The Jane Austen Society of North America is our parent organization. This site has information on the Society, news, events, and publications. Several U.S. and Canadian regional groups are online.
The Regency Dances Org is a learning resource with more than 40 dances available for listening and viewing. The website includes musical recordings and dance notations, but the fun feature is the dances performed on the computer screen in animation.
The Republic of Pemberley is a wonderful world where fans of Jane Austen can gather to chat, publish and read sequels, and generally lose themselves in their Jane Austen obsessions.
Masterpiece on PBS.org has a downloadable Teacher's Guide that "offers ideas and tips on how to teach the works of Jane Austen, using film as another avenue into her world."
Feb. 25 - May 5. "Jane Austen's World: Society, Politics, and Culture in Regency England." Historian Dr. Frank Biletz will survey English society, including the role of women, the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, Napoleonic wars, scandals of the Prince of Wales, country gentry and high society. Saturdays, 10 sessions, 10 AM to noon. Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago. 312-943-9090. Tuition: $210; seniors, students, Newberry members, $189. Registration required.
March 24. Regency Exhibition Ball featuring Glen Morningstar & The Olde Michigan Ruffwater Stringband. 11 AM - 3 PM. At Palis Royale in South Bend, IN. Formal dress of the Regency Period requested. Check their website for videos of past balls and for inexpensive ways to get a Regency look. Tickets in advance, $35; $45 at the door. Luncheon buffet included.
April 4 - June 13. "What Jane Austen Read: 'House Beautiful' - The Great Country Manor in British Literature." Dr. Elisabeth Lenckos instructs this multi-media class on country-house masterpieces of fiction and cinema by Austen, James, Forster, Sackville-West, Bowen, Waugh, Fellowes and Altman, and their historical and cultural contexts. University of Chicago Graham School, Downtown Gleacher Center, Chicago.
10 AM -1:15 PM. Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Tuition: $445; Early Registration before March 20: $415. Please call 773-702-1722
to register. Course code: BPOWJH.
April 20 - June 10. Pride and Prejudice. Adapted by Christina Calvit. Lifeline Theater, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave., Chicago.
Tickets $20-35. 773-761-4477.
Invite Jane Austen to speak at your school assembly, museum, library. For information, check the website of Actress Debra Ann Miller. Follow these instructions to test your "talk like Austen" talents!"
PBS.org features JASNA on a list of Selected Resources for their Jane Austen series!
The Web is a virtual cornucopia of Jane Austen information and websites. These are some we enjoy visiting. To suggest a site for inclusion, please contact jasnachicago@gmail.com with the URL.