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.

  • “Pride and Prejudice” and Letters

    Online: Zoom

    Barbara Haller will present her recently published book, Pride and Prejudice: The Complete Novel With Nineteen Letters From the Characters' Correspondence Written and Folded by Hand.  Barbara is a set […]

  • Romance on the Abbey Road

    Online: Zoom

    Northanger Abbey was famously first entitled Susan, but did you know that it was labeled as a romance? Or that it and Persuasion were mistaken for one long work? Popular […]

  • Teatime with Dr. Lyndon Dominique

    Online: Zoom

    During this online event, Dr. Dominique will present a new talk entitled “They Came Before Olivia: Black Ladies and Political Blackness in Eighteenth Century British Literature.” Afterwards, we will have […]

  • There’s No Place Like Home

    Following her very successful breakout session at this year's AGM, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Susan Jones of Palm Beach Atlantic University. In her juvenilia, Austen developed a pattern […]

  • The Tea Things of Jane Austen

    An interactive discussion with Bruce Richardson, the owner of Kentucky’s Elmwood Inn Fine Teas and the author of 14 books on tea, including A Social History of Tea and Tea […]

    $25
  • Upstairs, Downstairs: A Conversation with Jo Baker

    Online: Zoom

    Jane Austen & Co. will be chatting with Jo Baker, author of Longbourn, about her books, Jane Austen, and domestic service in Regency England. This event will include a public […]

  • Jane Austen Trivia Bingo: Early Works

    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 […]

  • Arthur Miller remixes Jane Austen classic for radio

    Online: Facebook Event

    In 1945, American playwright Arthur Miller adapted British novelist Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for the radio. The quirky adaptation aired just before Thanksgiving Day 75 years ago, a few […]

  • Jane Austen: Working Woman

    Online: Zoom

    Speaker: Liz Philosophos Cooper, the president of the JASNA (Jane Austen Society of North America).  Topic: Jane Austen: Working Woman “I must keep to my own style & go on […]

  • The world of Jane Austen soundtracks

    Online: Zoom

    A talk on the variety of ways composers portray the world, plot, and characters in Jane Austen adaptations from classical music, to imitation and inspiration from the Regency era, to […]

  • Austen Wednesdays

    Online: Youtube

    November topic: Food historian, journalist and author Julienne Gehrer in conversation with our Director, Lizzie Dunford. Julienne is the author of Dining with Jane Austen and the forthcoming Martha Lloyd’s […]

  • Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley

    Online

    The Strand Theater Company proudly continues its 13th consecutive season as the only brick-and-mortar company in Baltimore dedicated exclusively to celebrating womxn’s diverse voices and perspectives, with the holiday production […]