Please Save the Date Our Next JASNA-NYM Regional Meeting
ROMANCE AFTER AUSTEN
Dr. Mary Bly (a.k.a. Eloisa James) and Dr. Vanessa Riley, two best-selling authors who have published romance novels and other fiction set during the Regency, each discuss their historical research, their creative process, and Austen’s indelible influence on the romance genre.
Details and registration to follow!
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Marymount Manhattan College
221 East 71st Street, New York City
Jane About Town
MARCH 2025
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.)
Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 7:00 PM EDT
A CELEBRATION OF JANE AUSTEN AT 92Y
Join writers and critics Jennifer Egan, Kevin Kwan, Helen Fielding, Vivian Gornick, and Alexandra Schwartz for an evening of conversation about Jane Austen in honor of Jane’s 250th anniversary. Hear this distinguished group of panellists reflect on how Austen has remained in the cultural bloodstream for so long, her influence on their own work, and much more. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
April 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 7:00 PM EST
GRAMERCY JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB: PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Elise Pallay leads a discussion of fan favorite Pride and Prejudice, 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.)
Saturday, April 19, 2025 | 5:30 PM EST
HASTENING TO PERFECT FELICITY: GALA BALL IN BROOKLYN
Dance the night away, in the manner of a Jane Austen heroine! The Holy Theatre’s spring gala is a Regency ball — to be held in an elegant wood-panelled ballroom in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. No prior English Country Dance experience required. Gowns and tailcoats optional! Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
MAY 2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 2:00 PM EDT
JASNA-NYM SPRING MEETING: ROMANCE AFTER AUSTEN
Please save the date for the JASNA New York Metropolitan Region spring meeting, featuring two Austen-influenced authors of Regency romance: Mary Bly (who publishes as Eloisa James!) and Vanessa Riley (who will also be speaking at the AGM in Baltimore in October!). Details and registration to follow.
(JASNA-NYM event, open to everyone.)
Monday, May 5, 2025 | 6:30 PM EDT
REBECCA ROMNEY ON THE WOMEN AUSTEN READ
The author of the recently-released Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend offers a free lecture at The Grolier Club, 47 E. 60th Street in Manhattan. Her book examines British women novelists before Austen; local JASNA members who attended Romney’s book launch in February recommend her as a speaker. Click here for more.
(JASNA-NYM event, open to everyone.)
JUNE 2025
Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 29, 2025
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE OFF-BROADWAY AT 59E59
An innovative new adaptation from across the pond that utilizes only three actors. Guildford Shakespeare Company’s production of Pride and Prejudice is directed by Abigail Pickard Price; the script was co-written by Price along with Sarah Gobran and Matt Pinches. It’s coming to New York for the Brits Off-Broadway Festival at 59E59 — the same festival that brought us Adrian Lukis in Being Mr. Wickham two summers ago. Click here for tickets.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Sunday, June 1, 2025 | 2:00 PM
JASNA OUTING TO PRIDE AND PREJUDICE OFF-BROADWAY
Join your fellow Janeites at the June 1st matinee of Pride and Prejudice at 59E59, for which we’ve arranged a special post-show Q&A. Click here to purchase your ticket directly from the theatre.
(JASNA-NYM event, open to everyone.)
Friday, June 6 to Sunday, September 14, 2025
A LIVELY MIND: SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL EXHIBITION AT THE MORGAN
JASNA’s own Dr. Juliette Wells (who addressed our New York Metropolitan Region in the fall of 2024) serves as guest co-curator for A Lively Mind: a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of Jane Austen’s genius at The Morgan Library and Museum, featuring the largest collections of Austen family treasures ever displayed on this side of the Atlantic. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Sunday, June 8, 2025
JASNA OUTING TO “A LIVELY MIND” AT THE MORGAN
Please save the date! We’re in the process of arranging a JASNA tour of the Morgan Austen exhibition, led by guest co-curator Dr. Juliette Wells.
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
Local Janeites, please save the following additional dates for yet-to-be-announced JASNA-NYM events: Saturday, August 9; Saturday, October 25; Saturday, December 13; and Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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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