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AGM Recap Maryland & DC Joint meeting

Did you attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Denver or attend virtually? Share stories, thoughts and highlights. Not able to attend the AGM? Learn what it was about and take notes on speakers and topics you want to hear in the future. Register for the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocOirrjopHdBhql3N3ZJeZhx6DoYMu0Ln

Jane Austen and the Theatre

Presented by Deborah C. Payne, American University As 15 years of scholarship has chronicled, Jane Austen very much liked the theatre. Letters to her sister, Cassandra, reveal trips to London playhouses and occasional outings in Bath. Austen’s enjoyment, however, was perhaps more that of an eager fan hoping to glimpse her favorite star than a… Continue reading →

A Certain Step Toward Falling in Love – July virtual meeting

‘A Certain Step Toward Falling in Love’: Dance in the Works of Jane Austen Susan de Guardiola is a dance historian, teacher, and caller from Connecticut.  She will entertain us with a discussion of how Austen uses dance and dancing in her novels.  Following the presentation there will be a brief overview of mourning in… Continue reading →