Bloomsday Toronto - BLOOM ON THE BEACH
b"BLOOM ON THE BEACH 9:30am: Gather at the BEACHES LIBRARY, 2161 Queen St East beside Kew Gardens 9.45am: The KEW GARDENS ODYSSEY begins with a rousing rendition of Dublin's Fair City & Rocky Road to Dublin. 10:00am: READINGS from Ulysses, with musical accompaniment & floating blue & white balloons, at various locations along the beach, the boardwalk, and in the park. 11.00am: BEACH HEBREW INSTITUTE 109 Kenilworth Ave (2 blks. west of Kew Gardens) Songs & Readings including the Pub Scene & Molly's Soliloquy. A musical interlude of Klezmer music & Yiddish songs sung by Theresa Tova. 12noon: BLOOMSDAY WAY MURAL A walk by the 150ft long mural, depicting scenes from Ulysses, created by artist/muralist Oliver Girling. BLOOMSDAY BRUNCH 12.30pm: BLOOMSDAY BRUNCH at Balmy Beach Club (416.691.9962) The Boardwalk at the foot of Beech Ave. (Beech Ave TTC stop) Davy Byrne's-style Readings, Special Menu, Raffle and the popular Bloomsday Singalong, led by the indefatigable Maestro, Kevin Kennedy. Guest Speaker: We are honoured to welcome Des Gunning (Joyceborough, Dublin), the original Curator of Dublin\\u2019s James Joyce Centre (1986-1989) and a Volunteer from 2010 - 2019 at Sweny\\u2019s, the famous chemist shop visited by Bloom. Des will entertain us with tales of the long quest to have Joyce's genius recognized in his native city."