Jane Austen 250th Birthday Celebration

Calling all Jane Austen fans! Come celebrate literary superstar Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday at the Southside Library. There will be a tea party, a sewing craft, period games, and a film screening. Costumes are encouraged but not required.

There will be a display in the library for discovering the rich collection of materials by Jane Austen or related to her work. In recent times, there have been a number of derivative works such as mystery series, parodies, modern day retellings, movie adaptations, and more.

Throughout the afternoon and evening you can enjoy tea and a variety of baked goods. You can try your hand at one of the period games or create a sewing craft to take with you. At 5:30 pm, we will screen the 1995 movie Sense and Sensibility, which features a star studded cast including Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, and Hugh Grant.

BYOB (Bring your own bonnet)!

Library programs are made possible by the support from  Friends of the Santa Fe Public Library