Join us for the January Books at the Bar Book Club Discussion. This months book is “Northern Spy” by Flynn Berry.
A producer at the BBC and mother to a new baby, Tessa is at work in Belfast one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground in the two decades since the Good Friday Agreement, but they never really went away, and lately bomb threats, security checkpoints, and helicopters floating ominously over the city have become features of everyday life. As the news reporter requests the public’s help in locating those responsible for the robbery, security footage reveals Tessa’s sister, Marian, pulling a black ski mask over her face.
The police believe Marian has joined the IRA, but Tessa is convinced she must have been abducted or coerced; the sisters have always opposed the violence enacted in the name of uniting Ireland. And besides, Marian is vacationing on the north coast. Tessa just spoke to her yesterday.
When the truth about Marian comes to light, Tessa is faced with impossible choices that will test the limits of her ideals, the bonds of her family, her notions of right and wrong, and her identity as a sister and a mother.
Walking an increasingly perilous road, she wants nothing more than to protect the one person she loves more fiercely than her sister: her infant son, Finn.
Riveting, atmospheric, and exquisitely written, Northern Spy is at once a heart-punding story of the contemporary IRA and a moving portrait of sister- and motherhood, and of life in a deeply divided society.
Feeling lucky? Gather your friends and family for Bingo Night! Prizes will be awarded to the winner of each game.
*Family-friendly, open to all ages, no purchase necessary to play.
2023 is almost here and we’re going to greet it just a little early: join us for our annual New Beers Eve celebration, when we set the taproom clocks ahead four hours and ring in the new year at 8pm local time. You won’t want to miss Hopkinsville’s smallest/earliest/only mirrored ball-drop, as well as the release of this year’s Winter Warmer offering!
Join us for our holiday edition of bingo! Be sure to wear your ugliest sweater because – in addition to all the prizes for winning games – we’ll have a SPECIAL prize for the very ugliest holiday sweater, as voted on by the crowd.
Join us for the last History on Tap of 2023! Museum Director Alissa Keller will talk about Hopkinsville’s holiday traditions – from decorations to parades and all things between.
Feeling lucky? Gather your friends and family for Bingo Night! Prizes will be awarded to the winner of each game. Vansauwa’s Tacos & Vegan Eats food truck will be on-site to fulfill your appetites.
*Open to all ages, no purchase necessary to play