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.
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 a.m. CT
Location: Virtual via Zoom
To Join: Contact rc@jasnawi.org to receive the Zoom information.
Do you miss chatting with your JASNA friends? Join us every Thursday morning – bring your coffee, tea, cocoa, or mimosa and catch up with friends. There is no formal program, just chat.
Birthday Ball & Luncheon
Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024, 11 am - 2: 30 pm CT
Location: Woman's Club of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Celebrate Jane Austen's birthday with an afternoon of friends and fun in the beautiful ballroom at the Woman’s Club of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Tom and Toni Tumbusch, recently returned from the AGM in Cleveland, will be our callers for the ball and instructors for the morning dance lesson. We will enjoy a sumptuous buffet lunch. There is an optional dance lesson available for an additional fee at 10 a.m.!
In a separate salon, we will provide additional activities, such as games of whist, crafts and more.
North Woods Book Club
Date: Sunday, January 17 @ 1 p.m. CT
Location: Zoom
To Join: Please email northwoods@jasnawi.org for more information.
Our January reads are The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer and A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales.
Milwaukee-Area Book Club
Date: Saturday, January 18, 2025, @ 9:30 am CT
Location: Milwaukee Public Library, Central
To Join: Please email milwaukee@jasnawi.org for more information.
We will be discussing Jane Austen: a Life by Carol Shields and Jane Austen: a life by Claire Tomalin. You may read either one or both.
Madison Tea and Book Club
Watch for details coming soon.
Spring Luncheon
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
Location: Blackhawk Country Club, Madison, WI
Registration details to come.
Save the date! We will once again meet at the beautiful Blackhawk Country Club in Madison, WI.
JASNA Annual General Meeting
Date: October 10-12, 2025
Location: Baltimore, MD
More information: https://jasna.org/agms/baltimore2025/home.php
Austen at 250: "No check to my Genius from beginning to end". 2025 will be a milestone year as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, with Baltimore welcoming JASNA back for its first AGM since 1980. We are planning a diverse and unique celebration of her life and literary genius, as well as an opportunity for attendees to connect with the rich history of Maryland and “Charm City.” Attendees must find themselves agreeing that “a very strange [Janeite] it must be, who does not see charms in the immediate environs of [Baltimore], to make him wish to know it better.”