austen Bingo Trivia! We will have a lively discussion of […]
Jane Austen was born on Saturday 16 December 1775 – a bitterly cold winter’s night, 245 years ago. This year, we will hold our birthday celebrations online. Join us on Zoom for a very special birthday party, from the comfort of your own home – wherever you are! Ticket holders will be treated to music, […]
Live stream virtual performances of this soon-to-be holiday classic by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, directed by Erin Riley. A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, Miss Bennet continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Upcoming performances: December 17, 18, 19, 20.
Join the performers of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED for a virtual “living scrapbook” of our 2019 smash hit. With the same warmth and irreverence of the original, we’ll share early drafts and our favorite “deleted scenes” that didn’t make it to performance, including Regency diversions, villains, and a double dose of Mr. […]
Live stream virtual performances of this soon-to-be holiday classic by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, directed by Erin Riley. A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, Miss Bennet continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Upcoming performances: December 17, 18, 19, 20.
Regency romance is back for the holidays with Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley—a companion piece to the duo’s delightful Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley—both continuations of Jane Austen’s popular novel, Pride and Prejudice. Each performance (Dec 18, 19, and 20) will be a live staged reading via Zoom.
Join JASNA-NJ on December 19th at 2pm to celebrate the birthday of Jane Austen and the holidays. The event will include the opportunity to have Charles Burns create your silhouette via Zoom, as well as the region's traditional annual book Pollyanna. In addition, Charles Burns will give a short talk on silhouettes and his process, […]