Calendar

You are welcome to attend any reading group meeting of interest.  If you plan to join the discussion, please take a moment during the week before we meet to call the host and reserve a place, and if possible, bring something for the tea table. Call for information on other events.

 

 

Winter/Birthday Meeting:  December, 2007

Program TBA

Pauline Beard/Frank McClanahan

(503) 645-3096/503-472-4510

fmcclan@linfield.edu

 

Reading Group:  Sunday November 11th, 2007  1-3 pm

Casting a JA Novel for Film

Discussion guide:  Debbie Guyol

Host:  Donna Drummond  (503) 223-1333

 

JASNA Annual General Meeting:  October 5-7th, 2007

Discovering Emma in Vancouver

Fairmont Hotel, Vancouver, BC

www.jasna.org

 

Reading Group:  Sunday September 9th, 2007  1-3 pm

Liar, Liar: Scenes of Duplicity and Truthtelling

Discussion guide:  Nelson Bridwell

Host:  Heritage House, 398 Tenth Street, Lake Oswego

 

Reading Group:  Sunday July 8th, 2007  1-3 pm

Illness as Metaphor

Discussion guide:  Mary Stevens

Host:  Kim Higgins  kimhiggins75@hotmail.com

 

Spring Meeting:  May 20th, 2007

Food in Jane Austen's Time

Professor Sheryl Craig of the University of Central Missouri

Susan Schwartz  (503) 542-8394

 

Reading Group:  Sunday March 11th, 2007  1-3 pm

A Residence in Bath: An Expression of the Regency Lifestyle

Discussion guide:  Susan Schwartz

Host:  Robin Darby  (503) 579-6741

 

Jane Austen Book and Film Festival:  Sunday January 17th, 2007

Borders Books and Music, 2605 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton

Pamela Aidan, author of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman series will sign books

Susan Schwartz  (503) 542-8394

 

Reading Group:  Sunday January 14th, 2007  1-3 pm

The Art of Flirting: Male & Female, Good & Bad, Successful & Unsuccessful

Discussion guide:  Pat Fulbright

Host:  Pauline Beard  (503) 645-3096

 

Winter/Birthday Meeting: Sunday December 3rd, 2006 Noon

Jane Austen and the Bank of England
Randall McGowen, Professor, University of Oregon

Embassy Suites Hotel, 319 SW Pine Street, Portland

Registration Form

Susan Schwartz (503) 542-8394

 

Reading Group:  Sunday November 12th, 2006  1-3 pm

Figures of Fun & Unlikeable Characters in Jane Austen’s Novels

Discussion guide: Pat Fulbright

Host:  Janet Rohrbaugh - (503) 885-9985

 

Reading Group:  Sunday September 10th, 2006  1-3 pm

A Look at Mansfield Park
Discussion guide: Pauline Beard

Host:  Donna Drummond (503) 223-1333

 

Box Hill Picnic:  Sunday July 9th, 2006  1-3 pm

Attend as the Jane Austen Character of your choice
Discussion guide: Robin Darby

Host:  Pauline Beard   (503) 645-3096

 

Luncheon:  Saturday May 20th, 2006  1-3 pm

Villains, Rogues & Fools: Jane Austen’s novels as drama.
Else Solender, Former President, JASNA

Workshop on Making a Regency Bonnet

Rebecca Peck, Lacings

Embassy Suites

 

Reading Group:  Sunday March 12th, 2006  1-3 pm

Jane Austen’s Husbands and Wives
Discussion guide: Janet Rohrbaugh

Host:  Robin Darby  (503) 848-6497

 

Reading Group:  Sunday January 8th, 2006  1-3 pm

Sisters in the Novels of Jane Austen
Discussion guide: Susan Schwartz

Host:  Heritage House - Ceil Huntington

 

Reading Group: Sunday November 13th, 2005 1-3pm

Pictures of Perfection: Are there “perfect”characters in Jane Austen?

Discussion guide: Debbie Guyol

Host: Peggy Hansen   503-659-4449
 

2005 Annual General Meeting, Oct. 6 - 9, Milwaukee, WI USA
Jane Austen's Letters in Fact and Fiction


Reading Group: Sunday September 11th, 2005  1-3 pm

Prequels and Sequels
Discussion guide: Kathleen McCann

Host: Pat Fulbright   503-233-7925

 

Reading Group: Sunday July 10th, 2005  1-3 pm

A Discussion of Lady Susan
Discussion guide:  Ray Steen
Host:  Janet Rohrbaugh   503-885-9985
 

Reading Group: Sunday March 13th, 2005, 1-3 pm

Father-Daughter Relationships in Jane Austen

Discussion guide:   Janet Rohrbaugh   503-534-3085

Host:  Kathleen McCann   503-534-3085

 

Reading Group: Sunday January 9th, 2005, 1-3 pm

Dark and Light: The heartless, cold, seducing and villainous in Jane Austen.

Discussion guide: Pat Fulbright

Host:   Anna Quillen   503-299-4521
 

Winter Chapter Meeting: Sunday December 5th, 2004

The New Emma in Emma

Bruce Stovel

Fireside Room, Embassy Suites Hotel, 319 SW Pine, Portland

 

Reading Group: Sunday  November 14th, 2004

The Vicar of Wakefield by Goldsmith

Discussion Leader: Norma Campbell

Host: Jim Seagraves  503 631-3578

 

2004 Annual General Meeting, Oct. 7 - 10, Los Angeles, CA USA
Anne Elliot in the City:  Interior and Exterior Worlds

As the city of Bath is an integral part of Persuasion, JASNA's AGM will be highlighting the city in Jane Austen's day--as well as the Southern California Region's own exciting city of Los Angeles. The 2004 conference will examine the experiences of Anne Elliot and others--as well as Jane herself--in the urban milieu. "Interior Worlds" offers speakers the opportunity to discuss the emotional, mental, psychological, social, metaphysical and physical settings of the private sphere. "Exterior Worlds" allows for discussions focused on the many environments around us: social, physical, political, historical, commercial, educational, artistic, religious, economic, and more.

 

Reading Group:   September 12th, 2004

The Meaning of Gentleman in Persuasion

Discussion Leader: Susan Schwartz

Host: Anna Quinlen  503 299-4521

 

Reading Group: Sunday July 11th, 2004, 1-3 pm

Jane Austen TheatreSports

Discussion Leader: Nelson Bridwell

Host: Paula Stepankowsky  360 636-3763

 

Spring Chapter Meeting:  May 2nd, 2004, 12:30 pm

Hypochondriacs in Jane Austen's Novels

Dr Pauline Beard

Embassy Suites Hotel, 319 SW Pine, Portland

 

Reading Group: Sunday March 14th, 2004

Lord Byron and Persuasion

Discussion Leader and Host: Debbie Guyol  503 284-6951

 

Pride and Prejudice  Jan 13th-Feb 16th, 2004, Seattle, WA USA

Seattle's Book-It Repertory Theatre presents its popular stage adaptation of Jane Austen's comedy, full of lively characters, blithe repartee, and classic Austen wit

 

Reading Group:  Sunday Jan 11th, 2004

Imagined Sequels, Etc.

Discussion Leader: Kathleen McCann

Host: Mary Cammann   503 238-7070

 

Holiday Ball, Sunday December 7th, 2003

Regency dancing with members of the Portland Country Dance Community, and an appearance by Miss Jane Austen.