Worcester County Poetry Association
Established 1971
Worcester County Poetry Association /1 Ekman Street, Worcester, MA 01607 / 508-797-4770 / wcpaboard@yahoo.com
Ben Franklin Bookstore, 21 Salem Street
Episode: Calypso
A traditional stop on Bloomsday.
Worcester Art Museum Cafe, 55 Salisbury Street
Episode: Lestrygonians
A little lunch, a little reading - meet us in the cafe courtyard.
Union Station
Espisode: Sirens
Look for us in the main hall.
Fiddler's Green, 18 Temple Street
Episode: Cyclops
Lift a glass at the Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre.
Belfry Restaurant, 895 Millbury Street
We decided to break for dinner and talk rather than read.
But we won't stop anyone from breaking into poetry or prose if the spirit strikes them.
Village Arts Gallery, 1 Ekman Street
Episode: Circe
Nighttown is one of the most enjoyable sections to read as a group!
Great sites for Joyce, Ulysses and Bloomsday!
explaining plot and characters chapter by chapter, plus interesting
Homeric parallels and other commentary.
More to come!
Bancroft Tower, Bancroft Tower Road
Episode : Telemachus
We will meet at the rampart above the parking area. Coffee will be provided. You might want to bring a folding chair.
Bloomsday 2006
Committee
Francine D'Alessandro
Carle Johnson
Dan Lewis
Laura Menides
Robert Steele
Paddy Dignam's mass card,
courtesy of
Callahan's Funeral Home,
commemorating the
Bloomsday 100th Anniversary
June 16, 2004.
(Click image to enlarge.)
Film at the Worcester Public Library
Wednesday, June 14 - 6:30 pm
Worcester Bloomsday talk 6:00-6:30
In preparation of our June 16 Bloomsday ramble,
we're hosting a showing of the 1967 classic film
with Milo O'Shea as Leopold Bloom:
Ulysses
Join us for the film and hear a bit about the Worcester Bloomsday tradition.
FREE & Open to the Public!
