Literary/Lectures

The Mercantile Library

AIA Cincinnati | 1308 Race St., Ste.104, Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-421-4661

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American Sign Museum | 1330 Monmouth Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45225. 513-541-6366

  • Nov. 9, 7 p.m. Greg Hand “Under the Marquee: the History and Signage of Cincinnati Theaters”

The Angelico Project | 6616 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45230

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Art Academy of Cincinnati | 1212 Jackson St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-562-6262

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Athenaeum of Ohio | Bartlett Center,  6616 Beechmont Ave. Cincinnati, 45230

  • Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. Dr. Kevin Vogt: “The Embodiment of Harmony: A Theology of the Organ in Catholic Worship”

The Barn | 6980 Cambridge Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45227. 513-272-3700

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Barnes & Noble | Deerfield Towne Center, 5175 Deerfield Blvd., Mason, OH 45040. 513-972-5146

  • Sept. 25, 3 p.m. Discussion: Jessica Knoll “Bright Young Women” (virtual)
  • Sept. 28, 2 p.m. Discussion: Ann Cleeves “The Raging Storm” (virtual)
  • Oct. 2, 3 p.m. Discussion: James Patterson & Mike Lupica “12 Months to Live” (virtual)
  • Oct. 2, 6 p.m. Discussion: Grady Hendrix “Paperbacks From Hell!” (virtual)
  • Oct. 3, 3 p.m. Discussion: Angie Kim “Happiness Falls” (virtual)
  • Oct. 4, 3 p.m. Discussion: Mick Herron “The Secret Hours” (virtual)
  • Oct. 5, 7 p.m. Discussion: Kerri Maniscalco “Throne of the Fallen” (virtual)
  • Oct. 16, 3 p.m. Discussion: Anna Porter “Gull Island” (virtual)
  • Nov. 14, 3 p.m. Discussion: Ariel Djanikian “The Prospectors” (virtual)

Behringer-Crawford Museum | 1600 Montague Rd., Covington, KY 41011. 859-491-4003

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Books, Baubles & Bourbon Regional Mini Bookfair | 301 Elm St., Ludlow, KY.

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Books by the Banks | Duke Energy Center

  • Nov. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio | 7162 Reading Rd., Suite 600, Cincinnati, OH 45237. 513-672-3702

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Christ Church Cathedral | 318 E. 4th St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-621-1817

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Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library | 800 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-369-6900

  • Oct. 5. Mary S. Stern Lecture: Isabel Wilkerson (Aronoff Center)

Cincinnati Art Museum | 953 Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-721-2787

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Cincinnati Arts Association | Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-621-2787

  • Oct. 15, 3 p.m. “An Afternoon With David Sedaris”
  • Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m. Lore Live (Music Hall)

Cincinnati Museum Center | 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45203. 513-287-7000

  • 4th Tuesdays. Live Virtual Speakers Bureau Presentations (virtual)

Cincinnati Poetry Slam | Artsville, 5021 Whetsel Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45227

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Cincinnati Preservation Association | 430 Reading Rd., Ste 300, Cincinnati, OH 45202

  • Oct. 13, noon. Annual Fall Forum Lecture (Hilton Netherland Plaza)

Preservation in the Park (The Porch at Washington Park):

  • Oct. 3, 5 p.m. Dr. Bonnie Meyer, NKY Pride Center

Cincinnati Storytelling Festival | Madcap Education Center, 3064 Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45211 

  • Oct. 19-21

Cincinnati Zoo | 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45220. 513-281-4700

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Cincy Stories | Woodward Theater, 1404 Main St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Clifton Cultural Arts Center | 3711 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220. 513-497-2860

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Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati, Margaret Fuller Lecture Series | Virtual

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Contemporary Arts Center | 44 E. 6th St., Cincinnati, OH 513-345-2941

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Covington Writers Group

  • 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Twice-monthly workshop ((virtual)

Decorative Arts Society of Cincinnati | Cincinnati Art Museum

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Dos Madres Press | Arnold’s Bar & Grill, downtown

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Elementz | 1640 Race St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

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EquaSion | (formerly Bridges of Faith Trialogue)

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Fitton Center | 101 S. Monument St., Hamilton, OH 45011. 513-863-8873

Celebrating Self Series:

  • Oct. 4, 11:30 a.m. Bekah Yoxthimer: “The American Dream”
  • Nov. 1, 11:30 a.m. Randi Rico: “All About the Weather”
  • Dec. 6, 11:30 a.m. Ben Smolder: “The Joy of Christmas”
  • Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m. Maria Schmidt: “Chasing Ghosts”
  • Feb. 7, 11:30 a.m. Kirsten Spicer: “Two Women in a Kitchen – Party Time”
  • March 6, 11:30 a.m. Brandon Saurber: “Around the Kitchen Table”
  • April 3, 11:30 a.m. Cincinnati Rollergirls

Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Council

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Grail in the US | 931 O’Bannonville Rd., Loveland OH 45140

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Greater Cincinnati Writers League | Hermitage Room – The Regency, 2444 Madison Rd., 1st Floor, Cincinnati, OH 45208. gcwlemail@gmail.com

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Harriet Beecher Stowe House | 2950 Gilbert Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45206. 513-751-0651

