Bloomsday is Back

Bloomsday is the commemoration and celebration of the life and literary output of Irish writer James Joyce, and particularly his epic Ulysses, held annually on June 16, the single day span featured in the book and named after its protagonist Leopold Bloom. Santa Barbara joined the Bloomsday community last year on the 100th anniversary of the book’s publication, and the event returns with an even wider scope this Friday from 5-8 pm at, naturally, the James Joyce Pub. 

Community members are invited to be on hand as local actors, writers, and others read excerpts from Ulysses, among them writers George Yatchisin and Chryss Yost, storytellers-actors Michael Katz and Matt Tavainini of Boxtales Theatre Company, UCSB English Professors Enda Duffy and Maurizia Boscagli, SBCC History Professor Jay Carlander, and SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling. Musicians from the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara will perform. The Guinness will be flowing, and an illustrated copy of Ulysses will be
raffled off.