Dear friends! As always, at year’s end, people want to sit down at the table, take a deep breath, and calmly list everything that has been done during the past twelve months. Let us not be an exception! :) The first half of the year (and some time before) was...
Tag: ulysses
A short summing up of Bloomsday in Riga, 2020
(by the author of the initiative - Mr. Atis Lejiņš) This year, on June 16, despite the pandemic, Latvia held its first Bloomsday event. Restrictions imposed by the government were fully observed thanks to the generosity of the Latvian University which made available an auditorium designed for 250 people. This...
Video: the speech of the Ambassador of Ireland
Hallo, friends! If you couldn't attend our recent Bloomsday event, we are glad to provide you with video of the speech by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ireland to Latvia H. E. Jim Hennessy: "James Joyce's "Ulysses" and Bloomsday celebration at a time of an unprecedented global challenge" (16/06/2020)....
Uz šodienu atskatoties
PALDIES visiem, kas ieradās, un tāpat paldies (sevišķi par sapratni) visiem, kas tik ļoti gribēja ierasties, bet nevarēja, jo mūs kā organizatorus tomēr ierobežoja šī sarežģītā perioda noteikumi! Blūma dienas pasākumi bija ļoti interesanti un iedvesmojoši, tāpēc mēs esam apņēmušies neapstāties - organizēsim vēl un vēl. Turklāt nebūt ne tikai...
