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
26
Sat
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT for “The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen” @ Barnes & Noble
Jan 26 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Syrie James will be presenting, reading with Q&A, and signing books.

Jul
20
Sat
6th Annual Jane Austen Festival @ Historic Locust Grove
Jul 20 @ 2:00 pm – Jul 21 @ 8:30 pm

Presented by The Greater Louisville Region of the Jane Austen Society North America

To be held at the Historic Locust Grove.

Event includes a Regency Emporium, Regency style show, workshops, entertainment, a four-course afternoon tea, a Grand Ball and more.

Sep
28
Sat
A TALK AT THE KEATS-SHELLEY HOUSE IN ROME @ Keats Shelley House
Sep 28 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Lynn Shepherd author of A Treacherous Likeness (UK edition)/A Fatal Likeness (US edition) will be speaking at the Keats-Shelley House in Rome.

 

Jan
14
Tue
Release of Hollow City
Jan 14 – Jan 15 all-day

Hollow City, the second novel of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs will be available in bookstores.

Jan
24
Fri
I, Frankenstein in Theaters @ Check local listings
Jan 24 – Jan 25 all-day

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.”

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.

 

 

Oct
23
Fri
Suffragette in Theaters (USA)
Oct 23 all-day

suffragette-2015-movie-posterWritten by Abi Morgan and directed by Sarah Gavron, Suffragette is a British drama film about the British women’s suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th century.

In late 19th and early 20th century, the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal state in the quest for equal rights.

Suffragette trailer

Staring: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Brendan Gleeson, Anne-Marie Duff, and Meryl Streep.

Check your local listings for showing times and prices.