Seán Hewitt - HoCoPoLitSo's 47th Evening of Irish Evening

Name: Seán Hewitt - HoCoPoLitSo's 47th Evening of Irish Evening
Start: 2025-02-15T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, HVPA 200, Columbia, MD, United States, Maryland 21044

Schedule

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, HVPA 200, Columbia, MD, United States, Maryland 21044 | Columbia, MD

Seán Hewitt and Cóilín Parsons Headline HoCoPoLitSo’s 47th Annual Irish Evening
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Doors open 7 p.m., stage show commences at 7:30 p.m.
Smith Theatre, Horowitz Center, Howard Community College
HoCoPoLitSo’s 47th annual Evening of Irish Music and Poetry on Saturday, February 15th, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. presents The Language of Landscape: Seán Hewitt on Place, Identity, and Belonging, featuring poet, memoirist, novelist and literary critic Seán Hewitt, reading from his work including his memoir All Down Darkness Wide, followed by a conversation moderated by Cóilín Parsons, Georgetown University Associate Professor and Director of Global Irish Studies. The evening also features music by Poor Man’s Gambit; Ireland’s Deputy Ambassador to the United States, Fionnuala Quinlan, has been invited to continue the long-standing tradition of providing opening remarks.
The evening program commences at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 15th, 2025 in the Smith Theatre of the Horowitz Visual & Performing Arts Center on the campus of Howard Community College; guests may be seated starting at 7 p.m.
Irish beverages will be offered for sale to patrons aged 21 and up at a CASH-ONLY bar in the lobby prior to the stage show, and during intermission. Non-alcoholic refreshments and scones will be provided free to attendees.
A book signing follows the reading and discussion, and books by the featured authors will be available for purchase. After intermission, Poor Man’s Gambit will play a concert of traditional Irish music.