Have you heard of Bloomsday? This year you can join the worldwide celebrations at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden!
June 16 is the day on which James Joyce’s groundbreaking Modernist novel Ulysses is set. In Dublin there is a whole festival dedicated to Bloomsday and it’s marked all around the world with events just like this one.
Cherie Jacobson, Director of Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, will share her experience of Bloomsday in Dublin last year, and Jane Connolly, Ambassador of Ireland, will share a reading from Ulysses. Food and music are important in Ulysses, so we’ll also be offering a taste of both.
Participants in Bloomsday often dress up, from a simple straw boater like James Joyce wore or the bowler hat sported by his character Leopold Bloom, to full Edwardian garb. So don’t be shy about dressing for the occasion!
Katherine Mansfield and James Joyce met for a cup of tea in Paris; now you can meet in the birthplace of one Modernist icon, to celebrate the work of another
This event is free but registration is required via our website due to limited space in the house.