Join JASNA-GCR Today! We welcome new members. Enjoy discussing Jane Austen's novels, participating in our Readers Theater, presenting or listening to lectures about her writing, life and era, and discovering the many facets of her legacy in fiction, philosophy and film. Come to our Spring Gala April 24 at Maggiano's in Chicago. Full day of programs, continental breakfast, lunch. More > Student Poster Contest Winners will be announced at our Spring Gala.  More > Pride and Prejudice Comes to Chicago Chamber Opera Chicago presents the new musical introduced at our 2008 AGM, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, by Lindsey Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs. Athenaeum Theatre, Feb. 27, March 6 and March 7. For more information, click here. Dress and Fashion in Jane Austen and Her World March 23, 7-9 p.m. Jeff Nigro of the Art Institute will look at the development of English and French Fashions with references to Austen's witty comments.  Park Ridge Public Library, 847-825-3123. Free. Reservations required. Changed email address?  Please update.