This is the time of year when, no matter where we are from, we all seem to become Irish. We eat Irish soda bread, corned beef and cabbage and wear green. This year, Narrowsburg’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations begin when Paul Nanni and Marla Pucetti from the Heron Restaurant return from vacation, just in time to serve a corned beef and cabbage buffet at 3 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 17, $20 for adults, $12 for children. If dinner isn’t your thing, come to the free performance, as Mountain Wave livens up the evening in the new Emerald Ballroom (how appropriate) downstairs in The Heron.

For those who enjoy a more vigorous celebration, let your kilts fly and join the Windy Kilt 5k run, which begins at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 20. For more information call 845/252-3000 or visit windykilt5k.com.

Celebrations continue at 1 p.m. on March 20 as the sound of bagpipes will be heard echoing down Main Street, and the St. Patrick’s Day parade makes its way around town. I believe the parade will have some new participants this year who will march with broad Irish smiles, so come down and celebrate with your friends and neighbors.

If you have ever had a desire to be on stage, here is an opportunity you won’t want to miss. Act Underground, a new theater group formed in Narrowsburg, will have a general casting call. It is expected to be two hours of fun, and you are not required to prepare anything. Scenes will be available for you to read, or for those of you who have an audition piece, feel free to bring it with you.

Two dates and times are available for audition: Saturday, April 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, April 7, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance. You never know who will be the next big star in Narrowsburg.