Upcoming Events

JASNA Denver-Boulder Book Club

January Book Club

Sunday, January 13, 2024
1:30 – 3:00 pm
This will be a virtual meeting. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and request a Zoom invitation link.
This month’s book is Jane Austen: Obstinate Heart, by Valerie Myer.

February Meeting

Sunday, February 11, 2024
1:30 – 3:30 pm
This will be a virtual meeting. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and request a Zoom invitation link.
JASNA Denver-Boulder Book Club

March Book Club

Sunday, March 10, 2024

1:30 – 3:00 pm

This will be a virtual meeting. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and request a Zoom invitation link.

Choose a Jane Austen biography and we will all discuss our different choices together.

April Meeting

Sunday, April 14, 2024
1:30 – 3:30 pm

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Studio 22
Arvada, CO 80003   [map]

Austen Potpourri ­— Do you have an Austen or Regency related topic you would like to share? This is your chance! Please email
[email protected] with your topic, and we will all enjoy your presentation.

English Country Dance

Friday, April 26, 2024

7:00 – 9:30 pm

Left Hand Grange
195 92nd Avenue
Niwot, CO  [map]
East of the Diagonal Highway between Boulder and Longmont

Chris Kermiet, caller and Tattered Lace, live music. No experience necessary, all dances taught. Entrance fee: $15 / $10 for students / $12 for CFOOTMAD members. Sponsored by CFOOTMAD, SCFD, and JASNA Denver/Boulder

Please email [email protected] or call 720.353.1770 for more information.

JASNA Denver-Boulder Book Club

May Book Club

Sunday, May 19, 2024

1:30 – 3:00 pm

This will be a virtual meeting. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and request a Zoom invitation link.

We’ll read Jane Austen’s Lady Susan. This early work about a scheming widow will generate much conversation! (This month’s meeting is a week later than normal to accommodate Mother’s Day weekend.)

June Meeting

Sunday, June 9, 2024
1:30 – 3:30 pm

Interlocken East Park
280 Interlocken Blvd (Interlocken Pkwy and Interlocken Blvd)
Broomfield, CO 80021 [map]

Strawberries at Donwell Abbey and Game Day
Join us for a lovely outdoor meeting for our annual Strawberries at Donwell Abbey (and Game Day) in-person meeting. Members are encouraged to bring treats to share, and the Austen-themed games involve some active as well as some sitting ones. The park has a large shelter and restrooms.

JASNA Denver-Boulder Book Club

July Book Club

Sunday, July 14, 2024

1:30 – 3:00 pm

This will be a virtual meeting. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and request a Zoom invitation link.

The book for July is Jane Austen, Writing, Society, Politics by Tom Keymer, a keynote speaker at the Cleveland AGM in October.

August Meeting

Sunday, August 11, 2024
1:30 – 3:30 pm
This will be a virtual meeting. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and request a Zoom invitation link.

Traveling lecturer, Dr. Inger Brodey, will join us virtually and present her talk, “How Happy Are Austen’s Happy Endings?”

JASNA Denver-Boulder Book Club

September Book Club

Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024

1:30 – 3:00 pm

This will be a virtual meeting. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and request a Zoom invitation link.

We have two choices for the next meeting — everyone can read just one or both: 
Once Persuaded Twice Shy, by Melodie Edwards
Jane Austen in Scarsdale, or Love, Death and the SATs, by Paula Marantz Cohen

English Country Dance

Friday, September 27, 2024

7:00 – 10:00 pm

Avalon Tango Studio
6185 Arapahoe Road
Boulder, CO  [map]

Sharon Guli, caller & instructor | Julia Hays, violin | Steve Winogard, recorders and flute | Terri Rasmusson, piano. No experience necessary, all dances taught, wear comfortable clothes. Entrance fee: General $15 / CFOOTMAD & JASNA members $12 / Students $10 / Under 15 free. Sponsored by CFOOTMAD & SCFD

Please email [email protected] or call 720.353.1770 for more information.

October Meeting

Sunday, October 13, 2024
1:30 – 3:30 pm
This will be a virtual meeting. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and request a Zoom invitation link.
We’ll view Lucy Worsley’s video “The Untold Story of Jane Austen | Behind Closed Doors,” about the places/homes that Austen lived in and visited and their influence on her writing. Discussion to follow.
JASNA Denver-Boulder Book Club

Annual Birthday Tea

Sunday, December 8, 2024
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Location to be announced
Stay tuned for details about this festive annual celebration of Jane Austen’s birthday.

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