Bloomsday:
A Celebration of James Joyce's "Ulysses"

Date: Friday, June 13, 2025

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Cost: $15 (covers your first drink, a commemorative glass and theme-appropriate snacks)

Location: "The Gallery" at the H.A.R.P. Museum located on the second floor of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley at 623 Columbia St., Utica

Register: https://bit.ly/3Zhq3Hi 

Contact: Chris Hoke at (315) 733-4228 Ext. 6 or irishccmv@gmail.com

Celebrate James Joyce’s “Ulysses” at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley 

Join us in Dublin’s fair city without leaving the confines of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley and the H.A.R.P. Museum, on Friday, June 13th at 5 PM, as we host our eighth annual “Bloomsday” event.

Um, okay… and “Bloomsday is…?”

In James Joyce’s monumental classic “Ulysses,” June 16 is the date that the book’s protagonist, Leopold Bloom, undertakes his one-day sojourn through the streets of Dublin, and Bloomsday is the worldwide celebration of that fictional adventure.  Since the first two-man Bloomsday celebration in 1954, that date (or as near as practicable) continues to be celebrated throughout the world, with a range of cultural activities including readings and dramatizations of scenes from the novel, as well as the responsible partaking of adult beverages. And this year Utica, NY, will once again play host to its own Bloomsday event. 

Take a trip back in time, and be back in time for dinner!

The event will consist of representations of the Dublin sites visited by Bloom, depicted at different locations throughout the building.  Each site is accompanied by a dramatic reading by accomplished local actors and scholars, interspersed with traditional Irish music performed by the Craobh Dugan-O’Looney chapter of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann.  Theme-appropriate refreshments will also be available… and don’t worry, none will be from Bloom’s breakfast (IYKYK)!

A $15 registration fee will cover the program, your first drink, a commemorative Bloomsday 2025 glass, and theme-appropriate munchies.  All those interested in attending are asked to register at https://bit.ly/3Zhq3Hi, or leave a message at (315) 733-4228, Ext 6. 

But there’s more! Do you have what it takes to earn our coveted Bloomsday pin?

That’s right; if you have read this classic - polarly described as “a work of high genius” and “a memorable catastrophe” (both may be correct) – you qualify for (and will have certainly earned) the rare and coveted “I Survived Ulysses!” lapel pin!

Accessibility

The H.A.R.P. Museum is located on the second floor of the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia St, Utica. All are welcome to attend this program and all reading locations are wheelchair accessible.

It’s Bloomsday 2025… whether it’s your first one or if you have perfect attendance since 2018, it’s an event like no other! ☘️

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