Joyicity: November 2022
Joyicity: November 2022 In this issue: – A word from the President, Kevin Wright – Origins and pursuits for the United Irish Societies of Montreal – ‘Ripples’ – a reflection by Irish poet Rachel McCrum – Costello Irish Dance’s coach Casey...
Joyicity May 2021
Joyicity, May 2021 In this issue: A word from the President, Kevin Wright Origins of the St. Patrick’s Society Montreal-based Celtic Trio Bùmarang launches debut CD in May, 2021 Ciné Gael Montreal: Twenty-eight years of the best in Irish cinema Corned Beef and...
Joyicity March 2021
Joyicity, March 2021 In this issue: A word from the President, Kevin Wright In Memoriam: Judith Schurman (extracts from her eulogy) From Oileán Iathghlas Éireann to La Belle Province The Point St. Charles Community Theatre The Ancient Order of Hibernians The Montreal...
Joyicity December 2020
Joyicity, December 2020 In this issue: A word from the President, Kevin Wright Background on The Midnight Court, our upcoming Zoom performance on January 6th, from Elsa Bolam A brief history of Bloomsday Montréal, by past President David Schurman The Wagner-Joyce...
“No Pen, No Ink…”
Disease epidemics have been the inspiration for many a writer and his work. Boccaccio wrote his Decameron at the time of the Black Death in 1348. A recent article in the Guardian newspaper asked whether Shakespeare wrote King Lear in the lockdown of 1606. Even...
Joyicity March 2020
In this issue: A word from our new President, Kevin Wright Recap of our celebration of James Joyce’s birthday First tentative schedule for our 2020 Festival! Events around town A blog post on Finnegans Wake’s Multifractal Structure A word from the...
What is Bloomsday?
Bloomsday marks the day — June 16, 1904 — that Leopold Bloom walked through Dublin in James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses. Our festival takes place this year from May 30 through June 16.
In Memoriam: Yvonne Constance Wall
If I could summarise my perception of Yvonne’s life in a couple of words I would say “Absolute Contentment”.
Yvonne was born in the Diamond Mecca town of Kimberley in South Africa, and grew up in the suburbs of Johannesburg with her parents Archibald and Susan Ann, and 3 elder brothers Ronnie, Dave and Alby.
We Are Seeking a Webmaster
A fee of $20 per hour to a maximum of 20 hours per month will be paid monthly upon invoicing. Webmaster shall at all times serve Festival Bloomsday Montréal as an independent agent. Please submit your one-page expression of interest or a c.v. to Festival Bloomsday Montréal President David Schurman at Bloomsday’s email address: bloomsdaymontreal@gmail.com.
It’s Our 7th Annual Festival: Schedule for Bloomsday 2018
It’s our 7th annual festival! See the tentative schedule for Bloomsday 2018. Five-Day Festival: Tuesday to Saturday, June 12 to 16.
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