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
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.

Mar
15
Fri
2013 Jane Austen Festival @ Pittsburgh Athletic Association
Mar 15 @ 11:15 pm – Mar 17 @ 3:00 am
The Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) Pittsburgh region will be sponsoring the Pittsburgh 2013 Jane Austen Festival.
 
Events planned are a film screening and discussion Friday, a full day conference Saturday with an assembly ball Saturday evening.
 
Please register by March 1, 2013.
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.

Jul
26
Fri
Jane Austen Summer Camp @ The Inn at Middletown
Jul 26 @ 11:00 pm – Jul 28 @ 7:00 pm

The JASNA-CT will be hosting their first ever Jane Austen Summer Camp at The Inn at Middleton in Middleton, CT.

*Register before February 15, 2013, for early-bird price of $295 for JASNA members and $325 for non-members. 

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.

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.

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.