London Farrington Coach 1835
James Pollard (1792 - 1867)

Event: JASNA CWNY February Meeting

Topic:            "Dormeuse to Donkey Carts

The Horse-drawn Carriages in the writings and life of Jane Austen"

                       A talk on carriages by Amy Bracey, British carriage expert & author

When: Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 1 pm EST

Where: Online through Zoom 

Registration: To register click HERE

Catherine Morland was forced to take a coach home alone when General Tilney threw her out of Northanger Abbey, an egregious breach of etiquette. Mr. Knightly usually preferred to walk. Carriages were an important theme in Jane Austen's work. Please join us on Zoom as Amy Bracey explores the topic of carriages in Jane Austen's work.

About our speaker:

Amy Bracey regards the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as being the golden era of horse-drawn transport with some of the most beautiful carriages being designed and built. They were a way to get from A to B, a representation of social standing, and a magnet for the ladies! Jane Austen both experienced and wrote about carriages in all these ways - themes that will be explored and illustrated in this talk.

Amy has had a passion for horse-drawn carriages since childhood. After spending 15 years working in museums, her interest in carriages turned to a career with her work for The National Trust as a researcher, cataloguing the carriages within their collections. In 2015 she took on the role of Project Curator for The Carriage Foundation. Here she deals with the day-to-day running of a charity and advises museums and individuals across the globe on the care, conservation, research and interpretation of historic carriages.

She has lectured on various subjects with a connection to horse-drawn carriages for groups and organisations across the UK, Europe and America and regularly contributes articles to magazines and journals. In 2020 she published her first book 'The A to Z of Carriages' and has several more in the pipeline.

Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating discussion. It's on Zoom so no carriage is required. 

 

JASNY CWNY Buffalo area event

Buffalo Area Event

Event:     Buffalo Area JASNA CWNY meeting

Topic:      Book Discussion: The Mysteries of Udolpho

                Catherine Morland's Favorite book

When:     Saturday, February 24, 2:00 PM

                Note this is not on the third Saturday

Where:   Clarence Library Meeting Room

Please join us for this Buffalo Area event. Enjoy some tea and Jane Austen and get your dose of Gothic horrors. That will be fun even if you haven't read the book.

Susan Harris-Gamard writes:

Announcing our February meeting! Trying to get as many people to attend this one as we can. I am collaborating with the librarian at Clarence Library to get more attendees interested, both from the high school and the community. I thought it would be fun to read The Mysteries of Udolpho since Austen mentions the book in Northanger Abbey, but it is long, so if you aren't up to it, still please come to discuss regardless. A lively discussion with people of various backgrounds will add to the atmosphere.

More events are in the works. As always, if anyone has ideas or even better connections please don't hesitate to reach out. 

Buffalo Area JASNA CWNY Book Discussion

Event: Buffalo area JASNA CWNY Book Club Meeting

When: Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 1:30 PM Note Time Change

Where: Clarence Library Meting Room

Please Join us, here are the details:

There will be tea and biscuits. 
First 15 to arrive will receive a free Jane Austen book mark. 
The discussion will revolve around:
Turning a Beast into a Prince: Heroes and Villains in Austen's World
2 Books: 
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
The Darcy Myth by Rachel Feder

Jane and Cassandra Austen Birthday Luncheon

 

Happy JANEuary

We are celebrating Jane and Cassandra Austen's Birthdays

on Saturday, January 20 2024

Register Now!
“How Happy are Austen’s ‘Happy Endings’?”
A talk by Inger Brodey, Associate Professor of English and
Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina

Saturday, January 20, 2024
10:30 am - 2:00 pm EST

In Person at The Highlands At Pittsford

100 Hahnemann Trail, Pittsford, NY 14534

Pre-registration and pre-payment required.

You can register and pay by clicking HERE

Registration required by January 12

Professor Inger S. B. Brodey is a lifelong Janeite and well-known Austen scholar. She has served on the JASNA Board of Directors, and as a JASNA Traveling Lecturer. She has twice been the JASNA North American plenary lecturer at AGMs, and she has given AGM breakout sessions on a variety of topics. She also serves on the editorial board of Persuasions.

At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she has won several campus-wide teaching awards for classes that include “Studies in Jane Austen,” a first-year seminar on “Jane Austen Then and Now,” and “Global Jane Austen.” Her new book, Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness, is coming out with Johns Hopkins University Press next month. She is also founder and director of the annual Jane Austen Summer Program, and co-host of the Jane Austen and Co. web series.

