by jasnasouthwest | Sep 17, 2018 | Events, Featured, News
Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 8, for a day at Sony Pictures Studios celebrating Jane Austen in Hollywood. Our featured speakers will be Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield, editors of Jane Austen in Hollywood, the first book about the Austen film phenomenon....
by jasnasouthwest | Sep 9, 2018 | Featured, News
The Southwest Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) is accepting video submissions for our second Young Filmmakers Contest. Students at the high school, college and graduate-school levels (including spring 2018 graduates) are eligible to compete...
by jasnasouthwest | Sep 8, 2018 | Events, Featured, News
Today’s event at the Pasadena Public Library celebrating “200 Years of Persuasion” attracted a record 139 registrants, by far the most for one of JASNA Southwest’s fall meetings. Attendees traveled from as far away as San Diego and Fresno as...
by jasnasouthwest | Sep 8, 2018 | Events, Featured, News
The Great American Read is an eight-part PBS series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey). It investigates how and why writers create their fictional worlds, how we...
by jasnasouthwest | Jun 28, 2018 | Events, Featured, News
South Coast Repertory theatre in Costa Mesa is kicking off its 2018-19 season with a production of Sense and Sensibility, adapted by Jessica Swale and directed by Casey Stangl. The play will run from September 1-29. The production is recommended for audiences age 12...
by jasnasouthwest | Jun 27, 2018 | Featured, News
Hear Jan Fahey and Terry Ryan discuss their presentations from our June 2 regional meeting, “Spring Cleaning at Chawton,” as well as their love of all things Austen, with Yolanda Rodriguez and Jillian Davis of The Pemberley...
