In Bloom

11/25/2015

James Joyce in Zürich: lust and wanderlust
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/james-joyce-in-z%C3%BCrich-lust-and-wanderlust-1.2441982

Joyce found refuge in Switzerland during both world wars, finding erotic and literary inspiration there, writes Padraig Rooney

08/29/2015

http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/tom-waits-but-brian-byrne-doesn-t-an-irishman-s-diary-on-a-set-of-new-songs-inspired-by-james-joyce-1.2332613

‘Chamber Music Project’

08/10/2015

Swearing and s*x on screen were considered so racy in 1967 that men and women were segregated while watching a controversial new film, Ulysses.

The movie was an adaptation of Irish writer James Joyce's 1922 novel of the same name, which was banned in Britain for nearly a decade. The 1967 film was heavily censored in Britain, and not released at all in Ireland until 2000. Of particular concern to censors was a single instance of the f-word, and a description of oral s*x by one character.http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/70933727/movie-s*x-segregation-for-racy-1967-film-ulysses--150-years-of-news

One f-word was enough to shock movie censors into s*x segregation in 1967 Wellington.

06/18/2015

"As we know now, the novel’s greatest transgressions were not against decency and morality but against the forms and conventions of fiction writing itself. The entire action of “Ulysses” takes place in a single day, skipping from character to character in seemingly no particular order. Stylistically, the book mingles high and low, poetry and banality, profundity and cliché. There are moments described from inside a character’s head, as well as stretches of pastiche and parody; burlesque chapters; a chapter in play form and one that’s a mock catechism; and even some sections that come close to gibberish.After reading the Sirens section — the one that begins: “Bronze by gold heard the hoofirons, steelyrining imperthnthn thnthnthn” — Ezra Pound worried that Joyce might have “got knocked on the head."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/books/review/how-would-ulysses-be-received-today.html?_r=1

When James Joyce’s novel was first published in 1922, it was banned for obscenity and the U.S. Postal Service burned copies.

06/16/2015

Merry Bloomsday, y'all!

To honor the day that James Joyce's character Leopold Bloom wandered the streets in Ulysses, fans the world over have found fitting ways to celebrate — boisterously, and often reverent with obscenity.

06/15/2015

James Joyce - big in China. Maybe a new destiny for "In Bloom"?

Finnegans Wake is a bestseller in China and Ulysses is the inspiration behind two successful plays. As Bloomsday approaches, Scarlett Baron considers his growing reputation in Beijing and beyond

06/09/2015

In Bloom -Behind the scenes

06/06/2015

Thank you Carson for the relaxed and fun time in the KDUR studio! For those who have missed the radio show, here the podcast to the interview with some members of the In Bloom- crew: director Aaron Beck, actor Kaleb Rittenhouse, actress/ aerialist Vanessa Sirois and dramaturge Mira Schiefer: http://www.redscarfshots.com/podcasts-fcaf/

Since 2008, Carson has been the host of The Four Corners Arts Forum on KDUR-FM, Fort Lewis College Community Radio in Durango. Each week she interviews visual and performance artists working in Durango or visiting, and each of her on-air guests get the same red carpet treatment as her Red Scarf Shot…

06/04/2015

Wow, can't believe it is going to open in one day. My heart truly is full of love and awe at this cast, killer band, artists, choreographers, the guys at the metal shop, the DAC theater crew, KELLYYYYYY sound madman and the crew behind the curtain! There is no words to explain how much love I have for my partners in crime, Aaron & Mira. Thanks you both for taking me yet again on an amazing path. To everyone I say this, believe in yourself, your fellow production mates and the gift of art you have given. BREAK A LEG!!!!!! Thomas Bentley
In Bloom's photo.

06/02/2015

Alfred Henry Hunter is the Dubliner long known to be the model for the hero of Joyce’s Ulysses, Leopold Bloom. In 1904, after rescuing Joyce from a drunken fight, Hunter took him home and showed him a paternal sympathy that resonated deeply with Joyce, who originally planned Ulysses as a short story. It expanded between 1914 and 1922, and the figure at its centre changed from the kindly Hunter to the Everyman Bloom.In 1890, Hunter even registered a patent of an invention “for facilitating the unlacing of boots and shoes and corsets and such like”, as reported in The Weekly Irish Times of November 14 1890.http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/irish-roots-bloomier-and-bloomier-1.2229649

Irish Roots . . . Bloomier and bloomier John Grenham Topics: Culture Heritage Irish Roots Alfred Henry Hunter Leopold Bloom Maria Lockhart Marion Bruere William Hunter Great Charles Street Rutland Street More Topics Mon, Jun 1, 2015, 01:00 First published: Mon, Jun 1, 2015, 01:00 Alfred Henry Hunter…

06/02/2015

My beloved subjects, a new era is about to dawn. I, Bloom, tell you verily it is even now at hand. Yea, on the word of a Bloom, ye shall ere long enter into the golden city which is to be, the new Bloomusalem...