HoCoPoLitSo’s 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 writer Seán Hewitt
in conversation with Cóilín Parsons,
and music by Poor Man’s Gambit.
In-person admission available for purchase now
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.
General in-person admission is available NOW for $50 up to the day of the event, with a discounted rate of $30 offered for educators and students, online or by calling the Horowitz Center Box Office at 443-518-1500, Wed.–Fri., 12–4 p.m. We hope you will join us for what is sure to be another memorable evening in February.
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You can find more information on this year’s event, including artist biographies, as well as on the history of HoCoPoLitso’s Irish Evening on its dedicated page, here. All proceeds from the event are used to underwrite HoCoPoLitSo’s literary programs in the community, and the production of The Writing Life, a writer-to-writer talk show now seen worldwide by more than one million viewers on youtube.com/hocopolitso, and through Howard Community College’s Dragon Digital TV.
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