By Bill Gaither On February 22, 2023, members gathered for a fascinating and fun presentation by Ms. Kim Guyer on “Personality Types in Jane Austen.” Kim is a project manager with the Steier Group, a capital campaign fundraising firm, and it was evident from a few of Kim’s examples that she also uses personality assessment in her workplace. Kim stressed…
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Playmakers’ Emma: Entertaining and Stylish
By Karin Wiberg, with Sara Tavela (Streaming Content Insights) On Sunday, December 4, 2022, about fifteen JASNA members met at PlayMakers Repertory at UNC in Chapel Hill for a performance of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Emma. Hamill’s adaptations have become familiar to Janeites, as she’s has adapted not only Emma but also Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield…
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Costuming 101: Learning the Ropes to Not Break the Bank and Celebrating Jane Austen’s Birthday
By Elizabeth Jewell and Sara Tavela JASNA-NC met both in-person and online for our December 2022 meeting, with grateful success for our first fully hybrid gathering! In person, folks mingled, got nibbles, and said hi again. At the online meeting, members had conversation and personal nibbles, talking about how they first encountered Jane Austen’s works or what traditions around Austen’s…
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Tea Time with a Janeite: Laine Wood
Welcome back to “Tea Time with a Janeite,” our series where we get to learn more about our members, digging into their love of Jane (and tea) and letting us get to know them a little bit better. Enjoy this latest interview with our new Membership Officer! Janeite: Laine Wood Member Since: 2020 What is your preferred tea or relaxation…
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Accessibility & JASNA-NC
“It was a very agreeable visit. There was everything to make it so; Kindness, conversation, & variety.” Jane Austen, Letters (26 June 1808) We want everyone to feel welcome at JASNA-North Carolina. By periodically assessing our policies, procedures, and practices, we can do our best to make that happen. This fall we spent time assessing our accessibility—defined as the ability…
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