Events
Check out our upcoming events below – registration or contact information is listed with each event. Please note that, for popular events, preference will be given to Wisconsin members.
For the 2025/2026 JASNA Wisconsin program season, the theme will be "Bath" to align with the 2026 AGM theme of Jane Austen's "Bath novels": Northanger Abbey and Persuasion!
We use Zoom for all of our virtual events, so if you are unfamiliar with that platform here is a good video to familiarize yourself with it!
For write-ups of past events, check out our blog, The Wire.
Thursday Morning Coffee & Tea Hour
Date: Every Thursday @ 9 am CT
Location: Virtual via Zoom
To Join: Please email rc@jasnawi.org for more information.
Pride & Prejudice Play Meetup
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. CT
Location: Peace Lutheran Church, Waunakee, WI
To join: Purchase tickets and meet us at the play; lunch may be coordinated before the play, Please email rc@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: Groundlings Theater will be performing Kate Hamill's Pride and Prejudice. This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life than it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what turns us into greater fools…than the high-stakes game of love?
Box Hill Picnic
Date: Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT
Location: Naga-Waukee Park, Delafield–Picnic Area 4 (shelter with picnic tables and restrooms)
To join: Please RSVP to let the organizers know if you're planning on coming so that we can make sure we have enough drinks.
Details: Like Emma Woodhouse and her friends, we will venture forth into nature for a party of pleasure with food, fun, and friends!
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Just off I-94!
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Requires $7 daily pass per vehicle or admission included with your Waukesha County 2026 Park Pass. Purchase your pass here: https://wi waukesha county web.my vcloud.com/webtrac/web/splash.html
Bring: Chair or blanket, your picnic lunch, and a dessert to share (if you wish).
Refreshments: Lemonade and water will be provided.
Fun: We will have lawn games and more, and of course pleasant conversation with the best people. Costumes welcome!
RSVP: Please let the organizers know if you're planning on coming so that we can make sure we have enough drinks.
Let us know if you have any questions. We are looking forward to seeing you.
Madison-Area Tea and Book Club
Date: TBD
Location: A member's home--email for location
To join: Please email madison@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: Spring book club
Watch this space for details
North Woods Book Club
Date: TBD
Location: Virtual via Zoom
To Join: Please email northwoods@jasnawi.org for more information.
Milwaukee-Area Book Club
Date: TBD
Location: At a member's home
To join: Please email milwaukee@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: Coming soon
Virtual "Book and a Movie" Chat
Date: TBD as events come up
Location: Contact rc@jasnawi.org
Details: TBD