Events

This events calendar is meant to socially enrich our DJABC community wherever members may find themselves. We will gladly share any Jane Austen related event here. We may also share events that may appeal to darker interests as we see fit.

*Any events where times were not specifically listed are shown to be all-day; however, this is only a default setting.

Please, contact us with information you would like to see at least two weeks in advance.

Dec
25
Tue
Les Miserables @ in theaters
Dec 25 – Dec 26 all-day

USA release date. Check local listings.

Staring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and so many more. This movie production of Les Miserables is unique in that all the actors were filmed singing their own lines rather than lip-syncing to prerecorded tracks.  

Jan
11
Fri
Jane Austen Weekends Series 5: Emma @ The Governor's House in Hyde Park
Jan 11 – Jan 14 all-day

series 5: Emma

Friday evening talk: Regency Fashion

A weekend full of diversions to immerse any Jane Austen devotee in the style of Regency England with a literary theme. For more information visit the Governor’s House in Hyde Park’s Jane Austen Weekends event page. 

May
24
Fri
Horncastle Regency Festival
May 24 – May 29 all-day

The Horncastle Regency Festival will be taking place once again in 2013 featuring events such as Grand Regency Ball, Jane Austen Gothic Soiree, Regency Dance Day, Fashion Parade, and Town Walk.

Jul
11
Thu
‘The Locations of Austen’ Interdisciplinary Converence @ University of Hertfordshire
Jul 11 – Jul 14 all-day

To celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, set in Hertfordshire, the University of Hertfordshire is hosting an interdisciplinary conference to consider the ‘locations of Austen’.

Invited speakers attending this conference include:
Robert Clark (University of East Anglia)
Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace (Boston College)
James Thompson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Emma Clery (University of Southampton)

Aug
9
Fri
Special Jane Austen Weekend in Character @ The Governor's House in Hyde Park Vermont
Aug 9 – Aug 12 all-day

Each guest will choose to be a character from any one of Austen’s novels. Period dress is optional, but guests will interact in character throughout the weekend. 

Or come for just an evening and choose from these activities:

  Informal Talk with Coffee and Dessert, Friday, 8:00 p.m., $14.00

  Afternoon Tea, Saturday, 3:00 p.m., $20.00

  Book Discussion and Dinner, Saturday, 7:00 p.m., $35.00

  Jane Austen Quiz and Sunday Brunch, Sunday, 11:30 a.m., $15.00

  All four activities: $75.00

Oct
23
Fri
Suffragette in Theaters (USA)
Oct 23 all-day

suffragette-2015-movie-posterWritten by Abi Morgan and directed by Sarah Gavron, Suffragette is a British drama film about the British women’s suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th century.

In late 19th and early 20th century, the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal state in the quest for equal rights.

Suffragette trailer

Staring: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, and Meryl Streep.

Check your local listings for showing times and prices.