Special Event: JANE AUSTEN SPEAKS Date: Sunday, September 9, 2018 Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Location: Nighttown 12383 Cedar Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106 EVENT COST $40.00 “How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!”   Persuasion , Ch. 2. Join us for lunch and a very special day with Jane Austen at our kick-off meeting for the 2018-2019 year. As we continue to celebrate 200 years of Jane Austen’s masterpiece Persuasion, we meet Jane Austen in the midst of her final performance, and hear her reminiscences of a life well-spent. Actor Deb Miller brings historical women to life by combining her delightful performing talents with scrupulous research. Deb brings an intimate understanding of Austen through her own letters and works, combined with meticulous historically accurate costume and mannerisms to this stirring performance. Presentation is followed by a cozy question and answer period.  Questions? Email jasnaonc@gmail.com, or contact Jennifer Weinb...

The JASNA ONC Summer Luncheon will take place the first weekend of June at the location of our 2020 JASNA AGM ! ~ WHERE ~ HILTON CLEVELAND DOWNTOWN 100 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland, OH 44114 http://www3.hilton.com/en/ hotels/ohio/hilton-cleveland- downtown-CLEDOHH/index.html ~ WHEN ~  SAT JUN 2, 2018 11AM:  Walkthrough of 2020 AGM conference spaces 12PM - 2PM:  lunch at The Burnham http://www. theburnhamrestaurant.com/ The hotel is working on providing us a limited menu from which we will be able to choose our dining options. Cost for the lunch will be determined as soon as possible. Parking is available at the hotel for a fee. Metered and pay-lot parking is also available on Public Square, which is a short walk away from the hotel. RTA rapid lines also run to Public Square. WANT TO CARPOOL? Contact Jennifer (440.667.6063) or email  jasnaonc@gmail.com  to coordinate. RSVP by May 28th to  jasnaonc@...

Join us for our first meeting of 2018! Celebrating the 200 th Anniversary of Persuasion  with Dr. JoAnne Podis Date: Sunday, March 11, 2018 Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: Solon Library Meeting Room (Portz Parkway, off Rt 91) Free and Open to the Public “But I hate to hear you talking so like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.”— Persuasion , Ch. 8. Happy New Year ! 2018 marks the 200 th anniversary of Jane Austen’s last completed novel Persuasion .. Considered by critics to be Austen’s most “mature” novel, the story of Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth still resonates deeply with many of Austen’s readers. Indeed, the letter Wentworth slips to his beloved Anne near the end of the novel remains one of the most often quoted passages of all Austen’s novels. To kick off the bicentennial celebrations of this wonderful novel, Ohio North Coast region memb...

Mark your calendars for our Spring 2018 meetings: Sunday, April 15, 2018 from 1:00-4:00 PM at the Solon Public Library Summer luncheon: June 2018 (details forthcoming) **SPECIAL EVENT SEPTEMBER 2018** JASNA-ONC is delighted to announce that Jane Austen herself will be visiting our region on September 9, 2018! The wonderful Debra Miller (Greater Chicago RC) will bring our beloved Jane to life for an afternoon with “Just Jane: A Visit With Jane Austen.” More details, including location and time, are forthcoming. Deb will also be performing at Mentor Public Library as Louisa May Alcott on September 10 as part of MPL’s Louisa May Alcott week for those who are interested. Other Jane Austen News Gillian Dow , Executive Director of Chawton House and Kim Simpson , Chawton House Postdoctoral Fellow have teamed up to create a free online course titled Jane Austen: Myth, Reality and Global Celebrity . This is a great opportunity to connect with Janeites from around the world! Great L...