by jasnasouthwest | Jan 2, 2021 | Featured, In Memory, News
Longtime JASNA member Clara Browda died on December 1. Founder of the West Los Angeles Reading Group, Clara was a constant presence at JASNA Southwest events and attended at least 18 JASNA Annual General Meetings. A voracious reader, she kept the West L.A. Reading...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 2, 2021 | Events, Featured, News
Register now for our virtual meeting from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday, January 24, 2021, when we will premiere the winning entries of our fourth annual Young Filmmakers Contest. The screenings will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and several...
by jasnasouthwest | Jan 2, 2021 | Events, Featured, News
JASNA Southwest has announced the winners of our fourth annual Young Filmmakers Contest in two age categories: Under 20 and Over 20. Selected from an unprecedented volume of entries, each of the winning entries explored the characters, books, mores and life of Jane...
by jasnasouthwest | Dec 18, 2020 | Events, Featured, News
Register now for our event on Saturday, February 20, from 11-12:15 p.m. Pacific time, for a talk by art historian, curator and author Nancy Mowll Mathews on “Austen and Cassatt: Working From Home.” Mathews is the Emerita Eugénie Prendergast Senior Curator...
by jasnasouthwest | Dec 18, 2020 | Events, News
Register now for our next free virtual meeting, Saturday, January 16, from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Pacific time. Professor Jason Solinger will reprise his breakout talk “Anti-Historical Austen: From ‘The History of England’ to Northanger Abbey” from...
by jasnasouthwest | Nov 24, 2020 | Events, Featured, News
JASNA Southwest board member Jane Boltz’ presentation “Exploring Regency-Era Fashions for Women and Men by a Prejudiced and Amateur Seamstress” is now live on our YouTube channel, where you also catch up on past virtual events. In the illustrated...