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BLOOMSDAY CELEBRATION AT THE IRISH CULTURAL
CENTER |
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4:00
PM Students in Costume Answer Questions About James Joyce and the
Book Ulysses |
6:00
PM Readings From Ulysses by Reader's Theater |
7:30
PM Irish Ceili A caller and live music Children 12 and under: Free (two children per paid admission) |
$6 Admission - Reader's Theater and the Ceili $3 Sandwiches |
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We turn left into Duke Street with Bloom so that we can order the very same lunch at Davy Byrne's "the moral pub" at Number 21. The gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of Burgundy wine remain on the menu after nine decades, the cheese still deliciously biting on strips of Irish brown bread." ...fresh clean bread, with relish of disgust pungent mustard, the feety savour of green cheese. Sips of his wine soothed his palate. Not logwood that... [U 142/818] |
I
want to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city suddenly disappeared
from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book. 
--James Joyce about Ulysses
On 16 June, Joyceans in over sixty countries celebrate the fictional account of a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, his wife Molly, Stephen Dedalus, and "all the great talkers of Dublin" with people in Edwardian dress giving readings from various episodes of Ulysses. In his novel, Joyce sought to capture the Dublin of 1904.
This year, on Thursday, 16 June 2006, we will bring Bloomsday to the Irish Cultural Center, featuring readings of Ulysses by Arizona Readers Theater, a costume contest, food and cash bar, a screening of the films The Dead and Bloom, a silent auction with vintage items for sale, and plenty of semi-literary partying. "In the eyes of many, it's easier and a lot more fun than trying to work your way through Ulysses," says event organizer Dr. Mary Aldridge of Mesa Community College.
The Center opens at 10:00 a.m. There will be showings of "Joyce to the World" throughout the day. Starting at 4:00 PM students in costume will answer questions about James Joyce and Ulysses. The Arizona Readers Theater present readings from Ulysses at 6:00 pm. The readings will continue until 8:00 PM
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