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.
Austen author Regina Jeffers will be speaking on “Re”Imagining Jane Austen at Inter_Section Gallery 629 N. Trade St. at 1:00-1:45 p.m.
Discussion followed by book signing. Book signing tent from 1:15-2:45 p.m.
Sandy Lerner will read from and discuss her new book Second Impressions, inspired by Jane Austen’sPride and Prejudice at The Center for Fiction.
A staged reading of a new screenplay by Jim Sherry based on a novella by Jane Austen.
This year’s theme is Sex, Money and Power in Jane Austen’s Fiction.
Janet Mullany will be in attendances and signing books at the book fair.
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)
Chamber Opera Chicago presents an original Adaptation by Barbara Landis, with music from Jane Austen’s manuscripts: Jane Austen’s Persuasion.
This production of Pride & Prejudice is adapted by Jon Jory from the novel by Jane Austen. It is directed by Sharon Andrews. Production sponsored by Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton.
Shows are Thursday – Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.