In collaboration with the Waring Library Society, CLS will host a NOT by the Book seminar with guest speaker, Dr. Theresa Gonzales. Dr. Gonzales will lecture on John Shaw Billings […]

Deb Ebenstein Mani Pedi STAT Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease at age 16, Deb Ebenstein underwent surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment during the years of prom, pimples, and SATs.  At 28 […]

Director Emeritus of the Museum of the City of New York and Vice Chair Emeritus of the South Carolina Aquarium, Bob Macdonald will give a lecture celebrating the life of […]

Our own Charleston Symphony Orchestra musicians join us again to get us in the spirit of the Christmas and Chanukah holidays.  This year we will be entertained by a string […]

To purchase tickets, click here or call (843) 723-9912. The format for this event will be an interview/discussion with Jon Meacham and John Huey, former Editor-in-Chief at Time, Inc, who got his start […]

Jerrold Mitchell, partner at the investment firm of Saltonstall & Co., emeritus trustee of the Boston Athenaeum, and a book collector for more than half a century, will explain how […]

Come listen to Brian Hicks speak about the release of his new book The Mayor: Joe Riley and the Rise of Charleston. Brian Hicks is The Post and Courier’s metro […]

The CLS Book Club returns for the first time in the New Year. This Book Club selection will be H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald. The presentation will have a special […]

January 19th at 5:00 PM, please join of us for the 268th Annual Meeting of the Charleston Library Society with guest speaker, Curtis Ravenel, Global Head of Sustainable Business and […]

Annual Gala with guest speaker Darla Moore- Antiquarian Foundations of Capitalism For details, call (843) 723-9912

Cornelia Pelzer Elwood and D. Scott McLeod, PhD, will discuss their book Take Charge of Treatment for Your Child with Asperger’s (ASD), and how to create a personalized guide to success for […]

A Brazilian combo, Porto Seguro, with guest vocalist, Ann Caldwell present a tour of Brazilian music, culture and Carnival traditions at the Charleston Library Society.  Join the fun on Tuesday, February 9 at 7:30 […]

Join us for Aidan Donnelley Rowley’s discussion of her highly anticipated novel, The Ramblers.  A gorgeous and absorbing novel, The Ramblers follows of a trio of confused souls struggling to find themselves and […]

Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. For tickets, please call (843)723-9912 or click here. Throughout his career, Geoffrey Cowan has been an important force across a spectrum of communication and […]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ginkgo, But Were Afraid to Ask Dr. Peter Del Tredici Senior Research Scientist, Arnold Arboretum Join Dr. Peter Del Tredici of Harvard University […]