Persuasion or 7 Years Bad Sex

Musical Mondays on Tuneful Tuesdays will premier 5 musicals this coming year.
The first one will be Persuasion or 7 Years Bad Sex on Tuesday October 6 at 6:30PM.
The musical is a modern, four player look at the Jane Austen classic with Music by Carl Danielsen, Lyrics by Selda Sahin, Book by Pamela Hall

The musical will be performed at the Jerry Orback Theater in the SNAPPLE THEATER CENTER, 210 WEST 50th at Broadway, NYC INDIVIDUAL ADMISSION........................... $ 15.004 MUSICAL SUBSCRIPTION........................ $ 45.00
JASNA - NY members are being offered a special price $10 vs. the usual $15 entrance fee. Use the code AUSTEN to get the lower price when you make your reservation either by email: reservations@MusicalMondays.org or by calling 212-989-6706

Check or Cash at the Door - no Credit Cards

This is not a JASNA event and we have no further information.

Where’s Where in Jane Austen’s Novels

Persuasion geography takes us from Bath to Lyme Regis to well, check it out for yourself: http://www.jasna.org/info/images/map-pers-1200.jpg

2010 Calendar Diary

In a handsome hardcover format (roughly 10"x8"), Bas Bleu's Jane Austen Diary features roomy weekly agenda pages alongside colorful Regency era artwork from the British Library, evocative quotations from the beloved author’s works, and silhouette drawings by her nephew. With a pretty sewn-in ribbon bookmark, this unique desk calendar will keep Austen fanatics organized throughout the coming year. How lovely and practical!

Jane Austen Notecard Collection

These hand-printed, antique-letterpress note cards—blank inside and measuring about 4½"x6"—are infused with the charm of Jane Austen herself. Featuring colorful old-fashioned images and quotes from Austen’s novels, this stationery will carry your messages with pleasantness and propriety—and a dash of sharp wit! Collection includes one each of eight designs, plus envelopes. Available at Bas Bleu.

A Woman's Wit

The Morgan Library Austen Exhibit: A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy
from November 6, 2009 to March 14, 2010

Jasna-New York Metro region will be working with The Morgan staff to enhance their educational programs.

The first of these is a Family Day at the Museum on Sunday, December 6, 2009

To learn more about the exhibit click here.

Jane Austen and Crime by Susannah Fullerton

Jane Austen’s elegant society novels are rife with crime and transgression—if you know where to look. In Jane Austen and Crime, Susannah Fullerton reveals layers of drama that could easily be invisible to modern readers. For instance, Harriet’s mortal terror at being accosted by gypsies in Emma is understandable when you know that, in Jane Austen’s time, speaking with gypsies for any reason was a hanging offense! Fullerton teases out the finer criminal subtext as well. If half the tea in Austen’s time was smuggled into England, for example, how much of all that tea that her characters were continually taking could possibly be legally obtained? Scandal! This handy guide to Austen’s shadowy side is required reading for any “Janeite.” (BB of Bas Bleu)

The Adolphus’ Curried Chicken Salad

The Adolphus’ Curried Chicken Salad
Makes 3 1/2 cups
2 1/2 cups grilled chicken breast, finely diced1/2 large Granny Smith apple, peeled and finely diced1/2 stalk celery, finely diced1 tablespoon finely diced yellow onion2 tablespoons cashews, roasted and chopped1 cup mayonnaise1/2 tablespoon curry powder
1. Salt and ground black pepper, to taste.
2. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, apple, celery, onion, and cashews. In a small bowl, mix the mayonnaise and curry until well blended. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Add the curry mayonnaise to the chicken mixture, and gently fold in until thoroughly combined.

Preparing for the AGM: thematic questions for reading

". . . tell me all about your brothers and sisters."
What fun we will have talking about Jane Austen's brothers and sisters! As you read for the AGM, keep in mind the theme and ask yourself these questions: Did you know that each novel contains at least three sibling pairs? Have you wondered why the Ward sisters of Mansfield Park are so different from one another? Is it their nature, or have circumstances alone created the differences among them? Is the plot in Sense and Sensibility influenced more by the disregard that John Dashwood shows his sisters or by the devotion between Elinor and Marianne, struggling with their new circumstances? Which has been more influential on Emma Woodhouse: Isabella's absence or her presence? Why is Elizabeth Bennet so very different from her sisters? How can five young women with one set of parents range so completely across the personality spectrum? Why is Anne the only thoughtful sister of the Elliot women, when other Persuasion sibling pairs—Harriet and Louisa Musgrove and Frederick Wentworth and Mrs. Croft, e.g.—are so considerate of one another? Oh, what a Henry is Mr. Tilney! He is the perfect brother—isn't he? Will we settle any of these questions after spirited and lively discussion? Perhaps not, but we will have a splendid time trying to answer these and raising many more questions about Austen's brothers and sisters in the novels and how her own sibling relationships inspired and influenced those she created.

