An Evening at Pemberley

Program Type:

Arts, Culture, & Literature

Age Group:

Adult (18+)
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will close on July 26, 2025 @ 5:00pm.
  • This event is for registrants age 18 and up and above.

Event Details

"One cannot have too large a party."- Jane Austen


The Dallas Public Library
requests the pleasure of your company

at An Evening at Pemberley 

a ball in honor of Jane Austen's 250th birthday

to be held in the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
on the evening of July the twenty-sixth
at six o’clock.

 

This event is 18+ only. A Government-issued ID is needed for a drink ticket, ID's will be checked at the door.

 

Itinerary

6:00 - 9:00 Calligraphy station

6:00 - 9:00 Tea Tasting, DIY Bath Salts, and Wax Seals

6:00 - 9:00 Regency games 

6:30 - 7:15 English country dance class, Set 1

6:30 - 8:30 Paper Quilling workshop

6:30 - 8:30 Watercolor painting 

7:00 - 7:30 Acquainted With Without Knowing: Shakespeare and the Theatre in Mansfield Park

7:30 - 8:15 English country dance class, Set 2

8:00 - 8:45 The Majesty and Mystery of Floriography According to Jane Austen

Vendor booths and dancing will be available throughout the evening.

 

Instructors

Vendors

Local Jane Austen Groups

 

Food and Beverage 

Meals will be available from our partner vendors for a fee. Limited free drinks will be available!

Food provided by:

More details to come

 

Parking: Event parking is free in our library parking garage. The entrance is located behind the library, on Wood. St. (Put 1541 Wood St. into your GPS.). The library parking garage has limited spaces and will be first-come, first-served. Street parking and paid lots are available all around the downtown Dallas area.

Cost: All activities are free, but vendors will charge for items they are selling, and food will have a cost. 

Costumes: Just like at any ball, costumes are encouraged! 

 

This Summer Saturdays at Central event is brought to you with thanks by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library and the Dallas Shakespeare Club.

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