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Stationery Club, led by library member Eric Caoili, is a gathering for anyone who appreciates good pens, paper, planners, and handwritten notes. We’ll have stationery and other useful tools available—think pens, paper, glue, note cards, and organizational supplies—to help you plan, write, and work with intention. Feel free to bring along any of your own stationery as well, along with items you want to dust off and de-stash with the group, materials, and ephemera for junk journaling, or anything else you'd like to share!
Stop in anytime between 4 and 7 PM, settle in, and use the space in whatever way...
8:00 AM · Mar 28, 2026
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Join us for a Poetry Month celebration with Poet Laureate Richard Hague and fellow poets.
Cincinnati poets Ellen Austin-Li, Phoebe Reeves, Kyra Liedtke, Dick Westheimer and Sara Moore Wagner respond imaginatively to the 1848 Panorama. A reading accompanied with live music by the band Tangled Roots and visuals from the famous daguerreotype of the Cincinnati riverfront. Organized and narrated by Cincinnati and Mercantile Library Poet Laureate Richard Hague.
6 pm reception/6:30 pm program
Free & open to the public. Registration required. https://www.mercantilelibrary.com/events/calendar/2026/04/30/poetry-month-celebration-with-poet-laureate-richard-hague-and-friends
About Richard Hague
Richard Hague is a graduate of Xavier University whose work has appeared in Poetry, Smartish Pace, Appalachian Journal, Northern Appalachian...
1:04 PM · Mar 27, 2026