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.
Austenesque authors: Laurel Ann Nattress, Shannon Winslow, Susan Mason-Milks and Jenni James will have a booth to meet readers and sell books.
For more information see the Northwest Bookfest 2012 website.
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.
series 5: Emma
Friday evening talk: Regency Fashion
A weekend full of diversions to immerse any Jane Austen devotee in the style of Regency England with a literary theme. For more information visit the Governor’s House in Hyde Park’s Jane Austen Weekends event page.
The Readington Museums will hold the first Readington Assembly – a Regency Style Dance – inside the pre-Revolutionary War Wade-Wyckoff Barn .
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
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.
I, Frankenstein opens in theaters in the USA.
Premise: “200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein’s creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.”
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.