Monthly Teas
Grab your favorite cup of tea and join RFW each month for an online presentation and discussion related to the extended Regency (1780-1840). RFW Members enjoy free access through their Dashboard to current and past Teas.
Upcoming Teas
September 19, 2024 at 12PM EDT
Horror Tourism in Nineteenth-Century Paris
with JESSICA CALE
The City of Light has a strong history of dark tourism. From the first horror “movies” and gothic nightclubs to the famous catacombs under the city, explore the dark side of nineteenth-century Paris with Jessica Cale, host of the Dirty Sexy History podcast.
Content Disclosure: Light sexual themes, dark imagery, photographs of skeletons
OCTOBER 2024
To Be Announced…
May 12, 2024 at 5PM EDT
New Website Orientation
WITH JUSTINE COVINGTON
May is all about unveiling the newly redesigned RFW website! Justine will give members a tour of the new site and demonstrate how to perform common tasks, such as viewing and responding to forum posts, registering for classes and events, and more. She’ll also walk through the new “My Dashboard” and all the content that can be accessed from it, as well as share tips on how you can customize your RFW online profile.
May 16, 2024 at 2PM EDT
What Would a Regency Lady Carry in Her Reticule?
WITH Candice Hern
Join Candice as she explains what a reticule was (called a ridicule during the Regency) and the items a lady would have carried in it! This presentation will be a comprehensive survey of items that might have been carried in a reticule, including cosmetics, coin purses, and vinaigrettes. The items our characters carry in their reticules can say a lot about them, and in this Monthly Tea, we will learn just what to put in a reticule!
author of In the Garden with Jane Austen
June 24, 2024 at 6PM EDT
In the Garden with Jane Austen: Love in the Shrubbery
WITH KIM WILSON
Kim Wilson brings Georgian and Regency gardens to life with an illustrated tour of English gardens, from tiny cottage gardens, to the gardens of the grand estates, to the gardens Jane Austen herself knew and loved. Featuring material from Wilson’s book, In the Garden with Jane Austen, the presentation will discuss 18th and 19th century gardening, the roles gardens played in the lives and loves of Austen and her characters, and will reveal the secrets to making your own Jane Austen garden.