Events

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.

Oct
1
Mon
Mansfield Park @ Theatre Royal
Oct 1 – Oct 7 all-day

 

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, a new adaptation by Tim Luscombe

Performance Times at the Main House, Theatre Royal

Monday – Wednesday 7.30pm

Thursday – Saturday 8.00pm

Matinees Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday 2.30pm

Oct
5
Fri
Pride and Prejudice @ Saluda Shoals Park
Oct 5 @ 11:30 pm – Oct 8 @ 12:30 am

 

Presented by The South Carolina Shakespeare Company; Adapted from Jane Austen’s novel by Jon Jory; Directed by Linda Khoury

Oct
13
Sat
Jane Austen Mini-Conference @ Cameron Village Regional Library
Oct 13 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Dr. Celia Easton will talk about “Why on Earth is Sir Charles Grandison Jane Austen’s ‘Favorite’ Novel?”. Dr. Inger Brodey will discuss “The Entertainment Value of Suffering: Jane Austen and the ‘Luxuries of Distress'” 

Please call to register. Sponsored by the Jane Austen Society.

To be held at the Cameron Village Regional Library.

Oct
17
Wed
Pride and Prejudice @ Finlay Park
Oct 17 @ 11:30 pm – Oct 21 @ 12:30 am

Presented by The South Carolina Shakespeare Company; Adapted from Jane Austen’s novel by Jon Jory; Directed by Linda Khoury

Oct
24
Wed
Pride and Prejudice @ Finlay Park
Oct 24 @ 11:30 pm – Oct 28 @ 12:30 am

 

Presented by The South Carolina Shakespeare Company; Adapted from Jane Austen’s novel by Jon Jory; Directed by Linda Khoury

Nov
3
Sat
Greensboro Zombie Run @ Downtown Greensboro, NC
Nov 3 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Be a runner or a zombie in the Greensboro Zombie Run. The course will be a surprise, and therefore no maps are available.

Jan
26
Sun
O. Henry Book Fair @ O. Henry Hotel
Jan 26 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm

“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.

 

Jul
31
Fri
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiars in Theaters
Jul 31 – Aug 1 all-day

Peregrine’s Home for Peculiars is planned to be out in theaters July 31, 2015. The film is based on Ransom Riggs‘ debut novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. It will be directed by Tim Burton. The script will be written by Jane Goldman, who also worked on X-Men: First Class.