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. 

Oct
5
Fri
Jane Austen Society of North America 2012 Annual General Meeting
Oct 5 – Oct 8 all-day

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.

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.

Apr
6
Sat
Readington Assembly @ The Readington Museums
Apr 6 @ 11:00 pm – Apr 7 @ 1:30 am

The Readington Museums will hold the first Readington Assembly – a Regency Style Dance – inside the pre-Revolutionary War Wade-Wyckoff Barn .

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)

Sep
27
Fri
2013 JASNA Annual General Meeting Minneapolis
Sep 27 – Sep 30 all-day

The Minnesota Region is pleased to invite you to Minneapolis to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication of her timeless masterpiece at the 2013 JASNA Annual General Meeting.