Bloomsday in Williamstown

Bloomsday in Williamstown "James Joyce's writing is not about something; it is that something itself." -Sam Beckett

All are invited to celebrate Bloomsday, June 16, with a series of readings around Williamstown from James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses. The book takes place on June 16, 1904 and follows Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom as they meander about Dublin on that day eventually finding one another and ultimately Bloom’s wife, Molly. In Williamstown on June 16 2011, a group will meander around the town to

locations similar to those in the book, reading and listening to the corresponding episodes at appropriate times of day at stops along the way. All are invited to participate for the full day or any portion thereof. The day will begin at 8:00am with the Chapter One, the Telemachus episope, at (TBD).

Sanford & Kid ~ top shelf in the bargain basement
01/26/2025

Sanford & Kid
~ top shelf in the bargain basement

A Ulysses related Thater recommendation from our friend Bruce Shenker. Check it out!"Hi, I need to post this link to a...
06/21/2024

A Ulysses related Thater recommendation from our friend Bruce Shenker. Check it out!

"Hi,
I need to post this link to an amazing performance of Ulysses now going on at Bard

https://www.elevator.org/shows/ulysses/

Bill O'neill and I went for opening night and I cannot praise it enough for people that have familiarity with the book to see parts come alive in a totally madcap way that is still faithful to the book is amazing."

James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Building on a rich history of staging modernist works—Gatz, The Sound and the Fury, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)—Elevator Repair Service takes on this Mount Everest of twentieth-century...

08/28/2023

Ulysses is haunted by the story of its own composition. As Joyce famously put it, ‘I’ve put in so many enigmas and...

08/24/2023

Fisher Center LAB Commission/World Premiere Created by Elevator Repair Service Directed by John Collins Co-Direction and Dramaturgy by Scott Shepherd Text: Ulysses by James Joyce

Looking forward to next year ~
06/17/2023

Looking forward to next year ~

06/14/2023

Bloomsday
Fri June 16
Select readings at The Barn ~ 5 PM to 9 PM

06/09/2023

The great German artist has tried again and again to read James Joyce’s twisted novel Finnegans Wake. His latest show takes inspiration from that book – and from a childhood making toys from the rubble of his family home

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05/22/2023

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White Cube is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings, sculptures and installations by Anselm Kiefer, which radically transforms the Bermondsey galleries and is testament to the artist's long-standing fascination with James Joyce's literary masterpiece, Finnegans Wake (1939). ‘Anselm

There is No Train ~Grab a seat on May 2 at The Foundry in West Stockbridge .Lisa live …………..is astonishing .
03/11/2023

There is No Train ~
Grab a seat on May 2 at The Foundry in West Stockbridge .

Lisa live …………..is astonishing .

Lisa O'Neill · Same Cloth or Not · Song · 2015

May 2 , the Foundry , west stockbridge
03/11/2023

May 2 , the Foundry , west stockbridge

Lisa O'Neill · Song · 2018

02/23/2023

Using guides such as books and essays, my readings of James Joyce’s work have been more enduring and symbolical than other experiences. I…

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