Dog Ears Bookstore & Café, in partnership with the University at Buffalo’s James Joyce Collection and the Buffalo Irish Consulate, will host a community-wide Bloomsday event on Saturday, June 14, to celebrate the works of Irish novelist and poet James A. Joyce. An annual celebration of Joyce’s work, Bloomsday commemorates the setting of Joyce’s novel Ulysses.
Participants will begin their South Buffalo adventure with a visit to Dog Ears Bookstore, located in Buffalo’s Irish District, to pick up a special map that can be stamped at other Irish-themed local businesses throughout the day. Participants will also receive one of Joyce’s novels — Finnegans Wake, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners or Ulysses — free while supplies last. The book giveaway is sponsored by the Buffalo Irish Consulate.
Each participating business will also offer discounts and specials during the Bloomsday event. Business taking part in the event include:
• Dog Ears Bookstore, 688 Abbott Road
• Brick Oven Bistro & Deli, 904 Abbott Road
• Molly Maguire’s, 834 Abbott Road
• Doc Sullivan’s, 474 Abbott Road
• The Blackthorn Restaurant & Pub, 2134 Seneca St.
• Park Edge Sweet Shoppe, 325 Abbott Road
• Kupkates, 956 Abbott Road
• Burkey’s Sportswear, 904 Abbott Road
• Tara Gift Shoppe, 250 Abbott Road
• Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbott Road
(Please check hours for each business.)
The last stop on the June 14 adventure is the Buffalo Irish Center, where participants who drop off their fully stamped maps will be entered into a drawing to win an Irish-themed book basket from Dog Ears Bookstore.
For more information, please visit Dog Ears Bookstore or call (716) 823-2665.
