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.

Jan
25
Fri
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters @ in theaters
Jan 25 – Jan 26 all-day

USA release date. Check local listings.

This is a “dark spin on the fairy tale” staring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. 

Mar
2
Sat
All Things Austen @ Covey Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 2 @ 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The Jane Austen Guild will be hosting this conference at Covey Center for the Performing Arts, celebrating all things Austen with a focus on the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice.

Jun
23
Sun
Jane Austen Zombie Apocalypse @ The Arts at Marks Grange
Jun 23 @ 12:00 am – 2:00 am

On The Spot remounts their first ever scripted full-length 2-act play format set in the world of Jane Austen with all the gore, suspense and effects of a zombie thriller. 

 
Jane Austen Zombie Apocalypse combines the classic literary works of Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, and Emma), mashed up with the classic horror flicks of zombie filmmaker George Romero (Night of the living Dead, Day of the Dead, and Diary of the Dead).  
 
Jane Austen Zombie Apocalypse plays June 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, and 30. At the Arts at Marks Garage.
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)