Upcoming Activities
September 26, 2010 Fall Open Meeting
"Jane Austen in the 'hood’: A visual tour around Austen's London characters." Slide/talk by member Sue Forgue, webmaster of the research website, The Regency Encyclopedia. (User ID: JAScholar, Password: Academia, both case sensitive.) Free and open to the public. Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston. This meeting is Sunday afternoon, 2:30–4:30 p.m.
October 29- 31, 2010 JASNA Annual General Meeting
"Jane Austen and the Abbey: Mystery, Mayhem and Muslin in Portland" in Portland, Oregon.  Hosted by Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter of JASNA. You must be a member of JASNA to attend.
December 4, 2010 Jane Austen Birthday Tea
"Are You Sure They Are All Horrid? Austen's Degrees of Disagreeability."
Talk by Michael Allocca, Chair of the Basic Program at the Graham School, University of Chicago.   Afternoon tea at The Fortnightly of Chicago,
120 E. Bellevue Place, Chicago. 2–4 p.m.
February 12, 2011 Winter Meeting
Readers Theater returns to start our conversation on Town vs Country. Parthenon Restaurant, 314 S. Halsted Street, Chicago. Free valet parking. Noon to 3 p.m.
Our Annual Activities

The public is invited to attend our free fall lecture and our annual Spring Gala. You are welcome to join JASNA–GCR and receive invitations to all our meetings:

  • Winter book discussion and luncheon (February or March)
  • Gala (April or May):  full day of lectures by outstanding scholars and elegant repast
  • Summer event (July or August)
  • Fall lecture (free) (September)
  • Jane Austen Birthday Tea (December):  afternoon tea, birthday toast to JA, lecture, gift basket raffle

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