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Bloomsday in Champaign |
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by gehrig
Email: zemblan (nospam) earthlink.net (unverified!) |
17 Jun 2004
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The Bloomsday Centennial hits Champaign this weekend |
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Bloomsday -- a celebration of Irish culture in general, and James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" in particular -- will be performed in word and song on June 19, 2004 in downtown Champaign. But this time we've pulled out all the stops, because 2004 marks the hundredth anniversary of Bloomsday, that ordinary day in Dublin on which "Ulysses" takes place: June 16, 1904.
Bloomsday celebrations will take place wherever in the world Joyce's masterpiece is honored, and Champaign-Urbana is no exception. Readings from the text -- including some by guest celebrity readers -- will take place throughout the day, woven through many venues in downtown Champaign.
The celebration begins with a reading at Verde Gallery at 8:30 AM and ends with an 11:30 PM performance at Mike & Molly's pub by an electric Irish band -- the one and only Billy Shite and the Fecktones.
"Joyce to the World," a new documentary detailing Bloomsday as it is celebrated around the world -- and including a shot of that famous Joyce interpreter, Indigo Frank -- will be shown at 8:00 PM at Verde Gallery on Friday, June 18 as an appetizer for the following day's grand events.
This is the third annual celebration of Bloomsday in downtown Champaign, and -- as experience shows -- you don't have to be a grad student in Irish literature to come downtown and sing a song or lift a pint in honor of good Mr. Bloom, or even to join in the reading.
The full schedule is available at http://www.fpmrecords.com/events/bloomschedule.html.
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See also:
http://www.fpmrecords.com/bloomsday
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