Announcing Our Next JASNA-NYM Regional Meeting
MISS AUSTEN AND THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE
Evening Lecture by Art and Architectural Historian Curt DiCamillo
Curator of Fine Art at the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In Person Gathering at Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan
1 West 29th Street, NYC, Room 307 (an ADA-accessible facility)
Jane About Town
December 2024
Friday, December 27, 2024 | 3:00 PM EST
FREE SCREENING OF EMMA (2020) AT THE NYPL
Join the Janeite librarians of the Pelham Parkway-Van Nest branch of the New York Public Library for a free screening of Autumn de Wilde’s Emma followed by a discussion of the book and film. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
January 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025 | 7:00 PM EST
GRAMERCY JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Elise Pallay leads a discussion of Jane Austen’s first-published novel, organized through Meetup.com’s Jane Austen Meetup NYC. Participants converse over a meal: the venue is a classic New York diner on Third Ave and 17th Street. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 6:30 PM EST
JASNA-NYM WINTER MEETING WITH CURT DICAMILLO
Perhaps no novelist inspired the idealized vision of the English country house more than Jane Austen. Through her sublime writing we are left with romantic images of great houses set in gorgeous landscapes. The reality is that Jane Austen herself visited many of the great houses of England and used them as models in almost all of her books. This lecture will examine country houses that inspired Jane and left us with a fanciful world of English rural beauty unequaled in literature.
Please click here to register and join us on January 22nd!
(JASNA-NYM event, open to everyone.)
Thursday, January 23, 2025 | 7:00 PM EST
JASNA-NYM MONTHLY ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP
Our monthly Zoom-based conversation on an essay, book, or particular aspect of Austen’s novels. Topic and questions to ponder will be sent out in advance. Please email us if you’d like to be added to the Discussion Group invite list!
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
FEBRUARY 2025
Saturday, February 8, 2025 | 12:00 PM EST
TEA AND SCANDAL WITH JANE AUSTEN AT HISTORIC KING MANOR
Free event at Jamaica’s King Manor Museum, hosted by JASNA members Lena Yasutake and Sarah Rose Kearns. An afternoon of crafting and community: drink tea, make Regency-style valentines, and a take part in a marathon reading of Lady Susan. Austen-era costumes are admired but not required! Details and registration coming soon.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 7:00 PM EST
JASNA-NYM MONTHLY ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP
Our monthly Zoom-based conversation on an essay, book, or particular aspect of Austen’s novels. Topic and questions to ponder will be sent out in advance. Please email us if you’d like to be added to the Discussion Group invite list!
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
MARCH 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025 | 7:30 PM EST
“COMPLETE WORKS” PLAYWRIGHTS AT THE DRAMA BOOKSHOP
The legendary theatre-district bookstore hosts a Q&A and signing with the co-authors of The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged, Jessica Bedford, Kathryn MacMillan, Charlotte Northeast, and Meghan Winch. JASNA-NYM members will recall Charlotte Northeast’s star turn in The Complete Works at our fall meeting in 2024. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | 12:00 PM EST
SAVE THE DATE: JASNA-NYM PRE-SPRING ZOOM MEETING
Historian Sheila Johnson Kindred will join us virtually to share some of her research on Jane Austen’s sailor brothers. Details and registration coming soon.
(JASNA-NYM event, open to everyone.)
Thursday, March 20, 2025 | 7:00 PM EDT
JASNA-NYM MONTHLY ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP
Our monthly Zoom-based conversation on an essay, book, or particular aspect of Austen’s novels. Topic and questions to ponder will be sent out in advance. Please email us if you’d like to be added to the Discussion Group invite list!
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
Do you have an Austen event coming up? Drop us a line and let us know! In these listings, we tend to prioritize in-person gatherings in and near New York City, as well as online events that involve our local JASNA members. (Click here to become a member of JASNA New York Metro.)
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EMMA
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