2006 Archive

February 18th | Winter Meeting

• Following lunch at a Chicago restaurant, member Caryn Chaden led a discussion of Mansfield Park, the theme for the 2006 AGM in Tucson.

May 13th | Gala

• Speakers included Marcia McClintock Folsom, Joan Ray, and the GCR Readers’ Theater. Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 701 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago.

August 12th | Summer Outing

• Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City, Indiana, exhibit by Leon Bishop. Lunch at Lucrezia's Restaurant, noon.

September 9th | Fall Meeting

• Evanston Public Library community room, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston, 1:30‑4 p.m. Member Steven Martin connected Jane Austen's novels to mystery fiction in his talk, "The Mysterious Affair at Chawton." Free and open to the public. Reception followed the talk.

December 8th | Jane Austen Birthday Tea

• "A Chain of Laughter: Comic Characters in the Wake of Austen." Jan Fergus, speaker. Afternoon tea at The Fortnightly of Chicago, 120 E. Bellview Place, Chicago. 2‑4 p.m. Members $40, their guests $50.