James Joyce event -- a global affair

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Hello, fisherpeople!

I wanted to mention a June 16th event that you may be able to catch on the
Web, if you have a browser and RealAudio and its companion programs.

As many of you know, June 16th is the day Ulysses takes place, and each
year we James Joyce fiends commemorate it with readings and events.  This
year, the Irish Times is sponsoring a global event that starts in
Melbourne, Australia, and hits 18 cities (one city for each chapter of the
book) throughout the day.

I've been IMMERSED in getting the New York segment off the ground, where I
will be reading with rather illustrious companions:  the writer Frank
McCourt, journalist Fintan O'Toole, actor Brian O'Byrne (whose current
show, "The Beauty Queen of Leenan," just won a handful of awards in NY),
and Joyce's great grandnephew, Paul Joyce.  I apologize for sending this so
late, but I literally have been consumed with this and another project, and
in fact owe quite a few people on the list personal replies, which I've had
to defer because of demands on my time.

We, Melbourne, and Dublin will be on the Internet with live video and
sound; the other fifteen cities will be providing sound, but not pictures.
(Ah, but with JJ, the sound is what matters.)  As Joyce says in Ulysses, we
shall race ahead of the sun around the globe, and you can tune in at any
point.  You can also catch the archived recordings, in case you get this
message too late to grab it as it happens.

Our New York City segment takes place at 1pm US Eastern time.  The entire
program is detailed on web pages listed below.

I hope you'll be able to join in and enjoy the lovely music that is in the
text of Joyce.

The global master site is:

	http://www.irish-times.com/globalreading/

(You can follow your nose from that point.)

The master page for NY is at:

	http://www.irish-times.com/globalreading/newyork.html

(There is supposed to be a pointer from there to the NYC web site.)

Our NYC URL is:

	http://www.nyu.edu/acf/live/bloomsday/

... which will feed you either sound or video + sound.

You'll need the Real Audio software.  (You can download it by clicking on
the Real Audio link.)

I hope you'll be able to catch some of it.

Cheers!

--tim o'connor

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