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.
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 […]
2025 is the anniversary of numerous filmed adaptations of Austen’s novels: the 85th anniversary of MGM’s 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier; the 45th anniversary of the Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul production; and the 30th anniversary of Clueless, Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility, Sony Picture Classics’ Persuasion, and the beloved BBC miniseries of Pride and Prejudice starring Jennifer […]
The book comes out May 6. https://jasnanorcal.org/
Members are invited to gather at picnic tables in Sanborn Skyline County Park in Saratoga, CA at 5:30. General seating at 6. Show starts 7 pm. https://www.svshakespeare.org/emma
Austen at 250: "No check to my Genius from beginning to end" 2025 will be a milestone year as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, with Baltimore welcoming JASNA back for its first AGM since 1980. We are planning a diverse and unique celebration of her life and literary genius, as well […]
Trinity Lutheran Church at 1295 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Details and registration coming soon on our website.
Following our Gala Tea we will cross the street to Silicon Valley TheatreWorks to see the new play by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. Tickets for the play are available now through TheatreWorks https://theatreworks.org/mainstage/georgina-kitty/ . TIckets are selling fast. Make sure you select the matinee to join us. 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.