presents its
- 2008 Bloomsday Celebration -
Monday, June 16th, at
The Redhouse in Armory Square,
Syracuse, New York.
Post-Standard Columnist Dick Case and Dr.Mark Tierno, president of Cazenovia College, will take part in the 15th anniversary of the Syracuse James Joyce Club's Bloomsday at the Redhouse, Armory Square on June 16.They will be two of 15 Central New Yorkers widely-known in the field of media, academia, the arts, theatre, sports, writing, political and community life who will participate in this year's Bloomsday.
This year's program will follow a Bloomsday started in Dublin that attracts writers, actors, and the arts to celebrate James Joyce's masterpiece novel, Ulysses. The book was voted the No. 1 novel of the 20th Century by American literary scholars in 2000. The setting of the novel takes place on one day, June 16, 1904, in Dublin. The main character is Leopold Bloom, an Irish-Jew who is a newspaper ad salesman. After the novel was published in the early 1920s, friends off Joyce gathered each year to read Ulysses. Eventually it became known as Bloomsday.
Dick Case has been a well-read Central New York columnist and feature writer for more than 40 years. He served two years in the US Army and joined the old (now deceased) Herald-Journal in 1959. After the departure of the H-J he became part of the Post-Standard. He was an American Studies major at Syracuse University and took some courses in Journalism. A native of Marcellus, he is the author of several books about Central New York history.
Dr.Tierno, the president of Cazenovia College, was born in New York City and was raised on Long Island. He comes from a large extended family and was raised by parents who greatly valued education. Dr. Tierno has led initiatives to make Cazenovia College's programs among the best in the country as evidenced by the rising enrollment in many of the college's programs. He has authored several books on education. He served as a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University in England. He and his wife Cyndi and their son John-Luke enjoy baseball, bicycling and reading.
Directions to the RedhouseAll day parking is available kitty-corner (across the street) from the Redhouse for $2.00!
The James Joyce 2008 Writing Contest awards will be presented as part of a significant event in the Syracuse Joyce Club history during our 15th Bloomsday, Monday, June 16, 2008 at the Red House in Armory Square, Syracuse. Bloomsday is the worldwide reading of James Joyce's classic: Ulysses - voted the No. 1 novel of the 20th Century by American literary scholars. This year the marathon reading event follows what is known as a Dublin-style Bloomsday when a diverse group of leaders in media, theatre, academia, literature and political life, and sports figures of the Syracuse area community will read four to five minutes of their own selection from Joyce's writings. The Syracuse Joyce Club ‘performance’ annually attracts over 300 people, and is part of the CNY chapter, Irish American Cultural Institute.
The 2008 James Joyce 'Nancy Duffy Award' – in memory of the 'Irish Trailblazer' and community leader - will again be first prize. This award combines a cash prize along with a gift of a rare 1919 edition of Joyce’s only play, EXILES, a donation from Geoffrey Hoefer of New York City in memory of another extraordinary woman, his grand aunt, Rosi Moses-Scheuer. Rosi was a German Jew and survivor of the Holocaust.
The 2008 contest seeks ‘essays’ from high school seniors and all college students in Central New York. An additional ‘short-story’ contest is offered for the 7th year. For the latter, in the preface of the short story, the author must describe its pertinence to Joyce’s characters, settings or techniques. Other cash prize awards totaling $500 are again sponsored by Le Moyne College. The winners will also receive attractive Joyce award certificates.
Essays must relate to James Joyce or his works, for example: his contribution to modern literature; an intellectual enigma; censorship; the influence of Nora Barnacle on his writings; Joyce and Dublin; writer in exile; stream of consciousness; portrait of the artist.
The Scholarship Awards are intended to recognize intellectual curiosity of our young people while promoting the awareness in our schools of Joyce’s contribution to modern literature. Essay or short story should be submitted to, or further information requested from:
Basil Dillon-Malone, Chair, James Joyce Contest 2008 4083 Sweetgum Lane, Liverpool, N.Y. 13090 Phone: (315) 622-1132 email: bdillonm@arcomlabs.com (for information only! not submittals!)