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SUMMARY:Story Time In The Rabbit Hole - Dragons!
DESCRIPTION:Due to the high enthusiasm surrounding Story Time\, we will be offering this to members only. To join the Library Society\, please click here. \nJoin us for our beloved Story Time in the Rabbit Hole! During this hour-long\, kid-friendly program\, children and their parents/caregivers will join Justine\, our Children’s Programming Coordinator\, to read in the Rabbit Hole and make an on-theme craft to bring home. \nFor this Story Time\, Justine will read 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle\, and the craft will be paper dragons! \nStory Time will repeat every Tuesday and Thursday at 3:30 pm–we hope to see you there! \nReserve your spot HERE. \nPlease note\, we’ve updated our ticketing system—purchases now go through Neon Events for a smoother registration experience. For any issues\, please call our Front Desk at 843-723-9912.
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LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Biggest Lie
DESCRIPTION:New from Bloomsbury Publishing\, The Biggest Lie presents a newly explored introduction to fascism in America in the 20th century from College of Charleston history professor Joseph P. Kelly in conversation with author and friend of CLS\, Erik Calonius. With a timely perspective on the Civil War-era\, this well-researched and eye-opening work navigates themes of oppression and a narrative history traces the roots of United States fascism not to the twentieth century but back to the first decades of the republic. \nPurchase Tickets HERE!  \nPlease note\, we’ve updated our ticketing system—purchases now go through Neon Events for a smoother registration experience. For any issues\, please call our Front Desk at 843-723-9912. \nIf you are unable to attend the event\, but would like to purchase one or more signed copies\, please visit Buxton Books here. \nAbout the Book \n\n\nWhen American fascists suddenly goose­stepped down Main Street in the 1930s\, fascism was seen by the rest of the country as a terrifying and radical new European import. It was not. It didn’t come from abroad. Nor was it new or radical. The seed of American fascism was planted by elite southern planters who insisted that slavery need not be addressed in the Constitution because it would soon die out on its own. In The Biggest Lie\, Joseph Kelly chronicles fascism’s deep roots in the antebellum South; its codification under Jim Crow; and\, then\, after the Spanish American War\, its ascendency in the form of Anglo-Saxon nationalism\, proposing that the nation belongs to a master-race-the original lie of American fascism. In this dark hour of American history\, Kelly’s gripping story reminds us that the monied elite have always excelled at deploying disinformation to bias and inflame the masses\, and that there have always been courageous patriots helping us to fight our way out of darkness toward the light. \n\n\nAbout Joseph Kelly \nJoseph Kelly is a professor of literature and history at the College of Charleston. He is the author of two other books on American democracy: Marooned and America’s Longest Siege. He also wrote Our Joyce: From Outcast to Icon\, and he edits the popular Seagull Reader anthologies of stories\, poems\, plays\, and essays. He lives in Charleston\, South Carolina. \nAbout Erik Calonius \nErik Calonius is a former reporter\, editor\, and London-based foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. He served as Miami Bureau Chief for Newsweek. The Wanderer is his first book. He lives in Charleston\, SC\, with his wife and son.
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LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Divided Loyalty // Herb Frazier & Joe McGill Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. and journalist Herb Frazier\, renowned in Charleston for their incredible insights and documentation of various areas of our history have newly compiled stories of Native Americans and free and enslaved people of African descent during the Revolutionary War in South Carolina in a special report\, “Native Americans\, Black Patriots and Black Loyalists in the Revolutionary War in South Carolina\,” made possible by the SC250 Commission. Join us with Evening Post Books for a special discussion and preview of this report that has been expanded to a book set to publish later in October – Divided Loyalty: Uneven Paths to Freedom in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War – outlining varying perspectives of how individuals ‘chose sides’.. \nPurchase Tickets HERE! \n\n\nAbout Herb Frazier \nHerb Frazier is a Charleston\, South Carolina-based writer. He’s a senior editor for the Charleston City Paper and the former marketing director at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston. Before he joined Magnolia\, Herb edited and reported for five daily newspapers in the South\, including his hometown paper\, The Post and Courier. Herb’s international reporting includes West Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall\, humanitarian post-war relief efforts in Bosnia and Rwanda during its post-genocide recovery\, social and political issues in Japan and South Korea and Cuba’s cultural ties with Florida and Lowcountry South Carolina. He also reported on the military conflict in Sierra Leone. Herb has written about the historical and cultural ties between West Africa and the Gullah Geechee people of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. Herb represented South Carolina on the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission\, created by the U.S. Congress in 2006. He also served as secretary of the Jazz Artists of Charleston\, which supports the Charleston Jazz Orchestra. Currently\, Herb is a member of the Historic Charleston Foundation Board of Trustees. He is the author of Behind God’s Back: Gullah Memories. He is a co-author of We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel with Marjory Wentworth and Dr. Bernard Powers Jr. Herb also co-edited a collection of poems and essays titled Ukweli: (pronounced – you ̶ quail – lee) Searching for Healing Truth\, South Carolina Writers and Poets Explore American Racism with the late Horace Mungin. Herb’s latest book\, Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery\, is a collaboration with Joseph McGill Jr.\, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project. Herb’s forthcoming books are Crossing the Sea on a Sacred Song\, which tells the story of an African funeral song that links a Georgia family with a woman in Sierra Leone. He and McGill are the co-authors of Divided Loyalty: Uneven Paths to Freedom in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War.  \nAbout Joseph McGill Jr \nJoseph McGill\, Jr. is a public historian\, preservationist\, author\, and educator with over three decades of experience in heritage interpretation\, museum leadership\, and community-based public humanities. He is the Founder and Executive Director of The Slave Dwelling Project (SDP)\, a nationally and internationally recognized nonprofit organization based in Charleston\, South Carolina\, dedicated to preserving\, interpreting\, and elevating the history of the enslaved. Since founding the organization in 2010\, Mr. McGill has conducted more than 250 overnight stays in former slave dwellings across 25 U.S. states and Canada\, transforming these historic spaces into platforms for storytelling\, education\, and racial reconciliation. Through programs such as Campfire Conversations\, Inalienable Rights: Living History Through the Eyes of the Enslaved\, and Sleeping with the Ancestors\, The Slave Dwelling Project has become a model for truth-telling and descendant engagement at historic sites nationwide. Mr. McGill’s nationally acclaimed book\, Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery (Hachette\, 2023)\, coauthored with journalist Herb Frazier\, chronicles his personal and professional journey to preserve the dwellings of the enslaved and amplify their stories. The book has been featured by The New York Times\, Smithsonian Magazine\, Booklist\, and The Washington Post\, praised for transforming preservation work into a powerful form of restorative public history. Before founding The Slave Dwelling Project\, Mr. McGill served as a Field Officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation (2009–2016)\, where he supported sites across the country in advancing inclusive preservation practices and interpretation of African American history. A U.S. Air Force veteran and a native of Kingstree\, South Carolina\, Mr. McGill earned his Bachelor of Arts in Professional English from South Carolina State University. His interpretive work has extended to partnerships with institutions such as the International African American Museum\, James Madison’s Montpelier\, Belle Grove Plantation\, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Beyond his professional life\, Joseph McGill’s family anchors his mission. He is married to Vilarin Mozee McGill and is the proud father of Charity Barriere Muhammad and Jocelyn Mozee McGill. His deep sense of duty to truth-telling\, preservation\, and intergenerational education continues to guide his work to ensure that the stories of the enslaved—America’s Ancestors—are preserved\, honored\, and taught with dignity and reverence. \n\n\nAbout SC250 \nSC250 Charleston is intended to serve as an umbrella for Charleston-area community organizations\, governmental entities\, and business enterprises interested in conceiving\, building and sponsoring initiatives that commemorate the American Revolution and the leading roles played by Charleston’s people and places. This program is sponsored (in part) by the South Carolina American Revolution Sestercentennial Commission. SC250 was established by the SC Legislature to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary-Era and highlight the state’s significant role in securing America’s freedom by engaging and inspiring South Carolinians and visitors through heritage tourism\, rural economic impact initiatives\, and educational programs. Contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of SC250\, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation by SC250.
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LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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SUMMARY:Workshop // Exploration in Marbling
DESCRIPTION:Given the ongoing success of our paper marbling workshops\, we are thrilled to introduce a new twist using traditional Turkish paper marbling in creating your own designs on a variety of materials. In this hands-on class\, you’ll learn how to float pigments on water\, manipulate colors with tools\, and transform them into enchanting shapes like flowers\, butterflies\, and other imaginative motifs. Perfect for beginners and creatives of all levels\, this workshop blends techniques\, history\, and play—resulting in one-of-a-kind artworks to take home. \nPurchase Tickets Here!
URL:https://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/event/workshop-exploration-in-marbling/
LOCATION:Charleston Library Society\, 164 King Street\, Charleston\, SC\, 29401\, United States
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