Bloomsday

In May 1982, Rono won the Lilac Bloomsday Run in Spokane, chugging through the 12 kilometers — he would admit later — with a powerful hangover.

In 2007, he returned to run Bloomsday — in the masters division — and granted a remarkably candid interview.

Every year, hundreds of runners and spectators converge in Spokane, Wash., for the Lilac Bloomsday Run, held in May to coincide with the seasonal blooming of lilacs.

This year is the centennial of “Ulysses,” and many events, in Ireland and abroad, were clustered around Bloomsday, June 16, the date on which the novel unfolds.

Bloomsday 2022 This annual celebration of James Joyce and all things Joycean features dramatic readings from the author’s 1922 novel “Ulysses” plus traditional Irish music by Rattle the Knee.