Bloomsday commemorates James Joyce’s epic novel, Ulysses* and the exploits of the main character, Leopold Bloom. It is celebrated worldwide on June 16, the anniversary Bloom’s journey through Dublin on that day in 1904.
While it originated in Dublin, New York City is among many cities around the world that be holding Bloomsday observances. Literary New Yorkers have several options in celebrating the 110th anniversary of Bloom’s Day:
Start the day with breakfast at (where else?) Bloom’s Tavern:
Monday, June 16, 2014
Origin Theatre Company presents….
Bloom’s Day Breakfast
Special guests include:
Malachy McCourt, Sean Mahon, Conor MacNeill, Jimmy Kerr, Jo Kinsella, Fiona Walsh, Terry Donnolly
Music by Allen Gogarty
RSVP required: info@origintheatre.org
7:30am
at:
Blooms Tavern
208 E. 58th St. (between Second & Third Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 308-9400
BloomsNYC.com
Bloom’s Day is also the 11th anniversary of the opening of the bar Ulysses’…
Monday, June 16
Blooms Day at Ulysses‘
featuring a full day of food, music, drink specials and famous authors reading from the most celebrated book ever written: Ulysses*
11am – midnight
at:
Ulysses’
95 Pearl St./58 Stone St.
(Hanover Square)
New York, NY
(212) 482-0400
Ulyssesfolkhouse.com
One of the world’s great Bloomsday traditions created by the late founding artistic director of Symphony Space, Isaiah Sheffer.
Monday, June 16
The Irish Arts Center & Symphony Space present…
Bloom’s Day on Broadway
The 33rd annual Bloomsday on Broadway celebrates 110 years of James Joyce’s Dubliners and his masterpiece Ulysses. The event will feature readings by Cynthia Nixon, Malachy McCourt, Kelli O’Hara, National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann, and others of several of the book’s stellar stories, including the beloved final story “The Dead.” Between readings, songs from the stories will be performed by soprano Lisa Flanagan. Introductions by Irish writer Belinda McKeon.
7pm
at:
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
2537 Broadway (95th St.)
New York NY
SymphonySpace.org
Monday, June 16
Blooms Day at An Beal Bocht
featuring readings from James Jouces masterpiece “Ulysses “,
Music by Danny Flinn, Andrew Coileáin and New York Brogue
Food & drink specials
8pm
at:
An Beal Bocht Cafe
445 W. 238th St.
Bronx, New York
(718) 884-7127
anbealbochtcafe.com
*FTC disclosure:
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