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Bloomsday Montreal 2012

Thursday, June 14, 2012toSaturday, June 16, 2012

On June 14-16, Montrealers celebrate Bloomsday, the date made famous in James Joyce's Ulysses, with an all-day roster of activities. Anyone interested in Ulysses, Joyce, or things Irish, please mark June 16 on your calendar! Festivities will be held all over the city, including 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ, the McCord Museum, Atwater Library, and many of the city's Irish pubs.

Bloomsday 2012 Montreal's aim is to unite Montrealers with enthusiasts staging Bloomsday events in more than 60 other cities around the world.

Events from June 14-16 include: Music of all types, storytelling and dramatization, dancing, talks on James Joyce, films on Bloomsday and the Irish, a Ulysses/Joyce trivia contest, and public readings of Ulysses in many of the languages of Montreal's cultural communities. This event will be an occasion to celebrate the universality of this great novel, both its themes and the people who love it.

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