May 2, 2020 | 10:00-4:00 p.m.
2020 Spring Gala
The in-person gala has been canceled and we are moving to a virtual event.
Please read Maureen Collins's letter for more information.
AUSTEN AROUND TOWN
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Spring 2019 "LETTER FROM CHICAGO"
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I am glad you like our caps—but Fanny is out of conceit with hers already; ... She is rather out of luck, to like neither her gown nor her Cap...—I consider it as a thing of course at her time of Life—one of the sweet taxes of Youth to chuse in a hurry & make bad bargains.