| April 24, 2010 | Spring Gala "Horrors, Hats, and Hapless Young Heroines: Aspects of Northanger." Annual celebration with talks by Professor Elaine Bander of Dawson College, Montreal Canada, Hat Designer Laura Whitlock of De Paul University and Chicago Millinery Association, and Greg Nosan of the Art Institute of Chicago. Book exchange. Quiz on Northanger Abbey. Prize is a gift basket, including tea cup, shawl and pretty writing paper, donated by Jeanne Steen and her store Figaro. Continental breakfast, lunch and toast to Jane Austen at Maggiano's Banquet Rooms, 111 W. Grand Ave., Chicago. 9 am to 3 pm. Open to the public. Members: $65; Guests and general public: $75. Reservations required. Change an existing reservation? Click here. |
| June 19, 2010 | Summer Workshop Turban Draping Workshop hosted by Laura Whitlock, President of the Chicago Millinery Association. No advanced sewing skills required. Supplies and refreshments are included. Located at Jeanne Steen's Figaro Store in Vintage Pine, Antiques and Interiors, 904 W. Blackhawk Street, Chicago. Because of limited workspace, registration will be limited to JASNA-GCR members. Registration details at the Gala. 2-5 p.m. $45. |
| September 26, 2010 | Fall Open Meeting "Jane Austen in the 'hood’: A visual tour around Austen's London characters." Slide/talk by member Sue Forgue, webmaster of the research website, The Regency Encyclopedia. (User ID: JAScholar, Password: Academia, both case sensitive.) Free and open to the public. Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. |
| October 29- 31, 2010 | JASNA Annual General Meeting "Jane Austen and the Abbey: Mystery, Mayhem and Muslin in Portland" in Portland, Oregon. Hosted by Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter of JASNA. You must be a member of JASNA to attend. |
| December 4, 2010 | Jane Austen Birthday Tea Celebration of Jane Austen's birthday. Program to be announced. Afternoon tea at The Fortnightly of Chicago, 120 E. Bellevue Place, Chicago. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. |
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The public is invited to attend our free fall lecture and our annual Spring Gala. You are welcome to join JASNA–GCR and receive invitations to all our meetings:
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