Join us for a mysterious meeting and frightfully fun film co-sponsored by the Hawai‘i State Library System. Saturday, Oct. 251–4 p.m.Hawai‘i State Library478 S. King Street, HonoluluCostume optional—Regenciy, zombie or come-as-you-are. Test your detective skills in a Jane Austen whodunit for a chance to win a book from the “Being a Jane Austen Mystery” seriesContinue reading “A Jane Austen Halloween”
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Koko Crater Garden Walk
Our second in a series of visits to Honolulu County’s five Botanical Gardens took us to Koko Crater in February. We were joined JASNA British Columbia friend Marigayle and Ken Paterson and once again called on the botanical expertise of member Donna Lum’s husband Larry. We took cover under a tree when our pleasant morningContinue reading “Koko Crater Garden Walk”
Botanical Bliss
We think Jane Austen would have enjoyed strolling through Honolulu’s Foster Botanical Garden as much as we did, marveling at it’s amazing specimens from around the world — Indonesian black pepper vine growing on a Gold Tree and the waxy flowers of the Cannonball Tree from the Guianas (pictured), not to mention the largest, sticky-sappedContinue reading “Botanical Bliss”
P&P Onscreen: Discussing MGM’s 1940 film – with quiz
Before Colin Firth there was Laurence Olivier. Like the 1995 mini-series, the 1940 black and white film spurred interest in Austen’s novels. Hawai‘i JASNA members were joined by fellow Janeites from as far as St. Louis and Montreal on Jan. 21 to discuss the merits of various screen adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and debateContinue reading “P&P Onscreen: Discussing MGM’s 1940 film – with quiz”
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