The Rosenbach's 16th annual Bloomsday, an ever-popular day-long celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses, is coming! June 16 marks the anniversary of our favorite fictional day, Bloomsday, the day on which Leopold Bloom walked the streets of Dublin in James Joyce’s classic novel Ulysses. Join hundreds of Rosenbach friends and neighbors and gather under the giant shade trees of Delancey Place to hear dozens of notable Philadelphians and Joyce enthusiasts bring the novel to life. Bloomsday 2008 events include:
Bloomsday Exhibition
Picturing Ulysses
June 3-29, 2008
Regular Museum Hours
What would Ulysses look like in illustration? As a graphic novel? This year the Rosenbach will celebrate Bloomsday with a month-long exhibit that invites guests to picture Ulysses. For the month of June, the Rosenbach Museum’s orientation gallery will house selections from Joyce’s hand-written manuscript, illustrations of Ulysses, and drawings of Joyce.
Image: Bloomsday, 2006.
Artist's Talk
Adapting Joyce’s Ulysses for Other Media
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
5:30 - 7:30pm
In conjunction with our Bloomsday exhibition, Picturing Ulysses, graphic artist Robert Berry will give a talk about Ulysses Seen, his graphic novel adaptation of Joyce’s Ulysses. Robert will discuss the inspiration, process, and goals for this anticipated 10-year project.
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Image: Bloomsday, 2006.
Public Reading
Bloomsday
Sunday, June 16
12pm - 7pm
FREE!
June 16 marks the Rosenbach's 16th anniversary of our favorite fictional day, Bloomsday, the day on which Leopold Bloom walked the streets of Dublin in James Joyce’s classic novel Ulysses. Join hundreds of Rosenbach friends and neighbors and gather under the giant shade trees of Delancey Place to hear dozens of notable Philadelphians and Joyce enthusiasts bring the novel to life.
Along with the main event – the June 16th public reading of Ulysses in the sun and shade of Delancey Place – the Rosenbach will be featuring an exhibition of selections from the original Ulysses manuscript, “A Nation Is the Same People Living in the Same Place: Joyce and Jews,” as well as other special programming.
Please note, the museum will not open to the public until 12pm on Saturday, June 16. Tours of the historic house will not be available due to the event, please plan around this.
After the day of public readings on June 16th, celebrate Bloomsday well into the night at McGillin's Olde Ale House at 1310 Drury Street with
live music by Baby Brother & the High Five. Bring in any book by James Joyce for a free beer!
Click here to learn about performance artist Sebastienne Mundheim's piece, A Potable Joyce: A Watered Down version of Ulysses... the story of James Joyce and his manuscript..., originally comissioned by the Rosenbach Museum & Library.
Questions about being a reader or scheduling an event at the 2007 Bloomsday celebration should be directed to the Bloomsday coordinator.
Thanks to everyone involved who made 2007's event a memorable experience!
