This events calendar is meant to socially enrich our DJABC community wherever members may find themselves. We will gladly share any Jane Austen related event here. We may also share events that may appeal to darker interests as we see fit.
*Any events where times were not specifically listed are shown to be all-day; however, this is only a default setting.
Please, contact us with information you would like to see at least two weeks in advance.
Zion Theatre Company presents Jane Austen’s Persuasion at The Off Broadway Theatre
See Zion Theatre Company website for more information.
Presented by the By Jove Theatre “The classic Jane Austen tale of passion, scandal and wet shirts leaps off the page into the absurd world of pantomime, resulting in an evening of raucous entertainment and riotous fun.” Preforming at the White Bear Theatre.
Performance Dates:
14th December at 7.30
15th December at 4.00 and 7.30
16th December at 5.00
To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice The Jane Austen Society of North America – Greater Chicago Region (JASNA-GCR) is presenting a live reading.
Colette Saucier will be in attandance at the Trista Ann Michaels ROMFEST 2013.
“The first annual “Writers Meet Readers” O.Henry Book Fair will be held here at the O.Henry Hotel on Sunday, January 26, from 4-6 PM. It will feature 20 local writers all with recently published books. Presented by the UNCG MFA Writing Program, the event will be hosted by O.Henry Magazine’s editor and New York Times best-selling author Jim Dodson. Each writer will be selling, signing and talking about their latest works.”
There may not be any Austenesque authors on the docket, but one never knows what wonderful finds await at a book fair. And the O. Henry has quite a lovely tea room.
The School of Performance at the Arts University Bournemouth will be presenting a brand new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, at the Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth, UK.
Chamber Opera Chicago presents an original Adaptation by Barbara Landis, with music from Jane Austen’s manuscripts: Jane Austen’s Persuasion.
The undead are quite an inconvenience when finding an ideal match for marriage is difficult enough. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will never be the same. Meet our beloved obstinate, headstrong Elizabeth Bennet, now with kickass skills to put to rest the restless. All our dark and terrible dreams finally come true this February 5 with the release of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies!
Check out the trailer for Pride & Prejudice & Zombies!