(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 rsvp@wpsite.rosenbach.org. 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…)
Please join us for an intimate fundraiser to support this year’s Bloomsday Festival, back out on Delancey Place for the first time since 2019! All proceeds directly support The Rosenbach and its free programming, such as this keystone event that draws Ulysses lovers from across the globe. Guests are invited to Philadelphia’s historic Acorn Club (more…)
February 2, 2022, will mark the centennial of the publication of James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses. Constructed as a modern parallel to Homer’s Odyssey, Ulysses takes place over the course of a single day in Dublin, Ireland, on June 16, 1904. While it is regarded as one of the finest works of Irish literature, the manuscript for Ulysses has resided right here at The Rosenbach Museum …
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, …