presents its
- 2010 Bloomsday Celebration -
Wednesday, June 16th, at the
W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts,
Le Moyne College, Syracuse
The Syracuse James Joyce Club will hold its 17th Bloomsday, Wednesday, June 16th, 2010, at the W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, ( Phone: (315) 455-4523.) Bloomsday is the worldwide reading of James Joyce's classic: Ulysses - voted the No. 1 novel of the 20th Century by American literary scholars. For the third year the marathon reading event from noon until 10pm follows a Dublin-style Bloomsday when a diverse group of leaders in media, theatre, academia, literature, sports and political life, of the Syracuse area community will read 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.
A star-studded CNY cast of literati, academia, media, theatre and political personalities will pay tribute to writer James Joyce at the 17th annual Bloomsday of the Syracuse James Joyce Club to be held Wednesday beginning at noon at the Le Moyne College theatre.
Highlighting the Special Guest part of the show will be PS humorist Jeff Kramer who will read the famous opening words of Leopold Bloom in 'Ulysses' as he prepares breakfast for his lovely opera singing wife Molly Bloom and their cat.
The Special Guest (SG) part of the program will run from 12 noon to 2 pm. It will be followed at 2:30 pm by the reading of Joyce's masterpiece 'Ulysses', voted by literary scholars as the best novel of the 20th Century.
The SG program is modeled on the Dublin, Ireland Bloomsday. Both groups, Dublin and Syracuse, invite people in the arts, literature, politics, media, theatre, academia and music to read any selection of Joyce they wish for five minutes.
The list of SGs include, besides Kramer, Dr. Fred Pestello, president of Le Moyne; Stephanie Miner, Mayor of Syracuse and her husband, Jack Mannion, Chairman Emeritus, Unity Life; former Red House director Natalia Mount; columnist Russ Tarby.
English-Irish Literature Professor Emeritus, Robert Rhodes; SU Professor Emeritus Ephraim Mizruchi; Le Moyne music director Andrew Russo; Dr. James Clark, former Syracuse Stage director; Bill Molesky, actor-producer; Joseph Strodel, Cornell U. executive and his wife, Therese, artist; and Dan Nolan, administrative assistant to Congressman Dan Maffei (D-Syracuse).
Gail Lyons, widely-known CNY harpist, will play the songs favored by Joyce and his contemporary the famous Irish tenor John McCormack.
After the SG segment Basil Dillon-Malone, chair of the Syracuse James Joyce essay and short story contest will present awards to winners of the college and high school competition.
Marian Murphy Stanton is the president of the Joyce Club; Kay O. Ellis is executive producer of the Special Guest program and Hugh Humphreys is the executive producer of the reading of 'Ulysses'. Forty club members participate in the reading.
This year there will be a supper between 6 and 7 pm and members of the audience are invited. Entertainment by club members.
The entire program is sponsored by the Syracuse James Joyce Club and the Irish Literary Program of Le Moyne whose director is Associate Professor Kathleen Costello-Sullivan, Le Moyne English Department.
Admission to Bloomsday is free. Food and drink will be available. Free parking is close to the theatre. (MEDIA CONTACT: R.LONG 252-7024 rickulysses@yahoo.com )The James Joyce 2010 Writing Contest awards will be presented as part of a significant event in the Syracuse Joyce Club history during our 17th Bloomsday, Wednesday, June 17, 2010 at the W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts, Le Moyne College, Syracuse.
The 2010 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 2010 contest seeks ‘essays’ from high school seniors and all college students in Central New York. An additional ‘short-story’ contest is offered for the 8th 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 2010 4083 Sweetgum Lane, Liverpool, N.Y. 13090 Phone: (315) 622-1132 email: bdillonm@arcomlabs.com (for information only! not submittals!)