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.
Events
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JASNA NorCal Virtual Book Group
Good Fortune (2023), C. K. Chau
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JASNA NorCal Birthday Gala
Miss Bennett Christmas at Pemberley, a play by Lauren Gunderson and Margo MelconJoin us for the play, post-discussion. More to come!
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JASNA Central California Presents Jane Austen Birthday
No Host BrunchCDT Cocina, Fresno https://jasnacentralcalifornia.wordpress.com/calendar-of-events/
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Rare Books San Francisco Celebrates Jane Austen
Rare Books LA and SF celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane's birth at Fort Mason. 10-6 Saturday, 11-4 Sunday. Purchase tickets through website. https://rarebooksla.com/rare-books-san-francisco-2025/ Stop by the JASNA NorCal table and say hello!
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Jane Austen’s Bookshelf Lecture by Rebecca Romney
A special talk by Rebecca Romney, rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars about her new book at Rare Books San Francisco event at Fort Mason. $75. Jane Austen's Bookshelf will be the featured book at JASNA Norcal's November 11 reading group.
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JASNA Norcal Virtual Valentine Event – Food and Love in the Regency: A Jane Austen Valentine’s Celebration
Tuesday, February 11, 6:30–8:00 pm (PT) on Zoom You are warmly invited to a cozy Jane Austen Valentine's Day celebration. This year, the theme will be "Food and Love in the Regency." JASNA NorCal's Anne Krause, who will be taking a course on this topic offered by the Regency Academe, will start the evening off with […]
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JASNA NorCal presents“The Forgotten Tale of Doctor Syntax, the Regency’s Most Popular Fictional Character” – In person and virtual event
The Regency’s favorite travelling clergyman has reached the Bay Area! Join us in the Terrace Room at Margaret-Jacks Hall on Stanford Campus (or online) for a talk on what was, by some measures, the most popular poem of Austen’s day, The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque (1812). JASNA NorCal member Ben Wiebracht and […]
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Pulp & Prejudice: A Defense of Romance Novels
Pulp & Prejudice is a hilarious one-woman show that passionately defends romance—romance novels, that is. Written and performed by local artist Jenny Noa, Pulp & Prejudice has been described as “a tightly corseted solo show about lovers and haters.” Noa turns a wide-angle lens on the subject of romance and the intense emotions the novels in […]