Jane Austen Society of North America, Southwest (JASNA-SW)
JASNA-SW Events & MoreComing Up
Annual Spring Meeting: “Horse and Carriage,” Saturday, April 10, 2010
featuring Dr. Sandy Lerner, patron of the Chawton House Library. Events Gone By
Treasures of Napoleon at the Muzeo
Please click on the title above for a text-and-photo recap of this program. 2009 Winter Meeting: A Library, a Drawing Room and a Ball: Jane Austen’s World of Music
Please click on the title above for a text-and-photo recap of this program. 2009 Spring Meeting: A Day of Pride, Prejudice, and Politics
Click on the title above for a recap and photos of this event. 2008 Winter Meeting Holidays at Highbury: Understanding Jane Austen's Emma
Click on the title above for photos and a recap of this event. "I ask only a comfortable home" - Jane Austen and Regency Domestic Interiors," a lecture by Lisa White
Click on the title above for a recap of this event. Special Screening of THE DUCHESS
JASNA members were treated to a sneak preview of the film about Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Click on the title above to see a trailer of the movie. 2008 Spring Meeting
"Silver Forks, Golden Memories, and Library Treasures." Featured talk: Ed Copeland on Silver Fork Novels. 2007 Winter Meeting: A Jane Austen Mystery Celebration
Click on title above for photos of this exciting event. JASNA-SW Spring Meeting 2007
If you missed out on this exciting event, you can click on the title above for a recap of our program. JASNA-SW 2006 Winter Meeting
Domestic Entertainments in Jane Austen's Time History
Diana Birchall and People take us on a nostalgic journey. In Memoriam
Sundries
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 Local reading groups allow Janeites in Southern California the opportunity to read and discuss works by Jane Austen, her contemporaries, and even our own contemporaries who write about the period or in some way remind us of Jane. We have several active reading groups in our Region.
Each reading group sets its own reading plan and meeting dates. Some groups are more formally structured than others. If you are thinking about joining a reading group, please contact one of the coordinators listed below. If you don't find a group near you, please consider organizing a new group in your area. CLAREMONT READING GROUP: For information on upcoming meetings, please call Katharine Morsberger at 909.626.8491, email Nancy Gallagher, or phone Nancy at 626.449.2984. LONG BEACH READING GROUP: The Long Beach group meets every 4-6 weeks, on Saturdays at 11am. The next meeting will be on February 27 at 11:00 A.M at Gerda Kilgore's home in Long Beach to discuss HARD TIMES by Charles Dickens. For more information, and to RSVP, please email coordinator Gerda Kilgore, or call her at (562) 496-4452. ORANGE COUNTY READING GROUP: This group holds its meetings every two months, on the third Sunday of month at 1:30. The next meeting will be on March 21 at 1:30 P.M., at the home of Barbara Bing in Laguna Beach to discuss Jane Austen's EMMA. Discussion will be lead by Valerie Kunz. For information and directions, please contact Maryann Pelensky at 949.363.1165, or click here to email her.. --For information on upcoming meetings, please contact Maryann Pelensky at 949-363-1165, or click here to email her. PASADENA READING GROUP: This group meets every two months. The next meeting will take place on Sunday, March 7 at 7 PM at the home of Gayle SanMiguel in Arcadia. The group will be reading Jane Austen's last, unfinished work, SANDITON and Reginald Hill's THE PRICE OF BUTCHER'S MEAT, which is a riff on SANDITON. (The UK title of the same book is A CURE FOR ALL DISEASES.) To RSVP, please email Gayle SanMiguel. For more information on this and future meetings, please email Susan Ridgeway. RIVERSIDE COUNTY READING GROUP with Friends of Temecula Library: The next meeting was on February 3 at 11:00 A.M.at the library on Pauba Road, where the group discussed THE LOST MEMOIRS OF JANE AUSTEN by Syrie James. Following the meeting the group had tea at Truffles and Lace Tea Room. For information on upcoming meetings, please email Rebecca Weersing. You may also call Rebecca at 909.699.7814. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY READING GROUP: This group meets every two months. The next meeting will be on May 16 from 2-4 pm. The title is GULLIVER'S TRAVELS by Jonathan Swift. Hosts: Dorothy and Bob. Paula will be the discussion leader. ***** SUBSEQUENT VALLEY READING GROUP MEETINGS: ***** July 18- BARRY LYNDON by William Makepeace Thackeray Nina host- Claire discussion leader 2-4 pm ***** September 19- NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen Carla host- Carla discussion leader 2-4 pm ***** November 21 – KENILWORTH by Sir Walter Scott ***** For more information on the Valley Reading Group and upcoming meetings, please call Gina Gualtieri (818)788-4383 or click here to email her. SANTA MONICA READING GROUP: This group meets monthly. The next meeting will be on February 21 at 5:00 P.M. to discuss MISS MARJORIBANKS by Margaret Oliphant. For information on upcoming meetings, please contact Diana Birchall at (310)394-2196 or click here to email her. VENTURA READING GROUP: The next meeting will take place on February 20 at 11:30 A.M. at the Foster Library board room, where the group will compare EAST WIND: WEST WIND by Pearl Buck with Jane Austen's MANSFIELD PARK. Please bring a brown bag lunch. For more information, please email Gracia Fay Ellwood. This group usually meets the third Saturday of every month at 12 noon in the E.P. Foster Library, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001, (805)648-2715. Advance discussion questions available. For information on upcoming meetings, please email Gracia Fay Ellwood. WEST LOS ANGELES READING GROUP: This group meets every two months and has a professional leader, Dr. Charles Lynn Batten. Every other meeting the group discusses an Austen title. The last meeting was on February 7; the title was CRANFORD by Elizabeth Gaskell. For information on upcoming meetings, please call Clara Browda at 310-278-8759. ALTHOUGH SAN DIEGO IS NOT PART OF JASNA-SW--SAN DIEGO IS A SEPARATE JASNA REGION--WE ARE LISTING ITS READING GROUP HERE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE: SAN DIEGO REGION READING GROUP: Please contact Leila Dooley at (760)726-7815 or click here to email her, or call her at 760.726.7815. If you are a member of a local reading group, please consider supporting both JASNA-SW and JASNA by becoming a member.  The Pasadena Area Reading Group  The Long Beach Jane Austen Reading Group |
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