HoCoPoLitSo’s annual Irish celebration will feature a reading by award winning poet Vona Groarke, Irish music and step dancing. Irish snacks, beverages and book sale and signing available. 7:30 p.m. Smith Theatre, Horowtiz Visual and Performing Arts Center, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. Hocopolitso.org. 443-518-4568