TEA AND SCANDAL WITH JANE AUSTEN

The Imaginists, Global Mosaic Foundation, and King Manor Museum present
TEA AND SCANDAL WITH JANE AUSTEN
Free Open House at Historic King Manor
Drink tea in an elegant eighteenth-century drawing room
Take part in a marathon reading of Austen’s novella Lady Susan
Bring your own knitting, embroidery, or other quiet handcraft
Make Regency-style valentines using craft supplies provided
featuring
MISS AUSTEN SPILLS THE TEA
Between 2:00 p.m. and 2:30, historian and educator Lena Yasutake
demonstrates the Regency manner of making tea, while discussing the role of tea, etiquette, and gossip in Austen's novels and letters. Participants can see, hear, taste, and touch throughout the presentation.
Period costumes of the early 1800s (from Jane's or your own culture) are admired, though by no means required!

Host or Publisher King Manor Museum