James Bay Culture Blog #13

EMILY CARR HATES YOU!

Fig.12 - Check out the Same Old Social Practices at sites around town from Jan 30 to May 24 2009.

Dear James Bay,

Assume nothing.

Nothing? That's what it reads on the sign outside Carr House on Government Street. This weird interruption in our local side-walking appears to be evidence of some Art Gallery of Greater Victoria mischief which promises a lively soundscape experience if you will only phone 250.704.2737. So, on your behalf, I phoned this number.

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James Bay Culture Blog #12

JAMES BAYE & HIS BIG MINDE

I rolled my eyes at her.

"Just read the card," she told me.

Freedom? Freedom in Self?

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JUNE 16 2009

THE FIRST ANNUAL JAMES JOYCE BAY DAY!

((this is James Bay Culture Blog #10))

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead,
bearing a bowl of lather...

These words are the classic opening line from James Joyce's acclaimed universal masterpiece -- the novel "Ulysses." Universal? Wow - that's pretty big. You just can't argue with something THAT big. So I guess we have no choice but to leap onto this bandwagon. Let's get into the Spirit by celebrating James Joyce Bay!

Hip communities around this world have been celebrating June 16th as "Bloomsday" for decades. The events of the novel Ulysses all take place on a single glorious day which is commemorated globally (especially in Joyce's Dublin). Public readings from the book, high spirits, literary excitement and busy pubs typical Bloomsday festivities. Surely we can manage that!

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