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Thread #48291   Message #724171
Posted By: paddymac
06-Jun-02 - 06:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bloom's Day festivities
Subject: Bloom's Day festivities
Bloom's day is nigh upon us, which set me to wondering what kinds of events happen in your town to celebrate the day. The day takes its name from a character in James Joyce's "Ulysses". Acclaimed the best bovel ever written in the English language, all the action transpires on a single day, 16 June 1904. The first "Bloom's Day" celebration occured in Dublin in 1954, and such celebrations now happen in many cities & towns around the world. Aside from some sort of a pub crawl, which seems to be standard fare for the celebrations, what other activities (more or less organized) go on where you live?