2012 Archive

February 12th | Winter Meeting

• "Money, Sex, and Power—Austen Style," theme of 2012 JASNA AGM.

• Panel: Diane Capitani, Garrett Theological Seminary, Northwestern University and GCR Education Outreach Director; William Phillips, De Paul University and GCR Deputy Coordinator; and Liz Cooper, Regional Coordinator of JASNA-Wisconsin.

• Discussion moderated by Shirley Holbrook, GCR Secretary.

• Parthenon Restaurant, 314 S. Halsted St., Chicago.

May 5th | Spring Gala

• Chawton Comes to Chicago!

• British actor Elizabeth Garvie, patron of Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton, performs "Jane Austen Delights."

• Speakers include Lindsay Ashford of Chawton House Library, author of The Mysterious Death of Miss Austen and editor of Wooing Mr. Wickham; Sandy Lerner, Chawton House Library Founder and author, under nom de plume Ava Farmer, of a sequel to Pride and Prejudice,Second Impressions; and Steve Lawrence, CEO of Chawton House Library, who reports on Chawton House.

• Luncheon entertainment by Victoria Hinshaw, Holly Bern, Elisabeth Lenckos and Karen Doornebos.

• Emporium by Jeanne Steen of Figaro Parisian Interiors and Jane Austen Books by Amy Patterson.

• Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, 163 E. Walton Place, Chicago.

June 23rd | Summer Meeting

• "The Sartorial Choices of Jane Austen's Gentlemen: Manly Fashions 1795-1815" Janet C. Messmer.

• Head of the Costume Technology Program at The Theater School, DePaul University, lectured on what the men in Austen's novels would have worn.

• Lecture and afternoon tea at the Woman's Athletic Club, 626 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago

September 29th | Fall Meeting

• "Jane Austen-Multi-Media Maven?" Karen Doornebos, author of Definitely Not Mr. Darcy and Christine Shih, nurse practitioner and independent writer, explore the many ways Jane Austen is used in the 21st century on the Internet, in phone apps and even psychotherapy.

• Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St. Chicago

December 8th | Jane Austen Birthday Tea

• "Social Dance and Social Consciousness in Jane Austen's Times" Longtime Chicago-based dance critic and historian Lucia Mauro, adjunct professor of Dance History at Loyola University, will delve into the multifaceted dimensions of communal dance during England's Regency period and discuss how it mirrored the familial and socioeconomic structure of Austen's times.

• Afternoon tea at The Fortnightly of Chicago, 120 East Bellevue, Chicago. 2-4 p.m.