by jasnasouthwest | Jan 31, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
Los Angeles Theatre Works is offering JASNA Southwest members discounted tickets for its production of E. M. Forster’s A Room With a View, with performances March 1-3 at UCLA. Biting social satire and passionate romance take center stage in this new radio...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 28, 2019 | Featured, In Memory, News
William A. James passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on January 7, 2019, at age 65 after a valiant 22-month battle with pancreatic cancer. His wife, Syrie James, held his hand as he took his last breath. January 10 would have been their 43rd wedding...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 10, 2019 | Featured, News
JASNA Southwest is proud to sponsor one of only 20 named spots along the new Jane Austen Garden Trail at Chawton House in England. The image above is a preview of our plaque on the walk. JASNA Southwest members helped us raise funds for this project to support Chawton...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 8, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
Join us on Saturday, February 23, at the newly renovated Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale for “Jane Austen: Working Woman,” with presenter Liz Philosophos Cooper in her first speaking engagement as JASNA’s new president. Register now for our...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 8, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
On February 2, the JASNA San Diego region will present a half-day event in La Jolla. JASNA traveling lecturer Dr. Regulus Allen will present “From Hampshire to Hollywood: Teaching an Austen Fiction and Film Course.” Collins Hemingway will also speak at the...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 2, 2019 | Events, Featured, News
In their talk at the December 2018 JASNA Southwest meeting, Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield explored “The Unfilmable Austen: The Case of Northanger Abbey,” focusing on Austen’s interest in capturing modernity and cultural shifts, and the challenges this caused not...
