by jasnasouthwest | Nov 2, 2018 | Featured, News
Check out our November newsletter for information on our upcoming regional events through May 2020, as well as our fundraising project for Chawton House and Austen stage adaptations being performed throughout Southern California this...
by jasnasouthwest | Oct 30, 2018 | In Memory, News
Robert Hansen, a longtime member of the San Fernando Valley JASNA Southwest reading group, passed away February 9, 2018 at the age of 91 following a long illness. He was born in 1926 in Webster Groves, Missouri. From a young age, he showed a talent for electronics. He...
by jasnasouthwest | Oct 30, 2018 | Events, Featured, News
Additional speakers have joined our lineup for our Winter 2018 meeting at Sony Pictures Studios. Ashley Clements, star of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, will do a Q&A session on “The Modern Elizabeth Bennet,” while fashion historian Kimberly...
by jasnasouthwest | Oct 28, 2018 | Featured, News
Chawton House was the home of Austen’s brother Edward Knight, who offered nearby Chawton Cottage to his mother and sister’ during what would become Austen’s home during her final, most productive years of life. Now an important nonprofit center for...
by jasnasouthwest | Oct 28, 2018 | Featured, News
Pride and Prejudice placed fourth out of 100 books in the running for best-loved novel in PBS’ The Great American Read. After a nationwide voting, the results were announced on Oct. 23, with To Kill a Mockingbird coming out on top, followed by the Outlander...
