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.

Mar
22
Fri
Jane Austen UnScripted @ The Carrie Hamilton Theatre at Pasadena Playhouse
Mar 22 – Mar 25 all-day

Presented by the Impro Theatre an Improvasational Theatre Company

Showtimes to be determined.

Mar
29
Fri
Jane Austen UnScripted @ The Carrie Hamilton Theatre at Pasadena Playhouse
Mar 29 – Apr 1 all-day

Presented by the Impro Theatre an Improvasational Theatre Company

Showtimes to be determined.

Apr
5
Fri
Jane Austen UnScripted @ The Carrie Hamilton Theatre at Pasadena Playhouse
Apr 5 – Apr 8 all-day

Presented by the Impro Theatre an Improvasational Theatre Company

Showtimes to be determined.

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 .

May
11
Sat
Ohioana Book Festival @ Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center
May 11 @ 2:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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

Aug
1
Fri
Jane Austen’s Persuasion @ Chamber Opera Chicago
Aug 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Chamber Opera Chicago presents an original Adaptation by Barbara Landis, with music from Jane Austen’s manuscripts: Jane Austen’s Persuasion.

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.