With the support of Jenna Bush Hager, our Book Drop initiative will host its inaugural fundraiser with significant fanfare on September 26th. Join us for the culminating event of our fundraising efforts. Through the generous support of businesses and individuals in our community, we bring you an unforgettable evening to celebrate the love of reading. Attendees […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our incredible Camps in the Stacks leader. She […]
With the success of its relaunch last Spring, look forward to Life-long Learning returning seasonally in a daytime format. This Fall, we are fortunate to host a special (and timely) six-part series with Charleston-based authority Jon Gundersen, exploring foreign policy and the critical decisions made at the highest levels of government. With a focus on […]
In partnership with MOJA Arts Festival, the Charleston Library Society is honored to present radio host, producer and lowcountry legend Osei Chandler of Roots Musik Karamu – the beloved and longest running Caribbean music programs on SC Public Radio, first broadcast in 1979. Hosted in conversation with MOJA Arts Festival Director Charlton Singleton, Brooklyn-born Chandler […]
Jennifer Jewell, host of the national award-winning weekly public radio program and podcast, Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden, will join us this fall to speak about her overarching philosophy that gardens and gardeners are powerful agents and spaces for addressing positive change in our world across climate change, […]
Following the initial debut at the Gaillard in Sept, we are pleased to join the Ashley Hall Alumnae Association along with Buxton Books in hosting Evie McGee Colbert for an intimate local's peek into the stories and makings of this extra special, and debut, cookbook. Complete with banter typically only heard at their dining room […]
Just days after publication, join CLS in partnership with the Royal Oak Foundation to welcome UK-based Sonia Purnell, bestselling author and journalist, for her latest book, Kingmaker, an electrifying re-examination and eye-popping tale of the money, politics, and fabulous clothes of Pamela Harriman, one of the 20th century’s greatest unsung power players. Known for her […]
Twenty-five sites in Berkeley County are on the National Register of Historic Places. Just one of them is explicitly associated with the Black experience. Join CLS in welcoming a panel of preservations and visionaries to tell the inspirational story of the rehabilitation of Taveau Church, a Black Methodist sanctuary dating back to 1847 that had […]
Join our resident bookbinder and conservator, James Davis, to dive further into the aspects of hand bookbinding. Starting with a premade book, students will be instructed on the techniques and practices of covering their book with leather and decorating it with real gold foil. Discussions will focus on the history of bookbinding and conservation techniques […]
In partnership with the Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, and in anticipation of its return to Charleston this November, we are pleased to host St. Lawrence University Professor Alessandro Giardino for a creatively-charged discussion on his debut novel The Caravaggio Syndrome moderated by College of Charleston Professor Rebekah T. Compton. Staying true to his Italian […]
How might poetry evolve through song? Boston-based composer and pianist Scott Wheeler, Pulitzer winner Megan Marshall, and soprano singer and actress Sarah Chalfy will explore this topic through a captivating […]
The RMS Titanic was not the only luxury transatlantic ocean liner to suggest 'largest, fastest, safest... and yes, unsinkable'. The SS Andrea Doria was a flagship of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) put into service in 1953, only to face a similar fate of the Titanic just 3 years later. The NYC-bound ship […]
This fall the The Artist Collective presents a return of its Plein Air show to Charleston, but its first full show here at CLS. Join us to meet artists from all five of their locations, coming to Charleston for inspiration and to pursue their craft in a long-standing tradition of painting outdoors. After painting throughout […]
Foreign Policy has been a welcomed addition to our diverse programming, and this discussion could not be better timed. Along with the World Affairs Council of Charleston and Buxton Books, we are honored for the opportunity to host renowned diplomacy expert Angela Stent, for insights into the Russian President's approach to international relations and her […]
Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society, please click here. Join us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour long, kid-friendly program, children and their parents/caregivers will join Kenna, our part time Children's Librarian. She will be […]