“Covered/Uncovered – The Shawl and the Regency Era”

 

Close-up of the border of a Kashmir shawl fragment
credit: K. Jorgensen,

"Fanny, William must not forget my shawl if he goes to the East Indies; and I shall give him a commission for anything else that is worth having. I wish he may go to the East Indies, that I may have my shawl. I think I will have two shawls, Fanny." Mansfield Park, chapter 31

Event: JASNA CWNY December Meeting

Topic: “Covered/Uncovered – The Shawl and the Regency Era”

                by Kate Jorgensen, JASNA-CWNY member

When:    Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1 pm EST (2nd Saturday)

Where: IN PERSON at Pittsford Barnes and Noble, Community Room

Please join us when Kate Jorgensen, a Central and Western NY region member, will lead us through the world of Regency shawls. Kate writes:

Throughout Jane Austen’s life, shawls were a popular and versatile fashion accessory.  But have you ever considered what the difference is between a Kashmir shawl and one produced in Britain or where the paisley pattern originated?  Have you thought about how shawl production in Britain is linked to the First Industrial Revolution?  What role did Empress Josephine play?  Can you really draw a Kashmir shawl through a small ring?  Please join us as Kate Jorgensen provides an overview that explores these questions.  During our time together we will talk about the shawl and its history, including its path to Britain, the role of the shawl in Regency fashion and how changes in textile production and trade impacted on shawl manufacture from the design process to spinning and weaving to finishing.  We’ll even bust a couple shawl myths in the process! 

Kate spoke to us last year about Regency textiles. She has a lifelong love of fibers and textiles.

Kate's bio:

Kate Jorgensen is a life-long learner, reader, and hand arts enthusiast with an interest in history and how it links to who we are today.  Kate has three bachelor’s degrees (English Education, Chemistry, and Textiles and Clothing) from The Ohio State University, an M.B.A. from Capital University, and an M.L.I.S. from Drexel University.  She also holds certifications in project management, Agile product ownership and change management and is a Six Sigma Green Belt.  Kate’s senior thesis was on microscopic evaluation of fibers from wrappings retrieved from mummy bundles and she began her career working with textiles and other artifacts retrieved from trunks from an 1865 shipwreck. Today Kate works on sustainability initiatives, focusing on changing what we are doing today to preserve the planet for tomorrow.  Find Kate at https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinejorgensen/. 

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Save the Date: Jane Austen Birthday Luncheon

Event:            JASNA CWNY Jane Austen Birthday Luncheon

Topic:            “How Happy are Austen’s ‘Happy Endings’?” 

                       A talk by Inger Brodey, Associate Professor of English and 

                       Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina

When:            Saturday, January 20, 2024, 10:30 am - 2:00 pm EST

Where:           IN PERSON at The Highlands at Pittsford

                       100 Hahnemann Trail, Pittsford, NY 14534

Registration: Pre-registration and pre-payment required. 

                       You can register and pay by clicking HERE

Tea Wreaths and the AGM

A Bow of Tea made Just For Thee

Event: JASNA CWNY November Meeting

Topic: AGM Reports and Holiday Tea Wreath Workshop

When:     Saturday, November 18, 2023, 1 pm EST

Where:   IN PERSON at Pittsford Barnes and Noble, Community Room

We had a wonderful  time creating tea wreaths and discussing the AGM last November. So we are going to offer the opportunity to add to your holiday decorations once again. This year will feature a wider variety of wreath frames and shapes. Please bring your own ribbon and scissors. Unwanted tea bags in paper wrappers are welcome.

As before, we will also hear from our members who attended the most recent AGM in Denver "Pride and Prejudice, A Rocky Romance"

Please join us to create your own drinkable holiday decoration.

Buffalo Area Janeites Sense and Sensibility Part II

 

Elinor, however little concerned in it, joined in their discourse; and Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book. Sense and Sensibility ch. 42

Event:    JASNA CWNY Buffalo Area Discussion Group

Topic:    A discussion of Sense and Sensibility Vol. 2 led by Susan Harris-Gamard 

When:    Saturday, October 28 from 1pm

Where:  The Clearfield Library, 770 Hopkins Rd, Williamsville, NY 14221

Please join us for a continuation of the discussion of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. This time we will focus on Volume 2. Note the location change from the first meeting.