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.

Sep
16
Sun
Octavarius: Stone Cold Jane Austen @ The ComedySportz Theatre
Sep 16 @ 11:00 pm – Sep 17 @ 12:00 am

 

A live comedy performance by Octavarius in which the mystery as to why Jane never married is revealed. 

Jan
28
Mon
Pride and Prejudice: A Live Reading @ Block 37
Jan 28 @ 12:00 pm – Jan 29 @ 12:00 am

To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice The Jane Austen Society of North America – Greater Chicago Region (JASNA-GCR) is presenting a live reading.

Mar
15
Fri
2013 Jane Austen Festival @ Pittsburgh Athletic Association
Mar 15 @ 11:15 pm – Mar 17 @ 3:00 am
The Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) Pittsburgh region will be sponsoring the Pittsburgh 2013 Jane Austen Festival.
 
Events planned are a film screening and discussion Friday, a full day conference Saturday with an assembly ball Saturday evening.
 
Please register by March 1, 2013.
Apr
8
Mon
“Why the Classics Continue” @ Thomas H. Leath Memorial Library
Apr 8 – Apr 9 all-day
Oct
2
Wed
Emma @ Lantern Theater Company
Oct 2 – Oct 28 all-day

Jane Austen’s Emma adapted by Michael Bloom and directed by Kathryn MacMillan will be performed by the Lantern Theater Company during October.

Oct
11
Fri
Regency & Revelry: The Jane Austen Festival @ Lantern Theater Company
Oct 11 @ 10:00 pm – Oct 19 @ 1:00 am

A week of various Austen events, performances, and discussions hosted by the Lantern Theater Company.

Jan
14
Tue
Release of Hollow City
Jan 14 – Jan 15 all-day

Hollow City, the second novel of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs will be available in bookstores.

Jul
31
Fri
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiars in Theaters
Jul 31 – Aug 1 all-day

Peregrine’s Home for Peculiars is planned to be out in theaters July 31, 2015. The film is based on Ransom Riggs‘ debut novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. It will be directed by Tim Burton. The script will be written by Jane Goldman, who also worked on X-Men: First Class.