  • Oct. 4, 7 p.m. Discussion: “Gothic Stories and Social Criticism Old and New” John Getz & Kristen Renzi (Walnut Hills Branch Library/Zoom)
  • Oct. 22, 4 p.m. “The Pearl of Orr’s Island” Cheli Reuter (First Unitarian Church/Zoom)
  • Oct. 28, 10:30 a.m. Semi-Colon Club: “The Scarlet Sisters” Anne Buening (Walnut Hills Branch Library/Zoom)

Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion | 3101 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220. 513-221-1875

  • Nov. 13-14. Feld Lecture Series

Klau Library Lecture Series:

  • Oct. 17, 12:30 p.m. Rabbi Michael Marmur: “Heschel and the Spirit” (Zoom)
  • Dec. 12, 12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: “Backwards and Forwards: Facing Antisemitism through Looking Back”

Holocaust & Humanity Center  | Cincinnati Museum Center, Union Terminal. 513-487-3055

  • Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Speaker Series: online

Irish Heritage Center | 3905 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45226. 513-533-0100

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Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | 3101 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220. 513-221-1875

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Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati | 8487 Ridge Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45236

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Jewish Federation of Cincinnati | 8499 Ridge Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45236

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Joseph-Beth Booksellers | 2692 Madison Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45208. 513-396-8960

  • Sept. 25, 7 p.m. Discussion: John Scalzi “Starter Villain”
  • Sept. 26, 7 p.m. Discussion: Kristen Simmons “Find Him Where You Left Him Dead”
  • Sept. 27, 7 p.m. Discussion: Kerry Winfrey “Faking Christmas” • Rachel Ignotofsky: “What’s Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?”
  • Oct. 3, 7 p.m. Discussion: Hannah Carlson “Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close”
  • Oct. 4, 7 p.m. Discussion: Geri Halliwell-Horner “Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen”
  • SOLD OUT Oct. 6, 7 p.m. Discussion: Sir Patrick Stewart “Making It So” (SCPA)
  • Oct. 7, 2 p.m. Discussion: Marty Ohlhaut and Grace Ly “Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West”
  • Oct. 12, 7 p.m. Discussion: Shelly Westerhausen Worcel “Every Season is Soup Season”
  • Oct. 18, 6 p.m. Discussion: Rachel Ignotofsky “What’s Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?”
  • Oct. 28, 2 p.m. Discussion: Micha O’Connor “What’s With Cincinnati?”
  • Nov. 4, 7 p.m. Discussion: Tobias Buckell “A Stranger in the Citadel”
  • Nov. 8, 7 p.m. Discussion: Sharon Cameron “Artifice”
  • Nov. 9, 7 p.m. Discussion: Jeff Tweedy “World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music” (Walnut Hills High School)
  • Nov. 14, 7 p.m. Discussion: Ross Gay “The Book of (More) Delights”

Lloyd Library and Museum | 917 Plum St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-721-3707

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Mayerson JCC | 8485 Ridge Ave., Amberley. 513-761-7500

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Memorial Hall | 1225 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-977-8838

  • Feb. 7-8, 7:30 p.m. The Moth Mainstage

Mercantile Library | 414 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-621-0717

  • Sept. 22, 6 p.m. Discussion: Todd Anderson “The Art of the Storyboard”
  • Sept. 26, noon. In Pieces: “The Splendid and The Vile”
  • Oct. 5, 6 p.m. Modern Novel Lecture: Andrew Sean Greer
  • Oct. 21, 7 p.m. Niehoff Lecture XXXIV: Erik Larson (Hyatt Regency Cincinnati)

Miami University Regionals

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(City of) Montgomery | 10101 Montgomery Rd., Montgomery, OH 45242 513-891-2424

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MORTAR | 1329 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45202 

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Musicians for Health

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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center | 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-333-7500

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National VOA Museum of Broadcasting | 8070 Tylersville Rd., West Chester, OH 45069. 513-777-0027

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NextUp Cincinnati (formerly the Network of Executive Women)

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Northern Kentucky University | 1 Nunn Dr., Highland Heights, KY 41099

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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

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Over-the-Rhine Museum | 513-813-7309

  • Sept. 20, 6 p.m. Three Acts: Sculptural Art in Over-the-Rhine lecture (Memorial Hall)

Save Our Souls Art

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Sitwell’s Coffee House | 324 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220

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Skirball Museum | Hebrew Union College, 3101 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220

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Springer School and Center | 2121 Madison Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45208. 513-871-5080

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StudioKroner | 130 W. Court St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Summer Sunday Poetry Series | Redden Gardens, Covington

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Taft Museum of Art | 316 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-241-0343

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TEDxCincinnati

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Thomas More University | 333 Thomas More Pkwy., Crestview Hills, KY 41017. 859-341-5800

Union Institute & University | 440 East McMillan St. Cincinnati, OH 45206

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Urban Appalachian Community Coalition | 329 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220

  • Final Wednesday, 5-6:30 p.m. Place Keepers Wide Open Mic (Zoom)

Urban Consulate | Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

  • Second Monday, 7-9 p.m. Monthly Salon with Tim Barr

Vibe Cincinnati – Untold Speaker Series

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Wash Park Art | 1215 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-291-3626

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Wave Pool Gallery | 2940 Colerain Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45225

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Women Writing for a Change | 6906 Plainfield Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45236. 513-272-1171

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Woodward Theater | 1404 Main St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-345-7981

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Word of Mouth Cincinnati | MOTR Pub, 1345 Main St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

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World Affairs Council

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