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.
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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!
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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: Contact rc@jasnawi.org to receive the Zoom information.
Jane's 250th Birthday Ball
Date: December 13, 2025, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm CT
Location: This year the event will be held at the beautiful and historic Red Circle Inn, Nashota WI.
More information: Registration is open. Get Your Tickets Now!
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The special experience will include:
~Expert led dance instruction from Tom and Toni Tumbusch (AGM callers)
~A visit from Jane Austen, portrayed by Chicago-based actress Debra Miller
~Special birthday toast (beverage not included)
~Lunch served between dance sets
~Games of Whist and other activities in a separate salon
~2026 A Year with Jane Austen Calendar sales
~Basket drawings, and more...
JANE AUSTEN AT 250: a Birthday Celebration An Illustrated Talk by Victoria Hinshaw
Date: Tuesday, December 16 2025 @ 6:30 pm CT
Location: Whitefish Bay Public Library
More information: Registration is required.
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in the village of Steventon, Hampshire, England. Two-hundred- fifty years later, Jane Austen remains one of the world’s most popular and esteemed authors. Author Victoria Hinshaw, a Life Member of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA), will present an illustrated program on the life, work, and amazing reputation of this beloved writer.
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Victoria Hinshaw is the author of twenty-plus historical novels and stories set in Regency England, the very time Jane Austen wrote. Hinshaw is a graduate of Northwestern University and earned an M.A. from The American University, Washington, D.C.
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This event is cosponsored by (Jane Austen Society of North America) JASNA-Wisconsin.
North Woods Book Club
Date: Sunday, January 18, 2026 @ 1 pm CT
Location: Zoom
To Join: Please email northwoods@jasnawi.org for more information.
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We'll read Evalina by Frances "Fanny" Burney and Mr. Rochester by Sarah Shoemaker. ​
​This one is available as a free ebook on Project Gutenberg. We'll also read The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray (Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney mystery #2). we'll go back to our weather-proof meetings on Zoom until spring.
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Milwaukee-Area Book Club
Date: A Saturday morning in January or February, TBD
Location: Milwaukee Public Library, Central Branch
More information: Please email milwaukee@jasnawi.org for more information.
Book title to be announced soon.
Madison-Area Tea and Book Club
Date: TBD
Location: A member's home--email for location
More information: Please email madison@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details available soon
Virtual "TBD"
Date: TBD
Location: Virtual via Zoom
Registration: TBD
Details: Details of the next virtual event coming soon!
Virtual "Book and a Movie" Chat
Date: TBD as events come up
Location: Contact rc@jasnawi.org
Details: TBD