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The 2025 JASNA theme is Austen at 250: “No Check to My Genius from Beginning to End”. JASNA-KC will focus on this theme for its 2025 programs.
Tentative 2025 Programs and Events (Primary Contact Appears in Parentheses)
- Date to be Determined: Presentation, Jane Austen’s Naval Brothers, via Zoom with St. Louis Region
- January 25: Book discussion, Jane Austen’s Letters, via Zoom (Leah Wilson)
- February: Book discussion, Jane Austen’s Bookshelf, Rainy Day Books event at Unity Temple on the Plaza, date to be determined (Christie Kennard)
- February 15: Tentative event, Galentine’s Day celebration of Jane Austen with book exchange, date and location to be determined (Melanie Hayden)
- March 29: Book discussion, Jane Austen’s Letters, via Zoom
- April 10-13: Pride and Prejudice musical, performances at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville (Jenny Rytting)
- April 26: Jane Austen Regency Ball, open to public, tentative location Immanuel Lutheran Church in Westport, cream tea service with scones, volunteers needed (Leah Wilson)
- May 6-25: Emma, play by Kate Hamill at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, JASNA-KC attendance date to be determined (Jan Lewis)
- May 31: Book discussion, Jane Austen’s Letters, via Zoom
- June: Tentative event at Under the Cover, romance-themed book store at 605 E, 31st Street, Kansas City (Melanie Hayden)
- July 12: Book discussion, Jane Austen’s Letters, via Zoom
- August 2: Georgette Heyer novel discussion, led by Gaye Stevick Foutch and Valerie Hodges Sporn
- August 16: JASNA-KC annual planning meeting, location to be determined
- September 20: Boxhill Picnic, location to be determined
- October 10-12: JASNA Annual General Meeting in Baltimore
- November 15: Discussion on how Jane Austen has affected your life, led by Sabrina Bartholomew, location to be determined
- December: Jane Austen Birthday Tea, date and location to be determined