JASNA-NY Possible Day trip to the Yale Center for British Art

Yale Center for British Art will be having 2 Exhibits this fall, might be of interest to our members.
1. Mrs. Delany and Her Circle
from September 24, 2009 to January 3, 2010
The exhibition will explore the life, world and work of
Mary Delany, nee Mary Granville (1700-1788).

2. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill
from October 15, 2009 to January 3, 2010

To learn more about the exhibit, please click here.

We are considering renting a bus and having a day at the museum including a guided tour of the exhibits. The cost will run around $35 per person for transportation from NYC. Lunch will be on your own. Although no firm date has been established - one possibility is Saturday October 24. If you have any interest in such a trip, please email jasnany@yahoo.com so that they can judge whether or not to proceed.

Lady Vernon and Her Daughter

A reading and talk by Mother/daughter team of Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway

Thursday, Oct 15th at 6:30 p.m.
at the Center for Fiction (formerly the Mercantile Library)
at 17 E. 47th Street, NYC

To attend this event, please call the Library directly at 212-755-6710 to reserve your spot (space is limited) or email them at info@mercantilelibrary.org

This event is FREE but you must reserve a spot.

Preparing for the AGM: book tote

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!”—Jane Austen

Here, here! Jane Austen’s jubilant declaration paired with a handsome silhouette of the beloved author make this 100% cotton natural-colored canvas bag the perfect vessel for toting books and reading accessories. Measuring 18"x14½" and 3" deep, our sturdy Jane Austen Book Tote is a handy and stylish accessory for bluestockings on the go! Available from Bas Bleu.

Brookdale Class on Jane Austen

Brookdale Community College is offering the following class:
Love And Money: Three British Novels
Janet Blundell, adjunct librarian, Brookdale Community College

These British classics are satisfying stories of love, but money and status are also important factors in the marital equation. Explore issues of relationship and status against the backgrounds of Victorian and Edwardian England. We’ll discuss: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, A Room with a View by E.M. Forster, and Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope. Please read Pride and Prejudice before the first class.
3 SESSIONS
Fri, Sep 25, Oct 16 & Nov 6, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Fee and Code: $59, XHUML 092 B

Visit the Brookdale website to register or call (732)224-2315

Lecture Series

Pride and Prejudice and Emma at the 92nd street Y

JASNA member, Jan Fergus will teaching three sessions starting on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Jan is an engaging lecturer. if you know anyone who wants to learn more about Austen, tell them about the course.

click here for a link to the 92nd Street Y course

Preparing for the AGM: fashion

Make sure that you are the height of fashion for the AGM by sewing your own costume using patterns from Sense and Sensibility patterns.

http://www.sensibility.com/pattern/main/

September Wallpaper

Looking back at Ackermann's Repository. The original Ackermann's Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, &c. was published monthly from 1809-1829 and featured a pair of fashion plates in addition to other illustrations and articles covering a variety of topics. These delicate aquatint illustrations and lovely fashions continue to delight and inspire us two hundred years later.

Throughout 2009, new desktop wallpapers will be posted each month showcasing two fashion plates: one from 1809 and the other from a different year during Jane Austen's lifetime. Enjoy a year-long tour through this popular late Georgian-Regency publication!

http://www.solitary-elegance.com/

Brooklyn Book Fair

Brooklyn Book Fair

Sunday, Sept 13, 2009 10am to 6pm
at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza

JASNA - NY Metro region will be represented - please offer to come and help or at least come and visit us.

Check out their website http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102671722689&s=31&e=001Z2Ju2UrKA94XdowWZm5yYmhAWznUbFo6fFXGQABh8X5ME6OGuLkrZqRLlXTKOJ8Aw9qPmsVYQdM4VYw8IWWSRl3hlYAiWkxYA6oN6XU5B9KwXUHigHOdSF8nKDkiSBck for
more information.