by jasnasouthwest | Apr 21, 2021 | Events, News
Registration is now open for “The Theatrical Jane Austen,” with Prof. Melinda Finberg of the USC School of Dramatic Arts. The free Zoom event will be held Saturday, May 15, 2021, at 11 a.m. Pacific time. Her illustrated talk will explore Austen’s...
by jasnasouthwest | Apr 1, 2021 | Events, News
Join us on Saturday, April 24, from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pacific time, for a talk by author Kimberly Alexander on her 2018 book, Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era. Registration is now open! Alexander is on the faculty of the History Department of the...
by jasnasouthwest | Apr 1, 2021 | Events, Featured, News
Aydrea Walden, creator and star of the web series Black Girl in a Big Dress, joined Jillian Davis—co-creator of The Pemberley Podcast—for an Instagram Live chat on March 30 for JASNA Southwest. Video from the event is now available online. Walden shared her love of...
by jasnasouthwest | Apr 1, 2021 | Events, Featured, News
Author Karen Tei Yamashita’s enlightening March 27 talk on her 2020 book, Sansei and Sensibility, is now available on the JASNA Southwest YouTube channel. Inspired by her sister Jane Tomi Boltz (pictured left with Yamashita) and her love of all things Austen,...
by jasnasouthwest | Feb 26, 2021 | Events, Featured, News
In her beautifully illustrated Zoom presentation on February 20, art historian, curator and author Nancy Mowll Mathews addressed the public image of both Jane Austen and impressionist Mary Cassatt. Mathews revealed how much Cassatt hated her portrait that was painted...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 24, 2021 | Events, Featured, News
A lively Q&A session with the filmmakers and two of our esteemed judges followed the January 24, 2021, premiere screening of the 2020 Young Filmmakers Contest winning films. Judges Kenny Turan (retired longtime Los Angeles Times film critic) and...
