BloomKW: Key West Bloomsday
June 16th, 2024, Key West, Florida
A celebration of homecoming, belonging and the mundane inspired by James Joyce's Novel Ulysses
Big thank yous to all who participated, attended and supported Bloom2024. Committee forming for 2025. contact for details.
June 16th, 2024, Key West, Florida
A celebration of homecoming, belonging and the mundane inspired by James Joyce's Novel Ulysses
Big thank yous to all who participated, attended and supported Bloom2024. Committee forming for 2025. contact for details.
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James Joyce's epic novel Ulysses, occurs entirely on June 16, 1904 in Dublin, Ireland: the most famous day in modern literature where famously not much happens. Known as Bloomsday for characters Leopold and Molly Bloom, Ulysses echos Odysseus' Journey home from the Trojan War in Homer's Odyssey through a day in the life of an ordinary man. Reading Ulysses is not required. See more ways to participate below. -Watch a short intro -read a brief plot summary -Watch the 1967 movie -Intro and fun coach Articles: Everyday Rewards on the Other Side... Roots of Contemporary War Literature... The Queerness of Ulysses -Explore Bloomsday Dublin -Read annotated version.-Gabler Edition available at Island Books -Listen to audio version |
Ways to participate:
-Attire: 1904 Dublin meets Key West with a splash of The Odyssey (tunics, sirens & sea monsters!)
-t shirts available here
-Have an Absinthe Cocktail at 22 & Co
-Swim in the ocean
-Have a mundane day!
-Use themes to inspire your day.
-Produce and share creative work around themes
Themes:
-The mundane. A day in a life & lifetime in a day.
-The returning/homecoming portion of the hero/heroine’s journey cycle
-The antihero/heroine
-Sense of place, home & belonging
-Fatherhood
-Grief
-Usurpation, colonialism & self exile
-Consciousness/Stream of consciousness
Interested artists, performers, tech, information & sponsorship contact @ 305-393-2488
Donations:
PayPal
Venmo:
-Attire: 1904 Dublin meets Key West with a splash of The Odyssey (tunics, sirens & sea monsters!)
-t shirts available here
-Have an Absinthe Cocktail at 22 & Co
-Swim in the ocean
-Have a mundane day!
-Use themes to inspire your day.
-Produce and share creative work around themes
Themes:
-The mundane. A day in a life & lifetime in a day.
-The returning/homecoming portion of the hero/heroine’s journey cycle
-The antihero/heroine
-Sense of place, home & belonging
-Fatherhood
-Grief
-Usurpation, colonialism & self exile
-Consciousness/Stream of consciousness
Interested artists, performers, tech, information & sponsorship contact @ 305-393-2488
Donations:
PayPal
Venmo:
