2022
Bloomsday Festival Throughout Friend of the Festival Craig Morriss once again exhibited his brilliant and delightful caricatures of Joyce and his modernist milieu for our festival via a special page on his website. Click here to view! —– … —– Saturday June 11 A walking tour of Haunted Old Montreal, on the theme of Ripples. 11:00 AM […]
2020
Bloomsday Festival Online Exhibition JAMES JOYCE – FRIENDS, ENEMIES & INFLUENCES Originally schedule to display live in Montreal, we were thrilled this selection of irreverent but loving caricatures of James Joyce and his circle by Montreal-born artist and illustrator Craig Morriss were available online. The exhibition includes textual commentary, and has been updated regularly with […]
2019
Bloomsday Festival Thursday, May 30 PRE-FESTIVAL LECTURE: “EXPLORING IRISH-JEWISH AUTOBIOGRAPHIES” Lecture by Professor Pól Ó Dochartaigh, National University of Ireland, Galway, with exhibition “Jews in Irish Literature” in the Lobby of the Jewish Public Library from May 30 – June 17th. … … Wednesday, June 12 FESTIVAL OPENER: “THE MUSIC OF MRS. JOYCE: EXPLORING NORA […]
2018
Bloomsday Festival Tuesday, June 12 2018 BLOOMSDAY FESTIVAL OPENER: “COME TO THE CABARET” Bloomsday Montreal’s 2018 Festival Opener, “Come to the Cabaret.” Join us for an evening of tapas, drinks, musicians and sing alongs. Performing musicians include Beverly McGuire (soprano), Johanne Patry (alto), Gary Iannacone (tenor), Anna Fuerstenberg (actress/comedienne) and Lauretta Altman (pianist). Chez Anas, […]
2017
Bloomsday Festival Friday June 9th LECTURE: “A SOUNDING OF FINNEGANS WAKE” Lecture: “A Sounding of Finnegans Wake” by Malcolm Goldstein, musician and composer. James Joyce’s “Wake” was an essential inspiration source for John Cage who created “Roaratorio”. The music is a vast soundscape collage of recordings of places and sound referred to in the “Wake”. […]
2016
Bloomsday Festival Bloomsday Celebrations Underway In Montréal CBC News Montreal, article by Sabrina Marandola Bloomsday: a Joycean Celebration Senior Times, article by Kristine Berey Bloomsday Montréal: A Growing Success CBC Radio International, article and audio by Carmel Kilkenny Byron’s Bloomsday Montréal Quickie List Westmount Magazine, article by Byron Toben Kathleen Fee Talks About Ulysses and Bloomsday Montréal video, Breakfast Television (BT) Interview: […]
2012-2015
Bloomsday Festival VISUAL HISTORY OF THE FESTIVAL BLOOMSDAY MONTRÉAL Skip through the highlights of Bloomsday Montréal beginning with our inaugural year – 2012.Presentation: Bloomsday Montréal Festival — 2012 to 2015 CBC INTERVIEW, 2012 Listen to Judith Schurman, one of the founders of Bloomsday Montréal, interviewed in 2012, by Sonali Karnick of CBC’s All in a Weekend. […]