Don your smartest bonnet and prepare for a battle of wits, Emma-style, at the Sacramento Public Library's ninth-annual Jane Austen Birthday Tea. This event will transport you back to Highbury with a visit to the village shop (book sale and silent auction), high tea at the Woodhouses' (by Beth Sogaard Catering), and a ball at the Westons' (an English country dance lesson).

For your entertainment, Regency-riddle expert Mark Turner will lead a game of charades, in which you will conjure up your inner Emma or Mr. Elton to best your tablemates. Then we will end the afternoon with English country dancing set to live music by Quite Carried Away and with instruction by caller Kalia Kliban.

Schedule:
1:30pm Music, book sale, and silent auction tea
2pm Tea and talk
3pm Dancing