40th Annual Irish Evening

HoCoPoLitSo’s annual Irish celebration will feature a reading by award winning writer Mike McCormack, new and traditional Irish music by Narrowbacks, and step dancing. . The Guardian sub-titled its review of Solar Bones, McCormack’s novel longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize, as “an extraordinary hymn to small-town Ireland.” Irish snacks, beverages and book sale and signing available. 7:30 p.m., Smith Theatre, Howard Community College, Columbia. $35. 443-518-4568 or hocopolitso.org.