Events Archive
Here is an archive of all our previous events for the past years, starting with the most recent.
2024
March 10: Music program with Lafferty Pike at the Centerville Library
January 6: Twelfth Night Ball at the Patterson Homestead in Dayton
2023
September 23: Cincinnati Print Museum tour/demonstration
April 29: JASNA president Mary Mintz talk and tea at Woodbourne Library
January 7: Twelfth Night Ball at the Schoolhouse in Cincinnati
2022
September 24: Tea and Talk with Linda Zionkowski at the Patterson Homestead
March 20: Damianne Scott Talk: "Sanditon and the Pineapple Emoji Craze"--virtual
January 8: Court House Ball
2021
December 5: Cocktails & Conversation: Frost Fairs and Flaming Raisins Edition--virtual
September 12: Regency Card Party
August 22: Cocktails & Conversation: Emma Edition--virtual
April 25: Cocktails & Conversation: Garden Edition--virtual
February 7: Cocktails & Conversation: Favorite and Least Favorite Couples in Jane Austen--virtual
January 17: Jane Austen Bingo!--virtual
2020
December 6: Cocktails & Conversation: Holiday Edition--virtual
September 20: (First) Cocktails & Conversation: Persuasion Movie Edition--virtual
January 4: Fifth Annual Twelfth Night Ball at the Patterson Homestead.
2019
October 20: Liz Philosophos Cooper gave her talk “Jane Austen: Working Woman,” at the Woodbourne Library.
April 13: Linda Zionkowski talks "Plans of Economy in Persuasion" at the Mercantile Library.
March 9: Fourth Annual Twelfth Night Ball at the Patterson Homestead.
2018
October 28: JASNA-Dayton attends Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's performance of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.
September 23: New RC, Lisa Tyler, presents her talk "Modernist Jane: Austen's Reception by Writers of the Twenties and Thirties." Tea at the Patterson Homestead.
April 14: JASNA-Dayton part of Ohioana Book Festival.
March 16: Scone making with Rose Morgan of Central Perc Cafe.
January 6: Third Annual Twelfth Night Ball at the Patterson Homestead.
2017
September 16: Carrie Bebris speaks about Jane Asuten at the new Main Branch of the Dayton Metro Library.
April 23: Claire Bellanti, JASNA president, presented talk called “You Can Get a Parasol at Whitby’s: Circulating Libraries in Jane Austen’s Time” along with tea at the Patterson Homestead. Jane Austen Books emporium.
April 8: JASNA-Dayton part of Ohioana Book Festival.
January 7: Second Annual Twelfth Night Ball at the Patterson Homestead.
2016
August 27: Visit to the Taft Museum to see the Dressing Downton exhibit.
March 20: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's production of Emma.
March 12: Mr. Darcy in Fillm presented at the Patterson Homestead with Amy Patterson (no relation). Jane Austen Books emporium.
January 9: First Twelfth Night Ball at the Patterson Homestead.
2015
September 27: Carrie Bebris talks about Sanditon and her new book, The Suspicion at Sanditon, based on it. Tea at the Patterson Homestead.
July 10: Jane Austen themed tour of the Taft Museum.
June 13: Box Hill Literary Picnic at Tumbusch home. Members gathered to explore the lending library's collection, have tea, and socialize.
March 22: Preview of Louisville AGM and tea at the Patterson Homestead.
2014
December 7: Wright State's Crystal Lake gave a talk on the topic of "Jane Austen's Museums."
September 6: An Inside Look at Sinclair’s Pride and Prejudice. Members saw a rehearsal of Sinclair's production of Pride and Prejudice and had lunch.
March 30: Brunch and attending Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park production of Pride and Prejudice.
2013
December 14: “The Ones We Love to Hate: Austen Characters Most Likely to Appear on a Dartboard” talk with Katie LePage at Jay's Seafood Restaraunt.
September 15: Victoria Hinshaw presents “From Northanger Abbey to Downton Abbey” at Normandy United Methodist Church.
May 4: Veena Kasbekar presents "Bride and Prejudice: Austen Colonized?" where we watched a Bollywood version of Pride and Prejudice followed by discussion at teh Kettering Moraine Branch of the Dayton Metro Library.
March 23: “Meet Your JASNA Dayton Lending Library” at Tom and Toni Tumbusch's home.
2012
December 9: “Dueling and the Code of Honor in Jane Austen’s Time” talk with Carrie Bebris and a show and tell with historical interpreter Kristopher Shultz at the Golden Lamb.
September 16: Ann Armstrong presents her talk/presentation, “Underpinnings & Fine Beginnings,” at Jay's Seafood Restaraunt in Dayton.
March 17: Emma at the movies (where we watched portions of various adaptations of Emma) at the Kettering Moraine Branch of the Dayton Metro Library.
2011
December 4: Regency Fashion Show and Jane Austen birthday luncheon at the Golden Lamb.
October 1: Albert Roberts presents "An Afternoon with the Regency Doctor" at the Mariemont Inn.
May 14: Iris Lutz presents visual talk, “‛...in proportion to their family and income’: Houses in Jane Austen’s Life and Fiction” at Sinclair Community College.
March 26: Peter LePage presents talk called "Jane Austen's Men" at Edith Mae's Tea Room in Xenia.
2010
December 4: Gainsborough exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum and lunch.
September 12: Kristopher Shultz of the George Rogers Clark Heritage Association discusses historical reenacting and living history at Basically British.
May 15: JASNA-Dayton's 25th Anniversary Gala at the University of Dayton.
February 28: Tim and Kathleen Nealeigh demonstrate textile arts mentioned in Austen's novels and letters at One Lincoln Park.
2009
December 6: Celebrating Jane's birthday with Regency dancing at the Old Post Office in Lebanon.
September 26: Meeting at the Golden Lamb in Lebanon with speaker Rose Linore Burkard on “The Faith of Jane Austen.”
April 18: Marsha Huff talk “Viewing Austen through Vermeer’s Camera Obscura” at Dayton Art Institute.