(Philadelphia) – The international Bloomsday Festival returns to Center City Philadelphia on Sunday, June 16, celebrating the literary genius of James Joyce and his groundbreaking novel Ulysses. Celebrated around the world since 1954, the Rosenbach has made Philadelphia the North American destination for the event for over 30 years. An all-day affair featuring a public …
Behind the Bookcase tours are sponsored by Robert K. Urquhart Registration Admission is $25. 50% off for Rosenbach members, free for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach and requires proof of vaccination. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) (more…)
Behind the Bookcase tours are sponsored by Robert K. Urquhart Registration Admission is $25. 50% off for Rosenbach members, free for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach and requires proof of vaccination. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) (more…)
Registration This is a FREE virtual program held on Zoom. Please check your spam folder for the Zoom link. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected]. Registration opens for Delancey Society members on March 2, for members on March 9, and for the general public on March 16. Colm (more…)
This program is generously sponsored by Arthur Spector and Leslye Silver Registration Admission is $15. 50% off for Rosenbach members, free for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach and requires proof of vaccination. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) (more…)
This course is sponsored by Lenore H. Steiner and Perry A. Lerner. Thanks to their generosity, scholarship opportunities are available. Details below. Registration Tuition for this course is $220. 10% off for Rosenbach members for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This course is limited to participants who are 17 years of age or (more…)
This blog post was written by Andrew White That the winners of an art contest devoted to James Joyce’s Ulysses should incorporate text and collage is fitting—considering the earthiness of Joyce’s imagery and the centrality of collage to modernism in general. 2021 is the second year the Rosenbach has held a Joyce-inspired art contest as …
This being the inaugural year of the Bloomsday art contest, none of us were sure how it would go. Were there artists out there who would be inspired to use Ulysses as the basis for some art? Well, the answer is yes, I said yes, there are, yes. Our first prize winner is Mike Sgier, …
In addition to the great pleasures of hearing and talking about Ulysses, a Rosenbach Bloomsday brings smaller pleasures, one of which is people-watching. Government officials and philanthropists, actors and academics, artists and students, dogs and babies mingle in the crowd. Some (well, not so many of the dogs or babies) bring their own well-worn books …
Dear Friends, I hope you are all well this week. As many of us work at home during this time of quarantine, we adjust for better or worse to alternative behaviors and settings than those we have at our workplaces. I will share that I am writing to you from an otherwise lovely space, the …