Jane Austen Society of North America, Southwest (JASNA-SW)

JASNA-SW Events & More

Coming 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
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2009 Winter Meeting: A Library, a Drawing Room and a Ball: Jane Austen’s World of Music
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2009 Spring Meeting: A Day of Pride, Prejudice, and Politics
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2008 Winter Meeting Holidays at Highbury: Understanding Jane Austen's Emma
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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
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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
The Story of JASNA-SW

Diana Birchall and People take us on a nostalgic journey.
In Memoriam
Sundries

EVENTS, NEWS, and HISTORY

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Annual Spring Meeting: “Horse and Carriage,” Saturday, April 10, 2010
Join us in the Grand Prix Ballroom of the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Glendale.

Dr. Sandy Lerner, horsewoman and patron of the Chawton House Library, will share her expert knowledge of 18th century carriages and their modern-day equivalents in terms of style, comfort and prestige.

Dr. Alice Villaseñor of JASNA-SW will tell us about her summer at Chawton Library as a JASNA International Visitor.

Plus, readings, songs, delicious food, and more. Click here for full program details and printable registration form, or check your mailbox for our flyer!

Space is limited, so don't delay.


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 recap of this event.




2009 Spring Meeting: A Day of Pride, Prejudice, and Politics
Click on the title above for program recap and photos of this event.


2008 Winter Meeting Holidays at Highbury: Understanding Jane Austen's Emma
Click on the title above for program recap and photos of this event, which took place on Saturday, December 13, 2008.


"I ask only a comfortable home" - Jane Austen and Regency Domestic Interiors," a lecture by Lisa White
On Monday, October 20th, many JASNA members attended Lisa White's lecture, which was held at the UCLA Faculty Center. A reception preceded the lecture.



Special Screening of THE DUCHESS
Click on the title above to see a trailer of the film and for a recap of this exciting event.


If you missed this special screening of THE DUCHESS, it may be because we do not have your email address. If you are not getting our email announcements of special events, please contact Jana Bickel, our email coordinator. Just click on Join/Contact above.



2008 Spring Meeting
"Silver Forks, Golden Memories, and Library Treasures"
Click on the title above for more program details and for a synopsis of Ed Copeland's talk.



2007 Winter Meeting: A Jane Austen Mystery Celebration
Program Highlights:

Margery Rich, longtime JASNA-SW member, gave a fascinating talk on Pride and Prejudice as a detective novel.

Lynda Hall from Chapman University gave us a new perspective on Austen's most controverisal work with “Addressing Readerly Unease: Discovering the Gothic in Mansfield Park.”

There was also a special, audience-participation event that explored "our mysterious longing for Jane Austen."

Please click on the title above for photos of this event.



The Story of JASNA-SW

Author, JASNA-SW Newsletter editor, and longtime member Diana Birchall remembers the past only as it gives us pleasure. Accompanying her piece is the 1984 People article on our region.


JASNA-SW Spring Meeting 2007
If you missed this event at the UCLA Faculty Center, click on the title above or to your left for a recap of our program. The program for this particular event featured special guest Joan Ray, past president of JASNA. Gracia Fay Ellwood and Laurie Viera Rigler also spoke, and we raised funds for our Region with a Jane Austen White Elephant Sale. Don't miss out on the fun at our Winter Meeting: Details coming soon!


JASNA-SW 2006 Winter Meeting
Performers and speakers who share our passion for Jane Austen entertained us with their knowledge of Regency pastimes. Click on the words "JASNA-SW 2006 Winter Meeting" above or to your left for complete details on this exciting program.



Members Joan Hansen and Alice Marie White gave their impromptu all to an audience-participation staged reading of Jane Austen's short play, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, at the 2006 Winter Meeting. (photo by Claire Bellanti)

In Memoriam: Gloria Gross

Please click on the title above to read Diana Birchall's tribute to Gloria.


2004 AGM Conference Gift available

JASNA-Southwest is proud to have hosted the Annual General Meeting and thanks all of our members for their support.

And to help keep the memories alive, we have a limited number our conference gift available for sale:

Nigel Nicolson's booklet, Was Jane Austen Happy in Bath?

Only $12.00 (includes shipping)

To order, please click on the words "2004 AGM Conference Gift available" above or to your left, and fill out the booklet order form.








For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? --Jane Austen

From left: Newsletter contributor Natasha Zwick with former Co-Vice President for Programs Alice Villaseñor and current Co-Vice President for Programs Carla Washburn at a special screening of "The Jane Austen Book Club" for JASNA-SW members.
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