Nancy & Tom Shawver

Books, literature, fun, friends, family, wine, music -- what else is there?

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Thanks to everyone who made our 15th annual Bloomsday Celebration such a rousing success. Can't wait to do it again next year! Yes!

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Join us for KC's 15th annual Bloomsday Fete, at Irish Museum, Union Station lower, FREE Eddie Delahunt at 5:30, Ulysses play at 7, beer too!

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Update on our Bloomsday celebration from the Pitch -- (caution -- dirty words!) http://bit.ly/bbenEj

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Don't miss Bloomsday 2010 -- June 16 Irish Museum, Union Station, 5:30 Eddie Delahunt; 7 p.m. Sylvia Stoner & Bloomsday play. Free beer!

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Brilliant show from The Pogues, brilliant review by our friend Jason Harper: http://bit.ly/2KM0DA

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We got to meet Sara Paretsky yesterday at KC Public Library. Kudos to the gang for another great presentation ; Sara was great, funny, sharp

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I upgraded to #HootSuite 2.0 because I love V1, looking forward to V2 but don't like this forced tweet at all http://hootsuite.com/upgrade

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Happy Bastille Day! "I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind," said Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer and aviator

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we watched: Summer Hours. Surprising French movie about generations, expectations, famiiles & communicating. Realistic & beautiful too.

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Thanks to all who joined in our annual Bloomsday party -- what fun! Special kudos to Sylvia Stoner & her crew of fantastic actors. YES!

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Always meant to read Ulysses? Get the performance art version today at Bloomsday party, 5:30 Eddie Delahunt, play at 7. http://ow.ly/dVOM

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Great Saturday at Irish Street Fair, now getting ready for the annual Bloomsday party, celebrating James Joyce's Ulysses: http://ow.ly/cVSp

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Bloomsday Books lives! We'll be @ Browne's Irish Street Fair Saturday. Books, sunshine, beer, music, good cause, good fun! http://ow.ly/aVDN

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It's confirmed: Bloomsday annual celebration June 13, 5:30 p.m. at Plaza Library, Eddie Delahunt & Bloomsday in Nighttown w/Sylvia Stoner

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Kudos to Sylvia Stoner & her ensemble for Swan Songs, brilliant operatic sampler of great finales (plus laughs), at dwtwn Library. Superb.

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Stunningly good talk by writer Tobias Wolfe at library, powerful stories, thoughtful musings: "We can only be who we can imagine being."

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We read David Grann's "Lost City of Z," story of Amazon obsession & explorer Percy Fawcett; a good excuse to revisit Peter Fleming's tale

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Mark your calendars: Bloomsday annual celebration will be Saturday, June 13, 6 pm, Plaza Library, w/Ulysses in Nighttown, music, drinks...

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What we're watching: "Let the Right One In" -- Swedish vampire film unlike any other, bleak & oddly smart, incredible performances by kids

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Privileged to preview Terence O'Malley's new work Blackhand Strawman on KC's mob gangster past. Check it at: http://blackhandstrawman.com/