Book Recommendations in New Location

Exciting news Janeites! We have moved our book recommendations culminated from all of our meetings to one location, right here on our main page. Underneath our header, we now have page tabs. Look for "I've Read Jane-Now what?" tab and click there to see all our recommendations. We always welcome more suggestions. Please contact us at centraljerseyJASNA {at} yahoo {dot} com. Thanks!

Bright Star and Emma available on DVD

Both of these films are now available on DVD for sale. Emma may be purchased at the Masterpiece website, although I found both at Target.

Morgan Library Trip a Success!

Don't miss out on the Morgan Library. It ends the end of March. Our group went this last Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We felt quite savvy as we were able to go around to each of the different letters, books, and illustrations. Our tea was very yummy-we had chicken salad, grilled cheese, fruit, tea cookies, and scones with a nice mug of tea. Thank you to Janeite Geri for arranging our grand adventure!

Book Signing and Discussion at Upper West Side Barnes and Noble

Cathleen Schine will be at the Upper West Side Barnes and Noble at 2289 Broadway (82nd) at 7PM on Monday February 22nd. She will read from her book The Three Weissmanns of Westport, a retelling of "Sense and Sensibility" set mostly on the Connecticut shores of Long Island Sound and in the posh redoubts of Manhattan's Upper West Side.

A discussion and signing will follow the reading.

What fun!

In Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway have taken Austen's original novella and transformed it into a vivid and richly developed novel of love lost and found–and the complex relationships between women, men, and money in Regency England.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hey Janeites---A beautiful way to celebrate the day is to make silhouettes of your loved ones, such as these by Livy of A Field Journal, who is now the Artist in Residence for Victoria Magazine.

Sense and Sensibility, the Musical

Those of you attending the "Inspired by Austen" symposium on March 6, 2010, will be entertained by a new Sense and Sensibility musical composed and written by Gemma Cooper-Novak and Joshua Tyre. Check out their website here or go to JASNA-NY's website's events page
by clicking here.

Tomorrow on Kitchen Chat

JASNA member Beth Patillo, Author of Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart, will be featured on Margaret McSweeney's internet show called Kitchen Chat that airs live each Friday: www.toginet.com/shows/kitchenchat

The program will be talking about all things Jane Austen along with a few recipes and tips. In fact, do you know what Jane Austen's favorite recipe was?

Penguin Classics Podcasts

"Penguin Classics On Air" has new podcasts you might enjoy:

This is from Penguin Classics Press Release:
"In the first, South African author Sheila Kohler speaks with Editorial Director Elda Rotor on the writing of her new book, the critically acclaimed Becoming Jane Eyre. Sheila discusses where she found her inspiration for the title, and what Charlotte Bronte's story means to her. Later in the episode, scholar Juliette Wells discusses the work of the Bronte sisters how they forever changed the way women wrote."
To hear this podcast, click on the link here .


"In the next episode, Stephen Morrison speaks on two of England's most well-known women novelists, Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell. With all the new adaptations of Jane Austen's Emma and Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford and Return to Cranford (starring Judi Dench) now airing on PBS Masterpiece Theater, we wanted to explore with experts the importance of each author's work, what their works can tell us about the life of women in Britain's 18th Century, and why their stories still resonate today. Stephen speaks with Sue Birtwistle, the producer of Return to Cranford, as well as the much loved adaptation of Pride & Prejudice that starred Colin Firth and recruited Mr. Darcy fans everywhere. Stephen also speaks with Tanya Agathocleous, an Assistant Professor of English literature at Hunter College, specializing in 19th and 20th Century British Literature & Culture."

To hear this podcast, click on the link here.

Chilled Mango Lassi Soup

Chilled Mango Lassi Soup

Makes 12 to 16 servings
3 cups cubed fresh mango

2 cups vanilla yogurt

1/2 cup honey

3/4 cup milk

Garnish: prepared granola, fresh mint sprigs

1. In a blender, combine mango, yogurt, honey, and milk. Puree until mixture is very smooth. Refrigerate until well chilled, approximately 1 to 2 hours.

2. Garnish each serving with a sprinkle of prepared granola and a sprig of fresh mint. Serve cold.

TIP: A ripe mango has a full, fruity aroma. It can be considered ready to eat when slightly soft to the touch and yielding to gentle pressure, like a ripe peach.

Recipe from Tea Time Magazine

Brooklyn Book Festival

The Brooklyn Book Festival is September 12, 2010 and our sisters, JASNA - New York Metro region has again purchased a vendor table at the Brooklyn Book Festival. This is a fun event and they always need volunteers. Last year they had 150 people sign their email list. A number of them have become members. Check out the link on the Events page by clicking here .

The American Friends of the Georgian Group Programs

The American Friends of the Georgian Group are having a couple of programs that might be of interest to you.

On Wednesday, February 10 at 5pm there will be a tour and reception of Zuber, Inc. at 200 East 59th Street at a cost of $45.

Zuber is the last company in the world to print scenic wallpapers using woodblocks. Their factory began making wallpapers in 1797 in Rixheim, France, in the same space they occupy today. Their collection contains over 100,000 seventeenth- and eighteenth-century woodblocks which are still used to create the friezes and wallpapers that evoke fantastic lands and exotic scenes. Some designs require as many as a thousand woodblocks to print one mural. Is it any wonder that in 1995 the French ministry of culture classified Zuber's original woodblocks historical monuments?
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On Wednesday April 14, at 6pm, there will be a lecture entitled "Leisure in Georgian England" by Wendell Garrett.

Reservations for AFGG should be made directly with them at 212/991-9191 or emailing http://us.mc1114.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=office@americangeorgians.org Check out http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102980928108&s=31&e=001v3wiCVbOtW3yWgkQyvCFcd8pgBf-nbtz_TNT83TgfcObiSclJtHhtAb4V1WR9di2waRkj1UNMUAWS2ehf5oYhL2yWbetRP7IsDdH_BRNaCs_rFQ4ceBDIQoAkPY50p6Y for all their programs.

Staged reading of Lady Susan

Save the Date : Monday, April 12, 2010

For a staged reading of Lady Susan

Check out JASNA-NY's website under their Events page click here.