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.
Madison-Area Tea and Book Club
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. CT
Location: A member's home--email for location
To join: Please email madison@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: The group will read and discuss Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney. Romney's reading of Austen's novels and letters as well as the women writers who were her contemporaries confirmed that Austen read widely. Romney proposes these authors influenced Austen's writing. Jane Austen's Bookshelf details her findings.
Tea will be provided and contributions of food fare welcome.
Movie Meetup: Sense & Sensibility-Milwaukee Area
Date: Sunday, October 18, 6 pm CT
Location: Marcus Majestic Cinema Brookfield
Contact milwaukee@jasnawi.org
Details: Join us in Brookfield/Waukesha as we attend the new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility! Purchase your tickets and meet us at the theater. Regency attire welcomed but not required.
Movie Meetup: Sense & Sensibility-Madison area
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 4:35 pm CT
Location: Marcus Point Cinema, Madison
Contact madison@jasnawi.org
Details: You are invited to join other Janeites to view Sense and Sensibility on Wednesday October 21st at 4:35 at the Marcus Point Theatre on the Westside of Madison. The movie is 2 hours and 12 minutes long. After, join us for dinner at The Cheesecake Factory in West Towne Mall about 7pm so we can discuss the movie.
Highlights from the 2026 AGM (Virtual event)
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. CT
Location: Zoom
To join: Please email rc@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: Join Wisconsin JASNA members who attended the 2026 AGM: "Jane Austen's Bath Novels" as they share the fun they experienced and the knowledge they gained in Tuscan, AZ the week before.
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley Play Meetup
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. CT
Location: The Norvell Commons at St. Christopher’s Church 7845 North River Road, Milwaukee, WI 53217
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: Acacia Theater (Milwaukee) will be performing The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. A unique addition to Gunderson and Melcon’s Pride and Prejudice sequels, Wickhams centers the staff and includes some of the family they serve in a celebration of “the holiday [that] seems to make everyone just a little bit more so than they already are.” With the unwelcome return of Mr. Wickham, both downstairs and upstairs are catalyzed to reflect on the future they want. This lively installment is full of the popular series’ romance, wit, growth, and joy.
Birthday Ball and Luncheon
Date: Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. CT
Location: Woman's Club of Wisconsin
To join: Please email rc@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: Join us as we celebrate Jane Austen's birthday with a ball and luncheon at the elegant ballroom in the Woman's Club of Milwaukee. Once again, we will have expert led dance instruction from Tom and Toni Tumbusch (AGM callers). We will also enjoy games of Whist, a champagne toast and more.
North Woods Book Club
Date: Sunday, January 7, 2027 at 1:00 p.m. CT
Location: Zoom
To Join: Please email northwoods@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: discuss Christmas in Austenland by Shannon Hale and Jane Austen's The Watsons, completed by Claudia Gray. Both are new releases, so if you plan to get them from the library, place your holds now!
Milwaukee-Area Book Club
Date: TBD on a Saturday morning in February CT
Location: Milwaukee Public Library, Central Branch
To join: Please email milwaukee@jasnawi.org for more information.
Details: The group will read and discuss Belinda by Maria Edgeworth. Belinda was featured in Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney and was mentioned by Austen in her novel Northanger Abbey.
Tea will be provided and contributions of food fare welcome.
Virtual "Book and a Movie" Chat
Date: TBD as events come up
Location: Contact rc@jasnawi.org
Details: TBD