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Jane About Town
JUNE 2025
Now through Sunday, June 29, 2025
“PRIDE AND PREJUDICE” OFF-BROADWAY AT 59E59
An innovative new adaptation from across the pond that utilizes only three actors. Guildford Shakespeare Company’s production of Pride and Prejudice is directed by Abigail Pickard Price; the script was co-written by Price along with Sarah Gobran and Matt Pinches. It’s coming to New York for the Brits Off-Broadway Festival at 59E59 — the same festival that brought us Adrian Lukis in Being Mr. Wickham two summers ago. Click here for tickets.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Now through Sunday, September 14, 2025
A LIVELY MIND: SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL EXHIBITION AT THE MORGAN
JASNA’s own Dr. Juliette Wells (who addressed our New York Metropolitan Region in the fall of 2024) serves as guest co-curator for A Lively Mind: a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of Jane Austen’s genius at The Morgan Library and Museum, featuring the largest collections of Austen family treasures ever displayed on this side of the Atlantic. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Thursday, June 26, 2025 to Sunday, July 20, 2025
AUSTEN IN THE PARK: FREE OUTDOOR “SENSE AND SENSIBILITY”
Hudson Classical Theater Company presents an adaptation of Jane Austen’s first-published novel, written by the company’s artistic director Susane Lee. All performances take place near the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Riverside Park. The show runs Thursdays through Sundays with a 6:30 PM start time. No tickets are required, but the organizers recommend arriving by 6:15 to get a good seat. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Thursday, June 19, 2025 | 7:00 PM EDT
JASNA-NYM MONTHLY ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP: “PRIDE AND PREJUDICE“
On the third Thursday of every month, members gather via Zoom for a discussion of some aspect of Jane Austen’s work or her life and times. Topics and questions to ponder are sent out in advance. In 2025, we’re returning to the fundamentals: going through each of the six novels, one by one. Please email us here if you’d like to be added to our Discussion Group mailing list!
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
JULY 2025
Thursday, July 10, 2025 | 7:00 PM EDT
GRAMERCY JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB: “JANE AUSTEN’S MEN“
JASNA’s own Elise Pallay leads a discussion of Helen Amy’s critical-biographical study Jane Austen’s Men, organized through Meetup.com’s Jane Austen Meetup NYC. Participants converse over a meal: the venue is a classic New York diner on Third Ave and 17th Street. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Thursday, July 17, 2025 | 7:00 PM EDT
JASNA-NYM MONTHLY ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP: “MANSFIELD PARK”
On the third Thursday of every month, members gather via Zoom for a discussion of some aspect of Jane Austen’s work or her life and times. Topics and questions to ponder are sent out in advance. In 2025, we’re returning to the fundamentals: going through each of the six novels, one by one. Please email us here if you’d like to be added to our Discussion Group mailing list!
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
Friday, July 18, 2025 | 6:30 PM EDT
JASNA OUTING TO “SENSE AND SENSIBILITY” IN RIVERSIDE PARK
Join your fellow Janeites for an evening of free, outdoor theatre. Hudson Classical Theater Company’s new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility is playing from June 26th through July 20th; some of us intend to be there on the evening on Friday, July 18th, and we’d LOVE meet up with you! Click here for more.
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
Saturday, July 19, 2025
JASNA OUTING TO “A LIVELY MIND” AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY
Please save the date! We’re in the process of arranging a second round of JASNA tours of the new Jane Austen exhibition at The Morgan, led by guest co-curator Dr. Juliette Wells.
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
August 2025
Thursday, August 14, 2025 | 6:00 PM EDT
“CLUELESS” SCREENING AND DISCUSSION WITH MONA MAY
Join the Morgan Library and Museum for a special 30th anniversary screening of Clueless (1995), starring Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, and Brittany Murphy, a funny and clever adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1815 novel Emma. The evening will include a discussion with the film’s costume designer, Mona May. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Thursday, August 21, 2025 | 7:00 PM EDT
JASNA-NYM ONLINE MONTHLY DISCUSSION GROUP: “EMMA”
On the third Thursday of every month, members gather via Zoom for a discussion of some aspect of Jane Austen’s work or her life and times. Topics and questions to ponder are sent out in advance. In 2025, we’re returning to the fundamentals: going through each of the six novels, one by one. Please email us here if you’d like to be added to our Discussion Group mailing list!
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
SEPTEMBER 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025 | 6:00 PM EDT
JANE AUSTEN ROUND TABLE AT THE MORGAN
Celebrate the closing of the exhibition A Lively Mind with a wide-ranging roundtable discussion on Austen’s fashion, letters, manuscripts, family, and posthumous recognition, featuring exhibition co-curators Dr. Juliette Wells and Dale Stinchcomb, along with dress historian (JASNA New York Metro’s own!) Dr. Hilary Davidson. Click here for more.
(Non-JASNA event, open to everyone.)
Thursday, September 18, 2025 | 7:00 PM EDT
JASNA-NYM ONLINE MONTHLY DISCUSSION GROUP: “PERSUASION”
On the third Thursday of every month, members gather via Zoom for a discussion of some aspect of Jane Austen’s work or her life and times. Topics and questions to ponder are sent out in advance. In 2025, we’re returning to the fundamentals: going through each of the six novels, one by one. Please email us here if you’d like to be added to our Discussion Group mailing list!
(JASNA-NYM event, open to all JASNA members.)
Local Janeites, please save the following additional dates for yet-to-be-announced JASNA-NYM events: Saturday, August 9; Saturday, October 25; Saturday, December 13; and Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
Do you have an Austen event coming up? Drop us a line and let us know! In these listings, we tend to prioritize in-person gatherings in and near New York City, as well as online events that involve our local JASNA members. (Click here to become a member of JASNA New York Metro.)
Except in the case of official JASNA meetings, no listing on this page should be construed an endorsement or sponsorship by JASNA.
“It is such a happiness when good people get together — and they always do.”
EMMA
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