Literary/Lectures/Talks

The Mercantile Library

The Black Agenda Cincinnati | 

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Books by the Banks | Duke Energy Center.

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The Booksellers on Fountain Square | 505 Vine St., 1st floor, Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-258-2038

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

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Chase Public | 1569 Chase Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223. 513-426-6500

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

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

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

  • June 5, Aug. 7, Oct. 2, Dec. 4. Evening of personal storytelling: Christian Gill, Mary Delaney, Jesse Tack, Josh Sneed, Paola Garrido Estevez, Candace Janai

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

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Covington Writers Group | Kenton County Library, 502 Scott Blvd., Covington, KY 41011

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

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

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

  • April 4, 7 p.m. Book discussion of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” by Mark Twain
  • May 2, 7 p.m. Discussion of short stories by Mark Twain

Holocaust and Humanity Center | 8401 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45236. 513-487-3055

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

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

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

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Memorial Hall | Over-the-Rhine

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

  • April 19, 6 p.m. “The 1835 Lecture,” led by Susan Orlean
  • May 10, 6 p.m. “Hearth & Home,” led by Melissa Clark
  • June 13, 6 p.m. “Harriet Beecher Stowe Freedom Writer Award and Lecture,” with Colson Whitehead
  • July 11, 6 p.m. “Science and Technology Lecture,” led by Liza Mundy
  • Aug. 23, 6 p.m. “2035 Lecture,” led by Jerald Cooper
  • Sept. 13, 6 p.m. “Pyle Urban Lecture,” led by Luc Sante
  • Oct. 17, 6 p.m. “The Modern Novel Lecture,” led by Jennifer Egan

Monastery Studio | 760 William Howard Taft Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45206

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

  • April 4, 6 p.m. “MLK50: Where Do We Go From Here?” Series of discussions and lectures on Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

  • April 19, 7 p.m. Matthew Desmond, author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City”

Northern Kentucky University Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement | Louie B. Nunn Dr., Highland Heights, KY 41099 

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Pique | 210 W. Pike St., Covington, KY 41011. 859-322-9553

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Public Library of Cincinnati | 800 Vine St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. 513-369-6900

  • Thru April 24. Poetry in the Garden
  • April 14, 1 p.m. “Two Centuries of Brewing Beer in Cincinnati 1806-2018,” featuring Dr. Robert A. Musson
  • April 28, 2:30 p.m. “collaborWRITE: A Public Writing Workshop”

Skirball Museum / Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | 3101 Clifton Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220

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TEDxCincinnati | Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45202

  • May 12, 4:00-6:00 & 7:30-9:30. Main Stage event, with reception between sessions

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

  • Monday’s thru May 7, noon. Spring 2018 Writer’s Table with Dick Hague
  • April 13, 7 p.m. TMC Words Celebration 2018
  • April 23, 6-7 p.m. William Bunch, student/technical theater and design: “Threading the Oceans”
  • May 4-5. Community of Creative Writers Retreat

Urban Appalachian Literary Salon Series | 329 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220

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

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

  • Final Tuesdays. 7 p.m. Monthly poetry readings

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