Jane Austen Society of North America, Greater Chicago Region

06/19/2026

06/17/2026

What's On this Weekend Wednesday, Members Only Edition
If you are a JASNA-GCR member, we would love to hear from you! Follow the link to the survey to help us tailor our events to the interest of our members
You will find it in your email box, in the newsletter.

06/17/2026

What's on this Weekend Wednesday, supplemental:
Take some time this weekend to peruse the new additions to the website!
https://www.jasnachicago.org/events-calendar
We are excited to share that the new website for the Greater Chicago Region has an events calendar where you can find all the local events that are planned for this JASNA region.

The website also updated the News section including the Birthday Tea toast from December 2025 by Carl Johnson, the most recent recording of the Book Club covering Persuasion, and much more.

Another way to stay connected with events in our community is to join our page: Jane Austen Society of North America, Greater Chicago Region.

06/11/2026

The digital-only Summer issue of JASNA News is now available online—and, for the first time, this issue is open to the public for everyone to enjoy!
Inside, you'll find feature articles, book reviews, members' favorite audiobooks and adaptations, regional news, updates on JASNA programs, conference previews, and more.

06/10/2026

What's On This Weekend Wednesday
This Sunday! This is not a JASNA sponsored event, but it is exceedingly diverting

Improvised Jane Austen continues its entirely improvised tales of love and laughter. Audiences will enjoy an evening with wit and heart in equal measure with an improvised rom-com for everyone, whether you love Austen or just like to laugh! Improvised Jane Austen currently performs Saturday nights a

06/10/2026

What's On This Weekend Wednesday
You still have time to binge watch The Other Bennet Sister on BritBox and participate in this month's Austen Assembly on June 28th

06/10/2026

Whats On This Weekend Wednesday continues! Here's a fun event that was suggested to us by Anna Velilla. It is not a JASNA sponsored event, but it sounds like an exceedingly agreeable amusement. here is the website

1-4 April 2027 ❁ Racine, Wisconsin ❁ $950 A culturally inclusive, queer-friendly Regency fantasy larp where everyone gets their Happily Ever After Dearest Debutante is a partnered Regency fantasy larp with a Happily-Ever-After design. The game is set at the start of the London season in April of...

06/10/2026

Good Morning and welcome to "What's on This Weekend" Wednesday!
JASNA GCR's own Jeffrey Nigro be participating in an art and music program on July 9 at the Driehaus Museum in Chicago, connected to the museum's current exhibition Ink & Outrage: 18th Century Satirical Prints in London & Dublin. If you were unfortunate enough to miss our tour of the exhibit, or even if you did join us, but would like to return, here is an excellent opportunity. Jeff Nigro will delve into how this imagery functions in its historical context. Soprano Josefien Stoppelenburg and pianist Stephen Alltop will offer musical perspectives with a variety of whimsical and reflective songs, and that favorite of the Georgian parlor, The Battle of Prague by František Kocžwara.

The Richard H. Driehaus Museum explores the art, architecture, and design of the late 19th-century with a focus on the Gilded Age. The Museum is located just steps from the Magnificent Mile within the meticulously restored Nickerson Mansion, renowned as Gilded Age Chicago’s “Marble Palace.”