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.
A live comedy performance by Octavarius in which the mystery as to why Jane never married is revealed.
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.
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.
Written 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.